Respectfully, I think that's just a reflection of what you like. I thought it was a steaming pile and it didn't work for me at all. The action scenes were confusing, the design of the robots were garbage, and Bay's typical depictions of the military are more at home in gay porn than in any sense of reality. The whole movie was just stupid.
TF2 is even worse. But to me comparing the two is like comparing the IQs of two morons. Does it really matter if one is higher? They're both morons. The Transformer movies are bad movies. That one is marginally better is a nonstarter in my mind.
Fair enough. I can understand not liking them, and if you don't, your comparison makes sense. There's a charm - yes, charm - to the first one that just somehow, inexplicably works for me. I don't pretend it's a good film. But it's an enjoyable one, for me. Second one was like taking a shit shower. I'm just hoping the third is more like the first, but sounds like it ain't gonna be your cuppa no matter what.
