Where are the women?

Rating: Null/10 (23 September 2011)

So the Iranians build evil nuclear facilities, the Germans are bad anyways (the German car had to be a Decepticon, of course) and the Russians still can't be trusted. And 10 years after 9/11 Americans fear nothing more than an invasion...and women; why else are there literally hundreds of men but only three women in the film?
It's sad to see that in the year 2011 women on film still either have to be mothers or supermodels. Well, or they have to be so butch (Mearing) that you might as well have the credentials to be a guy, which makes you anything but sympathetic, except to Simmons, who seems to be attracted to that kind of woman and makes sure that the only female without male attachment is properly attached in the end. But, even more disturbing, where are all the women soldiers? Shivering in fear and crawling under the wings of their boyfriends, I guess. Because guys fight tough and women can only make bad decisions (Mearing), raise children (Judy Witwicky), or be compared to a car - a thing to possess - and contribute by whispering betrayal in the ears of the enemy (Carly Spencer), in this case to no one less than Megatron.
The movie is quite unnerving with fast cuts and ever-moving camera work from the very beginning. Where has the art of building suspense disappeared to? The action sequences are stunning and probably the reason why most people stayed until the end; though cutting the movie down to 90 minutes would have greatly improved it. I went because I liked the premise with the moon landing at the beginning. There were some good ideas and a lot of potential. Unfortunately, it all went downhill after the first five minutes. I should have read the prequel comic instead. At least the previous two Transformers movies featured some humor and offered some fun entertainment, if you powered down your brain a bit. This one just hurt.