And I who thought that it couldn't get worse...

Rating: 1/10 (3 August 2011)

Okay, this is the deal: I really like the first Transformers movie, because of its charm, action and interesting story. I was VERY excited when the sequel, Revenge of the Fallen, was released; but that was one of the biggest disappointments of my life: bad jokes, horrible story, cheesy/corny/childish manuscript (seriously, Optimus saying "Let's roll!"?!) and other horrible stuff. After that movie, I stopped being a fan of the whole concept.
And then, when a third movie's coming, reviewers are positive. I give it a little chance, and pray to God that it's at least less bad than Revenge of the Fallen. But it was the opposite: it was even worse.
I can't believe how it's possible to fit so many bad (a.k.a. "funny") jokes into a single movie, that's not intended to be a comedy. I hoped that at least the jokes would be better, but they weren't at all: the only thing I really laughed to was when they showed a picture of Sam (Shia) shaking hand with Barack Obama. But that was it.
The story and dialogue was horrible, and I can't believe how ANYONE mature can have the balls to actually write this piece of crap (excuse my French, as we say in Sweden). I thought the story was bad in the second movie, but this was just... A piece of junk. Bad ending too.
The acting was okay, but I didn't really care. The voices for the robots were so bombastic that I was almost laughing. It felt like a cartoon for kids!
Besides that, the special effects were awesome (as always), though in fact, I actually got tired watching robots killing each other and helicopters exploding; how many times haven't you seen that before??!!
For the patriotic part, I don't find anything explicit with that. WHY NOT fight and proclaim for freedom? Communists and anti-Americans might get angry, but I don't see any big deal with that. But anyway, let's not influence too much politics in this.
Overall, this is just rubbish. If you aren't tired of watching giant robots shooting at and fighting each other, and don't care the slightest about any story depth at all, then go for it! My friend who was with me when we saw it actually said: "This movie doesn't have any story at all, and that's why it's so freaking good!" Maybe that's the way to see it. But for me, I say no.