Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the third installment in director Michael Bay's Transformers trilogy. Transformers has always been one of my favorite franchises, but Bay has turned this world wide phenomenon into something with mixed reactions.
The first Transformers film is no doubt the best of the two films that have been released, and honestly, it's really not that bad. Yeah there's a lot of explosions and probably too many of them along with really good special effects, but underneath all that, there is actually a decent storyline. It's a prequel to all of the cartoon TV series about how the giant robots come to Earth in the first place.
The second movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had the potential to be even better than the first one, but it was just about the worst movie of 2009 (it only took me four viewings to realize just how bad it is). What has made these two films worse than they could have been is all the changes that have been made. It's common for Hollywood to make a movie based on a TV show, but this time, it's gone too far. Too many changes means inconsistencies.
First of all, he's changed the name of one of my favorite transformers, Hot Shot is now named Bumble Bee. This bothers anyone who's watched any of the Transformers cartoon series. The new movies have taken away some of the other transformers (mostly decepticons) like Thrust. Again, Megatron (my favorite of the decepticons) is a different craft. In my favorite Transformers series, Armada, Megatron is a tank. Why did they change him to be a fighter plane for these movies? Also, in each series, there are three kids who go on every adventure with the autobots when they're fighting the decepticons. In the movies, Sam is the main character and the only one who's actually following them on all the adventures.
So what do I think is going to be the story with Dark of the Moon? I think we're going to something way too similar to Revenge of the Fallen. A terrible storyline, one that involves only details and that should be made into a 30 minute show instead of a two and a half hour movie. The special effects will be awesome as always, but this will be the most action packed of them all. After all, this one's an invasion of Earth, not the huge build up to war we've seen before. The trailers that are out now would suggest that this one will be the worst of them all. Many people have told me that they won't see it because the second one was so bad. With luck, Dark of the Moon won't be as disappointing as Revenge of the Fallen, but nothing leads me to believe otherwise.
The first Transformers film is no doubt the best of the two films that have been released, and honestly, it's really not that bad. Yeah there's a lot of explosions and probably too many of them along with really good special effects, but underneath all that, there is actually a decent storyline. It's a prequel to all of the cartoon TV series about how the giant robots come to Earth in the first place.
The second movie Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen had the potential to be even better than the first one, but it was just about the worst movie of 2009 (it only took me four viewings to realize just how bad it is). What has made these two films worse than they could have been is all the changes that have been made. It's common for Hollywood to make a movie based on a TV show, but this time, it's gone too far. Too many changes means inconsistencies.
First of all, he's changed the name of one of my favorite transformers, Hot Shot is now named Bumble Bee. This bothers anyone who's watched any of the Transformers cartoon series. The new movies have taken away some of the other transformers (mostly decepticons) like Thrust. Again, Megatron (my favorite of the decepticons) is a different craft. In my favorite Transformers series, Armada, Megatron is a tank. Why did they change him to be a fighter plane for these movies? Also, in each series, there are three kids who go on every adventure with the autobots when they're fighting the decepticons. In the movies, Sam is the main character and the only one who's actually following them on all the adventures.
So what do I think is going to be the story with Dark of the Moon? I think we're going to something way too similar to Revenge of the Fallen. A terrible storyline, one that involves only details and that should be made into a 30 minute show instead of a two and a half hour movie. The special effects will be awesome as always, but this will be the most action packed of them all. After all, this one's an invasion of Earth, not the huge build up to war we've seen before. The trailers that are out now would suggest that this one will be the worst of them all. Many people have told me that they won't see it because the second one was so bad. With luck, Dark of the Moon won't be as disappointing as Revenge of the Fallen, but nothing leads me to believe otherwise.
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