Michael Bay doesn’t care for what critics have to say! Learn about him
Michael Bay is often criticized for making movies that lack any depth, and are just things exploding and a ton of violence – which is true. But when Michael Bay was asked what he thought about the critic’s opinions of him, he said “I make movies for teenage boys. Oh, dear, what a crime.” Way to be Michael!
Here are a few more things you should know about Michael Bay:
- Actors have often noted that he places more importance on the visuals than on his characters and actors.
- He is also known to do very few takes of intimate character- driven scenes, as he prefers to spend more time on action sequences and visually- interesting moments.
- He is a very close friend of writer/director George Lucas from whom he often seeks advice. As a teenager, he worked at ILM in the storyboard department for films like Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)