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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Nothing, which is why I haven't watched a Michael Bay film since Armageddon.
The point I (and others in this thread) are making is that there's a better way. You can make an awesome summer action movie with amazing special effects, tightly-choreographed fight sequences, and loud explosions without having to sacrifice quality dialogue, a compelling plot, and innovative storytelling. Some directors can do it right; Micheal Bay, Roland Emmerich, and McG cannot.
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I agree with that. Summer movies can be great and considering how much we pay for them I would even accept the arguement that they should be great.
I guess the point I was trying to make is that you shouldn't use Micheal Bay movie as an example when discussing the declining quality of summer blockbusters. He is always going to make the same kind of movie and it is never going to have all of, or even decent percentage of the qualities you mentioned. It is not his style.
Here is an analogous hockey example:
If you were going to discuss a recent trend in hockey where the GM's were making terrible management decisions and signing ridiculous contracts you wouldn't use Kevin Lowe an example of the recent trend because he has ALWAYS made bad decisions. The whole league could be making Sutter type moves and he would still be signing Penner and Horcoff to the same contracts. The single worst example that has been doing the same thing for years doesn't represent a recent trend.
I think the bigger beef should be with the studio heads hiring Kevin Lowe... sorry.. Michael Bay in the first place
Edit.. I wrote part of this and then left my office,came back and submitted. I think there may have been 60 or so more posts since then, so I'm pretty sure everything I wrote has already been covered.