MICHAEL BAY - Understanding A True American Auteur (PART 1)

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@OmegaSoypreme 5 жыл бұрын

"What if Titanic, but we win at the end?" That is just too perfect!

@utubrGaming 5 жыл бұрын

If he just added a little depth and nuance, he could have done Pearl Harbor so much better. "What if Titanic, but on a national level of shock and tragedy... but we win at the end... at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives and the foundations of American society and the way of life shaken... and since its the beginnings of the war, our heroes don't even know if they will make it out alive. "

@Gemnist98 5 жыл бұрын

I like what another reviewer said better: "The movie claims to borrow from great historical dramas, but really it borrows from Top Gun, Titanic, and Saving Private Ryan".

@HiDefHDMusic 4 жыл бұрын

There was this romantic pop ballad that came out with Pearl Harbor that I would constantly confuse with the one from Titanic. When I saw a wisecrack video about Pearl Harbor was Michael bay remaking titanic with bombs and guns I was like, "I never saw titanic but somehow I remember always knowing this to be true"

@OmegaSoypreme 4 жыл бұрын

@@HiDefHDMusic There You'll Be, by Faith Hill, I think. To be honest I actually like that song, sappy romantic schlock that it is 😋

@HiDefHDMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Omega Soypreme yeah that’s it hahaha everytime I try to remember “My Heart will go on” I think of that one instead lol

@KingsandGenerals 5 жыл бұрын

I ate the whole plate! Sorry, wrong channel.

@battleupsaber462 5 жыл бұрын

Bumblebee, stop lubricating the man.

@tatehildyard5332 5 жыл бұрын

See how I glitter!

@archierm 5 жыл бұрын

KnG has good taste in movie nerds.

@michaelm5518 5 жыл бұрын

I’m fine

@Gin-kz5ss 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I hate it.

@willcarmack 5 жыл бұрын

“Where the sun is perpetually setting” LOL true

@mehwhyausername1 5 жыл бұрын

lol clearly Pearl Harbor happened in the Antarctic during April and May. How else can you explain the 40+ day long sunset? you can't experience that in the south pacific tropics!

@afrosymphony8207 5 жыл бұрын

omg it was so quick i thought i was the only who laughed at that looool

@HiDefHDMusic 4 жыл бұрын

@@afrosymphony8207 I laughed when he said it in the video, and I laughed again when I read this comment.

@lawrencecalablaster568 5 жыл бұрын

How has Michael Bay never become involved in the Fast & Furious franchise?

@samringwald 5 жыл бұрын

The Vatican has standing orders to stop that from happening, for the end times would truly be upon us. Consider this line from the Book of Revelations: "Unto man a robot did fall, and then the firmament was rent with red fire and blue light. And lo, a man did utter to the Lord, 'One quarter mile at a time do I live my life.' And when that man drove that robot, woe unto all God's children." I'm pretty sure that's an exact quote.

@LauralieLea 5 жыл бұрын

samringwald ok this is amazing

@RetepAdam 5 жыл бұрын

They’re doing just fine without him, thank you.

@archierm 5 жыл бұрын

@@samringwald I didn't believe in God until today.

@krombopulos_michael 5 жыл бұрын

He missed his chance when the movies were still shit. I don't think they'd want him at this point now that they're actually decent.

@spinakker14 5 жыл бұрын

"where the sun is perpetually setting" This is such a great line and it really encapsulates Bay's visual too

@hawkeyenextgen7117 7 ай бұрын

The sun perpetually setting is somewhat an 80's aesthetic.

@CinematicV 5 жыл бұрын

"Michael Bay is one of the greatest action directors. He has the best eye in Hollywood." - Steven Spielberg /2008/

@bill775 4 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@jamesward3859 4 жыл бұрын

Well that was before the Transformers Sequels so

@oludascribe 4 жыл бұрын

Now we've seen Chris McQuarrie direct MI:Rogue Nation and MI: Fallout, Miller do Mad Max:Fury Road and Chad Stahelski on the John Wick movies, wonder if Spielberg would still say he has the best eye for action.

@CinematicV 4 жыл бұрын

@@jamesward3859 The Transformers sequels are action-packed and loaded with beautiful visuals. So I'm not sure what you're trying to say......

