{"id":12268,"date":"2011-06-28T06:41:55","date_gmt":"2011-06-28T05:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=12268"},"modified":"2011-06-28T20:26:35","modified_gmt":"2011-06-28T19:26:35","slug":"transformers-3-dark-of-the-moon-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2011\/06\/28\/transformers-3-dark-of-the-moon-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Transformers: Dark of the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The latest Transformers\u00a0film\u00a0is almost precisely the hollow exercise many were expecting. But will it save 3D?<\/p>\n

How do you really ‘review’ a film like Transformers: Dark of the Moon<\/a><\/strong>?<\/p>\n

After all, this is a tent pole release that gives a huge middle fingered salute to the critics who loathe them and revels in the mindless thrills it serves up to audiences eager to part with their cash.<\/p>\n

For two and half hours, we get the same template: alien robots transform before beating each other up, military people debate what to do (before deciding to blow up stuff anyway) and a young man (Shia Le Beouf) is caught up in all the action with his girlfriend (the fact that he has a new one here really makes no difference).<\/p>\n

At times, the story didn\u2019t entirely seem to make sense but involves the evil alien robots (Decepticons<\/a>) tricking the decent ones (Autobots<\/a>), after an important discovery which the US government has kept secret since 1969.<\/p>\n