Michael Bay:The Enemy of Critics

Everywhere

Brendan BrownCOM 329:Contemporary Film

Key Note Presentation 1

Background and Beginnings Interned on Raiders of the Lost

Ark as storyboard filer

Graduated from Wesleyan University with degrees in Film and English

Post grad degree at Art Center College of Design for Film

Early work on commercials for Coca-Cola and Milk

Directed music videos for Tina Turner, Meatloaf, and more

Influences

Anime (Specifically for Transformers series)

Favorite Filmmakers:

George Lucas

Steven Spielberg

Stanley Kubrick

Trademarks

Explosions, and plenty of them.

Car chases

Extreme slow motion

Over the top visuals

Product placement

Women as objects

America!

Bad Boys (1994) Action/ Comedy

Two police officers must product a witness while trying to get to the bottom of a heroin ring

Bay gave up a portion of his salary for a better climax scene

Rotten Tomatoes score of 43%, but a worldwide gross of $141 Million

Trailer:Youtube

The Rock (1996)

Action/ Thriller

A chemist and an ex-con must sneak into Alcatraz to save San Francisco from a biological attack.

Bay's favorite film he directed

In the Criterion Collection

Rotten Tomatoes score of 66% with a worldwide gross of $335 Million

Trailer: Youtube

Armageddon (1998)

Action

A team of oil drillers are sent into space to dismantle an asteroid headed for earth

Bay's least favorite film he made

In the Criterion Collection

Hold a 39% on Rotten Tomatoes and a worldwide gross of $553 Million

Trailer: Youtube

Pearl Harbor (2001)

Action/Drama/Romance

The story of two friends who enlist and experience Pearl Harbor first hand

When released, it held the record for most explosions in a movie, according to Guinness records

Holds a 25% on Rotten Tomatoes, with a worldwide gross of $449 million

Trailer: Youtube

Bad Boys II (2003)

Action/Comedy

Two unpredictable cops investigate a drug ring in Florida in this sequel to Bad Boys

Michael Bay's last R rated film, and final corroboration with Jerry Bruckheimer

Rotten Tomatoes score of 23% and worldwide gross of $273 Million

Trailer: Youtube

The Island (2005)

Action/ Sci-Fi

A man learns he is a clone, kept alive for organ harvesting and escapes to track down his original.

Extremely different from the rest of his filmography

Rotten Tomatoes score of 40% and worldwide gross of $162 Million

Trailer:Youtube

Transformers (2007)

Action/ Sci-Fi

Two warring races of Alien robots come to earth to find an ancient artifact, the only key to this is held by a teenager.

Bay was reluctant to sign on, doing so only to work with Spielberg, but came to love the series.

Rotten Tomatoes score of 57% and a worldwide gross of $709 Million

Trailer: Youtube

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)

Action/Sci-Fi

The Decepticons return to wage war of the Autobots, with Sam Witwicky caught up in the war once more.

The script was rushed to completion right before the Writer's Guild strike, Bay expressed disappointment with it

Rotten Tomatoes score of 19% and a worldwide gross of $836 Million

Trailer:Youtube

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

Action/ Sci-Fi

The Decepticons once again threaten earth, with only the Autobots to stop them from enslaving the planet

First Bay film in 3D, also the 7th highest grossing film of all time

Rotten Tomatoes score of 36% and worldwide gross of $1.123 Billion

Trailer: Youtube

Pain & Gain (2013) Action/ Comedy

Based on the true story of three bodybuilders who start and extortion ring, and everything goes wrong

This film was a project Bay had been wanting to direct for some time, he agreed to direct Transformers 4 to finance it

Rotten Tomatoes score of 50% and Worldwide gross of $86 Million

Trailer: Youtube

Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014) Action/Sci-Fi

The Autobots are now being hunted by the Government, and an alien bounty hunter known as Lockdown

The highest grossing film of all time in China, due largely to pandering that market, 10th highest grossing film of all time

Rotten Tomatoes score of 18%, and a worldwide gross of 1.087 Billion

Trailer:Youtube

Can't Slay the Bay

Can't Slay the Bay II

Quotes from Michael Bay on his critics:

“I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime.”

“I know [critics] have [been tough on my movies]. And that's why I've taken Jerry Bruckheimer's advice: I don't read them, I really don't.”

“They love to hate, and I don't care; let them hate,” “They're still going to see the movie! I think it's good to get a little tension. Very good.”

Sources of Information Imdbhttp://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000881/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm

Rotten Tomatoeshttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/162652380/?search=bay

Box Office Mojohttp://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/chart/?id=michaelbay.htm

Michael Bay's official sitehttp://michaelbay.com/

Kyle's Geeky Bloghttp://kgbacs.blogspot.com/2011/08/someone-counted-every-explosion-in.html

The Wraphttp://www.thewrap.com/transformers-age-of-extinction-michael-bay-haters/