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PLEASE NOTE: This product review is for the 3D Blu-Ray... Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Three-Disc Combo: Blu-ray 3D/Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy)

This is the way "Transformers: Dark of the Moon" was meant to be seen: in 3D! I saw this movie in 3D at the theater and I can tell you it was a great experience. The movie itself has some flaws, but the stereo image was simply amazing... say what you want about director Michael Bay, the man knows how to shoot action sequences! This is one of the most entertaining 3D movies to date, and is a no-brainer for anyone with a 3D TV.

Not only is the picture quality top-notch, but the sound is great too. I recently watched an interview with sound mixer Greg P. Russell, and he said that the TF3 blu-ray sound mix was specifically tailored for home video release. Anyone who owns the previous blu-ray release would agree that the sound mix is incredible. This blu-ray will make a great demo when you show off your home theater system!

Here is a detailed description of what is in this set:

Disc 1: Feature Film -Blu-Ray 3D

Disc 2: Feature Film -Blu-Ray

Disc 3: Special Features -Blu-Ray

Above and Beyond: Exploring Dark of the Moon

Rising from the Fallen: Development and Design

Ready for Prime Time: Filming Across America

Battle in the Heartland: Shooting in Chicago

Attack of the Birdmen: Aerial Stunts

Shadow of the Sentinel: Post-Production and Release

Uncharted Territory: NASA's Future Then and Now

Deconstructing Chicago: Multi-Angle Sequences

Previsualizations with optional commentary by director Michael Bay and previsualization supervisor Steve Yamamoto

Previsualizations/Final Shot Comparison with optional commentary by director Michael Bay and previsualization supervisor Steve Yamamoto

Visual Effects with optional commentary by visual effects supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler

Visual Effects/Final Shot Comparison with optional commentary by visual effects supervisors Scott Farrar and Matthew Butler

The Art of Cybertron

Autobots

Decepticons

Environments

Weapons and Gear

Ships

The Dark of the Moon Archive

3D: A Transforming Visual Art

Moscow World Premiere

Birdmen Featurette

Cody's iPad

The Sound of Transformers: Dark of the Moon

The Matrix of Marketing

Trailers

Marketing Gallery

Disc 4: Feature Film -DVD

**There is also a digital copy included both a standard digital copy for iTunes, and you can also stream the movie through UltraViolet.

Additional Info:

The blu-ray is presented in 1080p high definition with English 7.1 Dolby TrueHD sound.

Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portugese

In summary, the difference between this set and the previous release, Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo + Digital Copy), is the addition of the 3D blu-ray and a bonus blu-ray with 4 hours of new special features.

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Sorry with my english for i am from Montréal.

I still do not want to give up on Michael Bay. When i see him in interviews, underneath his condescending tone and his obvious self-love, i see an educated and intelligent man. I still have hope that he will mature eventually and direct a genuine great film. But right now, he is a teenager. He obviously thinks that most of his audience is dumb, sexually depraved and uneducated. The way he films women, the way he portrays the adults, the things he makes them say and do, the "comedy" that he puts in there and that he thinks will make us laugh, all of this makes me think that Michael Bay simply sees his fans as cavemen. And by reading some of the comments here, well my God, he's about right!

It is not a question of putting your brain to neutral in order to enjoy a good old "pop corn" movie. Not all "pop corn" movies are good. "Transformers 3" is a bad movie. Just like the second one. Probably even more. The characters are stupid. The dialog is corny. The intentions are childish. And we just don't care about anything. And why, oh why, do incredible and sexy women fall so much in love with Sam? It is so obvious that Bay was a shy and rejected teenager and that he couldn't get... well, nevermind. I don't know how Michael Bay and his team can watch a movie like that knowing that other people will witness such a disgraceful work of art. How can they be proud?

God knows i enjoy all sort of films. Pop corn movies and art films. I loved the first "Transformers". But it is clear to me now that Steven Spielberg had more of a word to say in the first one.

And when i hear people calling this third film "Excellent" or "Perfect"... it's beyond me.

The first part of the film, the prologue that is, when it deals with the missions on the Moon, well that part is truly fun. Those small parts are the ones that make me think that Bay will, one day, make a great "Pop Corn" movie. But the more i see him going and the more i hear him talk, i'm starting to think that he won't be able to do it on his own, that he'll need someone else to help him along the way, like Spielberg in the first "Transformers".

