TF3 was a great action flick just like the first two. Granted the 2nd one had major story issues, but as a pure summer action movie with an incredible cast of robots, its was well worth the ticket prices. I do think that having a good memory of the toy line and cartoons as a kid really pushes the movies along. I know TF were by far my favorite cartoon and toys.

However, TF3 won't hold that money lead for very much longer as soon as Harry Potter launches this week.

Also, I find it funny you blast TF when nearly all horror movies suck far worse in every way possible. There's a reason why no horror movie is anywhere near the top of the box office... ever. Their stories are just meh at best. The only horror-ish movies remotely interesting are the fake ones based on a true story.. lol.

Pirates of Carribean earned $986 million at box office. Transformers isn't even close to that. Anyways Harry potter wii destory Transformers very soon

TBH I don't think Bay himself improved so much as he had to change his shooting style to adopt 3D (which currently doesn't support super quick cuts and excessive shakey cam that well).  Either way the general opinion seems to be shooting in 3D produced better results, but to me it feels like the change was imposed on Bay rather than him getting better directly.

I can see this as being completely true...

The only reason he didn't use shaky-cam and rapid-fire editing like he usually does is because 3D cameras are far too heavy for the former and 3D in general is NOT compatible with quick editting. Trust me, if he COULD have done that he woulda. I also have no clue why Bay is so obsessed with sunrise/sunsets. The man also needs to understand porn, because the outright mysoginistic crap he allows in his films has got to stop

It looks to me that Michael Bay shot the latest transformers footage with all kinds of cameras and movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7kcqB3thJM

About 70 percent of the film was shot in 3D, but using different camers is no surprise. Heck, a lot of the next Batman movie is shot in IMAX, but other scenes use different cameras

For the second one they were still on the planet because of the Allspark, because of the information that was stored in the Allspark was what would point them to an Energon source hidden on Earth.  Meagtron wasnt aware of this until he was instructed of it by The Fallen.  

The thrid one did have problems, but they arent that bad.  And Optimus is 4 times bigger than Bumblebee.  Thats about the difference in size between Camaro and a Semi Truck.  

Three words for a trilogy within a seven word sentence! Godly coincdence!  FF VII remake confirmedz???!!!!!!!!!!!!

i love the transformer movies alot, all 3 of them. optimus prime is the daman
also ppl dont remember it seems that the humans were a good part of the cartoon plot, spike and his dad were huge factors in the series 1st half. and then daniel , spikes son ended up becoming the head in the headmasters plot near the end of the series 2nd act, also spike created fortris maximus for the autobots to fight against scorpionox on cybertron in the last episode to give the planet its 2nd golden age that vector sigma said would happen. ppl really need to go back and properly watch the series again.
also yes harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2 will be #1 this weekend and anybody would say that. however it will likely fall like the last one did and will finish 2nd to transformers 3 in total domestic gross, worldwide it could be a tie or damn near it when its all said and done.