Of course, if you were to compare both the actresses, I have to agree that Megan played her role well. But her acting skills were surely honed by her stints in Ocean Avenue, a Swedish-American soap opera, and Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen.
And Rosie? She zipped from a Victoria's Secret catalogue to the silver screen. It couldn't have been an easy transition - the pitfalls of acting are greater than tripping on the runway or getting sand into her unmentionables in a beach shoot.
I say it is still too early to pass judgment on her acting skills - everybody has to start out somewhere and landing a lead actress role in a summer blockbuster is definitely going to get her somewhere.Moreover, Megan, as Mikaela, set the bar pretty high. In previous instalments of Transformers, she played a spunky chick who has a record for grand theft auto, rides a bike and fights Decepticons. She enshrined herself as every fanboy’s wet dream.
But somewhere along the way, director Michael Bay must have decided it was time for Sam Witwicky (Shia Lebeouf) to grow up and become a man. If you compare the two actresses and their roles in the franchise, Megan is like Angelina Jolie, the one wearing the pants in the relationship. Rosie plays the exact opposite. She has a certain vulnerability which makes her your nice, sweet trophy girlfriend.
The two actresses are exact opposites of a magnet - and Rosie's role is one Megan would never have been able to pull off.
Just like with Megan in Bay's first two Transformers movies, Rosie's beauty was captured in deliberate slow motion part.
While these moments came across excessive and a ploy to disguise the bad dialogue, they were a good platform for Rosie to further affirm her worth as a model - she looked so good in front of the camera.
Whatever she lacked in acting talent, she made up for with her beauty.
So it's like this: I entered the cinemas expecting to be let down by Rosie's performance. Instead, I emerged a Rosie Huntington-Whiteley convert - and a leg guy.
Awesome gams aside, I believe that given time, she will make an outstanding actress. Let's wait and see.