Will Dark of the Moon measure up to Transformers' 1 and 2?

 

Dear (Autobot) Leader.  Optimus Prime

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With Transformers 3: Dark of the Moon opening in less than 3 months (July 1st), we thought it would be a good time for some filler wrapping up the missteps and good things in Revenge of the Fallen (Transformers 2).  For the third installment, one can only hope they find a balance between the visually stunning first Transformers, vs. the overwhelming tintinnabulation of the second - the graphics didn't make up for the bloated mysticism of the story, which, admittedly, was alright by the kids as far as I could tell. It was almost like they wanted there to be dazzling graphics to take your mind off the fact that you had only a vague idea what was going on. Like, why did Optimus Prime even have to go ninja on so many - what was that, 19 Decepticons in that forest - enemies?  Did it really take Ironhide, Ratchet and Bumblebee to escort Sam or whatever they were doing? This is just the beginning; there were other, less important but no less head-scratching moments that abused the suspension-of-disbelief upon which movies rely....Was Sam's mom high the whole movie?  Why was she so hyper even before she ate the weed cookies? Where was the editor when Skids and Mudflap Transformers were brought up for review (more on this in a separate post) Out to lunch, apparently. What else can we expect from Michael Bay's clueless cauldron of humor, a turban-wearing Decepticon that infiltrates NORAD and blows itself up? 

Some of the legitimately funny moments in the movie (although some still managed to be a bit over-the-top): Bernie Mac's short scene; Anthony Anderson dancing with friend - ok so that was a bit much but the theater was booming with laughter; the scene at the beginning when Sam's friend was tree-climbing, oblivious to the need to appear cool; the part where Sam's parents discover Mikaela in his room and his mother's reaction.  There were probably more, but these were the parts to which the theater responded the loudest.

One baaaaddd dude. Starscream Transformer

Of course, it’s probably rather unfair to expect any subsequent sequels to match the utter excitement of the first, as it has the advantage of novelty.  As a close friend once remarked, “when Optimus Prime first rolled onto the scene I couldn’t help but think – ‘Ah; Hello, old friend’. It was riveting. (When Bumblebee flew into full Autobot form close-up, it was amazing; when Optimus Prime appeared, it was mesmerizing.  The special-effects truly took what had been done before in movies to a whole new level, and they did it with the perfect movie as a vehicle – after all, can you think of a guaranteed popularity-contest winner with the machinery to render CGI better than Transformers?) Three may be hard-pressed to top the strange and explosive introduction of that Decepticon (Blackout?) at the beginning of the first Transformers movie, when it unfolded from a standard-issue U.S. warbird into something that at first looked like the Japanese had gotten really good at electronics.  Revenge of the Fallen overdid it with scintillating graphics and a head-scratching plot right out of a bungled version of Final Fantasy. I think it's safe to say that with the doubling of the resolution, the writers forgot the story somewhere along the way.  By all early accounts, the third movie may very well have found a way to keep both elements at a high level – a fitting end to the franchise.  Autobots assemble!

We should see more of Starscream fighting.  He may very well be my favorite Decepticon, insofar as abilties (don't read too much into that!).  Mimicking an air-superiority fighter and changing back to a robot in mid-flight is about as bad-ass as it can get.  How does a car compete?!

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