@bwoahviously 3 жыл бұрын

Did Michael Bay take the picture in your profile

@ricktastica 5 жыл бұрын

I'm dying at "what if Titanic, but we win at the end"

@misomiso8228 5 жыл бұрын

18:20 ' I think the movie falls apart when they go into space'. Best. Criticism. Ever.

@PlatyNews 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for part 2 where we eat the whole plate

@gonk4509 5 жыл бұрын

Platy News Lindsay Ellis reference?

@PlatyNews 5 жыл бұрын

@@gonk4509 In way, yes. Both of the videos talk about Bay in a way that movie critics talk about art in general, but with different focus. Or maybe it is just a quote from the movies that will appear in part 2. Sometimes a plate is just a plate and sometimes it is an explosion of flavors

@waywardlaser 5 жыл бұрын

Pain & Gain is still, to this day, one of my biggest guilty pleasures. Michael Bay's directing style actually compliments the skewed motivations and world view of the main characters. The writing and performances are what make the movie but having Bay as the director, whether he was self aware or not, was kind of an interesting choice.

@stephenramos2824 5 жыл бұрын

not you same here pain and gain and that's my Boy are my two guilty pleasure films

@avex13 5 жыл бұрын

He spent years trying to get the movie done. The first time I remember him talking about Pain & Gain was right after the first Transformers.

@shukterhousejive 5 жыл бұрын

P&G is a movie made entirely out of the weird comedy bits from his other films and I have no idea how it came together so perfectly

@paulsidoti5469 5 жыл бұрын

Pain & Gain is way better than it has any right to be.

@jordanromesburg6819 5 жыл бұрын

I think it's self-aware, in a way that honestly only he could pull off. It's like how The Wolf of Wall Street makes you love Jordan Belfort, before making you realize he actually hurt people and he's a piece of shit, but cracked up to 11. The movie basically never stops pointing out how horrific their actions were, but continues to be enjoyable. It seems like a very intentional choice to make the audience uncomfortable, and in my opinion a film succeeds when it pulls emotion out of you.

@lynxbelow6922 5 жыл бұрын

"These characters are real people who died, and Bay is having the time of his life blowing them up." That's such a coldly cynical takeaway, but you're not wrong. Were I to direct films, I admit I would take a lot of visual inspiration from Bay. He has a knack for making everything on screen interesting as Hell to look at, and the way he mixes that with scores and sound design always makes me giddy like a little kid.

@TheGeorgeD13 5 жыл бұрын

The key is to take the best of what Bay does and then forget the rest.

@ideologybot4592 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGeorgeD13 I think the key is to put it in the right context. There are stories which lend themselves to Bay and stories which don't.

@shukterhousejive 5 жыл бұрын

One of the lesser reasons Bay gets so much blockbuster work is that he never forgot his low-budget roots. Every production is done to military precision, with a lower budget and body count than other big time directors which is a pretty big thing for producers picking a director for their potential multi-million dollar boondoggle

@TheGeorgeD13 5 жыл бұрын

Yep. He pretty much always goes under the budget was given by even under $10-20 million. He saves them money and gives them bigger profits as a result.

@anthonywarren9885 5 жыл бұрын

Hey mom, we found the one guy that paid to see Transformers!

@ephramwest8368 5 жыл бұрын

That intro was superb, your skits get more and more streamlined every time.

@ctons Жыл бұрын

this didn’t age too well.

@steveN111333 5 жыл бұрын

20:28 "it was like watching an Italian speak without his hands" LOL 😂

@TheCoolComplexity 5 жыл бұрын

*How about a challenge.* *Do Zack Synder, I dare you.*

@benwasserman8223 5 жыл бұрын

Desaturated color palettes, excessive slow-mo, buff male bods, philosophical dialogue that doesn't always translate to the action- there's your Synder auteur cliches

@aquamaneatsseafood15 5 жыл бұрын

@@benwasserman8223 Don't forget mimicking Ayn Rand and Watchmen.

@devils.advocate2444 5 жыл бұрын

Synder is more of a conflicted artist, he's mom was a painter and you can see his inspiration but the probelm he pretends to care about character but he doesnt, thats where watchmen MoS and BvS and probably JL fell apart.......but if its pure action hr is one of the best like 300 or he's every action scene

@rycolligan 5 жыл бұрын

@@devils.advocate2444 Yeah, the only reason 300 works at all is because he is pretty much running straight off the Frank Miller graphic novel script, and like Snyder, Miller only shits out a passable script for 300 because he's cribbing virtually every line of it directly from Herodotus.

