While speaking to Empire Magazine, Michael Bay said the following of his film Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen:
“We made some mistakes. The real fault with [Transformers 2] is that it ran into a mystical world. When I look back at it, that was crap. The writers’ strike was coming hard and fast. It was just terrible to do a movie where you’ve got to have a story in three weeks. I was prepping a movie for months where I only had 14 pages of some idea of what the movie was. It’s a BS way to make a movie, do you know what I’m saying?”
When he says “the real fault” in that second sentence, I can only assume he meant “one of the many, many, MANY real faults”. Transformers 2 might honestly be one of the most god awful steaming piles ever made. I look back on my excitement for the movie – based on the admittedly excellent trailer – will shame and a tinge of self loathing.
Speaking of excellent trailers, did you see the Superbowl spots for Transformers 3? That thing looks awesome! I guess Bay’s learnt his lesson, right guys?
Guys?