While you're preparing to turn off your brain for the special effects, keep in mind to also prepare for the hour worth of filler.

Rating: 3/10 (1 May 2012)

Micheal Bay's idea of what makes a film "epic" is that it has to be bigger, louder, and longer (the longest one yet), than ever. And that's really all there is to the process. No sense in nit-picking apart this familiar heap, because even with something as drastic as the female lead of the movie undergoing not just a change in actress, but a change into an entirely new character, this is exactly the same deal as before. This is a tad bit better than the preceding installment in the series, because the action sequences are a bit more comprehensible than the putrid blur of overly polished CGI colliding with impossible to grasp chaos that was the spastic seizure of colors and lights called Revenge of the Fallen. But even with the slightly noticeable refining of the control and pacing in the special effect mayhem this time around to show that Bay is serious about his special effect action, it's still more than obvious that it's still the only aspect of his movies that he focuses on, and pours any effort into. And these action sequences are of course awesome if you just want straight up kick-ass action, as they're everything fans of blockbuster brutality will get their adrenaline fix over, but it's an incredibly tiresome and painful time getting to them with all the unnecessary filler scenes of immature comedy that drag on and on and serve no ultimate purpose. People argue that Transformers movies are good for good action and great special effects, but they seem to forget that this argument isn't valid if these dumb scenes are overlooked. Nothing has changed or at least improved in these movies by the now third installment, and it's getting incredibly predictable and annoying, and it's a bad sign when something gets more annoying with each installment, and goes on LONGER than before with each new installment. If Dark of the Moon is an indication of anything by this point in the series, then it's that no matter how many Transformers movies are made after this one, it's all downhill from here at this rate.