Movie - Transformers DARK OF THE MOON

"If you like fighting and lying, you'll like this movie." (Brendan G, age 6)
Released 6-28-11
PG-13 (2:37)
7-21-11 at Ellsworth Movie Theater
RT:  36% ... Okay, I'll go along with that.....cag 36%
Director: Michael Bay
Shia LaBeouf (Sam Witwicky - what a great name.)

Brendan was afraid this movie would be scary, but he was happy to say it wasn't.  The theater was really "refrigerated," which prompted him to ask several times when them movie was going to be over.  He was freezing. It was a really looooooong movie. But he was completely enthralled.  I was not.

I couldn't believe the actors...Patrick Dempsey, Frances McDormand, John Turturro, John Malkovith, Josh Duhamel.  Gorgeous puffy-lipped female star that I've never seen before.  But this was a story about huge vehicles that turn into machine-monsters.  A handful are the good guys, and there are a lot of bad guys.  The bad guys crash landed on the dark side of the moon in the early 1960's, and NASA found out about them then, but information about it all is just coming to light. There are some comical parts, some clever repartee, but other than that.....

I enjoyed Thor, Avatar, and Iron Man.  I can't say the same for Transformers.  Not my cup of tea at all.  But Brendan loved it, and it was a pleasure to watch him loving it.  It was the last day showing at this theater (Captain American started the next day), so he gave Brendan the poster he took down from out front.  Needless to say, Brendan was thrilled.  That WAS pretty cool.....

The only other people in the theatre (it was a matinee on a beautiful day, everyone else, if not at work or camp were at the beach)were a dad and his 6 or 7 year old son.  The young man seemed to enjoy it, too.  I wonder what it cost to make this movie?