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Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Theatrical release poster
Directed byMichael Bay
Written byEhren Kruger
Produced byDon Murphy
Tom DeSanto
Lorenzo di Bonaventura
Ian Bryce
StarringShia LaBeouf
Josh Duhamel
John Turturro
Tyrese Gibson
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Patrick Dempsey
Kevin Dunn
Julie White
John Malkovich
Frances McDormand
CinematographyAmir Mokri
Edited byRoger Barton
William Goldenberg
Joel Negron
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release dates
  • June 23, 2011 (2011-06-23) (MIFF[1])
  • June 29, 2011 (2011-06-29) (United States[2][3])
Running time
157 minutes[4]
CountryTemplate:Film US
LanguageEnglish
Budget$195 million[5]
Box office$101.3 [6]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon (also known as Transformers 3) is a 2011 American science fiction/action film, part of the Transformers film series, directed by Michael Bay and produced by Steven Spielberg. It is the sequel to Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and was released on June 29, 2011.[2][3] The film is presented in regular 2D, Real D 3D and IMAX,[7] featuring Dolby Surround 7.1 sound.[8]

Shia LaBeouf, Josh Duhamel, Tyrese Gibson and John Turturro reprise their starring roles, with Peter Cullen returning as the voice of Optimus Prime and Hugo Weaving returning as the voice of Megatron. Ehren Kruger, who collaborated in the writing of the last film, was again involved in the writing. Despite having been initially confirmed for the film,[9] and with the film already into principal photography, it was announced that Megan Fox would not be reprising her role from the previous two films. With Fox's character Mikaela being dropped, Sam was assigned a new love interest, portrayed by English model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Also, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, having written the last two films, did not return for this installment in the series,[10] which Orci had earlier somewhat anticipated, fearing the duo would "risk getting stale".[11] Bay has stated this would be his last installment in the series.[12] In May 2011 it was announced that Paramount Pictures had bumped Transformers: Dark of the Moon's release date of July 1, 2011 two days earlier, June 29, in order to receive an early response to footage.[13][14] The film was then released one day earlier, June 28, in select 3D and IMAX theatres, nationwide.[15][16]

Plot

In 1961, a Cybertronian spacecraft crash lands on the far side of the moon. Known as the Ark, it was the last ship to escape a Cybertron devastated by war. Piloted by Sentinel Prime, it carried "the Pillars", technology that could save the Cybertronians once and for all. On Earth, the crash of the Ark is detected by NASA, and President John F. Kennedy authorizes the mission to put a man on the moon as a cover. In 1969, Apollo 11 lands on the surface of the Moon to investigate the Ark.

In the present day, the Autobots have forged a military alliance with the United States, but largely act independently in stopping humans from destroying themselves. During a mission in Chernobyl at the request of the Ukrainian government, Optimus Prime discovers a fuel cell from the Ark (which awakened Shockwave) that the Soviet Union attempted to use as a power source, resulting in the Chernobyl disaster. Knowing this, Optimus launches his own mission to retrieve the Pillars and revive Sentinel Prime. Just five Pillars remain on-board the vessel, which the Autobots describe as being the means to establish a mobile space bridge between two points and transport matter through. U.S. National Intelligence Director Charlotte Mearing (Frances McDormand) is horrified at this revelation as the Pillars could be used to bring an invading army to Earth.

Meanwhile, Sam Witwicky is frustrated by his life after graduating from college as he hasn't been able to find a job. He takes his frustrations out on his girlfriend, Carly Spencer, and her close relationship with her playboy accountant boss, Dylan Gould (Patrick Dempsey). Sam is eventually hired in a mail room in a high-pressure working environment. One of his co-workers, Jerry Wang (Ken Jeong), takes an unusual interest in Sam's activities before revealing himself to be a conspiracy theorist. He passes information on to Sam about "the dark side of the moon" before being assassinated by Laserbeak, a condor-like Decepticon. After contacting the retired Seymour Simmons (John Turturro), Sam realizes that the Decepticons are systematically killing people connected to the American and Russian space missions. They locate two Russian cosmonauts who fled to America after the Soviet space program was shut down. The cosmonauts have photos taken by Soviet satellites that clearly show hundreds of Pillars being stockpiled on the Moon. Sam realizes that the Decepticons raided the Ark decades beforehand and are luring the Autobots into a trap: unable to revive Sentinel Prime on their own, they left him and five Pillars - including the Master Pillar, which controls all of them - for the Autobots to find. Sam contacts the Autobots and reveals that Sentinel Prime is being targeted by the Decepticons, and escort him to their base. However, Sentinel reveals that he made a deal with the Decepticons and betrays both the Autobots and the humans, destroying their base and executing Ironhide before fleeing with the Pillars.

