3. The war on Cybertron, Transformers (2007)
This past summer’s Transformers: Dark Of The Moon followed the old horror movie formula of upping the ante from previous films, ending with a nearly hour-long action extravaganza set in a desolate Chicago. Crammed with the series’ best effects and tightest CGI robot fight choreography, the third Transformers installment’s finale did what the preceding 90 minutes failed to do: It put the bland characters (played by uninterested actors) off the side and concentrated on pure spectacle.
Which, really, should have been the approach for the entire franchise. We’re appreciative that Michael Bay introduced us to both Megan Fox and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, but ushering in the stardom of one Shia LaBeouf is something we could’ve done without. Besides, the only reason people go to see the Transformers movies is for the cool FX.
Bay and LaBeouf have both stated that Dark Of The Moon was their “last” time with the Autobots and the Decepticons (most likely a crock of shit), but you know Hollywood isn’t ready to stop counting the box office dollars. So why not avoid casting calls altogether and take the story back to the pre-LaBeouf era, when Optimus Prime and his squad battled it out with Megatron’s team on Cybertron? It’s not like Sam Witwicky was in any of the cartoons we all loved as kids.
