Out with the old (Fox), in with the new ...

Rating: 6/10 (12 January 2012)

You can enjoy the third Transformers movie quite a lot. Michael Bay did not have to listen to the criticism, but he did. You don't get a resolution on issues that concern the second Transformers movie, but the movie has reasonable gaps in its story. I'm assuming you have seen both prior installments, so I'm not considering talking about them spoilers.
Megan Fox prominently has taken off. Reasons for that are not entirely clear, but I guess she wanted to move along. What's good is that it is resolved and mentioned in the movie. But is is really story you are looking for here? I can't speak for how much liberties Bay takes with the Transformers franchise. But I can say that he filmed this more coherent than the last one. The jokes are still there, but he toned a few things down (thankfully) and made the action scenes look better. Plus I could actually understand and see who was who in the shot.
Not superior to the still best part in the series (the first one that is), but a return to action a la Bay, without much to think about. I still would have loved it, if they put a "3" after Transformers. It'd be a nice touch to the title, especially considering the 3-D that is used (which is used in a nice way too).