Entertaining, but still very much more of the same

Rating: 6/10 (25 December 2013)

When my friend said that due to the popularity of the original Transformers movie that they had another five in the franchise, I guess he was not wrong. However, the franchise seems to follow the same format, but as with most films, begins to degrade in quality (this is not always the case, but it is a general trend that films seem to follow). Transformers is no exception, with the quality of the films generating, and I suspect the more that are released, the worse they will become. I still remember another friend wishing to see a live action Transformers movie. I guess he now has three of them to see.
Anyway, the films follow a similar pattern with the first part being a little farsical as they introduce the plot and bring the Transformers into the picture. The plot usually revolves around one of the famous mysteries, or events, that dot this world. This third instalment focuses on the moon, and it turns out that the race to the moon was because they had detected something crash onto the moon and Kennedy decides to send Americans to the moon to find out. It also brings in Chernobyl, and explains that the catastrophe was because of some Autobot technology that had gone wrong.
The first two movies were quite amusing at the beginning, however I simply did not find this film to be the same. The characters had become a little dry, and Witwiki has become more annoying wanting to continue to be a hero. He has finished university and must now look for a job. His first job seems to be amusing, but in the end it really isn't. As sure as the plot goes, the Transformers are then found to be dangerous and exiled from Earth, and the Decepticons then reveal that they will not leave Earth alone, but rather seek to enslave it. Thus comes the second part of the film which involves Autobots and humans fighting the Decepticons and the city of Chicago being smashed up. Lots of explosions, nasty robots, and machine guns, as well as a city getting trashed. Entertaining, but to be honest, I think that is really as far as it goes.