Monday, June 27, 2011

Transformers - Dark of the Moon

The Transformers are back and better than ever.

The world premier of Transformers: Dark of the Moon took place at the Moscow Film Festival. Reports coming out of the Film Festival state that it is the best movie in the Transformers franchise. By all accounts it is a must be seen in 3-D movie.  If you have an IMAX close, then that is where to see it.

Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his friends discover that the space race between the U.S.S.R and the United States during the 1960s had a hidden motivation. Hmm, a government cover up.  What a surprise. The goal was to be the first to investigate a Cybertronian spacecraft that crashed on The Moon.  

The race is on when the Autobots learn about the downed spacecraft because the  Decepticons too want to uncover the ship’s secrets.  A new villain called Shockwave is introduced who strains the friendship between Sam and Optimus Prime.
      
Director Michael Bay, the man who helmed for the previous two “Transformers” films, again captains this third more explosive chapter in the Transformer franchise.  Ehren Kruger, the main writer for “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,”  came back to pen the screenplay for Transformers: Dark of the Moon. When you have a winner, there is no reason to change and Kruger has proven that flawlessly.

A number of familiar actors Josh Dumanel, and Tyrese Gibson as well as others reprise their roles, with the new additions of Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Ken Jeong, Frances McDormand, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich.