In 2007, director Michael Bay brough the classic Hasbro toys to the big screen with the incredibly fun and big budget TRANFORMERS movie. It was a smart and funny (and at times surprisingly serious and intense) adaptation of the childhood toy heroes. In 2009, Bay gave us a sequel with TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, but that outing was a little too over the top with its overly-complicated storyline, and more often than not failed with its humor and overly-stylized direction. However, they do say “third time is the charm”, though lately Hollywood’s third outings of popular franchises have been highly disappointing (THE MATRIX: REVOLUTIONS and PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN: AT WORLD’S END come to mind). Bay has acknowledged that the second film in the franchise wasn’t what they wanted it to be, and promised audiences the third installment would make up for that. This week TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON hits theaters… and many are wondering if Michael will be eating his very expensive words.
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