Mixed Feelings

Rating: 6/10 (30 June 2011)

I have been a major Transformer's Fan for quite some time now. After watching Transformer's in 2007, I fell in love with the stunning new rendition of the well known franchise. When Transformers Revenge of the Fallen came out I was also very happy with it overall, although their were some aspect's I wasn't entirely happy with, I overall did really like it.
When I went into the Cinema for Transformers Dark of the Moon, I think however that I was expecting to much because in my opinion it didn't live up to what I imagined it would.
Firstly I will say this. This movie is a great Movie in some aspects. The Special Effect's are simply jaw-dropping, with crisp, immaculate detail that look's like the Transformers are visually there on the set. The Action also is insane, and at certain part's of the film left my saying ''Wow, that was awesome''. So there is no doubt in my mind that the Action and Special Effect's side of the Film is incredible and top notch as usual.
... However, the Storyline and some other aspect's of the Movie though were very disappointing and quite confusing. Without sounding too harsh, unfortunately for me this is the worst story line in the entire Transformers Movie. After thinking about it non -stop all night and all morning, even i found it difficult to recall what was happening. After discussing it with some of my fellow friend's, they also found it very confusing. I felt the story - line was rushed, or wasn't consistent, and it felt like they were going for that objective ... but then they were going for that objective. So for me, this is the worst story -line in my opinion.
One of the other thing's I did not like was some of the Acting skill's. The acting was at time's fairly good, however at other time's it was week and degrading. The new girl who is playing a different role, is not the best actor either I'm afraid. At first I admired her sweet tone and fairly well presented acting skills, however - and excuse me for sounding a bit prejudice - I found her English accent quite frustrating at times when she was suppose to be conveying a sense of sadness or fear. Unfortunately the acting skill's for me were average, Megan Fox in my opinion did better in the acting field.
Another thing that was very frustrating is they did not show us or give us enough information or detail on new Transformers. There is a lot of new Transformer's that we don't know there name, didn't see them Transform and didn't see their vehicle form or hear them speak. I saw one Transformer only in it's vehicle form, I never saw it Transform. And their was countless other Transformer's that I wanted to see more. Also a large minority of character's were killed and in a way I felt like they were only shown for a couple of minutes and then they were dead or gone just like that.
Overall, I wouldn't say it is the best Transformers. It is still worthy of seeing. I would rate it 10/10 if it were just for the Special Effect's and Action, however the confusing and jumbled story - line, lack of knowledge on a range of character's and the poor acting skills from some of the actor's leave me to give it a 6.