Sentinel uses the Pillars to establish a space bridge with the Moon, where hundreds of Decepticons have lain in wait for decades. Sam is forced by Dylan Gould - revealed to be the Decepticons' agent on Earth - into finding out Optimus Prime's plans for retaliation. Gould has taken Carly captive and threatens to kill her if Sam does not follow his evil instructions. Gould places a Decepticon-powered "watch" on Sam's wrist that appears to send pulsing pain through Sam at the whim of the Decepticons, who can track Sam's every move, every thought, and see through his eyes when he is wearing the device. Sam finds Optimus Prime and asks him for the autobots' plan and assures him that "no other human will ever know." Optimus Prime wisely explains there is no plan for retaliation. The Autobots are exiled from Earth by way of a decommissioned space shuttle spacecraft salvaged from the previous landings. Knowing this, the Decepticons destroy the Autobot rocket, and take control of Earth. With Gould's help, they establish themselves in Chicago and fortify the city. Gould reveals to a kidnapped Carly that the Decepticons intend to rebuild Cybertron, strip-mining the Earth for resources and using humans as slave labor. In order to do this, the Decepticons have placed Pillars around the world to call Cybertron itself through the space bridge.

Angered at the betrayal, Sam finds USAF Chief Robert Epps and the two re-form Epps' disbanded NEST team to go into Chicago and rescue Carly. They are nearly killed before they have set foot in the city and are saved by Optimus Prime and the Autobots, who escaped the explosion of their shuttle by hiding in one of the booster rockets that was disengaged before the Decepticon attack. Sam, the Autobots and NEST advance on Gould's penthouse to rescue Carly and disable the Master Pillar before Cybertron appears in the sky. After battling through the city, NEST takes out the Decepticon leaders (including Shockwave) while Carly convinces Megatron that he will answer to Sentinel Prime once Cybertron is restored, instead of leading the Cybertronians himself. Sam reaches the Master Pillar where he confronts Gould. Gould is electrocuted by the Pillar, which Bumblebee destroys. The connection to Cybertron is broken, and the half-formed planet collapses into itself. With Cybertron destroyed, Optimus and Sentinel fight in the ruins of Chicago. Optimus loses an arm and is about to be killed by Sentinel before Megatron intervenes, convinced by Carly's words. This gives Optimus the opening he needs to re-enter the fight, ripping Megatron's head and spine from his body before executing Sentinel. Sam and Carly are reunited while the Autobots accept that with Cybertron gone, Earth is now their only home.

Cast

Main article: Characters in Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Voices

Production

As a preemptive measure, Michael Lucchi and Paramount announced a July 1, 2011 release date in IMAX 3-D for another Transformers film before completion of Revenge of the Fallen. Director Michael Bay responded,

I said I was taking off a year from Transformers. Paramount made a mistake in dating Transformers 3—they asked me on the phone—I said yes to July 1—but for 2012—whoops! Not 2011! That would mean I would have to start prep in September. No way. My brain needs a break from fighting robots.[17]

On October 1, 2009, Bay revealed that Transformers: Dark of the Moon had already gone into pre-production, and its planned release was back to its originally intended date of July 1, 2011 rather than 2012.[18] Filming started in May 2010, with shooting locations including Chicago, Florida, and Moscow.[19][20] Due to the revived interest in 3-D technology brought in by the success of Avatar,[21] talks between Paramount, Industrial Light & Magic and Bay had considered the possibility of the next Transformers film being filmed in 3-D. Testing has been performed in bringing the technology into Bay's work.[22] Michael Bay was reluctant to film with 3-D cameras since in test he'd found them to be too cumbersome for his filming style, but he didn't want to implement the technology in post production either since he was not pleased with the results.[23]

In a hidden extra for the Blu-ray version of Revenge of the Fallen, Bay expressed his intention to make Transformers 3 not necessarily larger than Revenge of the Fallen, but instead go deeper into the mythos, give it more character development, and make it darker and more emotional.[24] Shortly after the release of Revenge of the Fallen, Orci said he would like to introduce Unicron "for scale's sake",[25] and Unicron is briefly shown in a secret Transformers 3 preview feature in the Revenge of the Fallen Blu-ray disc. Ultimately the producers decided to forgo a plot involving the planet eating transformer, and no further comments are ever made on the subject.[24]

Having been called Transformers 3 up to that point, the film's final title was revealed to be Dark of the Moon in October 2010.[26]

