In the tradition of Pirates of the Caribbean, Fast & Furious, and the other mechanized, CGI crap-fests, here is a movie we all knew was going to be the loudest, most soul-deadening yet. And it delivers. It’s an apotheosis of shit, in 3D.
Roger Ebert wrote,
Michael Bay’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon, is a visually ugly film with an incoherent plot, wooden characters and inane dialog. It provided me with one of the more unpleasant experiences I’ve had at the movies.
But after reading this review from Walter Chaw of Film Freak Central, he realized he may have been too easy on it.
…Transformers: Dark of the Moon (hereafter Transformers: Asshole) is a new low watermark for Bay and this naughty-little-boy franchise that highlights Bay’s misogyny, puerility, and imbecility for all the world to see. Better, it works as a fine illustration of how this industry of ours that I spend a lot of time defending is in bed completely with the Michael Bays of the world, who represent, I think, the money-making potential of any industry that consents to peddle vice and venality to children. Think of the cash a live-action hardcore porno based on the Barbie license would bring in…
Read the rest, it’s well worth it. And if you see this movie, any of those others, and/or take your kids to any of them… shame on you. And if you’re about to say, “Crap Part 1 was pretty good”. Don’t. Just shut up. I mean it.
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