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Originally Posted by jammies
I wouldn't need to see Bay's name on it to know it was him or one of his imitators. Believe it or not, it's possible to distinguish good direction from bad direction just by direct observation and without referencing Rotten Tomatoes to ensure your opinion jibes with that of the critics.
As far as opinions go, there are informed and uninformed opinions, and the two are decidedly not equivalent. I don't care if you like Transformers or not, but trying to convince people Michael Bay is anything other than a hack with a talent for action scenes isn't an informed opinion, or at least not the way you're arguing it. Again, you have the right to whatever opinion you desire, but other people have the right to disagree and make their points as to why they think your opinion is wrong AND uninformed if that's the way it comes across.
Lastly, you seem to have invested a considerable amount of emotion into an argument about a movie that - as I'm sure even you will agree - is not going to win any Oscars or cause profound philosophical debate. Why do you even care what I or others think about the movie? You have a different expectation of what movies are about, and as long as your expectation is satisfied, my opinion is about as relevant as whether or not I like my movie popcorn slathered in artifical butter or merely lightly sprinkled with it.
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Weird, I don't recall ever calling Bay a great director, a good director or even a mediocre director, but the guy is undoubtedly one of, if not the best action directors right now. Yes, a lot has to do with him having a huge budget, but he it's not like he wastes the money. He uses every last cent. I have much respect for him and every director after I saw exactly how much work goes into making a movie and hell, I probably only saw 1/10th of the amount that goes into it. If you saw the feature, I think you would appreciate it as well.
I'm not investing all this emotion defending the movie's merits or anything like that. It's a silly movie, but I don't care, I liked it. I'm just sick of people ripping it without even seeing it. That bothers me to no end. At the end of the day, I couldn't care less what people think, I don't have an affiliation with the movie, I don't have anything invested on whether or not it does good or bad, but it's a pet peeve of mine for people to dis credit something without giving it a chance. And the argument of "I saw Transformers 1 and didn't like it, so I'm not gonna like this one" is not valid either.