Actors on a Transformers: Dark of the Moon set in July 2010

As of March 19, 2010, the script was said to be finished,[27] and pre-shoots began on April 7, 2010 in Northwest Indiana, specifically around Gary, which portrayed Ukraine, and Los Angeles.[28][29] Filming began on May 18. The first six weeks took place in Los Angeles, locations included Sherman Oaks, Fourth Avenue and 5. Main. The next four weeks were spent in Chicago. Locations filmed in Chicago included LaSalle Street, Michigan Avenue, Bacino's of Lincoln Park at 2204 North Lincoln Avenue and around the "Sears Tower".[30] The scenes set in Michigan Ave featured a substantial amount of pyrotechnics and stunt work.[31] Filming in Detroit was planned to take place in August but the Chicago shoot was extended until 1 September.[32] In late September the production moved to Florida, just before the launch of Space Shuttle mission STS-133.[33]

While filming in Washington the crew shot on the National Mall, Michael Bay stated that there would be a car race on the location. Two further locations announced were the Milwaukee Art Museum and an old factory location of Tower Automotive, currently under redevelopment for mixed use as well as the City of Milwaukee equipment yard. Filming was scheduled to take place there after work was done in Chicago.[34] On September 23, filming was done at the former city hall in Detroit, MI. On October 16, work was done at the Johnson Space Center in Texas with intent to shoot a scene set in the late 1960s utilizing extras with period fashion and hairstyles.[35] One day of shooting was also done at the Angkor Wat temple complex in Cambodia.[36] Other planned filming locations included Africa, Moscow, and China.[37] About 70%[38] of the film was shot in 3-D, using Arri Alexa and Sony F35 cameras,[39] while other footage was shot in the anamorphic format on 35mm film and converted into 3D in post production.[38] 35mm film was used for scenes filmed in slow motion, and scenes which required higher image quality than the HD digital 3D cameras could provide, such as closeups of faces or shots of the sky.[38] 35mm cameras were also used for scenes where the 3D cameras proved to be too heavy, or were subject to strobing or electrical damage from dust.[38] Filming was officially completed on November 9, 2010.[40] On November 26, it was announced the film had entered post-production.

Initially scheduled to be released on July 1, on May 20, 2011 it was announced that the film would be released on June 29 instead.[41]

Accidents

Filming was temporarily delayed on September 2, 2010 in Hammond, Indiana, when an extra was seriously injured during a stunt. The accident happened when a steel cable snapped from a car being towed, owing to a failed weld, hitting the extra's car and damaging her skull. The extra, identified as Gabriella Cedillo, had to undergo brain surgery.[42] The injury has left her permanently brain-damaged, paralyzed on her left side and her left eye stitched shut.[43][44] Paramount admitted responsibility for the accident, and covered all medical costs incurred by Cedillo.[45] Nevertheless, on October 5, Cedillo's family filed a lawsuit, which cites seven counts of negligence against Paramount, D.W. Studios and several other defendants (not including Bay), with total damages sought in excess of $350,000.[46]

On October 11, 2010, while filming a chase scene at 3rd Street and Maryland Avenue, SW, a Washington DC Metropolitan Police K9 Unit SUV struck the Camaro that portrays Bumblebee in the film. The area had been closed off by the DC police, and it is not clear why the SUV was there. Both drivers were uninjured,[47][48] but the Camaro was severely damaged.[49]

Marketing

Most of the characters returned for Hasbro's new toyline, which came out on May 16, 2011.[50][51] In October 2010, Entertainment Tonight previewed the behind-the-scenes filming in Chicago.[52] Following that, the official film website was changed with the logo and the release date under it.[citation needed] A two-minute teaser trailer was announced on November 27,[53] and was posted to the web on December 9, 2010.[54] A thirty-second television advertisement for the film aired during Super Bowl XLV on FOX on February 6, 2011.[citation needed] The first full theatrical trailer was released on April 28, 2011.[55] A 3D trailer was expected to be released on May 20, 2011 with the release of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides 3D, which would complete the promotional campaign for Dark of the Moon.[56] The very first clip was released on May 18.[57] A second clip was released the next day on May 19.[58]

Soundtrack

Main article: Transformers: Dark of the Moon – The Album

The album was released on June 14, 2011. Linkin Park's song "Iridescent" is the lead single for the film, continuing the streak of the band's songs as the theme songs of the film series. The single follows "What I've Done" being used in the 2007 film, and "New Divide" for the 2009 film. The music video for "Iridescent" was directed by Joe Hahn.[59] Two other singles were released specifically for the soundtrack, "Monster" by Paramore[60] and "All That You Are" by the Goo Goo Dolls. Several other unreleased songs make their debut on the album, including "The Pessimist" by Stone Sour and "The Bottom" by Staind.[61]

The score soundtrack was released on June 24, 2011, five days before the actual release of the film.[62] Like the previous two Transformers film scores, Steve Jablonsky is the composer.

