[Movie] Transformers Movie (07-04-07)

Hopefully, someday I'll have the opportunity to kick Michael Bay in the balls and scalp him. The dude needs a haircut.

Why are the words "a Michael Bay film" above the title on the movie poster... as though Michael Bay is a bigger than Transformers itself? Bay is an arrogant prick who thinks he makes good movies cause retards pay out the nose for his shitty work. The only decent thing he's ever done was the Aaron Burr milk commercial.

I've started to re-watch the original series so I can see exactly how far he's missed the mark. What's sad though is the fact that the movie will make $100M+ opening weekend just cause it's a summer blockbuster. And because of this, Michael Bay will think he's done justice to the intellectual property.

The 1986 flick had an all-star cast of voice actors including Orson Welles, but you certainly didn't see a movie poster that read, "Orson Welles in, Transformers the Movie" I hate seeing directors or actors thinking they're bigger than the movies that they work on.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Mudkips

It's called marketing, dumbass. People are going to respond to movies positively (as in, throwing money at it) so long as you have big names attached to it. NAMES are MORE important than the franchise itself in many cases, especially when it comes to something like Transformers.

Spider-Man 3 made a shitload more money than Transformers will, and it was never marketed as "Sam Raimi's Spider-Man." Besides, since when is Michael Bay a big name? Is it really so easy to become a big name in Hollywood? All he's done is cast Ben Afleck in a few shitty movies, given us the "dynamic duo" of Will Smith and Martin Lawrence (outta be killed just for that crap) and spends 50 million minimum on explosions and special effects in every flick he's done.

I guess more than anything I don't like to see his arrogant approach to shit.

BTW, no need for the name calling Mudkips. I'd just prefer it if directors cared more about making a good movie instead of just working the marketing machine.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Mudkips

Is this your first time watching a Hollywood-produced summer blockbuster?

As opposed to those indy summer-blockbusters?

Even if the goal is just to be a summer blockbuster and make a shit load of money, why advertise it as "a Michael Bay film?" His name carries no weight as a director and if anything scares off those that were tricked into seeing Armageddon and Pearl Harbor with their girlfriends.

Putting an actor or director's name infront of the title of a movie usually shows that those individuals' egos are too big to commit to making something bigger than themselves. So forgive me if I prefer my actos to play characters or directors to commit to making a good movie instead of a $200M semi-sweet asshole sandwich... especially when they've got the opportunity to do something awesome.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by jouhou

Also, what makes you think the producers and actors/actresses are doing a poor job? What's this all based on??

Have you ever watched a Michael Bay movie?



Why ever trust this guy again with the funds to make a big flick?

I'm not saying that those that deserve the credit shouldn't be on their movie posters... but placing themselves before the title is arrogant in my book.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by Interrobang

It's not about making quality (which Transformers never was). It's about making money.

Again, I guess it's too much to ask for quality... Hopefully someday people will see that you can make more money with quality. I'm sick of the sellouts.

And yeah jouhou, I'm aware that this happens. Doesn't mean I have to like it.

I was speaking idiomatically.