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Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film directed by Michael Bay and based on the Transformers toy line created by Hasbro. It is the third installment in the live-action Transformers film series, and is the sequel to 2009's mh:awfulmovies:Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. It is also the first film in the series not to be co-produced by DreamWorks. The film stars Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro, Tyrese Gibson, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Patrick Dempsey, Kevin Dunn, Julie White, John Malkovich, and Frances McDormand. Transformers: Dark of the Moon first premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival on June 23, 2011. Linkin Park performed a special outdoor concert in Red Square in Moscow on the same night in celebration of the event. It was released on June 29, 2011. Though it was meant to be the final Transformers film, it was followed by mh:awfulmovies:Transformers: Age of Extinction in 2014.

Plot
The movie opens in 1961, during the final days of war between the Autobots and the Decepticons, the Ark, a Cybertronian spacecraft carrying an invention capable of ending the war between the benevolent Autobots and the malevolent Decepticons, crash lands on the dark side of Earth's Moon. The humans investigate a big crashed spacecraft on the moon, discovering the Ark and they returned home, as the Transformers' eyes open with the movie titles.

In present-day, three years after the Battle of Egypt, and exactly fifty years after the discovery of Ark, Sam wakes up as Carly Spencer goes over him with her doll, and he wakes up to get the clothes on. During the day,

Why It Rocks

 * 1) It is a slight improvement over the second film which it managed to be a decent follow-up to the first two films for a few reasons:
 * 2) *The juvenile humor rarely get the amount of screen time, TBA.
 * 3) The Transformers, including the Autobots, and the Decepticons finally can have a lot of screen time, which it still makes it feel like this is a Transformers movie. It's a good thing for the Transformers movie since the Transformers haven't a lot of screen-time in the previous two films.
 * 4) Amazing CGI effects for the Transformers, just like the previous film.
 * 5) The sound designs are the top-notch, and it could be said that at the time, it was even better than the previous two films, given a trivia point below.
 * 6) Ironhide's death was very unexpected and was really sad.
 * 7) While not as good as the first film, the story sometimes can make a bit sensey, for the most part.
 * 8) There are tons of amazing action, and fighting sequences if not as better than the first two films, including the cinematic battle of the city of Chicago between the Autobots, Humans, and the Decepticons is incredibly epic, and it's one of the most memorable moments in the Transformers franchise.
 * 9) *What's more, the poster with Sam, Carly, and Optimus with the destruction of Chicago and those two Decepticon ships in the background is very chilling. And it gives you a hint that the Autobots are about to make their last stand.
 * 10) Awesome cinematography, and it still holds up very well like the first two films.
 * 11) Fantasitc soundtrack that was composed by Steve Jablonsky, especially the end credits with Linkin Park's "Iridescent".
 * 12) At least the ending is a lot more satisfying than the other 3 aforementioned films, and the live-action Transformers ends on a decent-note, for the most part. Many major Decepticons are killed off without fleshed-out detail.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) There are rehashes, or rip-offs throughout the film, such as:
 * 2) *The opening scene where the Ark crash lands on the moon is a blatant rip-off of Transformers: Armada's intro.
 * 3) *There are two scenes where it can be clearly seen that the stock footage of The Island, also directed by Michael Bay, is used. Click here to see the proof.
 * 4) Even though the final battle of Chicago is one of the most memorable moments, it is pretty much a mindless, consequence-free city-destruction.
 * 5) It can be way too scary to the younger, or older viewers who liked the Transformers series, such as a shot where a Decepticon fighter turns a group of running civilians into skulls and bones, and a shot with human corpses in a destroyed bus.

Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics, fans, and audiences alike, which is considered to be an improvement over the second film. Praise was directed toward the visuals, editing, music, and voicework of Peter Cullen and Leonard Nimoy, while the acting and story were criticized. It has a 35% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, based on reviews from 261 critics, with an average rating of 5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Its special effects—and 3D shots—are undeniably impressive, but they aren't enough to fill up its loud, bloated running time, or mask its thin, indifferent script.". On Metacritic, the film has a score of 42 out of 100 based on 37 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". Though nowadays, many fans of the series agree that Dark of the Moon is a decent sequel of all time.