11/21/2023 0 Comments Transformers dotm sentinel primeHowever, right from that first encounter, I should have known something wasn’t quite right. It was one of the toys I most eagerly anticipated ever since I saw him in person, during the filming of Dark of the Moon here in Chicago. Sentinel Prime, voiced by Leonard Nimoy, is amazingly rendered in the new movie and his toy, Leader-class sized to do it justice, is a remarkably intricate and faithful reproduction of the ancient Autobot. Call me simple, but that makes me chuckle. The Transformer series is such stupid-minded, dim-witted, brainless fun, that it's always a let down on DVD, but watching 2 hours and 34 minutes of "gigant0rz explosions" in a cinema for $6.50 is kinda worth it.Heh. ![]() I couldn't really figure out why I wanted to watch this after getting so over the first two, but I think I've got it. I also liked the idea of humans working with the Decepticons, I mean, it does make sense, if big evil robots tell you that a war is coming to your planet, and that they're gonna win it, wouldn't you sign on too? The chopping and changing of the Autobots annoys me immensely, it has done in both sequels, but even more so in this one. I actually didn't mind the big all-out war at the end, at least I could tell what the fuck was happening this time around. And though Frances McDormand's (Burn After Reading, Darkman) character Mearing, is all together annoying, her screen presence and acting ability are a remarkable addition to the franchise. John Malkovich (Burn After Reading, Being John Malkovich) is (of course) great as Whitwicky's boss. Josh Duhamel (Turistas, The Picture of Dorian Gray) and Tyrese Gibson (Death Race, Four Brothers) are BAMFs. Simmons himself, played by John Turturro (Barton Fink, O Brother, Where Art Thou?) is great too, better than in Transformers or Revenge of the Fallen. Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Tucker & Dale VS Evil) is both incredible and hilarious as Dutch, Simmons' German assistant. Though I whinge about LeBouf and Fox (or Huntington-Whiteley, as the case is for Dark of the Moon) as characters, and wish they'd drop the mankind crap in favour of the Cybertronians, what I really felt was best about this entry was the human support cast. Personally I feel Dark of the Moon is the most intellectual Transformers film to date (which is really, really, really not saying much) and it sort of took the intense Giant-Space-Robot-Cars-Battle-Each-Other-A-Lot that was the entirety of Revenge of the Fallen and then gave it a followable storyline that actually involved the reason and ways that Giant-Space-Robot-Cars-Battle-Each-Other-A-Lot rather than the completely despicable and nonsensical "plot" of Transformers 2. On the one hand, it meant that she was replaced with a thoroughly more annoying and less attractive love-intrest, but it also meant that there was less focus on the Sam Witwicky aspect of the story, which I personally got sick of about half way through Revenge of the Fallen, at best. I'm not sure if Megan Fox quit or was fired from the Transformer films, but her doing so was sort of a double edged sword. ![]() Not that I was really hoping for much, but still! The most no-nonsense entry to the franchise, Dark of the Moon was honestly more than I'd hoped for. of Sci-Fi Violenc|Language|Mayhem and Destruction) of Sci-Fi Action|Innuendo|Some Sexuality|Intense Seq. That decision, however, has devastating consequences the war appears to tip in favor of the Decepticons, leading to a climactic battle in Chicago. Optimus Prime (Peter Cullen) believes that resurrecting ancient Transformer Sentinel Prime (Leonard Nimoy), once the leader of the Autobots, may lead to victory. Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf) and his new girlfriend, Carly (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley), join the fray when the evil Decepticons renew their longstanding war against the Autobots.
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