Amazing graphics, awful movie.

Rating: 4/10 (28 June 2011)

First I would like to say; the CG in this movie are top-notch! I visited the IMAX 3D version today and the visuals were absolutely stunning. For anyone who is enthusiastic about graphics, this is a must see.
At least, for the first 30 or 60 minutes. I did not see this movie expecting any depth in the story or brilliant acting - but Transformers 3 seems to be a compilation of every bad cliché to attempt getting the viewer to connect to the characters. The reason this fails, at least for me, is that you will see everything coming from miles away. The movie will not skip a chance to throw a US flag in your face.
This movie will work fine for you if you're into hot chicks, hot cars, explosive action, American heroism and not very attentive of details. As soon as you start trying to "read" the scenery, the sequence of action and especially the plausibility of everything that happens, you will find that the suspension of disbelief is broken every two minutes.
I'm rating it a 4 because although I thoroughly enjoyed the graphics, everything else in this movie made me want to get up and leave halfway. I sat through it to the end and realised: "I would have enjoyed this much more if it didn't intend to be a story."