It isn't awful.

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2011)

In fact I think I loved it.
I absolutely felt let down by ROTF and was totally apprehensive about seeing this film, I saw it a few hours ago and I'm still buzzed, I'm watching SATC2 to come down.
I felt like I wasn't angry with the movie unlike when I watched part II, everything was the same but slightly different, more muted, not a lot, but more grounded in reality, again a little.
Mike Bay is no longer The Fallen, it's official.
The movie is too long, loud, mental and semi offensive but all that gets a pass as Bay is on Bayform again.
People saying Rosie Huntington Whitley can't act can fall silent, I can act and for her debut performance in a feature film of this scope she pulls it off with aplomb and a slight coolness, plus for a woman she's hot.
Shia is the weak link again, I like the dude but he needs to take it down a notch, a notch the size of Jupiter.
Frances MacDormand apart from looking EXACTLY like my mum, and how off putting and weird is that in films, I've still not recovered from her turn in Burn After Reading, I mean she looks like my mum, anyway she is great in this role, slightly amused but not showing it, classy.
Military goes bang as expected and it's awesome to behold.
I hate, hate, hated part II Bays redeemed himself in my book.
Looked amazing, Sentinel was great, Shock and Soundwave totally underutilised, though looked very cool, imagine how much more cooler the end battle would be with less generic-decepticons and some actual characters, Laserbeak is excellently done.
I'm totes pleasantly surprised.
Part IV please Mr Bay.