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(FilmDrunk) Amusing BOOOOOOOOM: An infographic breakdown of the explosions in Michael Bay's films   (filmdrunk.uproxx.com) divider line 21
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2011-11-02 08:41:58 PM
Bay probably wakes to the sound of TNT detonation every morning.
 
2011-11-02 09:31:08 PM
I'm actually proud of fark for no one posting here.
 
2011-11-02 09:46:17 PM
There were originally 2 other posts but they got deleted.
 
2011-11-02 09:47:34 PM
Blow'd Up (new window)
A Michael Bay Film
 
2011-11-02 09:50:12 PM
Michael Bay deserves some credit for figuring out how to make both giant robots AND explosions excruciatingly boring.
 
2011-11-02 09:52:35 PM
MrEricSir: Michael Bay deserves some credit for figuring out how to make both giant robots AND explosions excruciatingly boring.


Overall... I enjoyed Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Wifey insisted that we see it in the theater and I felt that I had gotten my money's worth when it was done.

There, I said it.
 
2011-11-02 10:03:42 PM
My friend did a blog about this awhile ago...

Link (new window)
 
2011-11-02 10:16:19 PM
mongbiohazard: There, I said it.

it was phenomenal in 3d, screw the haters.
 
2011-11-02 10:29:23 PM
So there is a direct corrollation between movies that at least attempted to have a plot and the amount of explosions.
 
2011-11-02 10:32:19 PM
I miss the feeling of being wowed by non artistic cinema. I remember that feeling as a kid. Almost as good as highschool sex. I literally switch off watching this guys nonsense.
 
2011-11-02 10:32:21 PM
stoli n coke: So there is a direct corrollation between movies that at least attempted to have a plot and the amount of explosions.

It would, if Bad Boys II wasn't excruciatingly horrible.
 
2011-11-02 10:38:15 PM
They already made three Transformers movies? Did the third at least have Unicron?
 
2011-11-02 10:51:33 PM
...farking seriously? No one thought to post this before me?

Michael Bay Presents: EXPLOSIONS (new window)
 
2011-11-02 11:29:31 PM
Phil Moskowitz: I miss the feeling of being wowed by non artistic cinema. I remember that feeling as a kid. Almost as good as highschool sex. I literally switch off watching this guys nonsense.

I find that as I get older, I care less and less about the action in an action movie and more about the motives of the characters in it. Don't get me wrong, I love action. I just think a fight scene that drags out 5+ minutes does nothing to advance the plot and assists neither character's motivation (other than they want to kill each other). I'm happy with a Shakespearean "They fight. Tybalt dies." card, so we can get on with the rest of the story. It's not important how Romeo kills Tybalt. The only thing that matters is that Romeo kills him.

One recent film I watched and farking LOVED was X-Men: First Class, and other than the rushed finale it has almost no extensive fight scenes or ridiculous Baysplosions. In fact, most of the movie is a study of great, complex, deeply moving characters, and all the classic tropes are there: The childhood revenge arc, teenage alienation and persecution, the curse of being different, the precocious protagonist, betrayal and loss, irreconcilable differences, and overcoming one's handicaps and turning them into strengths. It even has a badass split-screen training montage where six different heroes are all honing their skills. That is more fascinating to me than them going around beating people up.

Star Wars is somewhat the same. Despite the jaw-dropping special effects, the movie was never actually about space action. It was just a really solid story that took its time telling it, and it told it well (the first 45 minutes has our heroes farting around in the desert, for crying out loud). You can't say that about the prequels, or about Bayformers, or about any other sub-par dreck that sacrifices substance for style.
 
2011-11-03 08:06:13 AM
I just watched Transformers 3.

What a weird movie....It was like it had a personality disorder or something.
 
2011-11-03 08:31:10 AM
PonceAlyosha: They already made three Transformers movies? Did the third at least have Unicron?

There were Transformers in the third film?

Seriously, though, you didn't miss anything. It's like they made the last two just to take the cartoony stupidity out of John Turturro's character and give the rest of the returning cast work. I vowed never to see one after the first one, but unfortunately, my wife will watch anything, and I get stuck in the name of "quality time". The humans in the cartoon seem more dimensional than the bumbling idiots in the films.
 
2011-11-03 08:34:27 AM
mongbiohazard: MrEricSir: Michael Bay deserves some credit for figuring out how to make both giant robots AND explosions excruciatingly boring.


Overall... I enjoyed Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Wifey insisted that we see it in the theater and I felt that I had gotten my money's worth when it was done.

There, I said it.


I never understood the whole Bashing Transformers movie thing. Personally, I liked the action in it. The stories were subpar but who cares. Lots of explosions and lots of fighting. Thats all I wanted to see and thats what I got. So I liked Transformers.
 
2011-11-03 08:59:14 AM
Zombie Eater: PonceAlyosha: They already made three Transformers movies? Did the third at least have Unicron?

There were Transformers in the third film?

Seriously, though, you didn't miss anything. It's like they made the last two just to take the cartoony stupidity out of John Turturro's character and give the rest of the returning cast work. I vowed never to see one after the first one, but unfortunately, my wife will watch anything, and I get stuck in the name of "quality time". The humans in the cartoon seem more dimensional than the bumbling idiots in the films.



You're aware that the movie is about sentient, talking, giant mechanical robots from another planet that learned how to interact with humans from the internet, right? What did you expect?
 
2011-11-03 09:19:02 AM
Quit hating on Michael Bay; he's AWESOME! (new window)
 
2011-11-03 09:57:21 AM
nitefallz:
You're aware that the movie is about sentient, talking, giant mechanical robots from another planet that learned how to interact with humans from the internet, right? What did you expect?


More sentient, talking, giant mechanical robots from another planet. Less relationship drama and mom accidentally eating pot brownies.
 
2011-11-05 12:08:05 AM
Silais: ...farking seriously? No one thought to post this before me?

Michael Bay Presents: EXPLOSIONS (new window)


i immediately thought of that when i read the headline.

/michael bay-splosions!!!
 
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