Talk:Michael Bay

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I added the "image requested" template, because it occured to me that in spite of having seen four films by Michael Bay, I have no idea what he looks like. Not that I'm a huge fan, don't get me wrong. <pov>If budgets were equal, Ed Wood would have made better movies.</pov> I'd just like to be able to put a face with the name. — FREAK OF NUR_xTURE (TALK) 11:28, July 18, 2005 (UTC)

Your Wish is my command

1 Ultra-Kinetic Cinematography
2 Too positive
3 Relationships with Jaime Bergman and Lisa Dergan
4 Additional Critisism
5 Lego Knight?
6 "Trademarks"

[edit] Ultra-Kinetic Cinematography

Is that even a real term? Sounds like a buzzword to explain his "Style".

[edit] Too positive

Praising Armageddon is a bit much...

It is not without merit. It's got some very nice humanist shots and a very nice score at the launch sequence. Just because the film is generally dumb doesn't negate it of its better parts.

[edit] Relationships with Jaime Bergman and Lisa Dergan

An earlier edit that had me noting relationships with Jaime Bergman and Lisa Dergan was removed, with a request to cite sources. This is easily verifiable if one had simply googled "Michael Bay" and "Lisa Dergan" or "Michael Bay" and "Jaime Bergman." However, I have now cited sources in the External Links section of this article. I hope this will suffice.

[edit] Additional Critisism

Any additional critisism for Mr. Bay would be perfect.

It is my understanding (I don't have a source handy) that Bay is reviled for wasteful spending of film budgets. For example, in Transformers he has used a Porsche Cayenne SUV as a camera dolly for no apparent reason other than "because he could." Photo KyuzoGator 02:29, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Lego Knight?

That doesn't quite sound like an actual movie, and there is no page at the link, and no information providing proof that Michael Bay is making the movie, so I don't know if that should be there or not...

[edit] "Trademarks"

Besides the poor formatting, a lot of this stuff in this section seems like original research. I'm also curious about why so much emphasis is made on how often they're imitated - especially since I've seen some of those "trademarks" in films made years before Bay started directing films (particularly in the works of Tony Scott). What does everyone else feel about this? - DoubleCross 06:48, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

michael bay is not dead...

TheBigPoppaJW 10:15, 7 February 2007 (UTC)bigpoppajw

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