@qwellen7521 5 жыл бұрын

I actually think he's a talented visual artist, he should just never write his movies.

@sandman45 5 жыл бұрын

"Yea the new Transformers is going to suck, but you're going to see it anyway." -Michael Bay

@happyfistcutscrap 5 жыл бұрын

Bay is one of my favorite visual stylists. My favorite signature shot of his has to be the angle tilt.

@collinsmith7078 5 жыл бұрын

You’re really one upping yourself with this one Patrick. This is a masterclass of a deconstructionist video essay. Can’t wait for part 2!!

@anthonywarren9885 5 жыл бұрын

You must be 10 years old

@paulatreides6711 5 жыл бұрын

The patrick's videos are just so dumb

@lawrencecalablaster568 5 жыл бұрын

One minute into this video and I'm already completely thrilled by this video essay/ world-saving mission.

@ruthielalastor2209 5 жыл бұрын

*America

@rolanddeschain6089 5 жыл бұрын

One minute in and I'm already annoyed by the Bay style. I take him seriously. So serious that I avoid his films. Although I like big blockbusters.

@JoeAllenD 5 жыл бұрын

Pearl Harbor is the most important entry in his filmography and is also the only film to include Josh Hartnett? Coincidence? I think NOT!

@86thfloor 5 жыл бұрын

This was awesome - cannot wait for part two!

@HoovyTube 5 жыл бұрын

The production design in your videos is damn near flawless. God damn gg

@allthingsfascinating 5 жыл бұрын

"Are you serious" is the first thought I had while clicking on this video

@jokarpinski22 5 жыл бұрын

Watch Epic Rap Battles: Spielberg v Hitchcock .... Bay speaks the truth about movies

@taragwendolyn 5 жыл бұрын

Mine too. But then I thought about it a minute and realized that yeah, actually.... he is an auteur. You don't have to be making particularly high brow cinema to have an established style/storytelling method that makes a casual observer look at the film and say "yup, that's definitely this director". Bay fits the bill. He wouldn't be my first pick if I were trying to describe/show auteur theory (modern directors, I'd probably pick Tarantino), but that isn't the point of the video.

@LinkMarioSamus 5 жыл бұрын

Even as someone who can't stand Armageddon I actually agree that he's an auteur.

@JacksonKillroy 5 жыл бұрын

@@taragwendolyn >i'd probably pick Tarantino of course you would

@FirebirdCamaro1220 5 жыл бұрын

@@TheXabl0 that's the commercialization of what's *supposed* to be a form of art for you....😑🤭

@DubiousConsumption 5 жыл бұрын

As much as I love "Objects in the Rearview Mirror May Appear Closer Than They Are," I had no idea it had a music video, much less it was done by the Bay. Such an awesome pull!

@adarshsirsat9110 5 жыл бұрын

Yup, he is a visual genius. Just gotta hire a script writter.

@voltairinekropotkin5581 5 жыл бұрын

adarsh sirsat He does. His movies are usually written by several people. He usually does uncredited rewrites to add some of his "Bay-ness" to the material, but it's not like he writes everything himself.

@stephenramos2824 5 жыл бұрын

He needs a good editor more than anything

@jasonblalock4429 5 жыл бұрын

I honestly think that better scripts would do NOTHING to change the basic nature of a Michael Bay film, because Bay is so utterly focused on the imagery and surface-level gloss. His filming style steps all over dialogue and performances. He'd just end up burying everything good about the script under the typical pile of Bay-isms. (Like the classic example of how all of Megan Fox's character-establishing dialogue in Transformers 1 is delivered while Bay camerafucks her body, so no one hears her talk.) It would be like Ken Russell's Altered States. Russel was another director not known for his taste or restraint, but he was given a wordy Paddy Chayefsy script to work with. So he just had the actors rush through the dialogue as fast as possible, or even deliver it as overlapping parallel arguments, just to get through those scenes more quickly. It was incomprehensible. He basically made his movie *despite* the script, and that's how Bay would treat a good script too.

