A threequel better than a sequel?

Rating: Null/10 (12 August 2011)

I liked this movie.
It's grittier and darker than the first 2 and the fight scenes are pure badass.
We get to see the Autobots darker side which I felt was long overdue.
Of course, our hero has his typical cliché of a hot girlfriend who just happens to be hot enough to be a Victoria's Secret model (Oh wait! She is one.) Shia's acting never ceases to impress me. His hysterics, humor and ability to be dramatic at the same time cracks me up and makes me believe his character.
Rosie was so much better than I thought (of course I had extremely low expectations). She's running around in 8" heels and neat, tight clothes but her acting was quite believable, much better than Megan Fox's. Her character however was un-needed.
Do we always have to have a super hot girl running around and breathing hard enough to where her abundant chest takes center screen? Why can't average Sam have an average girl that can actually have a talent besides running behind him and then screaming his name? Overall, her character was nearly useless except to point out why Mikaela is no longer in the picture and to say, "Over there!" The storyline is the same of course (decipticons trying to take over blah blah blah) but this time, things finally come to a head.
Optimus, Bumblebee and the other Autobots, that we don't really care about, must dig deep within themselves and start getting dirty.
I, for one, loved the fight sequences. They were long yes, and sometimes chaotic but I felt like I was watching a different auto-bot fight. It was meaner, more desperate to the point where I was actually scared that Bumblebee might not make it! And that's my other complaint: I love Bumblebee and Sam's interactions. They're always funny or heartfelt but there was hardly any of that in here. All relationship (alien/human, alien/alien/, human/human) scenes were soley focused on Carly and Sam.
Overall, I liked it and it's definitely better than ROTF. But it lacks the human/alien interaction that made the first one so special.
And to those who complain about the phsyics...you do realize that this is a movie about machines transforming right? Phsyics and logic don't apply to a robotic alien movie.