Transformers 3: shame without Megan Fox

Rating: 1/10 (28 June 2011)

I have enjoyed the 2 first opus, for different reasons. The 1st one was a bit like a Disney/teen movie, funny and the story between Megan Fox and Shia LaBouf was cute, my kids loved it. In the second opus, it was more about pure action, like the 2nd Alien, robot fighting without any plot whatsoever I liked it because I am a fan of CGI and Sci-Fi movies...
However, I always found that Megan Fox was great here to compensate the excessive number of robots and metal, cars and trucks in the movie. Her character could have been more deep and I was expecting that M.Bay would give her a chance one day.
The first thing that really made me spend a bad time in the theater is that each time I saw Rosie Huntington-Whiteley I was thinking "she does not match". It is like having Lara Croft instead of Ripley in Aliens. Then, in my opinion, the chemistry between the 2 main character was not working at all.
I have nothing personal against Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, she is probably a great artist, but she do not do a good job at replacing Megan Fox. It distracted me to the point that I could not connect with the characters. Too much boom, bang swing, splash and no connection: I started watching my watch... There is a point where CGI and technical skills, kills the movie if there is nothing else. I got enough action in Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen, so I was not so impressed by the new actions scenes. Since Godzilla, blowing up things is nothing new...
It seems that M.Bay decided to follow the Batman, or Star Wars series where the 3rd opus is more dramatic and dark than the other ones.
But to get back to my point, robots even with a soul cannot replace the cute face of Megan Fox. Even if she was not the best actress (or she had the worse script and dialogs, we will never know), she was bringing some human beauty and feelings to the opposite mechanical actors, giving Shia a real goal to save his lovely lady: this was connecting me with the characters and adding some humanity to an otherwise very cold movie...
M.Bay maybe think he can replace an actress with another, but us, the public will greatly miss Megan Fox. Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon is like a good and expensive meal where the Cook forgot to salt. I wish they did 2 versions and they could switch to the version with Megan, because without her, this movie series lost its heart.