Transformers Dark of the Moon - You may lose your faith in us, but never in yourselves

This review is on Transformers Dark of the Moon Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Josh Duhamel. This movie was directed by the destruction porn master himself Micheal Bay. This was the movie I was waiting for this summer. It's redemption time baby yeah! Or is it? Revenge of the Fallen was to say the least not very good. The humor forced into the move was less than needed, and kind of stupid. Unfortunately some of this humor transferred into this movie. It was very hit and miss but again took away from the movie for me. And I know Megan Fox is a complete bitch. But to reference her in the movie and how much of a bitch she was to work with was kind of childish, and very unprofessional. Don't bring your personal squabbles into my viewing pleasures. Megan Fox's replacement Rosie still couldn't act, but was better than Fox. The beginning of this movie was rather a pointless one and could have been cut out because the movie was almost 3 hours long. It starts off with Sam out looking for a job while living with his girlfriend. But has lost his self worth and meaning without the Autobots. There were some funny scenes with John Malcovich. Well all this job searching leads to Sam running into a coworker who was involved in the space program and Apollo eleven. Apollo Eleven and the space race with the Russians was a massive cover up to investigate the alien craft that crashed on the dark side of the moon. The Russians took the ships engine and kept in Chernobyl. Well we can all guess what happened there. Well only 35 or so people were involved with the real truth behind the space race and all were slowly being assassinated. And so uncovering these murders leads the assassin to Sam and thus the plot begins. Well a simple plot I suppose, no real depth to it. Though there was unneeded silly comedy this movie was darker than the others. Which I believe the franchise needs. When there was violence it was heavy. But with the violence came no real urgency or threat. It was fun to watch but I had no worry about the main characters well beings. The animation was lackluster and could have been better especially with the caliber of the franchise. I have had a lot of negative things to say about this movie, but I still liked it. It's still not the Transformers movie I have been waiting for but its a small step in the right direction. With that being said I'm not sure they will make any more. I absolutely hated the ending. If this was the end of the franchise. It was an ending I was very let down by and would not have envisioned for the end of Transformers. It was very rushed and I couldn't help but roll my eyes and say "really?". Very let down. I liked it but there was too much I found wrong with this film. But at the same time I feel it was on par with the first movie. I give Transformers Dark of the Moon 2 1/2 out of 4. Please don't end it on this note. Oh almost forgot Shockwave, bad ass, I don't quite understand what he was but I liked it.