Mild in every sense of the word

Rating: 2/10 (26 June 2009)

Just saw it. My rating:
2/10 story...I hate retcon.
6/10 presentation...Cool effects that will suck in 5 years. Lots of explosions.
6/10 enjoyment...It was mildly entertaining, but popcorn movies need not exceed 120 minutes.
4.6/10 aggregate score.
Comments:
-Way too much comic relief. We have the twins, the roommate, Simmons...etc. The movie borders on absurdity when every actor is spouting one-liners.
-Can't tell the robots apart. For the most part they have no identification at all. I had no idea there was an auto-bot named Jolt until 5 minutes before the movie ended when he saved Optimus Primes life.
-Michael Bay clearly has a hard-on for the US Military. It felt like watching a recruiting commercial every time he showed the navy ships in an absurdly photogenic and strategically unsound formation....as well as the air force.
-Stolen ideas? The Fallen...and the other primes...look like freaking Bionicle guys right down to the staffs. The "doctor" uses a tiny robot IDENTICAL to the one used in the Matrix to get into Sam's head.
-Way too much human vs. robot warfare. I want to see the robots fight! The entire last battle was basically the US Army fighting against Decepticons (and miraculously owning them with weapons that did not phase them in the first film) while the auto-bots hid or something.
/rant