Great special effects, a lot of adrenaline, serious plot holes

Rating: Null/10 (2 July 2011)

I must admit that the special effects are great, much improved compared to the first episode. The second half of the movie can be considered exciting. I'll consider this a good movie for pure entertainment.
However, the plot is twisted, awkward and unbelievable. The key problem is: If Sentinel has made a deal with Megatron to rebuild their planet long ago, then what's the point for the Decepticon to shoot down Sentinel's spaceship, and then do all sorts of tricks to set up Optimus to revive Sentinel? That just doesn't make sense to me.
Besides, if the USA and USSR knew there was an alien's spaceship on the moon with technology several generations more advanced, I bet they'll do everything to go up there to retrieve that spaceship. Claiming that because of some spies they have abandoned the attempts simply underestimates the greed and ambition of human beings.
The Decepticon's robots look quite easy to beat IMHO. Some grenades in the joints and some machine guns can take down one. That pillar device is also so fragile. I just wondered how come the human defence looked so weak. I guess the US military must have used up all their weapons in the Middle East. Only a few fighters, no missiles, no tanks, no heavy artillery. Just send in a few paratroopers..... My wife even whispered to me: "just nuke the city". After all, taking out one city is better than being enslaved, right?
There are many other little problems in the plot, but for a popcorn movie aiming for excitement instead of good reasoning, I'll accept that. One last thing, that character that replaces Megan Fox is simply not lovable to start with. If my girl friend can accept a 200k Mercedes from her boss as a "bonus" without a question or suspicion I'll just drop her for stupidity. And I found it so funny when she can always keep herself perfectly clean (she's wearing white, that makes it even more amazing) and uninjured in the battlefield.
PS. Even forget about the acting, that Rosie Hungtington may look good from far, but she actually looks a bit gross closeup. Excessively thick upper lip and bad skin. Better suit to be a model than an actress.