Just got back from seeing the movie, and I loved it. One of my favorites of the series, I'd say certainly better than ROTF and AOE. Anyways, likes and dislikes!
Things I liked:- Bumblebee's voice! He sounds younger than he did in the first movie, but it still sounds similar.
- Cogman (though interestingly not a headmaster. I thought for sure we would've seen it after Bee blasts Nitro's head off (like the toy), but nope. Probably in an earlier draft.)
- Romantic subplot takes up much less screen time than it has in previous films, thank goodness.
- WWII Scene. It didn't need to be there, but I liked it.
- Steve Jablonsky's score was great as always, loved the hints of older tracks like arrival to earth, and some others like when we first see Bee and when Optimus fights the combined infernocus.
- We didn't lose any Autobots in this one, so we'll get to see more from these characters in the future.
- A bunch of scenes in particular, including;
- Megatron and Starscream's head (even though there's a problem with it)
- Every scene with Bumblebee in it, especially the scenes towards the end of the movie, like when
he kills Nitro.)
- Optimus taking out Infernocus
Things I didn't like:- We get no explanation for how Bumblebee can put himself back together. It's apparently a new ability, otherwise he should've been able to put his legs back on in TF1.
- How is Starscream's head in one piece? it got blasted to slag last I remember.
- Topspin has Leadfoot's head, which is either an error or an unexplained headmaster thing.
- The decepticons weren't really scary, they were just (with the exception of Barricade and Megs) obnoxious. I was totally ok with them getting killed off.
- No Bumblebee v. Barricade rematch
Like I said, a few problems, but overall I very much enjoyed it. Bring on the next one, Paramount!