Transformers 3D is flat.

Rating: 1/10 (1 July 2011)

As a fan of the 1st and 2nd movie (in that order) i was expecting more from T3D but its just more of the same Bayness.
First of all lets talk about the editing.
This movie has the WORST editing of any blockbuster i have ever seen.
First of all, the bulk of the action is between the terrible 'story' scenes which are just awful to watch.
If this movie was only 2 hours long and cut out all of the CRAP between the real action (and the transformers story) this would have been a better movie.
The pacing between scenes (especially the action and story scenes) is slow and jarring, one minute your looking at gorgeous CGI scenes and the next your watching Shia have a meltdown over a junker.
Anyhow enough about the ho-hum editing lets move onto the real reason everyone came to see this movie.
The 3D and the CGI (in my case RealD) The graphics are FANTASTIC, the cinematography is good and the 3D is actually worth paying the extra for because it makes the few good scenes in this movie (the action scenes and the cameos) more enjoyable.
Also a surprising amount of detail from ILM (who made rango). Put into this film is amazing, every dent, scratch and the many explosions (as well as the transformers themselves) look fantastic.
Its worth just seeing this movie for the awesome action scenes and out of this world graphics, but i have not talked about the acting yet.
The hot chick was bland, annoying and a total buzz killer, she looked great while standing still but any time she moved or spoke i felt horrified, oh and did i mention Sams stupid parents are back and more Witwickish then ever? Onto the other characters, Sams bosses, fantastic, John Tuturro fantastic, the auto bots and deceptions, great.
this movie only falls short on the acting department when it comes to Sams ridiculously hot girlfriend and some of the extras.
Ah now the story you ask? Well this film has a story, shame its spread as thin as you can get without there being hardly any story at all.
In short without spoilers, BIG EXPLOSION STUFF CRASH ON MOON! EARTH IN DANGER OH NO! Sure their are some twists but anyone who has seen the last 2 movies will probably know what is going to happen and why.
Now onto the man himself, Michael Bay and his band of merry men.
First of the Direction is VERY solid, not great or different from what Bay has done before but the action is the best yet, the score swells to the occasion and everything else (apart from the crap editing and thin story) works okay.
TLDR a slight improvement from T2 but nowhere near as deep or meaningful as T1, if your a fan of either go see it, if your new to the series you should see it if you want to.
Rating: *****/********** Not Great, not terrible, not as good as Transformers 1