its worst ruins its best

Rating: Null/10 (14 October 2011)

What can I say other than this movie is mediocre at best? There is some exciting action and I found myself engaged enough to want to see the outcome of the struggle. Out of place one liners that made no sense broke my interest in the story which gave me time to think about how goofy this movie is. I am not concerned about continuity with the first two movies (I never saw the first and the second is just as forgettable as this one will be). The Sam character should never be given words because the writers have no clue how to develop a character. I can suspend my disbelief for giant mechanical extra terrestrial life and even an unlikely hero, but not for the painful dialogue that was supposed to flesh out the latter. I am not looking for poetry, but something that will not make me groan. Pairing Sam with a pretty woman largely for exploitation also cheapens what could have been a much better action movie. Leave out the fan service and focus on the story. Transformers has potential to be good grown up entertainment. Like Batman, I hope that somebody else tries to recreate the characters one day. Over all, for $1.02 rental, I enjoyed about ninety-nine cents of it. Michael Bay et al may keep the change.