Think Michael Bay, think boobs and blood and Bayhem - right? Only, maybe not. With his producing cap on, Bay has also been behind a couple of efforts aimed at much younger people. We might be able to overlook I Am Number Four - after all, that's science fiction and is probably aimed at the same sort of level as Transformers in many ways - but the one that sticks out is Phinneas And Ferb: Across The Second Dimension, a TV movie version of the Disney cartoon that we assume Bay got involved in as the result of some sort of dare. Still, he's the only producer listed so we guess he had something to do with getting Sigourney Weaver, Saoirse Ronan, Vincent Cassel and Kevin James involved with the demented cartoon, in which the titular stepbrothers finally learn that their pet platypus, Perry (and try saying that ten times fast) is a secret agent. It must be just like the scene in Transformers where Shia finds out his car is an alien robot. Anyway, it hits screens in August so we'll have to wait and see.
L: JensonJet
I don't know why people have a problem with Bay's films. You know what you're getting, so surely you just avoid them if they're not for you. They're generally excellent popcorn, action flicks.
There are some I didn't care for, some I though were rubbish and some I thought were really good.
Transformers isn't aimed at my age group, so I watched the first (missed the first twenty minutes, and still have never seen it) and found it watchable enough. I was too old to have grown up with the toys but I didn't find the movie half as offensive as many action films.
I actually think Bay have a very good eye for framing shots, angles, etc, and I'm happy to watch a film that's fast-edited. I think he's more than capable of making a calmer, less action orientated movie, but he enjoys making the films he makes, they're successful and millions seem to enjoy his work, so long may it continue.
re generally a dumb, throwaway form of entertainment. Bay undeRead More
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RE: Thats one uplifting Gift
Posted on Saturday July 2, 2011, 23:00 by Scruffybobby
L: Spaldron
Really disappointed Empire. M should have stood for Misogynistic and R should have been Racist Robots. S could have been Shitty Director and L should have been Leery.
nd F really should have been - ahem - "Fruitcaking" the frame
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RE: Thats one uplifting Gift
Posted on Saturday July 2, 2011, 04:32 by Spaldron
Really disappointed Empire. M should have stood for Misogynistic and R should have been Racist Robots. S could have been Shitty Director and L should have been Leery. Read More
