Appalling

Rating: 3/10 (7 February 2012)

Wonder how kids today can take in this level of mayhem? Can't hardly start to articulate the list of affronts embodied in Transformers - Dark of the Moon. The fictional construct of the first Moon landing with actual TV footage abused, the John Kennedy footage (plagiarized, Forrest Gump style), similarly the medal from Obama, it went on and on. But the premier affront was the space shuttle takeoff that mirrored Challenger in 1986 - appalling! Then Chicago under attack with children running terrified - Spielberg's War of the Worlds revisited - the destruction of that city, The Matrix style helicopter plus machine gun razing of an office floor, the Jurassic Park style monster c/w sound effects and a gun as the Raptor head, and of course the final Beauty & the Beast scene and another's 'bitch' expletive, duh! No wonder Shia LeBeouf said enough! Finally, the Linkin park video to Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzeDJXN4zeM&feature=related That this one earned over $1 billion - lowest common denominator appeal fully realized - no surprise! Am still in shock and continue to despise just about everything: Spielberg!