Huge, impressive, expensive special effects battle scenes, screeching scenes of destruction, and the totally improbable survival of the major human characters once again define the latest installment of Michael Bay's Transformer series. This time instead of re-writing ancient history, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" rewrites recent history, explaining the moon race as a mission to investigate an alien spaceship that crashed on the other side of the moon. The movie is high on visual style, and features a particularly decorative girlfriend for Sam Witwicky (Victoria's Secret supermodel Rosie Huntington-Whitely), who was doubtless chosen for this part because of her amazing ability to come out of the most harrowing dangers, like free falling from skyscrapers and sliding down the glass sides of tilting buildings, with her high heels still on and intact. Shia LaBeouf and Josh Duhamel return, with some welcome characterizations from Frances McDormand, Patrick Dempsey, and John Malkovich.
The plot again pits the robot Decepticons against our friends the robot Autobots. Through a series of twists too ridiculous to recount, it becomes necessary for the Decepticons to lay waste to Chicago. I must say it's nice to see another metropolis besides New York, Tokyo, or L.A. suffer an apocalypse. The movie is just what you would expect, although about half an hour longer than even the most rabid fan would ask for.
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