New 3-D 'Transformers' Better Than No. 2

Director Michael Bay promises that the third “Transformers” movie is way better than the second.

The 46-year-old’s pride was bruised after part two of the franchise, 2009’s “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,” did a bang-up job at the box office (bringing in more than $400 million domestically) but was roundly beat-up by critics. Rolling Stone’s Peter Travers said the movie was so “beyond bad, it carves out its own category of godawfulness.” It also won the Razzie that year for worst director, worst script and worst film.

Now, Bay is back with “Transformers: Dark of the Moon,” which opens in IMAX 3-D on Tuesday night and goes wide at midnight Wednesday. When asked to describe the new movie, Bay said, “it’s a lot better than No. 2.”

“This one is much more of a mystery,” he said, sitting at a shady outdoor table on the Paramount lot. “It’s really epic in scope, it’s got more heart. It’s kind of back down to basics. Movie two, we kind of went off on a tangent.”


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