Considering I had zero good expectation to see a good film, I was pleasantly surprised!

Rating: 8/10 (11 July 2011)

Michael Bay doesn't makes films that would be considered in an award ceremony for anything except special and sound effects. I also have the opinion that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is one of the worst block busters I have seen. I won't give away much of the story (what little there is here) and get on with the review.
Like I said, there isn't much of a story here, and what story there is gets very predictable. Who cares. This film is 100% meant for those who want to shut their brains off for a couple of hours, sit back, and enjoy some amazing visuals.
The story itself is MUCH better than that of Revenge of the Fallen. With RotF, I felt that they tried to pack too much in to it all at once. There was no set up for many of the film's larger plot points, and they were just presented in an "in-your-face" fashion, like "oh by the way you should know these eight things so we can get on with the movie." This film, however, uses a much more simple plot line and in my opinion it works.
For the most part this was a film you were meant to go and enjoy for what it has to offer. That would be: explosions, special effects, some comedy mixed with even more explosions and special effects. For the hell of it throw in a beautiful woman, who unfortunately was more eye candy than anything as her acting wasn't all that great(much like Fox). Did I care though? Even if her acting sucked I still couldn't stop paying attention to her, which I feel is exactly what she was in the movie for.
The special effects and explosions mentioned above were top-notch. People put a great deal of work in to making this film look visually stunning. Many of the stunts were unrealistic, but we as an audience should forgive this because it is a science fiction film. Who cares about the technical crap when you realize the film was never intended to be for the most part realistic. If you have the ability to switch off and be stunned by what you see on the screen without thinking "he should be dead" or "they would never do that" then this is the movie for you. I know some movie-goers have trouble doing this, and in some instances it's justified. Not here, though. We were promised an action flick that will entertain the dumb side of us all, and Bay delivered.
Remember, I absolutely HATED the second film. The special effects were great but jumpy, the story was convoluted, and it was just an overall piece of crap, in my own opinion. This film makes up for most of the mistakes the second one made, and I believe it accomplished everything it was supposed to. So use this review to make an informed judgement. You should have a pretty clear idea of what to expect.
If you expect it to get to you on a deeper level, you'll be disappointed. If you wanted a new "Dark Knight" or some other action film with substance, you'll be disappointed. If you expect to see a bunch of robots blowing up buildings and each other, have decent special effects, and laugh every now and then, you have a chance of walking out of the theater (or your living room) pleasantly surprised like I was.