15. Michael Bay
Team America: World Police said it best in the song “Pearl Harbor Sucked”: why does Michael Bay get to keep on making movies? The obvious answer, of course, is that his films continue to rake in tons of moolah at the box office. Fair enough, we suppose, but the reason the question still needs to be asked is that the man’s style has had a horrible effect on the craft of filmmaking.
Preferring style to substance, his movies are nothing short of masturbatory. Featuring far too many cuts that seem to mostly serve the purpose of tricking the audience into shutting off their brains and swallowing his clap-trap, he seems to have forgotten the point of scenes. Yes, we love a great action sequence as much as the next guy but they sure are a lot more appealing if a story has been set up that makes us care about the outcome. Additionally, his movie’s horrifically juvenile humor serves to illicit groans far more than laughs and most of his flicks could really use a good few laugh-eliciting moments. We defy you to be able to tell the different Decepticons in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’s pyramid sequence apart. We certainly hope directors don’t continue to follow in his footsteps. We’re looking at you, Zack Snyder.
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