Again, i'm all for "Pop Corn" movies. I enjoy them. But the directors must respect the viewer's intelligence. Michael Bay does not. He is clearly saying that you are dumb. And some of you are worshiping him.

Well you get the movies you diserve.

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If you like any special features at all do not buy this version. They are doing the same thing as Avatar. This release gets a full price but absolutely zero special features. Not so much as a trailer. They will be putting out deluxe versions toward the end of the year including a 3D combo pack, blu ray combo pack & dvd. ALL will be packed & you will kick yourself for having to buy this a second time. Many people don't care about features but if you do consider yourself forewarned. And it's not like they're giving you a cut on the price for a "movie only" release.

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Too much focus on sexual content that had nothing to do with the story

It is unfortunate to see the trend in some movies.

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This movie is terrible. It is the kind of movie that you could dissect frame by frame and explain why literally EVERYTHING that is happening is stupid. Everything. There is nothing redeeming about this film. There is nothing memorable about this film. There is nothing original, creative, or imaginative about this film. Watching this film is like being chocked to death by having roadkill jammed down your throat.

Join me my friends on a journey of explanation together we will walk the yellow brick road of why this film sucks.

The plot makes no sense. None. A ship escapes Cybertron during the last days of the war between the Autobots and Decepticons. The ship is caring some "Prime" guy and a technological wonder some sort of teleportation machine. Apparently the Prime guy is a tech wiz and he is the only one that can make this teleportation apparatus work... and it is special because it could have "ended the war." How? Who knows. Nevermind.

Well, the ship gets damaged and miraculously crosses half the known universe to crash on the dark side of the Moon. Apparently, the Decepticons discover the ship at some point and they take most of the columns that make up the teleportation device. However, they leave the Prime and 4 of the columns because Prime is the only one that can operate the machine and they are going to trick the Autobots many years in the future into traveling to the moon to find the ship, and the Prime, bring him back to Earth with the 4 remaining columns, and use the Matirx to reactive him (because the Matrix is the only way to do it), then Prime will betray the Autobots and work with Megatron to reactivate the teleportation machine to "bring" Cybertron into Earth space for some reason that would actually make a difference but we really aren't sure of.

Got all that?

Hey Moondonkey? You ask. How are the Autbots going to learn about the ship on the moon?

Weeeelllllllll... for some reason the Autobots are going to attack an underground Russian installation and find a piece of the ship. Except that the Decepticons will also have a big worm-like robot there fighting to get the piece of the ship as well (sort of like a metal sandworm from Dune). The Autobots need to defeat the worm in order to find the ship part so that they can discover the existence of the ship so that they can rescue Prime so that that can reactivate Prime so that Prime can betray the Autobots so that Prime can activate the teleportation machine so that a bunch of Decepticons can jump into Earth space (from where?) so that the decepticons can take over a big city (I forget which one it was) so that they can activate the machine from the top of a sky scraper so that they can teleport Cybertron into Earth space.

Again got all that.

Soooo... what if the Decepticon worm had "won" and gotten away with the spacechip part? What then? Then the Autobots wouldn't realize the ship was on the moon and the Decepticon plot to activate the machine would fail. Ok... So why the F is a damn Decepticon worm fighting the Autobots for the ship part? Huh? Why not just let the Autobots find the damn thing? What sense does this make?

And this is just one example of how stupid this movie is.

Another brief example:

Skip back for a minute recall how the Autobots went to the moon to find the ship. They used a spaceship, right? Later in the movie the Autobots get kicked off of Earth by the humans and they have to rig up a spaceship using shuttle parts because they don't have a ship capable of space travel. Uhhhh... wait a minute, then what the heck did they use to travel to the moon in the first place? Why doesn't that ship work?

Another example:

When the Decepticons take over the city, where do the giant Decepticon ships come from? There are these giant alien Decepticon ships flying around. Where did they come from? When the Prime opens the teleportation gate for the first time, a FEW Decepticons slip through. Ok, fine. But there sure as heck weren't any giant Decepticon ships that came through the gate. The next thing we know there is some sort of Decepticon space navy flying around.

Unfortunately, I can't go into every detail of how this movie sucks because it would probably take 20 pages. I'm serious. You can dissect every single scene in this film and explain how and why it is stupid. Every scene.

Oh final point. Who is the moron that came up with the idea of making some of the autobots into stupid little comedy relief robots? Any why would some robots have "old" looking robot hair like balding old men? S...T...U...P...I...D.