Overall exciting but some parts ridiculous (like most movies!)

Rating: 8/10 (30 June 2011)

I give it 8 for the huge battle scenes with amazing special effects. Unlike most people, this is the first Transformers film I have seen (I don't get out much)and I was impressed by the action (I am easily impressed, due to not going out much). My senses were stirred, rattled and rolled. But I question why the very beautiful Rosie Huntington Whiteley (Carly) was in the film .... she added nothing except a stunning body and big lips, but managed to keep her perfect skin totally unblemished and her white clothes unmarked, in spite of the carnage she was involved in. This girl may be a model, but an actress??? Also, it is impossible at times to know who is the bad guy and the good guy (transformer-wise); they look alike. At times the scenes were a tangle of metal and you hoped that it was the good guy who won; but were not really sure. And why do advanced aliens use bullets (or similar)? Humans can destroy whole cities with one bomb; aliens could do that, or even more. Instead at times they pick off individuals as if they are still in WW1. But in spite of those niggles, still worth seeing the film. As for the choice between 2D or 3D, I saw it in 3D but wanted something to fly out at the audience and make my girlfriend jump .... I was disappointed. But, as to whether it as good in 2D I don't know .... I would have to watch it to make that judgement but now I already know the ending .... and anyway, not sure when I will next go out.