Movie Review: Transformers 3 - Dark of the Moon

Popcorn rating:  9/10

After a long wait, we finally watched this movie last night.   After 2 1/2 hr of full action in 3D, my astigmatism attacked.  However I was here to give a review about the movie and not my eye problems.

The movie is full of action and few dialogue in contrast of part 1.  My husband enjoyed it a lot he's a kind of audience who wants more action and less talking.  Well for me I want it balance.  A story that will suffice the action.  As far as I know this will be the last installment of this movie and for a finale, it's not really bigger than part 2.

Sentinel (the new character) was Optimus Prime's teacher in the planet Cyberton and he betrayed Optimus Prime by helping out Megatron to set up the space bridge so they can bring their planet here on Earth and make the human their slaves.  Some of the scenes are very predictable.

Yes, this is the first time I am watching  movie in cinema in 3D.  What can I say? I am not really satisfied.  This is because I am used on watching HD movies.  Now on the big screen, I don't know what resolution they have to reach so it could go in high resolution.  The frame rate is so bad that you will not appreciate the action and how the robots more.

One more new face in this series is the new leading lady.  Maegan Fox was fired because at one of her magazine interview he compared Michael Bay to Adolf Hitler so Steven Spielberg (being a Jew) asked Fox to fire her.  This new face is an Englisg model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.  She's so tall and of course sexy.  Though her lips are a bit annoying especially in a big screen :O.

Anyway, Michael Bay is the king of Disaster movie so I can't count and calculate how much they have spent this time on cars.  On part 1, they have used a LOT of cars (actual cars but engine removed) on their film.  This is the only thing I really want to give credit for.  Bay does not rely on 3D animations but prefers the actual action.  Unlike Iron Man and 300 movies which are mostly visual effects.  Ferrari surely begged so they can have a slot in this movie and so is Mercedes Benz.

There's a very rare scene when you will appreciate the 3D effect so I think we should've watched this in 2D instead.  Not to mention the astigmatism attack that I still feeling now while writing this movie review. Ouch!

To wrap it up, it's a good action movie but a bit lower than my expectation assuming this is the final episode.  Packed with a lot of action and it's better to watch in 2D.  If the Blu ray will be out after few months, I'll take the 3D and try to watch it at home instead.