Novelizations

Main article: Transformers: Dark of the Moon The Junior Novel

In May 2011, the novelization, junior novel and graphic novel of Transformers: Dark of the Moon were released. Both the novel and the graphic novel featured Skids and Mudflap as supporting characters, but they were missing from the junior novel. The graphic novel made reference to several Autobots from the IDW tie-in comics who died in the stories between Revenge of the Fallen and Dark of the Moon.[63]

Video game

Main article: Transformers: Dark of the Moon (video game)

Activision is set to develop a video game for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS.[64] The trailer for the Dark of the Moon video game was released in February 2011.[65] The Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 versions of the game were developed by High Moon Studios, who had previously developed Transformers: War for Cybertron. Behaviour Interactive developed the Wii, Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS versions of the game. Each and every version of the game officially were released in North America on June 14, 2011.

Release

Transformers: Dark of the Moon premiered at the Moscow International Film Festival on June 23, 2011. Linkin Park performed a special outdoor concert at the Red Square in Moscow on the same night in celebration of the event.[1] The film was released on June 28, 2011 in 3D.[3] Originally set to be released in both conventional and IMAX theaters, it was announced in November 2010 that no IMAX 3D shots were made for the film.[66]

Critical reception

Dark of the Moon received generally mixed to negative reviews from film critics, with many praising the film's visual effects and 3D action sequences, but criticizing the below average acting and script; film review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes gives Dark of the Moon a score of 38% based on 186 reviews and a rating average of 4.9/10, saying "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".[67]

Roger Ebert gave the film one out of four stars, calling it "a visually ugly film with an incoherent plot, wooden characters and inane dialog. It provided me with one of the more unpleasant experiences I've had at the movies."[68] Richard Roeper likewise panned the film, giving it a D and saying that "rarely has a movie had less of a soul and less interesting characters."[69]

In a more positive review, Ain't It Cool News called it "the best entry in the Michael Bay-directed franchise."[70] IGN gave the film a 7 out of 10, also stating that it was the best of the franchise.[71] E! Online graded the film a B+ while noting if this is truly the end of a trilogy, its main antagonists should have played more of a part.[72]

Charlie Jane Anders of io9.com believed that some elements of the film were deliberate self-references to Michael Bay's own sense of under-appreciation after the backlash to Transformers 2. "After a few hours of seeing Shia get dissed, overlooked and mistreated, the message becomes clear: Shia, as always, is a stand-in for Michael Bay. And Bay is showing us just what it felt like to deal with the ocean of Haterade — the snarking, the Razzie Award, the mean reviews — that Revenge of the Fallen unleashed." She went on to say that the film's frequent, often jarring shifts in tone were an intentional endorsement of Michael Bay's own filmmaking style. "Tone is for single-purpose machines. Consistency is for Decepticons. Michael Bay's ideal movie shifts from action movie to teen comedy to political drama with the same well-lubricated ease that his cars become men. By the time you've finished watching Transformers 3, you will speak Michael Bay's cinematic language."[73]

Box office

Transformers: Dark of the Moon has earned $64.7 million in North America, as of June 30, 2011, and $36.6 million in other territories, as of June 29, 2011, for a worldwide total of $101.3 million.[74] CinemaScore polls reported that the average grade moviegoers gave the film was an A on an A plus to F scale.[75]

In the United States and Canada, from its early Tuesday screenings (9 pm showings), Dark of the Moon brought in $5.5 million. It also earned $8 million in midnight showings, which is lower than what its predecessor made ($16 million).[76] On its opening day (Wednesday), Dark of the Moon grossed $37.3 million (including $8 million from Tuesday-midnight showings), making it the best opening-day gross of 2011 and the sixth best Wednesday opening day of all time.[77] But it's still behind Revenge of the Fallen which grossed $62 million on its opening day.[78] On Thursday it earned $21.5 million, falling only 43% which is a better hold than its predecessor's Wednseday-to-Thursday decline and also marking the fifth-largest non-opening Thursday of all time.[79]

Overseas, the film grossed $32.5 million on its opening day, pacing 38% ahead of its predecessor and marking the largest opening day for a 2011 film (out-grossing the $18.5 million record set by Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides). Including some early Tuesday previews, it earned $36.6 million in one-and-a-half days. In Russia, it made $4.2 million on its opening day which was the second-largest of all time behind On Stranger Tides ($5 million). In South Korea, it earned $5 million, where it was the largest opening day of all time.[80]

Home media

During Hasbro Investor Day, it was announced that the DVD and Blu-ray Disc will be released in the fourth quarter of 2011.[64]

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