A disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (10 July 2011)

This was one of my most anticipated flicks of the summer. And at the end of the movie, I couldn't come to terms that the wait was worth nothing. It left me, a fan of the franchise and of Michael Bay, deeply disappointed. So much that I feel its necessary to review this.
Right from the start, the movie lacked coherence. Sure a plot was visible, but it was never seriously pursued. It was interfered very often by the humor that was no longer funny but became irritable. An excuse that every scene was significant wasn't good enough. The bots lost their characters. The cast seeming to get together from their earlier espionage wasn't planned well. overall, it didn't quite seem like a sequel.
The audience were lost in the screenplay. First half had its moments now and then. But the second was a total disaster. The climax seemed to drag on forever. There was very little plot and an endless amount of Roland Emmerich there. The slow motion scenes never made sense anymore and were totally unnecessary.
Sure the visuals were a treat but could never quite gel in with the script and the screenplay and thus lost appreciation. I tried to feel the emotions that the movie tried to radiate, but the mindless screenplay blocked out everything.
I give it a 4 for the visuals and visuals alone.