Hearing constant bashing and critisism can take it’s toll on even the hardest of souls. Sounds like Michael Bay is getting bruised up pretty badly. Let’s face it, he’s been getting bashed ever since it was announced that he was doing the first Transformers movie (he did a damn good job on it too if you ask me).
Word is that he’s had enough and is ready to quit the Transformers. Movie Tickets reports the following:
TRANSFORMERS movie – the director is set to quit the action franchise because he has “had enough” of making big budget blockbusters. The filmmaker helmed the original 2007 movie and returned this year with its sequel – Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. But Bay, who is known for his explosive action sequences, is sick of receiving negative reviews from critics who dislike his movie-making style and is determined to move away from the genre.
He says, “It’s easy to go shoot an art movie in a winery in the South of France. But people have no idea how hard it is to create something like Transformers. They (the critics) review me before they’ve even seen the movie.” And Bay admits that if film bosses give the go ahead for a third Transformers movie, they will have to find a different director. He adds, “After the three and a half years I’ve spent making these movies, I feel like I’ve had enough of the Transformers world. “I need to do something totally divergent, something without any explosions.”
I have a hard time Michael Bay is finished making big movies. I also have a hard time believing he’s willing to walk away from the Transformers… by for his most successful film franchise, and one guaranteed to continue to make money and attract audiences.
Still, as a Transformers fan, and a fan of what Bay did on the first film, I’d be ok with a new director. I’m finally seeing Transformers 2 tonight… so I’ll let you know how that goes.
*UPDATE – Bay is now denying he ever said those things and that he’s NOT quitting Transformers. He probably did say it out of frustration at some point and now his PR people are getting him to back off the statement*
