Good action sequences, excellent plot but...

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2010)

A Transformers movie needs action!
This movie gets more bashing and trashing in the action scenes. You get to see your favorite characters and new ones who really come to do more comedy.
The particular thing which makes me not give it a 10 is making some specific parts more R rated than usual. I guess there was a need to show an additional talent but some people deserved to return. This specific part let me down because you put a mediocre actor like the so-called Presidential adviser. Jon Voight did not return, the Australian actress who was the hacker team head did not return and the black comedian who shouted to his grandma to drink her prune juice neither. You added more simple characters and they made the movie not go well.
The other part is that there was more improvisation. But you had Bumblebee talk then not... among other quirks. Megan Fox did OK acting, but Shia did better. Overall you're entertained but don't expect a big hit.