Marvin
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The problem some people have with Bay ultimately(and I'm guessing) is that in the genre of making fun,'traditional' summer blockbusters he's the most successful in this day and age and yet as movie fans I can imagine that some compare him to the past directors who once ruled that season with films that were meant to be nothing more than fun (Spielberg, Robert Zemeckis before his love of technology ran away with him etc) and find him lacking.
ur right about Zemeckis
thing is those dudes make movies that were kid friendly
this was bays first(as far as intentions)
so it's at this point that the comparisons can start...
Those filmmakers at their best gave us films that weren't exactly meant to be deep yet we got CHARACTERS (not stereotypes) we, the audience, could give a damn about. The original script for PEARL HARBOUR, as an example, was said to be much better than what ended up onscreen because Bay wanted it to be more action-oriented.
read 80% of the reviews on PH and you'll see a consensus that the action(bombing) is the only good part of the movie
cause the story(that bay wrote) was weak and kinda contrived.
my theory tried and tested
lame and bad movie on paper...bay's involvement being it's saving grace.
Imagine the Michael Bay versions of JAWS, RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK, BACK TO THE FUTURE, TERMINATOR 2etc and, to an extent, even though I don't think TF has ever really had material worthy of non-fanboys taking it seriously, I do see why his style (memorably spoofed in TEAM AMERICA) grates on some.
if those movies were presented to bay with the same scripts, i have to disagree(T2 not so much), they would be just as strong story wise except they would look better.
funny enough berg's new indy just proved how dated that approach to cinema really is.
bay's back to the future might actually be interesting
but only if they used Shia lol
Next week we could possibly see not one but two genre based summer blockbusters (THE DARK KNIGHT, WALL-E) nominated for the top prize. I've no problem with a director who doesn't have the lofty intentions a Chris Nolan or Andrew Stanton had but I suppose at times it does put things into perspective.
Stanton is no bird
and the 3rd act of wall-e undermined all the good the first act did
nolan and bay are very different yes
the script for TF and the script for TDK are very different too