10 Most Insulting Michael Bay Reviews
"'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' is a horrible experience of unbearable length, briefly punctuated by three or four amusing moments. One of these involves a dog-like robot humping the leg of the heroine. Such are the meager joys. If you want to save yourself the ticket price, go into the kitchen, cue up a male choir singing the music of hell, and get a kid to start banging pots and pans together. Then close your eyes and use your imagination."
"Early buzz indicated that Michael Bay had finally directed an epic that didn't sink to the idiot shallows of 'Pearl Harbor' and 'Armageddon'. Fat chance. I've elevated the rating by half a star because Scarlett Johansson is a luminous camera subject that even Bay can't sully, and because the plot contains a glimmer of an actual idea."
"Ships, planes and water combust and collide in 'Pearl Harbor', but nothing else does in one of the wimpiest wartime romances ever filmed."
"With 'Transformers', director Michael Bay has once again claimed the year?s top honors for loud, stupid filmmaking. Never content to merely entertain, he assaults, launching a computer-generated broadside of aural and visual artillery for an almost interminable two and a half hours."
"The movie is an assault on the eyes, the ears, the brain, common sense and the human desire to be entertained. No matter what they're charging to get in, it's worth more to get out."
"Even for adults, the movie's a violence-intoxicated, far-fetched, morally corrupt drama that sinks like a . . . you know."
"Bay, it seems, could care less about character development -- or plot, for that matter."
"A great grinding garbage disposal of a movie, 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' isn't so much a narrative film as a cacophonous series of explosions intermittently interrupted by needless dialogue."
"Even by the low-low standards of cheap action flicks, this one's bad, boys. Michael Bay... has seen one 'Miami Vice' rerun too many."
"If you find yourself at 'The Island' I have only three words of advice: Vote yourself off. "
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Megan Fox attends the UK premiere of 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen' at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" UK Premiere - Outside Arrivals Odeon Leicester Square London, England United Kingdom June 15, 2009 Photo by Mike Marsland/WireImage.com To license this image (57696335), contact WireImage.com
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 15: Tyrese Gibson attends the afterparty for the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Movida on June 15, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Tyrese Gibson
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 15: Josh Duhamel attends the afterparty for the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Movida on June 15, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Josh Duhamel
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 15: Josh Duhamel attends the afterparty for the UK Premiere of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen at Movida on June 15, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Tim Whitby/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Josh Duhamel
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Thai workers finish installing a character robot "Aveobot" to promote the movie Transformers in front of a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand, on Tuesday, June 16, 2009. Avebot is six meters high. (AP photo/Sakchai Lalit)
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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2009 file photo, Construction Devastator, that becomes six construction vehicles by Hasbro, Inc., is displayed at the New York Toy Fair in New York. The device is part of the Transformer toy line, and will be part of the movie release "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen." (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle, file)
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FILE - In this April 26, 2009 file photo, writers Roberto Orci, left, and Alex Kurtzman pose for a portrait in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)
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FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, Daniel Siapno of Alberta, Canada, plays with Transformers at BotCon 2009, the official Transformers convention, marking the 25th anniversary of the Transformer phenomenon in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)
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FILE - In this May 29, 2009 file photo, a visitor aims a "nerf dart" gun at a Transformer figure at BotCon 2009, the official Transformers convention, marking the 25th anniversary of the Transformer phenomenon in Pasadena, Calif. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)
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LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 15: Megan Fox arrives for the Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen Premiere at Odeon Leicester Square on June 15, 2009 in London, England. (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Megan Fox
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