On the Pearl Harbor DVD, there's a part of the documentary (this is all from memory, so forgive me if I'm not 100% accurate) where you either see (or he tells you about) this crew member who started laughing during an explosion scene. It was either an extra or a crew member who worked on the explosion vfx (either way, he wasn't in-frame of the shot), and Michael Bay got on his loudspeaker and said, "Why are you laughing? This is Pearl Fucking Harbor. Do you think this American tragedy is funny? Get the fuck off my set!" and fired him like that. Seems like he's not fun to work with.
Once the guy was already fired he should have yelled back “No Pearl Fucking Harbor was 60 years ago, this is a fucking movie!”
See guys, it's stupid, pointless shit like this that really makes me not like the internet sometimes.
I dont know, I beleive their are lines drawn between the acting world and the real thing. Bay has become quite the contreversy, I mean I can understand he is serious about making movies, but he cant possibley be yelling at any1 in this movie. If anything I think he is supprized at the cooperation that everyone has supplied in this movie. Besides.... its one thing to be a director its another to be a D!ck
I remember reading some Bay-bashing on other sites for Pearl Harbor and The Island. The production staffs are, so far as I've read, just loathesome to work with Bay, despite the paycheck. ...and, I'm sorry, but I don't think he has turned out anything that I would consider quality. It's been mentioned; The Rock is entertaining but I still remember leaving that movie going, "Wow, that was pretty dumb." If other folks are entertained by his stuff, great. Go you. But I've yet to see anything of his that's made me excited that he was attached to the Transformers film.
The one thing that Bay has going for him is a great cinematic eye. Truth be told, when I first saw Bad Boys, I was actually in awe. Not because the movie itself was great (though I didn't mid it for a buddy cop action flick), but because of how it looked visually. Virtually every shot is a moving shot, and often at interesting angle, with colors that jumped out at you. All the blues mixed with sepias and whites, etc. Absolutely something to appreciate. Same thing with The Rock, Armageddon, Pearl Harbour, Bad Boys 2 and The Island. Visually, they're amazing. That said, each movie is also a visually stunning piece of shit with plots that are cliched & predictable within the first two minutes. Absolutely zero substance to any of them that follow all the done-to-death cookie cutter Hollywood forumla templates we've already seen a thousand times over by now. And that's what royally sucks about Bay vs Transformers. If you told me 8-10 years ago about Bay directing a live action TF movie with someone like Spielberg, Dreamworks & Paramount footing the bill, I would have literally jumped over the moon. But after seeing all of his movies and realizing they're no more intelligent or thought out than what a ******ed chimp could come up with, this new film has become my worst nightmare. I said from day one that they were gonna screw this up, and not because I was expecting a word for word & design for design remake of the G1 cartoon, but because I know what kind of creative god complex Bay has... plus the fact that every so-called "celebrity" in this film is D-list at best. I couldn't be more thankful of all the advanced script & design concept leaks that have occurred, regardless of how supposedly outdated they are. At the very least, it has made Bay's life that much more difficult and *hopefully* the message he desperately needed to find out that whatever he says or does is in fact NOT gold or brilliant. Then again, we saw how much the negative feedback didn't make a shred of difference to how Lucas proceeded with Episodes 2 & 3 after #1 got ripped to bits, so who knows if any of the fan reaction will make a difference in the end. I'd like to think it will, but there's also a big part of me that thinks Hollywood & Bay know full well that people are still going to see this movie no matter what, and that the default box office ringout will determine a success more than all the scathing feedback will.
Hitchcock made some classic movies man, besides M.Bay is doing a great job. We havent seen anything yet of what this movie holds. The studio wouldnt have hired him if he wasnt going to do the job..
Oddly, it's that visual stunningness that doesn't have me very miffed about the choice of director. Pessimistic as it may be, I do not believe it is possible for a semblence of an intelligent story to happen for Transformers within the Hollywood machine. When I first heard the news about the deal, I had already prepared myself for a toy commercial at worst, and a cheesy FX action movie at best. Hearing Bay was on it had me figuring that at least the visuals will be pretty. I'm actually fairly surprised that the cheap chuckles star cameos are down to like...Bernie Mac. Another dim prediction I'd had was that the movie would be bogged down with a pile of names jumping onscreen for 30 seconds apiece, then giving 5 minute backstage interviews about some toy they once owned. Can't really say whether or not Bay and the writers will take critiques to heart, but I dunno if it's fair to compare anyone to George Lucas in that respect.
Not to mention doing his job while fighting off the Flu. Can't imagine anybody would be Mr. Sunshine under those conditions.
i guess i dont have anything to add to this. i can see that all the tfw fans really understand whats going to be wrong with the film. i guess the next step is that we all must come together and live with the fact that the movie is going to be pretty bad , but never the less have some pretty kick ass action (like star wars I,II,III) . now what do you say...group hug?
For what it's worth: Richard Donner directed Superman, but not Superman 2. The studios canned Donner, and another director did the sequel. As good as the sequel was, the original was more of a cinematic masterpiece. WAL
Although they did can the first director, Superman2 was just as good as the first only we didnt have the original actor in it for the role of superman, reeves will be missed But anyways, Its funny how things back in the day seem better than things advanced ^^ And as for bay, I went to detroit this past week and had seena little part of filming and honest to god truth, no crosses count, bay was yelling at a pedestrian, that padestrian was a african american, about 6'5, bay was about to well at the wrong person. Lol, I think bay should have choosen a different filiming location then it being in detroit. Bay yelled and the guy yelled back rofl!!! But I hink bay only gets props for getting the job done, usually ending up with no crew what soever at the end of the movie. Iam pretty sure most of them didnt even go the premeir lol!!!! I certainly wouldnt