@theessayist25 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Bay could have a script written by Ernest Hemingway himself but he's gonna put his style and sensibilities ahead.He stopped caring about scripts a long time ago

@motor4X4kombat 5 жыл бұрын

One of the writters and head of the story from armagedon was jj abrams, and he didn't want the movie to be an action film he wanted to do satirical political comedy about the gobervermant dealing with natural dissasters, so insted in hire profesionals to deal with the problems they hire dumb oil workers to save money, thats why most of the science of the movie didn't make jack shit of scense because he wanted to do a dr strangelove/robocop type of satire (hell they even reference it) . It just michael bay fetish for action scenes and crow pandering writters that add that stupid ben affleck storyline that killed the orinal, and more interesting, visión of the movie

@evillynn4166 5 жыл бұрын

Credit where it's due. If he can shoot something in practical FX he will will (CGI is supposed to be a ladder, not a crutch.) And he is who I would go to for advice about explosions. Now, I am going to watch your thing and see if my two positives are highlighted.

@connorgodinich1772 5 жыл бұрын

I never noticed that Michael bay never grew up while Spielberg and fincher did.

@jasonblalock4429 5 жыл бұрын

Hell, Fincher barely even had to grow up. I mean, Seven is still one of the best nonfiction serial killer movies ever made, and the restraint Fincher uses in showing the grisly details is really impressive. Sure, he graduated to doing Zodiac and Mindhunters, but that was a pretty small step up from where he started. (Yeah, I'm pretending Seven is his first movie, but does anyone really see Alien3 as being "a David Fincher film"? He was jobbing when he directed it, and had very little control over... anything, really, aside from the cinematography and performances.)

@BenjaminWhitley 5 жыл бұрын

In the good timeline, Michael Bay grew up and Spielberg never did.

@JacksonKillroy 5 жыл бұрын

@@jasonblalock4429 Zodiac is a massive step up from se7en

@jordanloux3883 5 жыл бұрын

Bay tried, but learned being an adult isn't how he wants to be.

@Gemnist98 5 жыл бұрын

Fincher never really grew up. Aside from Alien 3 (which he was basically forced to do), all of his films deal with complicated, adult subject matter. Even Fight Club and The Social Network, despite the satirical nature and PG-13 rating/millennial targeting respectively, are still very complex films. Spielberg, meanwhile, seems to be caught between not growing up and growing up. His optimism remains, and there are plenty of movies of his that still have only childlike innocence (most recently Ready Player One), but he also does more adult content and does it really well. The only problem I see is that he’s lost an identity of sorts: you’re basically getting two Spielbergs in his current career state. Though to be fair, it’s really hard to blend serious content with blockbuster filmmaking; AFAIK Christopher Nolan is the only director who has built a career off of perfecting it.

@jbrownil 8 ай бұрын

Knowing he also did commercials gives me a much better understanding of why his style was so prevalent at the time. Also I actually really like Pain and Gain when I didn't expect to!

@ayby17 5 жыл бұрын

Patrick, thank you for this video! As a big Michael Bay fan, I really appreciate essays about this legend. Especially when they don't just bash him but see Bay's potential. You the man!

@ankitbhatti4287 2 жыл бұрын

Me too bro a big Nolan and bay fan

@andrewbraid1029 5 жыл бұрын

This was fantastic! I had no idea about Bay and Fincher's history together, or about the behind-the-scenes epiphany that he had while making Pearl Harbour. Plus the opening sketch did a top-notch job recreating Bay's aesthetic. I can't wait for Part 2!

@kingofthegundam7974 5 жыл бұрын

I'll admit, I'm never gonna be sold on him, but your videos have given me a lot of great insight into his skill as a filmmaker that I never knew about and even pointed out merits in his approach. These videos are wonderful.

@Irrelevant402 5 жыл бұрын

Man I saw Bumblebee twice and enjoyed it way more than all the Bayformers movies put together. I don't know what his obsession is with obnoxious hate-able characters, among many things, but those drag down the movies.

@jezmorgan5440 4 жыл бұрын

oh wow i often watch movie review's and director roundtable's and stuff and i have to say the content ive found on this channel is some of the best in depth brutality honest reviews, descriptions and discussions on movies ive ever wtched. Subscibed

@redxsage 5 жыл бұрын

*_EXPLOSATHON!_* Finally! A critic who actually has something to day. Thank you.

@danielwareking 5 жыл бұрын

Welp. I guess Michael Bay and I have at least one thing in common: worshipping David Fincher.

@TheDavan619 5 жыл бұрын

same

@no.love.for.a.nation 3 жыл бұрын

Love this Channel. Binge watching everything!

@katarishigusimokirochepona6611 4 жыл бұрын

"Judgment Bay" hahahahaha. OfMG this is so creative lololol. Love it.

@RedMageUltra 5 жыл бұрын

Oh boy, 25 minutes of Patrick! This is gonna be sweet. *twenty five minutes flies by* WHERE IN THE HELL DID THOSE MINUTES GO!?!

@MadsPeterIversen 5 жыл бұрын

Super fascinating! Looking forward to part 2

@P0W3RH0U53 5 жыл бұрын

Love your videos so much. Love the attention to detail. Keep em coming!!

@KaiSosceles 5 жыл бұрын

"Last person we recruited...mysteriously died." Whoah, was that a reference to Tony Zhou?

@ChrisTempel 5 жыл бұрын

Can't wait for part two! Recently, I've realized that Bay is one of my favorite directors and the look of his movies is something I aspire to. This helps me understand him more.

@thisguydan 5 жыл бұрын

Haven't liked some of the recent videos, but this was absolutely freaking fantastic Patrick. Already knew a lot about Bay, still found a lot to learn here. This director case study style of video felt as thoughtful and full of substance as the Every Frame a Painting videos - but different and even better in some aspects. From Bay to Spielberg, Gordon Willis to John Williams, more filmmaker case study style videos like this would be amazing.

@FranciscoLopez-vq1fs 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, you’re amazing, thank you for these videos!

@giordanopagotto7940 4 жыл бұрын

Bay was distinctly Bay from the very Bay-ginning. You're welcome.

@IgnoresTrolls 5 жыл бұрын

Ok I've got to the Quantum of Solace car chase moment and I have to pause to write this. I have very few memories of Quantum of Solace. But one enduring one is me telling my friends just how much I disliked that scene in the lobby afterwards. I said "They we're trying to convey a sense of confusion, but I just ended up confused." I was younger then. KZfaq video essays weren't a thing, I was less cine-literate so I didn't know why. But I knew that scene was terrible. The next time I felt that way was Transformers. This is the first time I've seen this scene mentioned (sorry if you've done it before, I'm watching these in random order) and to see it linked in with Bay is a great. Thanks for validating teenage me.

@bobbz64 5 жыл бұрын

This is most likely your best video. I'm stoked for part 2.

@nickolasbelliveau7095 5 жыл бұрын

you continue to impress me, keep it up man

@gabrielschroll3824 5 жыл бұрын

You lost me when you said you think Michael Bay would be the first to admit he wasn't the right director for Pearl Harbor. He would never admit he was wrong. There are things I like about Michael Bay, but I really love longer takes and less camera shake. The dojo fight sequence in The Matrix is the high water mark for me. The John Wick movies are excellent as well. Fast cuts and handheld-style shots are the thorn in my side. Great video. I love this kind of thing, and appreciate the time and planning you put into making this.

@clashcitywannabe 4 жыл бұрын

Pearl Harbor prompted Roger Ebert to write the most scathingly funny review I have ever read, "Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle."

@dexterdajuice6913 5 жыл бұрын

Starting to love the channel.

@Steelstorm6 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, Patrick! Looking forward to Part 2!

@veronicasilk8429 5 жыл бұрын

I have a soft spot for Michael Bay. Sure, his movies can be really dumb at times and Transformers feels like a franchise not suited for him (even he felt disinterested in working on them) but there are a few diamonds in the rough. I still enjoy Pain & Gain, The Rock, The Island, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, and the Bad Boys movies even to this day. Sure, everyone likes to point the finger at the guy who "ruined" Transformers, much like how Joel Schumacher was mocked for Batman & Robin, despite the fact that he made several decent movies prior _and_ since that film, Falling Down and Phone Booth are prime examples of this. I'm not saying Michael Bay is the best director or a genius or anything like that, I just don't consider him the worst director out there.

@chrisvongorstinger2142 5 жыл бұрын

I think Pain & Gain and especially 13 HOURS were his best movies actually. The Island was good, but just a reboot of Logans Run.

