Michael Bay Apologizes For Armageddon
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If I recall he already apologized for Transformers.Xdeser2 said:
I liked Armageddon, I always put that next to Independence Day when it comes to fun popcorn action movies that I never get tired of watching.
There's not that many Michael Bay movies that I hate that much when I think about it.
The Rock and Bad Boys 2 are fucking awesome.
I liked the Island.
I even liked the second half of Pearl Harbor, the part without the George Lucas dialogue and the awkward chemistry between Ben Affleck and Kate Beckinsale.
I never understood why people give him so much shit.
So, he'll apologize for one of his ostensibly good films, but not for the upcoming TMNT branded raping-of-childhoods, the downright insult that was Pearl Harbour, or racist robots?
Well, at least he's consistently obtuse.
Well, at least he's consistently obtuse.
So... since when is saying "I was making this excellent movie and then the studio took it away from me and fucked it all up. If it had been left entirely in my hands it would have been great." considered an apology? Narcissistic jackhole.
While I have to admit the man makes movies that leave an astonishing amount of theater seats soaked by the copious nerdgasms of big bang special effects aficionados, like another poster here, I've never watched any of hims films more than once, if that many times, except for The Rock. To me the man's film career has been a complete waste of time.
George Weiss: I don't make major motion pictures. I make crap.
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.
George Weiss: Yeah, crap with a star.
While I have to admit the man makes movies that leave an astonishing amount of theater seats soaked by the copious nerdgasms of big bang special effects aficionados, like another poster here, I've never watched any of hims films more than once, if that many times, except for The Rock. To me the man's film career has been a complete waste of time.
George Weiss: I don't make major motion pictures. I make crap.
Edward D. Wood, Jr.: Yes, but if you take that crap and put a star in it, then you've got something.
George Weiss: Yeah, crap with a star.
What the hell is wrong with Pearl Harbour? I liked that movie, and aside from some historical inaccuracies, the film did a decent job of portraying what the attack was like, at least from what I was told by my grandfather who was a Pilot stationed there during the attack, being injured with 2nd degree burns on his leg requiring skin-grafts (and later flew Hellcats off the USS Bon Homme Richard).
Armageddon was fine, so was Transformers 1.(To those that say it wasn't, go back and look what the most recent Transformers stuff we got before that...Pokeformers?)
However, Bay should grovel for Revenge of the Fallen.
However, Bay should grovel for Revenge of the Fallen.
aceman67 said:
Well I think it could be because he took an event that devastated the lives of many people, and shook a country to its core, and turned it into explosion porn. And then to add insult to injury he just used this tragic event as a back drop for a rather shitty love story. You of all people should understand why an event that is such a painful and meaningful memory to many people should not be trivialized to feed some artist's (and I use that term in the loosest way possible) ego. Also, even overlooking the self serving exploitation and horrendous liberties taken with historical facts, many found the script and the acting to be atrocious.
Because it wasn't really an apology. It was a backhand swipe at the film studio for taking away his toy and making him cry.pegi989 said:
I personally like the movie until the 3rd act. Otherwise it sucks. Also Michael Bay isn't bad at making movies, he is just misguided and if there indeed is studio and producer influence causing problems then who knows, he might have made better movies.
But I do not assume rage stand when ever I hear hes name, I grew up with watching Armageddon, it was something me and my mom did a lot together, we sat down on the sofa during a Sunday afternoon and watched the movie together. I dunno if that automatically makes me biased, but I still like the movie.
Tho even I as a kid had to agree on "Physics don't work like that".
But I do not assume rage stand when ever I hear hes name, I grew up with watching Armageddon, it was something me and my mom did a lot together, we sat down on the sofa during a Sunday afternoon and watched the movie together. I dunno if that automatically makes me biased, but I still like the movie.
Tho even I as a kid had to agree on "Physics don't work like that".
Just echoing this sentiment.-Ezio- said:
I liked Armageddon. It had some really memorable moments. Nucky Tompson going insane with a zero-atmosphere gatling gun? What's not to love?
When are we going to hear or read of Michael apology for Transformers 2 and 3? No I have no problems with the overall Autobot/ Decepticon apperance and Megan leaving, I had problems with everything else that made those two films bad!
i like this movie, so as transformers and the rock, bad boys. why he has to apologize for this movie is a bit of a mystery to me. this movie was a success, so why this. pearl harbour is one he should be sorry for.
So many haters, come on! Michael Bay is the man no one makes dumb fun movies like this guy. I love those kinds of silly, explos-i-thon movies because you go in turn your brain off and just have a good time he is pretty much in a genre of his own at this point. We should give this guy more credit we need dumb fun movies like his, because it helps to make the really good action movies all the more special.
This is actually one movie that doesn't warrant an apology; it is neither amazing nor horrific. It's middle of the road with a bunch of character actors doing their thing with a few good one liners. As appears to be the case with his movies, the score was a high point.
Apologise for Pearl Harbor, and perhaps makes the next Transformers movie better than TF1 and TF3. Then we're even.
Apologise for Pearl Harbor, and perhaps makes the next Transformers movie better than TF1 and TF3. Then we're even.
Oh yeah he directed Pearl Harbor...that movie wasn't fast, it was slow and about 2 hours too long.
Wow, 16 weeks for a major production is actually crazy impressive. I mean, I really don't like his movies, but purely from a logistics standpoint it's astounding it wasn't worse.