We already had a review thread:
http://www.cybertron.ca/boards/showthread.php?t=32562
I guess it's not dealing specifically with inconsistencies, but my thoughts on the movie in general are below.
Warning: Contains Spoilers
Cons
1. I thought the storyline over all was very weak and rushed. They basically lifted the story from several episodes of Transformers G1 cartoon series. It would have been nicer if they planned 2 and 3 out into a proper trilogy earlier.
2. The trend from past movies of the autobots being more violent than the decepticons continues.
a) "We will kill them all." ~ Optimus Prime
b) Decepticons apparently take prisoners, and don't execute them until a HUMAN suggests they do same. Autobots don't take prisoners, period.
c) Optimus apparently decided the only way to get the humans to trust them was to let the Decepitcons trash Chicago and kill tens of thousands of people while they were at it. They're dead now Optimus, all so you could gain the trust of the humans? What the hell Optimus...seems like a high price to pay for trust.
d) The wreckers rip a Decepticon limb from limb. Only time we've seen something similar was Megatron v. Jazz in the first movie. Stay classy autobots, you're the good guys, right?
3. The bridges
Megatron: "I know how to stop the autobots, we'll raise the bridges! Mwa ha ha!"
Starscream: "Wait...can they maybe jump, or walk into the water and scale the sides..."
Megatron: "Uhm...no no...they'll have to lower the bridges to get to us."
Starscream: "Why don't we just blow up the bridges?"
Megatron: "Why don't you just shut up Starscream"
Starscream: "Why am I the only Decepticon who can fly without a ship? We seem to have tonnes of identical drones, none of which are copies of me, or of blackout..."
Megatron: "...who?"
4. Cartoon logic.
a) Dr. McDecepticon: "I'm going to tell you all about our plan, including which cupola the control pillar is in, because there's no way anything you will ever do can ever stop us."
b) Carly: "Hey, you, Megatron, yeah...uhm...aren't you jealous of the new guy?"
Megatron: "You're right!"
Sentinel Prime: "Curses, I would have gotten away with it were it not for you meddling earth children!"
5. Decepticons explode whenever they appear on-screen. Autobots only explode from point-blank shots to the head when they're NOT in battle!
6. New characters barely introduced. After all, this movie isn't about giant robots with personalities, it's about explosions!
7. Questionable Humour.
a) Deep Wang? WTF...is this a comedy or an action film? I don't remember seeing these sorts of "funny bits" in Terminator 2, or the original star wars trilogy. It makes it hard to take the movie seriously.
b) Brains, Wheelie, and Slobbery (as I call Megs' "assistant".). Why are these characters there? For the kids to laugh at? It's The Phantom Menace all over again...Pick one target audience, and stick with it! Trying to target the kids and the adults at the same time just means the kids are bored half the time, and the adults are face-palming half the time.
8. "Missing" scenes?
Did anyone else think when they first started showing the Decepitcon ships hitting Chicago that we had "missed" some scene that showed how the ships go there, or the initial "attack"? Felt very disjointed.
9. Why were the decepticons on the moon at all? Why didn't they just fly straight to earth and "hide". Why hide on the moon first and then fly to earth and then hide until they could distribute the remaining pillars?
That said, why bother porting to earth at all. Why not distribute the pillars from orbit straight from the moon?
10. For being the warriors who were winning the war, they seemed to be "winning" like Charlie Sheen. Less than a dozen autobots verusus how many decepticons?
11. Whoops, optimus got tangled in some super-strong earth cables! Too bad he doesn't have laser-hot blades he could use to cut through them, or some guns to shoot them...good thing the wreckers were there to help him, and no decepticon ships which were sitting on nearby buildings and patrolling the sky decided to head over there and shoot at him...
12. The actors portraying Kennedy and Obama.
13. The robots were too "wet"...since when does starscream spit all over everything when he talks?
Pros
1. Human collaborators - Very well done, I didn't see Carly's boss being a human collaborator until the moment it happened.
2. Evil Sentinel Prime - I did not see that one coming either. Very unexpected, and a good twist.
