144 Minutes of Robots Flipping and Jumping While LaBeouf Screams the Names of the Characters

Rating: 1/10 (10 September 2012)

This movie is so bad that I finished it as a challenge to my patience and to see how many times I would blurt expletives while doing so. I really wish that were a joke.
I'm not going to point out the plot holes, or tell you about how disappointed I am with the excellent supporting talent who should be ashamed for signing on to this movie, or make fun of Rose Huntintwatley orwhateverhernameis for looking like she has a bad Botox job and the fact that she can't act. To tell you everything that is wrong with this movie would be like writing a novel.
Just rest assured that this is yet more mindless drivel from Michael Bay and his cronies. If you liked either of the first 2 live action Bayformers movies, or if you liked Armageddon, or Avatar, or 300, or Sin City, or The Dark Knight, or any other number of appallingly bad movies that make stupid people think they're watching something interesting, fun, or original... then you'll LOVE this movie... but I pray you are never put in charge of children in your life.
You might say, "Well, what do you expect from a film based on children's toys?" My response to that question? SHUT YOUR STUPID FACE! I could say the same thing about Toy Story (based on talking toys), or Lord of the Rings (based on a fantasy novel), or The Road to Perdition (based on a comic book). People need to stop making excuses for bad movies like this, because the truth is, you can have a a movie based on toys and still have deep and likable characters (Toy Story), you can have a mind-blowing CGI experience and still have palpable human Drama (LotR trilogy), and you can have your guns and violence and still have a compelling story worthy of hearing (Road to Perdition).
When people pay their heard earned money to see this kind of garbage that insults your intelligence, caters to the lowest common denominator, and does nothing to stimulate thought, people like Bay will keep producing garbage. Don't be afraid to discriminate with what movies you spend your hard-earned money on. Don't rate something above average and the say "it was pretty good." Demand more for your time and money, and you'll get more, but only if people stop allowing crap like this to set the standard!