Cinema Review - TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON

26th June 2011 we were the Lucky ones, blessed with tickets to the Imax premiere of Transformers: Dark of the Moon...

Beer at the cinema, free treats and water with the coupe de grace, my personal favourite little finishing touch the most 80's retro 3D shades imaginable. This was not simply going to the movies, it was a perfect red carpeted celebrity filled Sunday evening.

Now in this day and age, when you say Transformers to me, before last weekend I would have shuddered. But alas I am an eletist of the old school... Transformers? Kids today, wouldnt know a Transformer if it bit it in the ass. Regardless there is never an occassion where walking in to a new experience with a closed mind is an option, not in this world.

Oh how I was due to swallow my words, its not the same dealio, not by any means. But it was graphic entertainment at its best. This is not something to be watched in the comfort of your living room, lone wolf or posse, get yourself to a big screen and melt into the seat.

Leonard Nimoy is back for any and all incredibly geeked out chicks such as my self who have been crushing on him since back in the teleportation days his presence alone is enough to make your insides sky rocket a little further than any other mere mortal could.



Shia LeBeouf is as entertaining as ever in his clearly natural geek state, Rosie HW has a placid background charm that suits the film far better than her predecessor, and in true Michael Bay style the out dated casting of a token black guy is optimized by throwing Tyrese in the mix.

Dont mean to be getting agro with that comment, but aren’t we a little bit past that? Like ooh look we included one of you people, and of course his body puts the rest of them to shame. Us ethnic minorities we just have the natural edge in that realm, come on America catch up.

But alas the humans are the downfall... its all about the bots. In many respects on an underlying level Mr Bay pays tribute to the 80's animated film. Anyone who has seen that as many times as I have could spot the detailing a mile off, that element alone turns this film from a regular cinema experience into something a fair bit more intellectually worthy.

It runs on about 20mins longer than it should, but the action and those graphics really are something incredibly special, if nothing else will win you over that will. To conclude for you cool kids it gets the Urban Species stamp of approval. This one's worth a watch.

Peace out,

Miss Phoenix. x

Letter from Michael Bay ahead of Transformers: Dark of the Moon release [Basically, "watch it in 3D!"]

Thank You Note From Michael Bay
06/26/2011

I just want to take the opportunity to thank all the fans around the world for letting me have fun with the Transformers franchise. It has been a wonderful opportunity to have worked with about 4000 crew members around the world. These artists are some of the very best in the entire film business. I’m honored to have had you work along side me. We had an amazing time.

‘Dark of the Moon’ has some of the most technically challenging sequences ever shot. And shot in 3D. I must urge you to find the very best theatre and see this movie in that format. 3D was a forethought, not an afterthought in this movie. I’m glad Jim Cameron and Steven Spielberg really convinced me to shoot in this new technology. We used and invented many new techniques to make the 3D sharper, brighter and more color contrast. I think theatre owners heard their audience that they need to respect the specs of the projectors and not dim the bulbs to save money.

Many theaters are presenting it in the brand new 7.1 sound, which is awesome. This is the most complex, intricate sound track that me and my Academy Awarding winning sound team have done. They really out did themselves to make this a big picture experience. Hopefully you will have as much fun watching this movie as we all had making it.

Thanks,

Michael Bay

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Transformers is out 28th June nationwide and stars Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson, Ken Jeong, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich