First off let me say this is the best use of 3D I've seen since Avatar, which makes sense as it was shot with the same PACE3D cameras that were used in that film.
The effects of course are mind boggling, which is on par for a Michael Bay film. There are some exceptionally mind blowing shots however during the climactic battles in Chicago.
Sam's new love interest (Rosie Huntington-Whiteley) is annoying, but not as much as Megan Fox was, so that's a plus. Patrick Dempsey plays a baddie, which is quite a turn for him. Leonard Nemoy voices one of the new Autobots, even throwing out some Wrath Of Khan dialogue before the climax. And all the old characters from the other movies make return appearances (save Megan Fox of course).
Over all though, the film was just too long. At almost three hours in length, the majority of time is taken up with seemingly endless robot battles of the second half of the film. These could really have been cut in half and no loss would have resulted. It's a fun popcorn movie if you want to spend the three hours on it, but if you go you must see it in 3D, otherwise you might as well wait for it's DVD/Blu-ray release.
On a nitpicky note: At the start of the film, the Apollo 11 crew discover a robot ship on the "dark side of the moon". This is impossible as the dark side of the moon always faces away from the Earth and the Apollo 11 crew landed on the Earthward side. So unless they hiked thousands of miles in 20 minutes to see the ship... the logic just falls apart. This is a constant frustration I have with Michael Bay movies, the ignorance of logic and science. For me this goes all the way back to the impossible logic of Armageddon (fires in space???). But, I'm used to it with him, so I just suspend my disbelief and enjoy the ride.
Also I think Rosie Huntington-Whiteley botoxes her lips.
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