Far far far too many clichés

Rating: 5/10 (3 August 2010)

What I thought whilst watching this film is it's a great kids film. It has silly characters, toilet humour, some classic old school racial stereotypes (kids love over the top black guys and what's funnier than having 2 robots be over the top black guys) and all the different character types you could expect from an action movie.
I kept thinking that this movie is perfect for 8 - 14 year olds and would be OK for an adult accompanying them to watch also in the knowledge they're watching a nice kids action movie. The only problem is it isn't for that age group. There's some drug and sex references which make it more appropriate for adults rather than young kids and this is where I think the movie falls down.
If you're going to make the movie aimed at older teenagers and adults you should really make the dialogue a little bit less immature. I don't mean it has to have a serious message or be deep and meaningful. Certainly not. Look at any decent action movie and the script is going to have some witty one liners. Some stupid over the top bad guys and all that and that's part of the enjoyment of it all.
I felt with this movie that it was written by a teenage boy. It just missed the mark. Michael Bay just seems very immature. Compare this movie to some other recent action movies like the latest die hard and you'll see that they flow better and the dialogue isn't quite as tween like.
A few of the things that made me really dislike this movie:

Parts that tried to pull the heart strings when you really don't give a flying crap about the characters. Especially all the romance scenes which were unnecessary.

The whole college thing with his Mum. I won't say what exactly happens but it's just painful to watch.

Megan Fox. She's too hot and can't act. It's distracting when you're trying to get in to the action and this poster girl looks like she was superimposed on to the scenes never a hair out of place.

The blowtorch scene, not gonna say what it was but if it had of been the other way round it would have been considered pretty sick.

Having 2 dumb robots voiced in a over the top black guy way waving round guns and being a bit stupid and gangsta was a bit clichéd and pretty offensive.

All the supporting characters. They just seemed like a giant pile of generic gash.

On the plus side the action and CGI was very impressive and the story idea itself was perfectly reasonable.
I just think if they could have got in a few people in for cliché and continuity control it would have been a better film. When you're spending millions and millions on actors and CGI you can really afford for some non retarded people to look over the script and pick it apart a bit.