Slow start...but awesome end!

Rating: 8/10 (10 July 2011)

May contain spoilers, if you haven't seen this movie yet, then don't read it! I enjoyed the first two Transformers movies in the exact same way, but TF2 I have to admit was a bit confusing. It had nice special effects and all, but the story was really confusing.
When I heard that a third was in the works, I knew that this was one I couldn't miss. After a year and a bit of waiting, it finally came out. I had been keeping up to date with the latest news that were coming out of it.
On July 6th, I took my dad with me as a late Father's day present, mainly because we both went to Revenge of the Fallen. But the problem was that it was a school day, and I had finished college for the year, younger viewers got bored and decided to start running around to play tag and make noise. Despite this, we were able to watch the film.
After leaving the cinema, we had both agreed that the film was worth watching, even though we did enjoy TF2 (UNLIKE OTHERS). TF3 was a really big improvement. Even so we believe that more could have been done.
I have two negative things to say about this film. For a start: Sentinel Prime. After seeing his character in the trailer back in December (Even though I thought he was Ultra Magnus.) I was excited to see him and Optimus fighting side-by-side against decepticon aft. Instead, Sentinal was an absolute flop, Bay had ruined his character in making him work along side Megatron. Not to mention killing Ironhide.
I do however like his appearance, and his vehicle mode or an airport firetruck. I like his robot mode and how Bay made the decision to give his head a sort of Optimus Prime look as well as giving him a sort of beard to make him look much wiser and heroic.
The second problem I have with TF3 is this: WHERE THE HELL IS MEGATRON?! He's in the film, alright. But where is he most of the time? He is the leader of the Decepticons. Yet he only has 4 major appearances through out the film, 2nd and 3rd appearance being and hour apart. They ruined his villain status and gave it to Sentinel instead, making him 'Sentinels Bitch'. (Best line from the film!) Dad and I also agreed that unlike the first film, Megatron was way too easy to kill. In the first film, Sam used the Allspark to deactivate his spark, in this one, he was just standing there one second, then the next second Optimus ripped his head and spine off. (He died Predator style!) Other than that, I like how Micheal Bay had given Megatron an Earth mode now, he has a sort of Demented version of Optimus Prime's vehicle mode. I also like how he gave Megatron a sort of mask to hide the damage he received in the second film. So yeah, thats cool, even though I must admit I liked his Cybertronian mode better.
But I have a load more positive things I want to say. Most of them are to do with the special effects, lots of nice Micheal Bay explosions. I don't see what problems people have with him going over-the-top with explosions. Thats why I love his movies! My final result: 8/10, I liked it better than the first two, but I still believe they could have had more in it!