Movie Review - Transformers 3 : Dark of the Moon (spoilers)

[griffin]

Transformers 3
Dark of the Moon

Release date 29th June 2011

SPOILERS (seriously, if you haven't seen it yet, why are you looking at a review topic about it?)

Synopsis

A long time ago, Sentinel Prime left Cybertron in the Ark, which crashed on our moon in 1963. NASA saw it and the moon landing was to get a look at their 'first contact'.
Present day, the Autobots learn of this, and fly to the Moon (on a rocket built by the Wreckers) to inspect the wreckage. They find Sentinel Prime, who was the leader before Optimus, and bring him back to Earth to awaken him.
Ever since the time of the Ark's crash on the Moon, Humans have been willingly working for the Decepticons, to make sure that events relating to the cargo and the passenger (Sentinel) occur the way the Decepticons intended.
Soon after Sentinel is resurrected with Optimus' matrix, he turns on the Autobots, announcing that he already had an alliance with Megatron from before he left Cybertron. His act of betrayal ends up killing Ironhide (and Mudflap & Skids in the original script/comic).
Sentinel opens up a spacebridge portal to the moon, where there is an army of Decepticons buried, waiting (from where?).
They invade the Earth and take hold of Chicago.
As Sentinel prepares to create a spacebridge big enough to bring Cybertron next to Earth (for the humans to rebuild as slaves), the Autobots attack to prevent it.
Just as Cybertron is passing through the portal, the Spacebridge is destroyed, causing Cybertron to collapse in on itself into complete obliteration.
Optimus fights Sentinel, and is about to be killed when Megatron intervenes to knock down Sentinel (thanks to Carly stroking his ego at being someone else's slave in the new order).
Optimus kills Megatron, and then Sentinel, and the movie pretty much just ends right there.


Characters

Autobots:
-Optimus Prime (lives)
-Bumblebee (lives)
-Ironhide (killed by Sentinel Prime)
-Ratchet (lives)
-Sideswipe (lives)
-Mirage/Dino (lives - was killed in the comic instead of Wheeljack) (not even called Mirage in credits)
-Wheeljack/Que (killed by Soundwave) (actually called Wheeljack in credits)
-Sentinel Prime (killed by Optimus Prime)
-Wheelie (lives)
-Brains (lives)
-Topspin (lives)
-Roadbuster (lives)
-Leadfoot (lives)
(Skids & Mudflap - both filmed and included in original script/comic to die with Ironhide, but not included in final version of Movie)

Decepticons:
-Megatron (killed by Optimus Prime)
-Starscream (killed by Sam)
-Soundwave (killed by Bumblebee)
-Laserbeak (killed by Sam)
-Shockwave (killed by Optimus Prime)
-Driller (destroyed by Optimus Prime)
-Barricade (killed by humans)
-Dreads x3 (killed by Ironhide, Sideswipe & Mirage)
-Igor (lives)
(army of troops)

Main Humans:
-Sam
-Carly
-Lennox
-Epps
-National Security Director
-Sam's boss & co-workers
-Carly's boss
-Simmons


Your thoughts & comments here...