What happened?

Rating: 4/10 (27 June 2009)

After reading so many comments here, it's obvious that there are two different types of people going to see this movie--people looking for action (albeit probably looking for Megan fox as well) and those looking for action with a good story or at least one comparable to the first.
The first half of the movie starts out great with lots of action and many genuinely funny moments with Sam's parents. Sam is seduced by a college girl named Alice (played by Isabel Lucas) who does a good job with her role. We learn about two separate slivers of the all-spark which is pretty close to where the story takes a nose dive.
I won't go into much more detail about the story, or lack there of, since there are other big reasons why this movie failed me. Two words: the twins. These two robots reminded me exactly of Jar Jar Binks in Episode I. Adding more human personality to these robots was a mistake, particularly when dialog is so poorly written. Here's what Michael Bay said: "The twins are quite fun," he said of the comedy- relief duo Mudflap and Skids. "I just kept thinking, 'What if we have two dumb Transformers that are young and dumb?' They are just irreverent, dumb Transformers." No, just no!
By the way, poorly written dialog and cheesy dramatic moments was a theme in the third act causing it to drag...on and on.
Another criticism I have is how close much of the action was framed. There were countless action scenes where it was hard to tell exactly what I looking at. It was a jumbled metallic mess.
I did have a few favorite scenes in the movie. The forest scene was particularly well done. I think the landscape helped the composition of that whole sequence, it was awesome. There were plenty more great action sequences throughout the movie but it began to feel relentless. I'm such an Action/Sci-Fi fan that I was surprised to feel this way. Anyway, I'm 37 and I went with two other guy friends the same age. We chatted about the movie afterward and agreed on almost every point.
I'd wait on this one.
p.s. Some of the CGI on the pyramids was lacking.