This film transforms into a snooze fest.

Rating: Null/10 (24 July 2011)

In 2007, Michael Bay hit one out of the ballpark with "Transformers". But 2 years later,he got a strikeout with the second film in the series, "Revenge of the Fallen". Now he's back on bat with the third film, "Transformers: Dark of the Moon". This time, He gets a another strikeout.
This third film which looks like a 2 and a half hour toy commercial plug, deals with the battle for America between the Autobots and the Decepticons.
Shia Labeouf is still good as before as Sam Witwicky. Taking over for Megan Fox is model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Whiteley may have half of Fox's looks but none of the charm. The rest of the supporting cast including Patrick Dempsey, John Turturro, Frances Mcdormand and John Malkovich are mostly underused. But the only shining supporting star is Ken Jeong {"The Hangover" and TV's "Community"}. Jeong is very funny as Sam's co-worker, but his role lasts a few minutes.
Bay's direction is, as Roger Ebert would put it "eye candy for the blind". Ehren Kruger's script is too banal and drags the movie on too long. The visual effects are at times both impressive and corny. Armi Morki's cinematography make us feels like we are watching a music video.
Transformers fans will be wowed by it. But for the rest of us, we see it as a endurance contest. Just in case non-fans, bring in pillows.
FYI: The film is in both 2-D and 3-D versions. I saw it in 2-D. My advice: Skip both versions, go see Harry Potter instead.
My Pick:Red Light{Skip It}