People are allowed to pursue projects that interest them. Weaving was just being honest. He didn't sound like he was complaining, really, just being matter-of-fact. What was he supposed to say, "hey Transformers is the highest art and I loved every minute of the job?" Eh. I thought Bay's response was a bit disproportionate and too much.
The fact is he shouldn't have said
anything. Regardless of whether or not you believe Hugo was right in his opinion or not - he, for whatever reason, threw not just Bay but everyone working on the film under the bus. If this was
any other profession people would be asking 'well, why did
we need to know that?' Exactly.
Why?
Anyone in the film industry to come out like this just shows little to no tact. And as someone
'in' the industry, I just find this kind of thing disrespectful on a whole number of levels to everyone involved in the process. This kind of thing is better left
behind closed doors. It is not the
public's place to know or even hear of certain things like this - just like with
any other profession which sadly I'm unsure how many people can see due to us living in a celebrity 'obsessed' culture.
If you call anything out - at least do it in a tactful way, not in a specific way of 'these people' and 'this crew.'
It's kind of comical that it goes back to an age old teaching from childhood - if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it at all and
especially don't have it
published! Not saying never have an opinion nor openly share it, just do it in the tactful way behind closed doors. This and Cap? There is nothing
tactical about it.
This isn't a matter of the film/s themselves, which I'm unsure how many can separate that notion, it's a matter of principle and being professional. Just see it as any other ordinary company - would you run to the 'Times' or handle things behind closed doors on a professional level? Exactly. Why shouldn't those in the public eye do the same?
! Bay should've got Frank in the first place. It aint like the fans didn't tell him
