![]() The script is a pile of garbage, where – much like the second film – locations and ideas seem the substitute of having any sort of narrative coherence. With the third film, it’s like the second film took its Adderall, so it’s a little calmer (this may be partly because Bay’s hyper-editing style doesn’t play as well in 3-D), but only so much. The second film was written up to the writer’s strike, and the film was an absolute mess, with all sorts of narrative problems – but even more so than that Bay’s technique was at its most headache=inducing. Bay knew how to shoot cars turning into robots and the spectacle was there. With the first film, Bay had a script with a three act structure and a story that was compelling. At home, the film plays a little better if only because you can break the film apart and skip some of the opening. After 154 minutes, I don’t really want to wear 3-D glasses any more, and the film is sort of numbing. I saw this theatrically in 3-D, and I have to say I prefer the 2-D version. The picture and sound quality on this are reference level, and the picture is absolutely gorgeous. The movie is presented widescreen (2.35:1) and in 7.1 Dolby TrueHD, along with a 5.1 Discrete Dolby Digital mix. ![]() ![]() This is a stop-gap release, with the film presented in Movie-only form with the Blu-ray set coming with a DVD and digital copy of the film. Let’s the get the Blu-ray review stuff out of the way.
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