The first 10-15 minutes were pretty breathtaking, with the whole stark clarity of space and the moon's surface launched in every direction by the 3D, which for most of the movie is used reasonably well, but at the start is wide-eyed "wow" territory.
The new love interest is introduced in a way which I suppose shapes her role and certainly rolls her shape, as the camera follows her legs up stairs and then follows the stairs up her legs, to reveal a far too short shirt and a pert representation of what I'm sure the recruiter and caster describes as acting ability; a definition accepted no doubt by all, once they had appraised her (ahem) assets.
The overall movie was aimed at teens, but is a fast paced action thriller, with the superb effects of the Transformers themselves keeping the pulse up throughout the film. The plot is not shakespearean, but then many good action flicks are short on plot and characterisations; this is short but not necessarily bad.
Spoiler
The Transformer found on the moon is voiced by none other than Leonard Nimoy and its hard not to see past a representation of Spock made of car and truck parts, despite him being the bad guy. Its a bit irreverant to both this movie and to Trek when he starts pulling out Spock lines; he can hardly compain of stereotyping when he does this stuff!
