Underrated movie... SO underrated

Rating: 9/10 (15 December 2011)

People... you have seen video reviewers review this movie like snooty ones, haven't you? They tear the movie a new one, all of them. Why? Because it's a Michael Bay Transformers movie, and therefor must ultimately be bad.
If you are openminded, if you love action flicks, and if you love Transformers - you WILL love this movie. And I'm about to tell you guys exactly why. This movie surprised me on so many levels. It has amazing CGI like the two first movies, it has colorful cool bad**s unique Transformers like the 2 first movies - and it has so much more. It has a plot from the animated series appearantly, which most of the reviewers mention. And really - that helps. This movie had good humor I laughed my **s off to, it has characters we care for (even the new love interest of our main character doesn't fail to make us investegated), it has a interesting and pretty well written story with a ingenious set-up at the start of the movie, it has some bad**s villains, it has some of the best plot-twists I have seen in a long while (and that says something to me) - and it really satisfied me as the last part of a trilogy. I've seen it twice already - it's just awesome. Does it have it's problems? Of course it has. It has for instance the classical dumb cliché of the villain giving exposition to one of the main characters about how they will take over the world for no apparent reason. And like in the last movies, I am very afraid to say Sam Witwicky's mother STILL is a very annoying b**ch (although, she is a lot less in this movie than in the 2 first ones, which is a big plus). She has a scene where she wants to have a family meeting with Sam and tell him he "should" sacrifice everything for his girlfriend to make her stay; and she even shows a book she says is good with the title "She Comes First". And guess what's even worse? This is a real book - you can actually buy that piece of s**t. Classy mom he has - trying to force on things from the 19th century about how the man should sacrifice everything to please his woman... sex equality is overrated, huh?!
But you know what? Those are actually the only problems I had with this movie. I do not get what people complain about. They say it's annoying to see Sam scream in the entire movie. But each time he does, it's either hystericly funny or just authentic giving the situation he is in. People and reviewers say the last Harry Potter movie was fantastic, huh? Let me tell this right away - I thought Transformers: Dark of the Moon was AT LEAST 3 times better than Harry Potter: The Deathly Hallows Part 2 was... without overdoing it. People say Transformers 3 has plot holes? Yeah, maybe 1 or 2 - but the last Harry Potter movie literally got at least 10-15. Not to mention - everything felt rushed in the last Harry Potter movie. Nothing felt rushed in Transformers 3. NOTHING. Not to mention - the CGI is 4 times better in Transformers 3 than in Harry Potter 8. You think this is odd and/or dumb to compare? Oh, I think not. Everyone praises Harry Potter 8 as a masterpiece, while they bash Transformers 3 WAY too much. Heck - Michael Bay's Transformers-trilogy is a MUCH stronger franchise than the Harry Potter franchise is - they both got as long stories. Only differences are that Harry Potter pads it's story out way more, and is ironicly a lot more rushed when it's close to the end. And that really says something, people. And oh, guess what Transformers 3 had that Harry Potter did not have? A threatening conflict. Yes; I actually felt like the villains could more than well win in Transformers 3. The villain is a real threat - and it's established you just do not f**k with him, which also is easy for the audience to believe. In Harry Potter 8, we got Voldemort, failing as usual - and makes us laugh our a**es off each time he mugs the screen. Need I say more?
Transformers: Dark of the Moon inspired me. I'm not joking - this is a very inspiring movie to me. It made my imagination go wild with how I could make my own stories. It really feels like a movie showing how close to an end Earth can get. They even play a dramatic choir in the background when the take-over takes place. Oh, and another reason why this movie is bad**s - Shockwave and his Driller Decepticon! I mean, man - that Driller destroys EVERYTHING in it's path! It's quite literally a gynormous killer robot-worm! And other nice touches can be seen, like one Einstein-Autobot - and one predator-decepticon. Pretty sweet, if you ask me. Oh, and Optimus has his trey for him as a truck now finally, like in the animated series. And guess what? They gave it a genuine reason. It has all of Optimus' weapons, and even a jetpack! Simply genius.
This is to me the best Transformers movie. The first one IS a close second - but this one just surprised me SO well. No bulls**t in it barely, no annoying plot holes, a skyhigh entertainment value, fantastic conflict, great music and a satisfying feeling after you've watched it. A very strong 9 out of 10. Don't miss this movie, people - and don't try too hard to hate it. It really doesn't deserve it.