"...you should see it even though it's hateful and empty and preaches the worst kind of reactionary violence without even really meaning it."

Watched Transformers 3: The Dark Side of the Moon last night. 'Twas pretty OK, though it made me realise what a big soppy girly girl I truly am. Because my favourite moment in the entire movie was (and, stay with me, it's a little involved) when Shia LaBeouf (or however it's spelled)'s character shoots a decepticon in the eye with a grappling hook. The really cute soldier guy (whose role I really don't get, but who cares?) grabs ahold of the rope (by which LaBeouf's character is now perilously swinging from the rampaging robot's eye) and they both dangle dangerously, screaming, until Bumblebee shows up and saves them. I was all 'Naww! How pointless and yet endearing this show of buddy-dom is!' And that was the highlight of the film, for me at least. The rest of it was just a big testosterone fest with no likeable female characters (the military one doesn't die! At all! WHY DOES SHE NOT DIE?And the personality-free girlfriend who manages, somehow, to remain impossibly lovely and pretty and stiletto heeled). There were some cool effects. There was some cool acting from LaBeouf - although he only became relatable about twenty minutes into the film. The script was ghastly. The special effects were awesome. The bearded autobot guy was ridiculous. The annoying autobots were annoying. Bumblebee and Optimus Prime were lovely. This is all I have to say. Not a total waste of time, this movie.