Comments on: Michael Bay Stalls Transformers 3 To Make “Small” Movie?

By: elkanah paul

elkanah paul — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:10:01 +0000

i want to now the personal email addres of michael bay

By: (V)atrix

(V)atrix — Mon, 04 May 2009 03:18:10 +0000

Oh, please, like the world needs any more of Bay’s work. He’s already done more than his fair share of work when it comes to depleting the world’s collective intelligence. There’s no way he could make a good movie, small or otherwise. He’s already proven that.

Maybe he’s doing this as a test to see if he’s succeeded in making the world idiotic enough that he can qualify as a good film-maker?

By: The Desolate One

The Desolate One — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 23:05:04 +0000

This “switch” by Bay proves an age old saying, “Money isn’t everything”. He’s at the point now where we wants to at least ATTEMPT to make a movie that is indicative of his potential artistic ability, as opposed to his (already well known)ability to direct big budget action blockbusters. I think this is a good move by Mr. Bay. If the movie flops, it’s not going to hurt his wallet in the least. If it SUCCEEDS, then he “informs” the world that he can make a movie that has legitimate character content as opposed to cgi / real time explosions. I applaud him in attempting this directorial juxtaposition. He has given us all the adrenaline that we’ll ever need. Good luck to him in his future endeavors to prove / improve his directorial career.

By: What Michael Bay’s “Small Movie” Is All About - Screen Rant

What Michael Bay’s “Small Movie” Is All About - Screen Rant — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 07:46:10 +0000

[...] Saturday, Screen Rant reported on Michael Bay’s personal project that he’d be working on before moving onto rounding off the Transformers [...]

By: Andy S

Andy S — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 22:37:42 +0000

I hope Bay doesn’t have a Pulp Fiction in him because I despise that movie. I don’t know why people think it’s so great. I’d much rather watch Transformers again then sit through the stupidity that was Pulp Fiction. God, how I despise that movie for the 2 hours of my life that is gone forever.

By: Josh R

Josh R — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:29:48 +0000

I don’t like Bay. I won’t go so far as to attack him like other people (he has given me a few enjoyable flicks) but he needs to stay with what he’s good at. He’s just not that good at humor or character, and a small flick needs good characters more than anything.

It also really really bugs me when directors compare their projects to vastly superior films. Bay does not have a Pulp Fiction in him, even if he does have a good small film in there somewhere.

By: Joshi

Joshi — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 18:40:56 +0000

@790

By no means am I saying Bay is a good director… well, not a great one, he’s good at giving us entertainment (most of the time), but he’s clearly no Scorsese or Nolan.

But to me, the difference between a hack director, like, say, Brett Ratner and Michael Bay is that Ratner’s movies feel like he’s doing it only for the money and that he isn’t really invested in his stuff, only in in to get the job done and walk away with a paycheck whereas Bay seems to really care about his movies. Even if Bay’s movies are just mindless action movies that are somewhat cheesy and cliché, they’re still some of the best of their kind.

By: 790

790 — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:29:24 +0000

Let’s not forget Ed Wood had passion for his films.

By: Joshi

Joshi — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:16:45 +0000

@][4n][ Essentially, yes, generally when a film maker decides to "do" a movie, that means they want to direct a film, not just produce. A movie will normally have separate people for the Director and Producer jobs, allowing the Director to have a bit more freedom making the movie without having to worry too much about money and logistics (although Bay tends to be very involved with all of that anyway, which is one of the reasons I'll defend him against people who call him a hack director, hack's don't care about their films, but Bay makes his with passion).

By: ][4n][

][4n][ — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 11:28:16 +0000

Perhaps I misunderstand the industry a little, but since the first Transformers MBay has been a Producer of a few films such as The Horsemen, The Unborn and Friday the 13th. He is not credited as the Director for these films though. So is it the Director’s hat that is being referenced when he says “I would like to take a year off… I might do a small in-between movie.”?

By: EnglishGavz

EnglishGavz — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 10:36:52 +0000

I like the sound of it, but I also want Bad Boys 3!

By: Dell

Dell — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:08:23 +0000

This oughtta be interesting. Honestly, I don’t know if he has a “good” small movie in him. He excels at making loud, dumb action flicks but suddenly wants to go intellectual on us? Good luck to him.

By: 790

790 — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:53:28 +0000

Sounds natural,,, he’s prob sick of the studio suits looking over his shoulders telling him what to do.
On a smaller film he would have more control over everything…

By: Matt K

Matt K — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 20:33:45 +0000

as much as i love giant killer alien robots fighting each other i think its better to wait a while, but bay make a small movie lol, i dont think its possible for HIM to do, i mean hes all about explosions, and action and really cant see him making a “small” film

By: Joshi

Joshi — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:43:13 +0000

I… don’t know. I mean I love the guy as a director who can guaranty a good time at the movies with mindless action, but we’ve all seen his attempt at “humour” in his movies (bumblebee urinating on John Tutorro). I mean I don’t want to count my chickens just yet, who knows, maybe he’ll do a really great dark comedy, but last time he tried to do something “different with his movies”, we ended up with Pearl Harbor (which, lets face it, was always a contrived love story with a WW2 backdrop).

By: Heath McKnight

Heath McKnight — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 18:20:18 +0000

I’ve read for years that he’s wanted to do this. Good for him, I hope it works out. He can get plenty of tips on small films from Spielberg, Tarantino, etc.

heath