Little boys' movie

Rating: 5/10 (30 September 2011)

I was reluctant to view another "Transformers" movie since I always thought those robot cars to be childish - and I was proved right yet again.
The story starts out rather promising - the formerly famous Sam Witwicky finally realizes that he basically didn't contribute anything (and how could one with all that vastly advanced aliens roaming about) and has to find a new orientation in life. Too bad he doesn't find any. So he just decides to bust in on the incompetent military leaders and shows them how it's done. Wow. Exactly what you would expect to excite those teenagers - I mean apart from transforming cars, explosions and Megan Fox. Not that I wouldn't approve of all that. It's just that the whole impression is not convincing, the action scenes are rather boring and Megan behaves quite erratic.
So instead of people spurting blood, deep insights by main characters and some nice bikini shots we just get two hours full of explosions where no one dies, people who don't have to make any decisions and a bitchy female lead who behaves like a 15-year old girl. Oh and did I mention the non-conclusive moral sermons? As if you could get a message to those youngsters among exploding cars and collapsing buildings...
Also the cuts are rather crude, sometimes you feel like you have fast forwarded too much and then again they crammed so much dialog into one scene that you get confused.