The franchise is over

Rating: 1/10 (11 July 2011)

I am a big fan of the franchise, and it is really sad to see what it has become. This movie is a joke, but not a good one. Makes Optimus look like an idiot hanging on ropes while the Decepticons wreck Chicago. It seemed as if a guy with Alzheimer filmed the whole thing, too loud, too many explosions everywhere, the action scenes are too fast paced to enjoy. So Michael Bay might be thinking OK I have almost U$200 million to spend, have 100 to spare, so let's hire some high profile actors for the comic relief (which is not comic at all). The fight scenes are so long, but it takes one second for Optimus to kill Megatron. The guy from Grey's Anatomy is like Hugh Jackman halfway a gender change treatment, the girl talks to Megatron changing the course of events when she should be making a sandwich and looking pretty. Nice touch having Leonard Nemoy voicing Sentinel Prime. Also, what's up with the overweight autobot and the Einstein look alike? And Sam's penis size? When you have to make a character wear silly clothes it means you don't truly believe that the character itself will be funny. Way too long, 90 min. would have done the trick. A lot of potential wasted, the Nixon and Kennedy scenes seemed as if at the point of shooting them there was no budget left, the Dutch character could have been developed some more...
In conclusion a great disappointment, even the toys look cheap. 1 Star is too generous. You've been warned.