Conspiracy Theorists have happies

... Must stop visiting the memebase. Internet grammar is getting to me.

But after watching Transformers: Dark Of The Moon, I'm pretty sure that many, many people who have ridiculous little theories about the Apollo missions and what the government does behind closed doors are now screaming "I knew it! I KNEW there was something on the moon that the government doesn't want us to know about!".

Absurd, says you? Hey, there is a legitimate Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, says I. People are not known for coherent, logical thought.

I really wish I was making that up.

But I digress.

Perhaps it is because I am notorious for watching sequel movies without watching the first movie(s). Spiderman 3 comes to mind- evidently I've only seen the worst of the series. I'm bad this way with books as well. But anyway, am I the only watcher of Transformers who barely understood the past history with the plot, or who didn't know any names of characters beyond "Sam", "Bumblebee", "Optimus Prime" and "Dutch"? Raise your hands if you're in the same boat as me.

... Okay, so maybe that IS just me.

Explosions? Not bad- and especially not in 3D. Acting? Meh- I've seen better. Granted, I've also seen worse. (Anyone else remember Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones?) Graphics? I can't complain. Female sidekicks lacking in wits, IQ, and nigh-well everything except British accents and boobs? Check. Shia LeBouf? 'Nuff said. (Let it be noted that this is a different "'nuff said" than the version that I would use for Ewan McGregor or Johnny Depp. I actually LIKE/fangirl those actors.) Emotional attachment to the characters that would get abruptly killed off? What is this emotional attachment that you speak of? Characters with the ability to keep federal secrets? Pffft. Flashbacks to Battle Los Angeles? Many, many, many.

A major US city BESIDES New York or LA that gets destroyed in an epic takeover/battle? FINALLY!

Long story short? Transformers: Dark of the Moon is a good way to spend a solid two and a half hours without having to do anything. Perhaps my opinion of it will improve after I see the other Transformers movies...

And if my kid brothers are reading this- You DO have the other two movies, right? Right? Good. We're watching them over Christmas, after I steal back my Pirates of the Caribbean DVDs.