by OptiMagnus » Sun Jul 03, 2011 11:05 pm
- Motto: ""Close your mouth and open your mind.""
- Weapon: Gatling Cannon
I saw DOTM in 3D, which I think is definitely the way to go if you can afford it. It's hard to beat the first film in any series, but this at least tied it. It didn't feel like the story was rushed and lacking detail, which I felt was ROTF's weakness. The lack of the presence of Megan Fox was greatly appreciated by me, although I know others feel differently. Yeah, she's pretty, but her acting was so lacking that it was safer to keep her character as nothing more than a love interest and as someone attractive to fill character space. The character of Carly was more relevant to the plot and, even being her first movie, I thought Rosie Huntington-Whitely was a much better, more involved actress. Of course, I also liked that we saw less of Sam's parents in this film, but I like them being in the film anyway as they provide more of an innocent silly type of comic relief. I didn't find much crude humor in this movie other than the restroom scene, as most of the humor seemed innocent, which I enjoyed.
Okay, let's move onto the robots. The first thing that caught me was that we got two totally new characters: Que and Dino. I was originally hesitant to accept the names, but since they had no connections to past characters, and seemed more original. Sentinel Prime's role was a shocker, which probably left children horrified watching a "hero" mercilessly kill our old friend Ironhide, then watch his body dissolve, but then again his role made the film more interesting. The Wreckers were a relief to me, as they weren't portrayed as stupid...er...(insert "r" word), but instead all had different distinct personalities. Optimus Prime was still heroic, and Megatron was still evil and power hungry, which ultimately became his biggest weakness. Starscream was still a coward, which also finally caught up with him. Shockwave was menacing, merciless, and powerful, but fell short on brains for survival. Of course, the biggest surprise was Barricade, who shows up near the very end. Soundwave was more prominent than in ROTF, and proved to be hard to avoid, and even more so to his sidekick Laserbeak (who, by the way, is nothing like the toy). The Dreads were nothing more than weapons to hold back the Autobots, but proved to be weak.
Oh! The plot...I forgot. Well, it's basically the Decepticons' last resort to gain power after failing to gain the Allspark or harvest Energon from the Sun. Megatron basically wants to bring Cybertron to us so he can use US as SLAVES to rebuild Cybertron which will be ruled by HIM. Not cool, Megs, NOT cool. Of course, Sentinel Prime's in on it too, hoping to also rule Cybertronians and Earth's flesh creatures alike under the rebuilt Cybertron. It isn't until Carly gets into the over confident, tuckered out Megatron's head by making him consider himself as Sentinel's...beeotch, causing Optimus and Sentinel's battle to diverge which gives Prime the chance to kill both of the Decepticon supervillains, which I thought was the highlight of the film: the girl has the guts to face Megatron and stare him straight in the eyes.
So, in summary, I think the plot was more developed than the first two, as we don't really go through twenty minutes of nothing before we realize what the big "uh oh" is. We get, human vs. human, robot vs. robot, and human vs. robot. The Transformers have a larger presence, but not so much that the humans become irrelevant. The girl isn't a background tagalong, the tone is more serious, and, if you're a really big TF fan, it may be slightly emotional. It didn't feel as loud as ROTF, but I didn't get distracted from the movie anyway. But it was good enough for the audience to applaud...a sound I haven't heard in a theater since 2007.
Please note: If you think I may be joking, I probably am.
Still really liked the injured/brain-damaged one we saw in DOTM too.
That scene may stick w/me for a long time... probably have nightmares from it. hmph!
