had the potential...

Rating: 3/10 (28 June 2011)

First of all let me say that there may/may not be spoilers in what i am about to write. As a person who works in the film and television industry i can say that this movie had A lot of potential. but didn't deliver.
OK first things first. The whole moving a planet thing? why bother? why not just take over earth?. Maybe I missed something but that was a major script flaw for me. The CGI and cinematography was so so close to being perfect. if it wasn't for a few shots in the entire film that really destroyed it. no the thing that really put me off this film was the few times that Micheal bay referenced 9/11.
Especially in a scene towards the back end of the film where the guys jump out of the aircraft and are falling. one shot shows them directly in front of a building that resembles the twin towers. ( a reference to the jumpers I think). another scene where they are in a falling building and the guy around saying "all the stairwells are blocked". Could I think also be a very subtle reference to 9/11. There were also a ton of other movie references. some which worked. others which didn't.
overall i think what really destroyed this movie's potential to be the best transformers movie was the over-referencing. those few bad shots with some bad CGI. and the script seemed out there...even for a transformers movie. overall i give a 3/10 which i think is being slightly generous.