The advance screening impressions of Transformers 3 Dark of the Moon continue to roll in. Off the back of Neo-Bombshell’s experience with 30 minutes of the film, Capone of Ain’t It Cool News got to see a rough cut of the whole movie in Chicago. He’s shared a detailed, but light on spoilers, review of the film. There are some good points in there including a possible final word on Skids and Mudflap – according to Capone “we’ve got street-smart little robots to entertain us. Yes, they’re back too, but let’s just say they’re toned down.” Update – Capone has clarified he meant Wheelie, not Skids and Mudflap. We apologise for any confusion caused..
Other keypoints are:
– The battle of Chicago runs for an hour, with not a second wasted.
– Megatron is very creepy still with part of his head missing from the final battle of Revenge of the Fallen.
– Leonard Nimoy voices Sentinel Prime to “perfection”.
– Rosie Huntington-Whiteley spends a lot of time in the tightest clothes imaginable. She does have a role in the film and is reckoned to be better than Megan Fox, perhaps because she has an active role to play.
– Sam’s parents are barely in the film.
– Civilians die in large numbers during the Chicago battle.
The final word from Capone on Dark of the Moon? That this is in his own words, “the third and easily best entry in the Michael Bay-directed franchise”.
Click here to read his full, low-spoiler write-up at Ain’t It Cool News.
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Mr.D
OK. I read the whole review and it does seem to have taken my belief in this film being worth a watch a step forward. My only dilemma – the battle sequence. While I have a secret inner feeling that The Battle of Chicago (as the reviewer calls it) could indeed be epic if done well, another side of me is slightly worried and is hoping that this battle does not turn out to be mindless action which ends up giving us a headache. After all, 3D is known for giving people headaches and a 1 hour battle in 3D might as well be the perfect recipe for that but like I said, a part of me still believes that this time, Bay might just have got it right.
All said, I AM watching this movie that's for sure. I think the only question is – how many times ??? Once ??? Twice ??? Or at the most Thrice ???
Poho
looooooooooool
Ash from Carolina
I'm thinking that maybe they are showing bits to places that will report it because they could have a credibility gap.
Micheal Bay was out there pretty hard before the release about what a great film Revenge of the Fallen was and unlike other films released that summer his film didn't suffer from the writers strike. Then the film ended up being a big Razzie winner.
Perhaps the suits are worried that people might think hey you told me a lie once why should I believe you this time. So instead of the director and the actor selling the film maybe they are attempting to sell it with previews to places people might trust.
SKowl
Now back to me.
Opticron Primal
Well to be fair there was a point to all of it. It just suffered from trying to cover too much at once.
"Go to Sam, now the troops, now Ironhide, back to Sam, over to Megatron, now to Devastator, now back to Sam, ok now to the Twins, now Simmons, Railgun! Railgun! Railgun!"
Satomiblood
Random rail guns are hilarious.
tonks00
ROTF got an early screening, it was on June 8 2009 in Tokyo, I remember cause I checked the first reveiw from some random fan. I went to a early showing 2 days before the 24th.
I'm glad this one is going to be decent according to the reveiw. They say it is the best of the three I hope so. A lot of geekier outlets really were evil to rotf (I didn't love it but they were harsh) good to see aicn liking it. One thing we know for sure is the 3d will be topnotch.
HIM666fan
man what a review i cannot wait!!
the movie keeps sounding more and more amazing! i think finally we all get a transfomers film that we have all wanted.
Digilaut
I think when the producers know the movie is a stinker, they don't give early screenings. They want it to make as much money as possible before the crowd catches wind the movie is bad. ROTF didn't get an early viewing, as far as I know.
(parts of ) DOTM have been shown on various occassions, so they're probably more confident this time.
I also hope the one hour battle won't be mindless, like in ROTF. That entire desert act was a clusterfuck.
Opticron Primal
Did RotF get an early viewing? I think this is the only movie of the trilogy that's been shown in full to someone way before it's theater date…
rodriguez256
I look at it another way. A 1 hour long battle of transformers In 3D and the ending to a Trilogy, um yes please!
Mr.D
A battle lasting 1 hour ??? I just hope this doesn't turn out to be mindless action just like Terminator Salvation. I mean, I know the review is extremely positive but that is just how pre-release reviews are supposed to be isn't it ???
Ruthie
ROTFL & LOL!!!! I'm sorry, but I think this is absolutely hilarious! How is what Bay said here much different from what Bay and Nelson have been saying about the role of the Twins in the movie all along? Not to pick on you particularly, DarkWish, but you are representative of the segment of posters that poo-poohed Nelson and Bay's previously emphatic statements about the Twins not being in the movie, called them liars and proceeded to argue about it. And you folks continued this silliness through offers of free Blue-Ray discs and $25,000 rewards to prove them wrong. And now, NOW, you believe it?! Hilarious.
Ruthie
See that bold part. I LOLed. The rest of it is hogwash but that one line consists of sage words.
ElectricPrada09
I just posted a description of the new Alternate/3d trailer in "News & Rumors". Go check it out!
Starscreamownz
With a huge ass battle ship mounted gun that fires a huge ass steel projectile at mach 7. I'd be surprised if a Rail gun DIDN'T kill devastator.
Kraken
Mudflap lost a door to the vortex, and Skids only lost a tooth cos Mudflap shot him in the face
Opticron Primal
Brave, stupid, either way they took him and the only thing either of them lost was Skids' tooth. They must have done something right.
Ash from Carolina
The humans took out Devastator with just one shot so maybe Devastator isn't all that tough or much of a threat except to your sand box.