Spare Parts

Rating: 4/10 (3 July 2014)

If you go into this movie with the assumption that this is just capitalizing on the other 2 Transformer movies, you will not be let down!
The movie was 2 and a half hours long which could and should have been shaved by at least 45 minutes. It started off a bit like having to listen to a book report that needed a certain number of words to be acceptable but eventually jumped into some action. The movie was extended to write all the fun characters back into the plot from previous moviesÂ… all except for Megan Fox who was replaced by Victoria's Secret's model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. This appears to represent a correction made to the 2nd installment as now there's another way to gauge how popular the movie was by how many hits her name gets on the internet.
There were more than a few quirky moments that made the audience laugh. The CGI was still off the charts which can almost justify renting on blu-ray and hitting fast forward to the good parts. Shai LeBeouf is talented and still has good delivery but even his lack of on screen enthusiasm is apparent for this role. John Turturro has to be credited with having the best comic relief and even wraps up the final scene to give viewers the impression that this was a good movie. Sadly there aren't any other notables as most of their character development has already been set in stone and starting to fade away over sequels.
To get the same effect of this movie, start watching the first movie and then pause anywhere in the middle of the last fight scene. During the break, gather all your unwanted electronics and throw them in a blender on low (to get the slow motion dramatic effect) for 20 minutes. Look up the new actress on line to catch a piece of the strange they're going for and then hit play.
I haven't seen the trailer for the 4th installment or read up on it but I predict either a prequel or maybe, to keep the plot on earth, the introduction of a new enemy that existed before the separation of the alien bots. To give the movie some credit there was a handful of people that did clap at the end. Happy it was over or maybe they missed the first 2?