There Is No Way Transformers 3 Will Suck

February 23rd, 2011 | Posted by jasonmckinnon in Movies

EARTH GOES DARK

Die hard fans were let down by Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. Much was written about why the film failed in fans eyes. Was it the twins? How about the writer’s strike? Was it misguided direction? Did they try to cram in too much? All of the above?

Since then, Michael Bay has vowed to make the third and presumably final installment the best in the series.

“It was kind of a mess, wasn’t it? Look, the movie had some good things in it and it was entertaining and it did very well, but it also failed in some key ways. I learned from it. And now with this third movie we’re going back to basics and I absolutely believe this is going to be a much better film than the second one. I’m still having fun and especially with this movie. Look, we got burned on the last movie. The big thing was the writers’ strike, it hurt the film and it made it hard on everybody. We had three weeks to get our story and, really, we were going into the movie without a script. It’s tough to do that. It was too big of a movie. There were too many endings or too many things that felt like endings. There was so much animation [in the visual effects postproduction work], too, and we ran out of time. We used the schedule of the first movie for the second movie but on the second one way more labor was needed for the animation. And then it felt like we were writing the script in the edit room, trying to put together a story.” Source: Movie Web

From what I’ve seen thus far, it looks like the best Transformers movie by far. It just looks… Cool.

I look at it from a simple perspective of entertainment value. This team has had two films to play around in the world and learn what makes a great Transformers movie. They’ve listened to the fans and simplified things. Certain annoying cast members (ahem…) are long gone. The story has shifted it’s focus back to the Transformers we care about and the action has never looked better.

Yes… We are in for one hell of a movie filled with giant robots, huge battles and raised stakes.

This movie can’t possibly suck! Can it? You be the judge.

SYNOPSIS

There Is No Way Transformers 3 Will Suck | Movie Blog

There’s a disturbance on the Moon. A robot shaped disturbance. Scientists on Earth see this and the information gets passed up the chain of command. In the White House men in black suits are breathlessly running through the halls, and they burst into the Oval Office. The president is behind the desk, back turned to the door, looking out the window. One of the men tells the president, ‘Sir, something’s happened on the Moon!’ The president turns around… And it’s John F. Kennedy.

TEASER TRAILER

I wasn’t blown away by the first trailer but it was nice to finally see some footage.

Who is that guy?

SUPERBOWL TRAILER

The spot that aired during the Superbowl kicked the hype into high gear for me. Watching Optimus slice through Decepticons on the street is awesome. Bring on the action!