I just got back from watching Transformers 3.
I wasn't prepared for what I realized later was a failure of cinema. Priming myself with low expectations and hoping to enjoy a little mindless robot on robot beating did not prevent Michael Bay from disappointing me. Now don't get me wrong, the special effects, the robots and the cars were really cool, but I just couldn't ignore how haphazard this film seemed to be.
A friend described the film as a "collection of cut scenes" and I do have to agree. Michael Bay seems to enjoy ignoring time lines and have everything happen all at once, keeping the viewer from knowing what is going on or whether what they're seeing even matters. Whole chunks of this film could be thrown out and the plot wouldn't change.
Even the final battle scene, which I had patiently sat through the beginning drivel for, was disappointing. The battle consisted of a constant dance of the good guys and bad guys getting the upper-hand against each other. During this mess I could not tell what the characters were trying to do and it seemed like there was just a whole lot of aimless running and shooting around, all while Shia Labeouf screamed his over-acting head off.
The only way to describe Transformers 3 is that it seems like Michael Bay took the plot and put it in a blender, and then randomly spread the gooey mess around 2 and 1/2 hours of film time.
Save your money people.
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