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Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a 2011 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro 's Transformers toy line. The film is the third installment in the Transformers film series and the sequel to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009). The film is directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger.
- $1.124 billion
- Steve Jablonsky
- $195 million
Jun 29, 2011 · Transformers: Dark of the Moon: Directed by Michael Bay. With Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Josh Duhamel, John Turturro. The Autobots learn of a Cybertronian spacecraft hidden on the moon, and race against the Decepticons to reach it and to learn its secrets.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- Michael Bay
- 2011-06-29
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In the distant past, during the later days of the Cybertronian civil war, Sentinel Prime attempted to leave the planet with groundbreaking technology on board the Ark. However, his ship was shot down by the Decepticons and, after being sent hurling through space for a while, eventually crashed on the Earth's moon in 1961. The crash is noticed by th...
Mirage and Wheeljack, known by those names in the toyline and essentially all supporting media, are respectively named "Dino" and "Que" in the film. While Dino is simply credited as such,...Skids and Mudflap only appear during the convoy scene at the beginning of the film.Mission Control: We are not alone after all, are we? Buzz Aldrin: No, sir. We are not alone. 1. —Buzz Aldrin makes history, and raises the hackles of conspiracy theorists. Dino: "He's in a bad mood. He's not talking to anybody today." Mearing: "What is this, the silent treatment?" Ironhide: "We've seen that and this is not that." Que: "Definitely n...
Sam has since graduated from college, being three months out of school, and is currently looking for a job. Since the events of Revenge of the Fallen, Sam and Mikaela had broke up (despite having t...The Wreckers, according to Charlotte Mearing arrived on Earth aboard the Xantium and brought the second wave of Autobots with them. The Wreckers were not seen in Revenge of the Fallen, which is giv...Barricade makes a surprising return during the final battle in Chicago, last seen driving alongside Bonecrusher on the highway before the latter engaged the Autobot Leader in the first film.Megatron is still critically wounded after the final battle of Revenge of the Fallen, notably still missing half of his head.Filming, animation and technical errors
1. When Sam is holding Brains in his hand after catching him spying on him and Carly, there is a short shot in which Sam is briefly seen in the background, holding nothing in hand, Brains is missing. In the next shot, Brains is back in the hand. 2. After killing Ironhide, while Sentinel Prime is storming the NEST base, Sentinel Prime, Ironhide and most likely Bumblebee are all missing in a short shot in which we see two cars projected by an explosion, supposed to be a result of one of Sentine...
Astronomical and historical errors
1. The Moon does not rotate with respect to Earth, and Mare Tranquillitatis is near the middle of the near side. Therefore, Tranquility Base could never be described as being on the far side, and Earth is never as close to the horizon as shown in the movie. 2. The Apollo 11 Command/Service Module is seen flying to the Moon without the Lunar Module. The Lunar Module is attached when the vehicle is orbiting the Moon, however. 3. When the modern day site of the Apollo 11 landing is seen, the asc...
Geographic discontinuities
1. The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant is shown to be located inside of, or at least right next to the abandoned city of Pripyat, and the human characters access it through nearby buildings. In reality, the power plant is situated on the outskirts of the city. Even worse, Alexi Voskhod explicitly says that the entrance leads through a school. Who builds a school right next to a nuclear power plant? 2. Furthermore, Pripyat's infamous Ferris wheel as shown in the movie is not only the wrong model...
In addition to recurring elements from the previous films, Dark of the Moon bases a number of elements on previous versions of the Transformersmythos, including plot elements based on older stories, something fairly rare in the other two movies: 1. New characters Shockwave and Laserbeak are heavily based upon their Generation 1 counterparts. Que is...
When Brains and Wheelie are watching Star Trek: The Original Series, the screen features Mr. Spock, portrayed by Leonard Nimoy—who voices Sentinel Prime. Wheelie comments that it is "the one where...
On June 23, 2011, the world premiere of Dark of the Moon was held in Moscow, Russia, with band Linkin Parkperforming a concert that included their title song for the movie, "Iridescent". The official release date was moved up from July 1 to June 29 to allow breathing room between its release and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2. On Jun...
Cast and crew signing on
On May 30, 2007, a month before the official release of Transformers, DreamWorks announced that two sequels were already being planned. On March 16, 2009, over three months before the premiere of Revenge of the Fallen, Paramount announced the third movie for July 1, 2011. Director Michael Bay promptly backpedaled, as he had intended for the third Transformers movie to be released in 2012.He officially changed his mind in October 2009, agreeing to the release date set by Paramount. Roberto Orc...
Writing and production
After having defended the almost universally critically panned Revenge of the Fallen for a long time, Michael Bay finally acknowledged flaws of the script, but blamed the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike prior to the movie for many problems. As a definite error, he singled out the "dork comedy", which he promised to avoid with Dark of the Moon. Principal shooting began in May 2010. Shooting locations included Chicago (and nearby East Chicago and Gary Indiana), Moscow, the Kennedy Spa...
Changes before, during and after production
1. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times in June 2009, Michael Bay suggested that Ramon Rodriguez would reprise his role as Leo Spitz from Revenge of the Fallenfor the third movie. 1. As stated above, Megan Fox was originally intended to reprise her role as Mikaela Banes from the previous two movies. She was still spotted on the Dark of the Moon set during the previsualization stage in May 2010, but was fired from the production shortly afterwards due to a falling out with director Micha...
A 126-page script for the movie was leaked in December 2009,causing much discussion among the fandom. It was later confirmed as fake.When word hit that Megan Fox was off the picture, Heidi Montag put an "audition" for her part on YouTube. Sir Ben Kingsley and Ashton Kutchermade fun of her, because life is rad.Several concepts that had been established by the first movie were (more or less) dropped with Dark of the Moon in favor or a more traditional, Generation 1-esque approach:Another change from the previous movies (though not rooted in Generation 1) is that Transformers that take damage in battle now spill a red liquid that is very obviously meant to resemble human blood.Sam Witwicky and the Autobots must fight against the darkness to defend our world from the Decepticons. 12,937 IMDb 6.2 2 h 34 min 2011. X-Ray HDR UHD PG-13. Action · Adventure · Coarse · Intense. Free trial of Paramount+, rent, or buy. Watch with Paramount+. Start your 7-day free trial.
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Transformers: Dark of the Moon. PG-13. 2011, Action/Adventure, 2h 34m. 35% Tomatometer 266 Reviews. 55% Audience Score 250,000+ Ratings. What to know. Critics Consensus. Its special...
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Synopsis. In final days of the Cybertron war, The Ark spacecraft escapes. Piloted by Autobot leader Sentinel Prime, the ship contained technology to defeat Decepticons & win the war. but it was hit by missiles & crashed on the moon in 1961 & detected by NASA. JFK orders NASA to land on the moon to examine the craft & Apollo 11 does so in 1969.
