Could have been a better film and sorely missing Megan Fox.

Rating: 7/10 (7 August 2011)

Instead of replacing the character played by Megan Fox we get new character which is stupid as it would have made more sense to keep the "Mikaela Banes" character and just substitute the actress as they did quite well on TV's "Roseanne" but no we get a new character airbrushed to the hilt with pumps which isn't the actress Rosie Huntington-Whiteley fault as someone in the production obviously wanted to have that look. She did a good job in her role and would be much better if she was toned down to match the previous character as it was a distraction like the negative put downs of character throughout the film about "Mikaela Banes" which makes me wonder of Michael Bay's frame of mind by allowing that in his film. Anyway, Megan Fox as the love interest was sorely missed as she seemed more natural in the role and like the girl next door that had the ability to repair cars.
Sam throughout the film kept harping on his medal he was given and being a hero who saved the world, in reality the Autobots were the true heroes with Sam being an integral part. One would think that since he almost died in the last film that he'd be more mature, have a stronger character and not so whiny this time around.
I know it's all special effects but sometimes a building, helicopter etc. wouldn't look as real as the other scenes in the film and if you're spending a lot to make it realistic it better be. The scenes' where the characters' are hiding, creeping about not to be seen they do and stick out like Godzilla in the snow obviously the director and editor were asleep. There's a scene has someone telling another to shoot at an target which they hesitate and was out of character for being a member of NEST, the scene should have been deleted.
I liked the film though it could've been better if they hadn't rushed in it's making. It reminds me of Iron Man 2 which was disappointing as it too could've been so much better granted both films made big $$ but found that Battle: Los Angeles was a far better film though all three films had excellent special effects not counting the errors in this film. The rest of the returning cast and new additions were excellent.