Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Transformers had always been a little something from my childhood days, so watching the trilogy on the big screen is definitely a must. After watching the latest instalment, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, the last movie of the trilogy, I must say I am left a tad disappointed at the lack of storyline and plot of the story. Nevertheless, the action scenes and magnificent soundtrack make up for its downsides.

Transformers: Dark of the Moon takes on the historic moment of man’s landing on moon, and expands the storyline from the point of “One small step for man, one giant step for mankind”. The producers made it dramatic from the start, but I couldn’t connect with the moon-landing mission to anything else but the movie’s title. Much later into the movie, it was revealed that the moon-landing team was actually sent there for another purpose.

Another thing that took me aback was the fact that Sam (Shia Labeouf) had a new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whitely). I wondered what happened to Mikaela (Megan Fox), only to find out later after Googling that she was dropped from the cast after she made some comments about Michael Bay, the movie’s producer.

In this movie, Sam is a fresh graduate who can’t seem to find a job and ends up having to bunk in his super hot girlfriend’s place in Washington DC while he attends endless interviews. When he finally finds a job, it is mostly in the part of his eccentric employer, Bruce Brazos (John Malkovich) who persuades him that this job will be the job for him to get to his second job.

Another weird character in the office, Jerry (Ken Jeong) is involved in NASA’s plan to map the dark side of the moon (spoiler alert!) and recognizes Sam as the one who had worked with the Autobots in the past. He tries to enlist Sam’s help but was killed off by a Decepticon.

Optimus Prime discovers that a piece of Autobot’s gadget is in the possession of humans and demands to know the truth behind its discovery. It was retrieved during the moon-landing mission and was brought back to Earth by the astronauts. Optimus Prime heads to the moon, discovers a fellow Autobot barely alive in a spaceship, and revives him back.

The Autobot he saved is Sentinel Prime, a scientist who had discovered a way to save Cybertron when it was invaded by the Decepticons. In the war, he had run away, carrying with him the intelligence to save Cybertron, but was waylaid on the way to Earth and landed on the Moon instead.

Sentinel Prime is one of the key characters in the storyline of this movie and his actions will set the pace for all the action scenes in this movie. Look out for the amazing CGI effects in the battle scenes as well as the heart-stopping action scenes which will sure to keep you at the edge of your seats!

The author loves the soundtrack for Transformers: Dark of the Moon as it features favourites Linkin Park, Paramore, Goo Goo Dolls and Staind.

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