Phil in the Blank Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 This one requires an open mind. Had SM1 been the "remake" and TASM been the first Spidey film, SM1 would have made less money than TASM ended up with. Think about it... Most likely. But SM1 is much better than TASM which I feel is a worse flick than SM3! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 George couldn't write his way out of a paper bag. And he would struggle to direct his way out of a paper bag as well. But he is very talented at 'the big picture' so to speak. One has to be to create a world as vivid as Star Wars. Phil, you're breaking my heart! You're going down a road I can't follow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 yawn. everyone knows he sucks. how about some more well-renowned talentless hacks like george lucas? Trust me, an alarming amount of people here think Bay is the shit. Which is just alarming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Trust me, an alarming amount of people here think Bay is the shit. Which is just alarming. Bay is the shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 This is what I'm talking about! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 Phil, you're breaking my heart! You're going down a road I can't follow! "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth." Come join me on the road. There is still time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Pain & Gain rules, bitches! Best movie of the summer, hands down! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I love watching people try to insult Bay as a director, they make themselves sound so stupid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 Bay has a couple of decent entertainment flicks in The Rock, Bad Boys and Transformers. He has a couple of watchable flicks in Armageddon and The Island. And he has several OMG pull my eyes out please GOD!!!!! These flicks are Bad Boys 2, Pearl Harbour, T2 and T3. I have yet to see Pain and Gain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 (edited) Bay has a couple of decent entertainment flicks in The Rock, Bad Boys and Transformers. He has a couple of watchable flicks in Armageddon and The Island. And he has several OMG pull my eyes out please GOD!!!!! These flicks are Bad Boys 2, Pearl Harbour, T2 and T3. I have yet to see Pain and Gain. Bay knows how to entertain the general audience on a consistent basis and critics hate this because of how rich he is for not giving a fuck about the opinion of snobby critics. Edited August 14, 2013 by Jessie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 Bay knows how to entertain the general audience on a consistent basis and critics hate this because of how rich he is for not giving a fuck about the opinion of snobby critics. Lol. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stingray Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I love watching people try to insult Bay as a director, they make themselves sound so stupid. If I say I don't like Bay's movies, how does that make me sound stupid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessie Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 If I say I don't like Bay's movies, how does that make me sound stupid?No, but if you were to insult the guy by saying something like 'Bay is a talentless hack who can't deliver a good action scene to save his life etc etc' then you'd sound like an idiot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 "I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. Not like here. Here everything is soft and smooth." Come join me on the road. There is still time! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil in the Blank Posted August 14, 2013 Author Share Posted August 14, 2013 Personally I find the myth that all film reviewers are cinema snobs and thats why directors like Michael Bay always get low ratings to be laughable. One simply has to look at how movies like FF6 were reviewed (69% Fresh, 88% fresh by 'top critics' to see that movies with no depth to them that are simply designed to entertain can get reviewed pretty damn well by the majority of critics. One doesn't have to be a 'snobby' critic to find Transformers to be crap. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Zimmer has done some very fine work, but a lot of his blockbuster scores are too mechanical and choose the path of least resistance to shapeless bombasity.I would take 10 of his Sherlock Holmes scores over his Batman output easily.I say those scores that are mechanical tend to be sequel scores like Pirates 4 and Sherlock 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Marston Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Personally I find the myth that all film reviewers are cinema snobs and thats why directors like Michael Bay always get low ratings to be laughable. One simply has to look at how movies like FF6 were reviewed (69% Fresh, 88% fresh by 'top critics' to see that movies with no depth to them that are simply designed to entertain can get reviewed pretty damn well by the majority of critics. One doesn't have to be a 'snobby' critic to find Transformers to be crap.It's wrong to say all critics are like that but it's not Wrong to say some critics definitely are like thatI also find many critics can be very inconsistent with their complaints Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squaremaster316 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Because Academy Awards are not the be all end all of music soundtrack quality appreciation? Because The Lion King is actually a movie score with textures, theme orchestrations and variations; in short sounded like what you should expect from a real orchestral score for movies? Yet, according to your prerequisites, is automatically an inferior score to TDK b/c TDK is considered by the majority to be more "hummable" and memorable. Aside from the pop songs, there is no one I know who hums the Zimmer score from TLK and few even remember it, but they sure remember a ton of Zimmer's scores from the TDK trilogy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilusha Bandara Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Pain & Gain rules, bitches! Best movie of the summer, hands down! What the?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dashrendar44 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 Yet, according to your prerequisites, is automatically an inferior score to TDK b/c TDK is considered by the majority to be more "hummable" and memorable. Aside from the pop songs, there is no one I know who hums the Zimmer score from TLK and few even remember it, but they sure remember a ton of Zimmer's scores from the TDK trilogy. Which ones? You mean that "hummable" bombastic Crimson Tide rip-off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
