Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011) - Movie Review

Of the three movies this one is by far my favorite. I like this one because it actually has more intrigue than the other two. I say that because in this one we find out that there have been many secrets kept both from the Autobots and by the Autobots. Of course there have always been secrets on the side of the Decepticons, but why wouldn't there be when they only exist to deceive.

One thing I didn't like about this one was Megan Fox wasn't in it. However, Michael Bay made up for it by casting Rosie Huntington-Whiteley in a new role as Sam Witwicky's (Shia LeBeouf) girlfriend. So my disappointment is short lived, especially with the shot of Carly (Rosie) walking up the stairs wearing, what I believe to be, Sam's shirt over just her in her panties. After all Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was a model, and presumably still is, so this is something she has done in the past.

I don't want to give the ending away so I'll just describe the scenes I liked in Transformers: Dark of the Moon.

The first scene I liked was when the assassin robot named Laserbeak kills Jerry Wang (Ken Jeong). Laserbeak throws Jerry out of an office building window. As Jerry is falling he falls right by a window that Bruce Bezos (John Malkovich) is looking out of. Bruce immediately heads for Sam Witwicky and tells him that he won't mention anything that he may have seen in the men's room. (Don't ask, just watch.) Moments later Laserbeak, who had transformed into a photocopier, transforms and starts attacking humans. Laserbeak is specifically looking to either kill or capture Sam. But Sam escapes.

The next scene I liked was when Sam attempts to save Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy) from being captured by the Decepticons. Unfortunately, it is not known by NEST, Sam or Optimus Prime, that Sentinel Prime had joined the Decepticons. The line he uses is "You simply fail to understand, the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few." I couldn't figure out where I had heard that line before, then I thought of who said it. Leonard Nimoy said that exact line, well not the "You Simply fail to understand," part, but the rest, in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Don't you love when they recycle lines like that, especially making the actor who said it nearly 30 year before say it again?

The rest of my favorites are when Sam, Lennox (Josh Duhamel), Epps (Tyrese Gibson), and several others infiltrate Chicago. They are trying to stop Sentinel from bringing Cybertron to Earth, basically turning Earth into their new Cybertron. There is a scene where Sam, Epps and several others are in a sky-scrapper that has been partially knocked over, that is a pretty cool scene.

All I have to say about all three of these movies, and the new set of movies Michael Bay is putting together with a different main cast, is if you can't find something about these movies to like, then you might not be the Science Fiction, Action or Transformers fan you think you are. Not saying you to be any or all three to like these movies, but it helps. Hell you could be a fan of CGI and get something out of this movie you like.

I give this 10 out of 10.