Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy) Reviews

I feel bad for Michael Bay. He doesn’t seem to get a fair shake from fair sized segments of the movie going public and many critics who serve as their ‘taste testers’. There are plenty of legitimate criticisms that can be levied against Bay; Pearl Harbor was too liberal with the historical facts, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen was bloated and indulgent, Armageddon was every scientist and astrophysicist’s worst nightmare, but he is a filmmaker who knows how to entertain audiences (even with those aforementioned problem films). The Transformers films have grossed DreamWorks and Paramount pictures an inordinate amount of money – audiences have genuinely been entertained and lapped these films up in the movie theater and again on home media. Michael Bay isn’t subtle. Michael Bay isn’t concise, and he certainly isn’t concerned with changing who he is or how he does what he does simply because some don’t care for it. It’s easy to lament a Michael Bay film – but he is gifted technically and a near certainty when it comes to making money. Transformers: Dark of the Moon is the most interesting of the three wildly successful films and greatly entertaining – even if it isn’t a great film! For that reason alone, this film is worth watching.

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