According to Bay himself there's no truth in this rumour:

“Hah, Love press how they spin. Never said it - just wanted a vacation is more to the point. And no I don’t read the good or the bad reviews.”

http://screenrant.com/transformers-2-cool-images-dumb-rumor-rob-13862/

Thanks for clearing this up Ian. Micheal Bay is the man. All you haters can keep on hating... Bay is here to stay.

~Zack~

Quoted from Zack All you haters can keep on hating... Bay is here to stay. ~Zack~

The same can be said for Uwe Boll... just saying.

Anybody making movies like Michael Bay is living the dream and we all know it, no matter what anyone thinks of the movies.  I'd LOVE to be doing what he's doing rather than sitting in this cubicle all night.

Quoted from steven8 Anybody making movies like Michael Bay is living the dream and we all know it, no matter what anyone thinks of the movies.  I'd LOVE to be doing what he's doing rather than sitting in this cubicle all night.

Hahaha that's so true, when I hear people bitchin' about Michael bay i picture the comic book guy from the simpson's cuz i'm pretty sure most of them are like that.  I don't see why people care, I mean if you don't like his films don't go to them and save yourself the time and money, but people seem to like to complain which is pretty pathetic, there is a lot more to life  

For what it's worth (which is apparently a lot), here's probably why Michael Bay will continue to make his big budget action movies.

http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/maybe-michael-bay-will-just-buy-korea

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It's a lot more under the radar than Sideways, but I think it had a better story.

In truth he probably will continue making them, I mean why not with all the $$$$$$ he's making. Transformers is an awesome film and no doubt the second will be.

I read somewhere he gets a large slice of the profits of the Transformers movies, I think he got something like £50m - £75m for the first film and is in for a big payday again. I can't remember where I read this, I'll try find the source.

If you want to read good Michael Bay bashing posts (or any bashing posts), head over to the IMDB message boards. When I'm having a bad day, I read the message boards for all the bitching that goes on over there. It always makes me smile.

My main problem with Michael Bay's films is that the look of the film tends to take priority over everything else. A lot of the time there's so much CGI, special effects, explosions & fast editing taking place that I can't tell what's actually happening on screen.

That said, I did enjoy Bad Boys and The Rock though.

It's just too easy to moan about the lack of 'story' in Bay's films, or to complain about the effects. Bay's movies cater for a market, and they do so with enormous success.

The bit that stuck with me was how he said critics review him before seeing the film - very true. I have more respect for Bay actually working in the industry and entertaining people the world over, than obnoxious critics who are just that - critics, so no-one special. Do I personally like his films? No, but I am not pretentious enough to assume my taste in movies is better than his or the tons of people who derive real joy from his work. Pretentious little arseholes who sit and criticise all day do so 'cos they're not successful in the area they labour their criticisms - not aimed at anyone here, but that's the truth about toxic critics, isn't it. When all is said and done. Those who are working in the industry have more respect 'cos they know how hard it is to get 'in', in the first place, so they put their preferences to one side, and have the decency to be respectful.

Also, if any writer was called up by Bay, and he offered to produce their script, I doubt there would be many saying no.

My 0.02.

Andrew

I think the intent of any of the Transformers movies is to have big a$$ robots fighting on screen in over the top battles...just like in the cartoon years ago. The storyline is just a vehicle to drive the sequences on top of. I know that I didn't care much about the storyline when I saw the eye candy in the first one. It's simple and just enough to let you know what's going on and carry the characters into the next over the top battle.

Can you tell what's going on? Sure...when you get it on video and watch a few times. Then you get a pretty idea. But you might want it on blu-ray so you can tell for sure.

I've never liked Michael Bay but Transformers was fun and better suited for his sensibilities than something like Pearl Harbor. I think there's way worse out there than him and I'd have had a lot more to say about him personally had he actually decided to stop making blockbusters because of what the critics said. That's just being a crybaby. Besides, who wants to see Michael Bay do a "serious" film?

On a side note, while complaining is usually pointless and annoying, I think writers have more of a right to complain than critics since they're actually trying to put work out there (although most of them probably don't know a thing about filmmaking; it is extremely hard work). I also think it's bullshit to judge a film's merit based on how much money it makes. Who gives a shit? If that were the case, all these spoof movies would be among the cream of the crop. I'm not saying complain. On the contrary, I think the world would be a better place without trolls. I am saying, however, that writers shouldn't be so quick to belittle themselves just because some guy who makes big budget action movies makes a ton of money.