One of the worst movies I've seen...

Rating: 1/10 (29 June 2009)

Okay, for starters. I thought the first Transformers was decent enough with great effects but enough of a story and character development that it helped make those action scenes much more exciting because you gave a crap about what would happen to the characters.
Michael Bay was obviously given too much control of this one. Now, I read many people who somehow give this movie a 10 out of 10 or something up there with comments like best summer movie or I don't get the harsh reviews. Also, many people have said things like "Because people didn't get an Oscar winning story they hated the movie but the fight scenes were awesome!"....NO! An Oscar winning story is not needed but some kind of story would be great. It felt as though Michael Bay just rushed through everything in order to get to the next action scene. I went in with low expectations and I still left disappointed. You'll notice every time there is plot development Michael Bay has his actors stand face to face while he swings the camera around them for 30 seconds and hopes that everything is explained in a nice little package.
Now, I don't expect much of a story from this movie as I stated, but this movie made absolutely no sense. At least 9 or 10 times myself or people I was with said "What?" or "Huh?" after a scene ended that was supposed to expand the story. The characters in this movie (robot or human) have no development and as such you could care less what their goals are or if they die. Let's just say everyone seems to manage to die and just come back to life (through memories, a piece of rock, or a meeting in the afterlife with the "Prime Gods" and love...I'm serious). So many robots just show up and do nothing in this movie and Shia just runs away from stuff in slow motion and Ms. Fox looks amazing but her acting...ouch. The love scenes with her and Shia are so unnatural and just painful to watch (I'm talking Anakin/Padme stuff).
The editing was atrocious. I remember at one point the Terminator Decipticon going after Shia was walking then it cuts to Meghan Fox saying she's coming over on a plane, then the Terminator girl in slow mo, then a plane taking off in slow mo, and then somehow Meghan Fox travels across the country in seconds. Them just happening to go to Egypt when they need to is convenient too. Oh, the comedy in this movie was horrid. The roommate, the parents, the dogs going at it, the leg scene with the small bot and Meghan Fox, the rear man thong shot, the racist gold toothed duo...just ridiculous. Jar Jar can now rest in peace.
Honestly, I left this movie angry. It wasn't even so bad that it was good. The action scenes were just explosions or shaky cam with all these similar looking robots rolling around and you have no clue what's happening again. If anything you might want to join the US army because this movie just felt like a huge ad to join them. Transformers fans might dig the action but everyone else is left without any background info on anything or anyone. Considering the budget and franchise and names behind this...I expected bad...but not one of the worst things ever.