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Originally Posted by NokkonWud

I hate this, I really do. So what if it's Michael Bay? He isn't a bad director at all. I'm sick of hearing people go, "Ugh, it's Michael Bay, go watch something by Steven Soderburgh instead", it's snobbery of the highest order. It's like someone is saying " I can't like that, that's for the masses, I'll enjoy this little indie movie instead and say it's the best thing ever", it's what we've seen with movies like Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, etc... It totally boils my piss.
Michael Bay has directed some fantastic action movies that really couldn't have been done any better by anyone else. Bad Boys, The Rock, Armageddon are all brilliant action movies, and the first Transformers was revolutionary in many ways (as well as something I totally enjoy to watch). Sure, Transformers II isn't that great of a movie, mainly because of bad editing decisions, but saying it's a bad movie only because Michael Bay was involved is just plain wrong.

It wasn't a bad movie because it was a Michael Bay film - I suspect it would have been a bad film no matter who was involved. He just made it so obviously a Michael Bay film that it became laughably predictable. Bad editing decisions? Bad script and a terrible plot predated the bad editing.

As for not being a bad director - Bad Boys was actually pretty enjoyable - His first directing job sounds defiantly like it's just full of eye candy though... he's not a patch on Uwe Boll though.

I enjoy visual spectacles - also a lot of blockbusters. Hell, I reckon if you lot went through my DVD collection you would wonder what the hell was going on... I mean such high class directors as Kevin Smith, Richard Donner...

Juno was pretty interesting, but nothing I'd watching again. Little miss sunshine was a dreary pile. As for Soderburgh I think he's done some absolute cack... Oceans 11 is the highlight for him iirc.

I've been called worse than a snob, but I'll take it as a compliment. *goes back to watching that incredibly famous high class film for cinema snobs - The Goonies*

Anyway - a link for you... Linky

Originally Posted by leowyatt

you mean you haven't learnt that about Flibster by now?

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