Transformers: Dark of the Moon [Blu-ray] [2012] [Region Free]

The latest live action Transformers movie comes to dvd.Once again we touch in with Sam Witwicky, who is now out of college and looking for a job. He's lost one glamorous girlfriend. But gained another. The Autobots are still working with humans and fighting the Deceptions. But the latter have another dastardly scheme in the works.As this comes to light secrets of the Apollo programme and the war that led to the destruction of the robot's homeworld are revealed. The Earth comes under threat. Humans and Autobots must fight together to save it.After the hostile reviews of the second film, this doesn't really do much to fix the problems people had with it.Firstly, Mikaela is no longer around. Because of well documented problems between Megan Fox and the production team. She is rather cursorily written out. In a manner that, given the emotional journey the two characters went through in the first two films, just doesn't really convince.Sam's new girlfriend Carly is played by model Roise-Huntington-Whiteley. In her first acting role. Once you get used to her accent she's not terrible but she's ill served by a character who might as well be Mikaela all over again, as there are times when you feel she might just be saying lines that were originally written for Megan Fox.The goofy humour of the second film has almost disappeared. Save for a few moments early on. And there are less adult references. But this is still a twelve certificate, thanks to some of the fight scenes.The plot is serviceable enough, and the film does get very strong in the middle when all hope seems lost and people have to rise to the occasion. This all leads to a huge battle sequence that goes on for the final third of the film. Whilst being spectcular at points and having an excellent scene of people wing jumping into a devastated city, which is shot mostly from their point of view and really convinces, the big problem with this part is the same as in the second film. Whilst it's fine to bring in more robots than were seen in the first film, there are simply too many of them and very few get anything in the way of a proper introduction. Thus if you don't know the characters from other Transformers products or have a scorecard, you could get lost.Having said all that I found the second film worked perfectly on a second viewing. Films often do when you know the story and thus have time to take in all the other details. Maybe this one will as well. But I'm not quite so inclined to find out.An effective action flick at points though. But very much an end to this trilogy. There will be a Transformers four, so here's hoping that a new start can recover the spirit that made the first film good.There is just one extra scene at the end, and it comes early on during the credits.The dvd has the following language and subtitle options:Languages: English, Hindi.Subtitles: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Hindi, Norwegian, Swedish.It has no extras. Whatsoever.But at least once you've loaded the disc up it goes straight into the main menu without you having to get through lots of trailers first.

Who said that all shows are getting the same, Well this one is very different and a pleasure to watch as not knowing what is next, and with the cast doing a fantastic job, storyline just as good you wont find better. Sheer entertainment that you wont fall asleep until it's over. Suspense and thrills what else could you ask for. Now the story goes that cars change themselves into robots sounds to far fetched but the technology of to-day can do wonders. Now we have the good that fight to save us and the naughty robots wanting to take over earth. The action is fabulous exciting and full on that you won't move from your chair feeling involved throughout that you can't take your eyes of for a minute, only because you don't want to miss anything. I rated this an A grade plus for first class entertainment from beginning to end no time for other issues, so grab the movie and don't forget the popcorn put your feet up and try to relax to a wonderful night of suspense and action that will have you glued to the chair. Enjoy!

I have just finished watching this in 3D and I was absolutely blown away! Michael Bay clearly had 3D in the foremost of his thoughts when he directed the film. There is both excellent depth and in addition plenty of things flying out of the screen. For me this is the most impressive 3D movie since Avatar.I should say that the action and film itself are excellent too. It is not just the 3D that impressed me. It is a long film but it doesn't drag. There were some very negative reviews about the acting of Rosie Huntingdon-Whiteley in this film. I have 2 comments on this. Her role is supposed to be the hottie for the guys to watch and secondly her predecessor was hardly a Shakespearean actress!Would def recommend this film and in 3D if you have a 3D TV,

Better than the 2nd movie, still not as good as the 1st, the use of real military equipment and personnel really makes these Michael Bay collaborations a must watch for the military hardware enthusiast as the cinematography is a visual feast with every conventional technique used to the full as you would expect from a Ridley Scott prodigy.Blu-Ray 3D presentation was the cinema 2:35:1 aspect ratio has the black borders top and bottom, which is a big disappointment as they should have released the IMAX 1:44 or near 16:9 widescreen TV ratio full screen, ok so IMAX is 48 frames apposed to 24 frames that this Blu-ray's been encoded.Overall Picture and sound is top notch as this was filmed using proper Stereoscopic 3D Fusion cameras as per AVATAR not recent Immortals 3D using the post production hand drawn digital 3D.The Score by Steve Jablonsky who has done all the Transformers scores and is a prodigy of Hans Zimmer does a better job than the last, but the original film will still be his best with the use of a choir which gave the score a Gothic foreboding which this lacked.Hopefully an IMAX version will be released at a later date but I wouldn't get my hopes up as the original Transformer IMAX has never been released but most of the films are digitally shot then transferred to super 35mm print then duped into the 70mm IMAX film.

I bought this film to complete the trilogy. I had been warned and therefore wasn't surprised to find that the storyline failed to ignite my sense of excitement. Action packed perhaps but the from the start I seemed to lose interest. Rosie Huntington-Whiteley?... what was that all about?... Megan Fox would have been the better choice I thought and that's saying something! John Malkovich performance also bizarre... was he short of cash! It's a shame because had a little more effort & thought gone into the story it could have completed the set - but it failed for me. Some of the new robotic characters were amusing but did very little to wet the appetite or recapture the best of the first Transformer movie.