Finally had a rating assigned by the classification board: M
http://www.classification.gov.au/www...0?OpenDocument
Probably not important to most folks on here, but for those of us with younger kids nagging to go see it, nice to finally have a rating.
I find it interesting that the board doesn't rate these films higher based on the violence that occurs to the robot characters...within the context of the movie, they're as valid as humans. If the violence between the robots in TF1 and TF2 was done in a human war movie, it'd be MA15+ at least, if not higher. DOTM certainly looks to be on par with the first two based on the trailers alone.
I certainly remember being quite shaken at the violent combat in the original animated movie as a 6 or 7 year old...when the Decepticons stormed the shuttle and started punching big irreparable holes in the Autobots it left a lasting impression on my young psyche.
Just my 10 cents.