There was actually a little bit off a story in there somewhere.

Rating: 6/10 (4 July 2011)

This "Transformers" movie feels as though it's slightly better than its predecessors purely because I've gradually found the series chaos easier too follow each time. But it fails in many off the same ways as the others did as well as in some brand spanking new ways!
First off,I'm probably one off the only ones in the world that thought number 2 off this franchise was an improvement on number 1 (These blockbusters being referred too as number 1 and number 2 seems justified too most who saw them i'd imagine) Ye it was over the top, but so was the original. I remember that the first film tried way too hard too be funny, while "revenge of the fallen" had me laughing. So succeeded more in entertaining me in my book. I also had trouble following who was who amongst the robots in the first flick, while the second had some off the characters I remember from my childhood featured, making it an over the top mess I could at least grasp a little better.
This ones attempt at humour is pretty poor, but restrains itself more too the first half off the film, leaving the second part as nothing but action. The special effects are as good as always, even if the "3D" proves as disappointing as always. Off course its all relying on its visuals this, but at least there is a story off sorts, and some more characters that I remember from the cartoons and toys I had as a kid. So I really can't complain about not getting what I was at least expecting from the movie.
What I will say against it though is that it really has a whole bunch off other priority's wrong! It brings back unimportant human characters from the first two (except for Megan Fox, who is replaced here by some annoying English model) while getting rid off the robot characters we're finally getting round too seeing way too early. All in all the whole franchise seems intent on barely featuring Megatron. The Main bad guy as far as I know. Demoted too a mere side character in this series. Oh, and the raciest robots from the second film have gone, but there is a stereotypical Irish and Scottish robot on board. I'm Scottish and can't really say I was offended, but I'm just saying because no one else will pull Michael Bay up for that one.
Its nice that Bay got John Malcovich, Frances McDormand and Leonard Nimoy too be in the movie but so what? He should be concentrating more on cutting out cliché slow motion and dumb comedy sidekicks from his movies. I wasn't expecting the film too be a masterpiece based on what came before it. But I was expecting too at least see the return off some cool robot characters, and in that respect the film just teases!
This feels like an abrupt end off a trilogy too. One that's finished before a proper story has even begun. I hate Hollywoods recent fascination with re-booting everything, but the "Transformers" really do feel like they're in need off one. A Transformer getting re-booted sounds just about right too me. Make it happen!