Comments on: ‘Transformers’ director Michael Bay slams Megan Fox

By: kayla

kayla — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 13:23:42 +0000

Megan is absolutely right and Bay took this way too seriously.

By: Blair

Blair — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:43:07 +0000

Agreed with george, Megan fox is a babe, everyone seems to get all jelous over everything she does, so what if she has a bit of an attitude, it’s sexy! Bay is way to serious

Team fox

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By: George

George — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:27:26 +0000

In my opinion, Bay took Megan’s comments a little too seriously , when their obviously not offensive. Transformers 2 is all about giant robotic beings and CGI aspects and his films were always more about special effects then acting and he knows this. Bay actually said this himself, but when someone else points it out , he gets offended? Mike’s ego may be big, but it’s too sensitive.

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By: Jo 'Mama' Besser

Jo 'Mama' Besser — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:22:44 +0000

Admittedly, I’ve never seen a thing that either of them have done, so please be gentle.

The reason that I have not seen any of Bay’s films, is because I’m not particularly interested in the vittles he’s serving. He seems to have made a lot of films, and save one (THE ISLAND), they’ve all been commercial successes. Critically, that’s a different story. It seems to me that at this point, if an actress chooses to take a Bay role, she does so knowing that it’s a special-effects star vehicle.

That isn’t to say that I agree with his statements about jump-starting the careers of the people he mentioned– I think his brain and mouth were disconnected on that front– but if one were to argue for his side (Lord, don’t strike), I imagine that it would be on these grounds:

-Though his delusions of grandeur are just those, there is no disputing the fact that the guy’s films make serious cash. He’s riding that niche all the way to the bank. And disreputable as many of those efforts seem (the jive-talking robots and crotch shots alone are enough to continue my Bay Virginity Parade), he’s got clout because money talks.

-Though his films are geared towards those who are much younger, Bay is almost twice her age. I’ve worked for some truly horrendous people (including a David Brent clone with whom I worked in MUCH CLOSER quarters), but even if you don’t respect the person (and you don’t have to), you should respect the position and opportunity. Yes, he was catty, and his inelegantly-phrase rejoinder made him sound like a cuckolded tool. However, he’s got age and experience. His response–though not really warranted–would make me think twice if it were directed at me. At the very least, it would make think about my statements more carefully. Because after all, he was only responding in kind.

It seems to me that a lot of these newer starlets believe themselves to be Katherine Hepburns reincarnated, but whenever they believe themselves to be withering, it comes across as more dithering than anything. I’m sure that when you’re starting out, you’ll take a lot of scraps to establish yourself, and the machismo, egotism and rampant rank-pulling must be exhausting. I could imagine that, as with all occupations, you feel like you need to scream just to be heard. But lighthearted jokes always have a kernel of truth.

I guess that I just believe that it’s really inappropriate to air your grievances with an uninvolved third party. From what I can tell, she wasn’t mistreated in some way, so denigrating the product and the one who helped you rise to prominence doesn’t seem assertive to me. I’d actually find it kind of duplicitous.

As for making a career in Hollywood, well, I’ve got a heart of gold, so at least…anyway, I’m not at liberty to say what that takes. So I don’t know, or even think that it’s realistic to be the change that you want to see–not in that industry. But by that turn, don’t buy a duck and get mad because it came with webbed toes.

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By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:05:16 +0000

Do you know what I found most telling about Bay’s response? All the examples of “successes” that he points to are male. It seems pretty clear from his words, and his films, that he doesn’t want the female leads in his films to do much except stand there (or run and scream as Fox says) and look pretty. And thats what Fox was saying, and it comes out in many of her interviews: she knows that she is being cast primarily for her looks and not for any talent she may or may not have. Im not a fan of hers, but I respect that she is self-aware enough to see what she is being employed to do, and not creating some huge facade.

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By: George

George — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:59:42 +0000

Also check out this comment Bay made in the interview. ” I’ve been talking to some actors right now about something that’s different. A small dark comedy , a true story, with actors just acting, no effects. I’m done with EFFECTS MOVIES for now. When doing a movie like Transformers ” it can feel like you’re doing three movies at once - which is tiring” A quarter of this comment was the point Fox tried to makebut in a lighthearted way. Bay didn’t just prove her right, he also contradicted himself.

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By: George

George — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:12:35 +0000

Bay also can’t even claim any of the said actors. Smith and Lawrence gained major success with their TV shows WITHOUT the help of Micheal. Affleck and Cage won ACADEMY AWARDS BEFORE they started before they promoted their projects with Micheal. But promoting actors has nothing to do with how much a certain movie emphasizes acting. So therefore, Bay proved Megan right and was completely oblivious to it.

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By: George

George — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:12:29 +0000

Rest assured if you’ve only seen her give one to two performances, you wouldn’t have gave me the sarcastic remark you gave me. If you think she’s talentless, fine. But i’m saying it’s not a fair assumption to make if most people only saw her in one to two movies thus not even seeing the true potential of her acting skills. Not only that, but those exact movies don’t require a lot of acting talent since the true stars are 1O to 1OO foot mechanicals.

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By: George

George — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:22:56 +0000

Anyway, my point is that Bay may have gave Megan’s career a boost , but Fox is still correct . All Mike does did was echo her by saying he opened doors to her career ( which is what Megan already stated herself ) then goes into saying he made will smith , Ben affleck, Nick Cage, )

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By: Codzilla

Codzilla — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:46:05 +0000

George: Rest assured that we’re all waiting eagerly for Megan’s “talent” to rear its forgettable head … yawn. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

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