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Originally Posted by mcnooj82 
Ignoring whatever Michael Bay or Megan Fox think they mean, I still have to give some amount of praise to LaBeof. Should any movie actually be about the acting? Big CG robots or no? And despite the fact that nobody on the movie gets much of anything to work with, I don't think you can ever say that Shia doesn't make you believe that these robots are there interacting with him. That's not the kind of acting that gets recognized, but it is a specific skill.
I actually love that slow-motion shot of LaBeof waving for the soldiers in slow-motion. I think it's in one of the trailers too.
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I think Labeof just comes out as a guy who's just having fun while acting...no matter how far fetched or nonsensical the movie he's in is; to me, its like watching Brian Blessed (far better actor, of course) in "Flash Gordon"...the guy's completely aware of how ridiculous he looks and nonsensical the movie is, but he's enjoying every single second of playing a leather bound leader of hawkmen.
Labeof manages to actually not look like a complete manchild moron when he screams "I'll never give you this AllSpark!" to a giant robot.
And i'll get hated for this, but the "Coke hair gel" scene in KOCS cracks me up everytime.
Maybe I need to watch "Eagle Eye" or "Disturbia" to shatter this notion, though.