transformers 3: dark side of the moon

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1399103/

if you have read my reviews of the previous transformers movies, you were probably assuming that i would not bother to see the third one.  this was a pretty safe bet up until the point at which somebody waved a free viewing of a movie about giant robots in front of my face.  i love giant robots almost as much as i love vampires.

transformers 3 is essentially another three hours of the same drek that the first two were made out of.  i heard that the destruction of chicago was something not to be missed, but i do not believe that is really true.  they showed some building getting knocked over, but much in the same way that the robots all looked the same after a while, the destruction of landmarks also took on an air of monotonousness.  i actually meant to type "anonymousness" there, but apparently auto-correct thinks that is not a word.  i decided that auto-correct's suggestion was completely fitting, so i let it stand.  why not.  adjectives all around.

i am tempted to give them points for trying to fit their plot around the space race/moon landing back in the seventies, but the resulting timeline and plot points just do not make sense.  shia laboof continues to nauseate, and megan fox replacement brought even less to the picture than megan fox did.  this is an accomplishment in and of itself.

transformers 3 gets two transformers, mostly because i am a sucker for giant robots.  here is hoping that transformers 4 has vampires in addition to giant robots.