Takes itself too seriously

Rating: 6/10 (17 July 2016)

A decent movie from the Transformers franchise.
Dark of the Moon has a fairly dark plot, involving the seeming total invasion and enslavement of Earth, and the apparent exile of the Autobots. There is also an 'ememy from within' subplot that's delivered well.
What I dislike about these Transformer movies is that they take themselves too seriously. The transformers are portrayed as serious defenders of humanity. The fact that they are cars that turn into robots makes this seem a bit absurd. I do also find the transformers hard to engage with as characters.
They'd be better off embracing the absurdity and making the movies much more flashy, joyous and funny.