There are few directors working today who get more vitriolic prose spewed at them than Michael Bay. Whether in print or on internet forums, vocal film fans simply love to unleash a torrent of hate towards his movies, often in long-winded digressions which reveal more about the writer of the critique than of Bay’s work as a director. And I always wonder where this hate is coming from. People often point to him as the destroyer of cinema but why? Movies speak to a diverse and wide range of viewers. There are those in the audience who look for subtlety and emotion in film while others simply want to be entertained. Michael Bay movies have never been subtle or emotional, but they sure are entertaining.
