Not as good as 1 part, but better but the 2nd

Rating: 7/10 (14 March 2012)

There has been a lot of discussions about this movie so I will try to keep it short.
I will first describe what I didn't like in the movie, and then move on to the good parts and things I liked.
First of all - lovely Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. She is gorgeous, but she can't play. At least she didn't in this movie. I bet she tried, but what we have is just horrible, and there's absolutely no chemistry between her and Shia Lebeouf's to the point I couldn't actually believe that Witwicky digs her character. It really bothered me throughout the movie. I mean, we have Turturro who overdoes his part but for one I'm fond of him, and two - he does that deliberately and winks to the audience while doing it. I understand that, it's just an action-figure movie. Yet what Rosie delivers is dramatic, and would be in anything more than, let's say, a Brazilian TV soap opera.
Sigh. Alright, let's move forward. I'll just point out that the story, while making more sense than in the previous part, is still rather so - so. While everything is fine with the dark side of the moon and the general core of the plot, there are little inconsequences and simply daft scenario cuts that make it, at times, just disturbing to watch (whole issue of government handling the situation, Malkovic and Jeong characters). Not to mention we are lead by the hand throughout whole movie so while there are some major twists - you just can't be surprised when they finally happen.
So what's good? As always - humor and visuals. I mean the battle at second part of the movie is truly epic. The mega-mecha-worm cutting through buildings, the air scenes with skydivers, dang, those are some really creative effects that were never tried before in any other action movie, and they are top quality too.
So why rate it so high? 7/10.
C'mon, it's a movie about giant robots! Let's not expect too much from it.