Disappointment. *no spoilers*

Rating: 4/10 (9 July 2011)

I loved and still love the first movie. It contained some of the most outstanding and 'cool' original action scenes I had seen in a movie since the Matrix. It wasn't perfect, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and it is firmly part of my blu-ray collection.
The second installment was a mess and should have hinted at what the third would bring, but hope of a return to the near perfect pacing of the original was anticipated.
So in a short and sweet manner, with no spoilers. Here's my account of TF3:
Story - it was there, but nothing is explained well. Pacing is horribly off and I could have watched in silence and still have known what I know watching with sound. Too many loop holes and pointless 'essential' characters.
Characters - Humans in this movie are pointless and pretty much ruin it in my opinion. Bot's wise - not enough development for non TF fans to care a note about who and why they are. New love interest, while being hot, is just plain annoying and unneeded. And What the hell are the parents doing?
Special effects - Boring, over long action scenes (that don't contain bot fight as I enjoy them). Regardless of the quality of the work done, it doesn't change the fact that watching half of the stuff happen on screen is just plain ball-crap.
One thing to note; I don't agree with a lot of people when they say they can't tell who's fighting who as I've always been able to distinguish grey from a colour of an Autobot - really has never been an issue for me.
Overall it was over long, boring, unfunny, confusingly paced, full of unneeded scenes, full of unneeded characters, unwatchable for a second time.
4/10