The Dark of the Summer Blockbuster

Rating: 5/10 (29 June 2011)

First of all, I want to make my point : I have nothing against summer blockbuster ! They can be entertaining as hell, well packaged and visually impressive. Well, Mr.Bay, having a huge amount of money doesn't make you the right to do ANYTHING ! Where the first Transformers movie was right at many levels : the story and the characters weren't original but credible and the action maybe a little chaotic but the whole product was OK. With this last (I hope !) episode, Michael Bay and even the full cast don't seem to care about the movie : the comedy scenes are cheesy, action sequences are full of these outdated slow-mo straight out from Matrix, there are zero emotion and it's awfully TOO long ! There is too many shortcut in this movie, the invasion of the Earth rushed in 5 minutes like Bay was saying : Why am I wasting time telling a good story when I know I'm gonna hit the jackpot whatever happens ? And I rate this movie 5/10 because there is a few good action sequences in there like the fall of the building or the battle in NY, those moments should have been the crucial point of the movie.