Yeah, that was the mistake right there: Michael Bay.
Unless you are a 10 year old boy.
Then, you might think he is a fucking genius.
Bad Boys I & II; The Rock; Armageddon; Pearl Harbor; The Island; Transformers franchise; and now Pain & Gain.
The Rock was actually not that bad. Somehow conned Sean Connery and Ed Harris into classing up his project.
The rest are strange breeds. Big over-the-top action flicks that deliver lots of explosions and action and signature Bay "shtick" - extreme close ups; slow-mo running to and from things - especially explosions; tens of millions spent on CGI.
But, most mature adults find the Bay Way to be very tiresome. He has his signature style and he doesn't veer from it much. Hasn't grown much as a director from the days he was a big-time commercial and music video guy, which is where the crazy editing style he is known for comes from. And the scripts, oh dear god, awful heaped on awful.
He has been nominated for Director 4 times. Worst director Razzies, that is.
There are worse directors. But there are few as successful as he is who are this consistently mediocre. Why hasn't he improved? Why doesn't he spend some time, money and effort at making better movies now that he has the commercial success to allow it? His movies make boatloads of money. So, I guess he has the last laugh.