@megumintheexplosionqueen297 5 жыл бұрын

I feel like Michael Bay gets way too much hate.

@archivedaccount5990 5 жыл бұрын

I am 100% with you on that.

@LadyPsychic 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I like most of Michael Bay's movies (even the ones other people think are bad, like the Transformers). I think he's overhated.

@swapnilpatwari6052 5 жыл бұрын

i like his movies

@stupididiot6993 5 жыл бұрын

Whose influence ISN’T at least partially Steven Spielberg?

@michealcormier2555 5 жыл бұрын

I look forward to the second part of this. I really enjoy your content. I learn so much from it.

@yutwob 5 жыл бұрын

Such a great video! I've never seen any of your content before but I'm definitely watching more.

@Alphadanielmon 5 жыл бұрын

Really awesome. Anybody can fawn over a great director or hate on a problematic one. Love this approach of yours.

@emmaclare9066 5 жыл бұрын

God i love how much effort you put into your videos

@onemanentertainment6883 3 жыл бұрын

Your Channel is by far the best Channel about Movies

@ceasarscorner7145 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, can’t wait for part 2!

@skocko2t778 5 жыл бұрын

OMG ! You've got Andy Lau as a patron. Classy if it's THE Andy Lau.

@stthomasaquarius 5 жыл бұрын

The genuine irony of this opening is that you can't help it. You made a short action sequence that was actually good. The spatial geography was clear, and the action made sense. I thought this was supposed to be an imitation of Bay. You got the color palette. But the rest was just too coherent.

@OhCrazyEggs 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent analysis! Going to watch Part 2 right now!! Patrick you are a genius!

@philipbailey8891 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. Can't wait for part2!!

@mattgilbert7347 5 жыл бұрын

"The Avengers" is basically a Michael Bay film filtered through Joss Whedon's wit and affinity for the source material, plus a little short 'n sharp character development (well..VERY short 'n sharp...almost like a Michael Bay fil *hey wait a minute* )

@krishnanspace 3 жыл бұрын

Dougie !

@SlyTF1 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Bay is my favorite director of all time. He's the main person who got me interested in film in the first place, and I never really understood why people hate him as much as they do. His visual style is next to none.

@megumintheexplosionqueen297 5 жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that.

@tommyross7529 5 жыл бұрын

Patrick! I hope you read this! You are awesome!!! Your content is stellar!!! I literally set aside time during my week to watch your videos!!! Thank you for making life better!!!

@RetroCarsForever 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome video...Seriously taking on a filmmaker who is usually not taken seriously, for right or wrong. Looking forward to Part 2.

@Phi1618033 5 жыл бұрын

If I were a 12 year old boy I'd probably think Michael Bay is the greatest film director of all time.

@Evan-nx9ng 5 жыл бұрын

Patrick grew up as a true american auteur

@poisondamage2182 5 жыл бұрын

wrong channel, and even if it were on the right channel it would be a dead meme

@Evan-nx9ng 5 жыл бұрын

@@poisondamage2182 tell that to Zod's snapped neck

@reonero958 5 жыл бұрын

İ.

@Lstar07 2 жыл бұрын

*_Where one Transformer starts and the other ends_* The scene you used as an example immediately after is what I saw at a theater once. I thought it was just me at that point in time while in the theater who had trouble making sense of what was on the screen. I was visually confused trying to sort out Optimus & whoever he was fighting.

@Windows-sl7eo 5 жыл бұрын

Finally another Michael Bay video I been dreading for one for so long

@lucainvernizzi9715 5 жыл бұрын

These are very compelling arguments about how Micheal Bay is an Auteur in the original sense of the word, with clear esthetic, key ideas and a recognizible hand. Problem is, that's not the critique: the critique is that his art sucks. In an era where movies and generally art tends to be indutrialized, grinded into small, same size, digestable bits, I can understand people watching at Bay and say: "Hey, at least he's unique, he is what I think an artist should be, he has a view and stick to it. What he does is artistic and only his own." But let's not forget that something being "true" art doesn't forbit said art to be bad. Techinically, philosophically and intellectually. And that's the case for Bay. Disclaimer: I understand perfectly well the "people" that I mentioned have probably an understanding of movies and visual art that is miles ahead of me, I just like the "Bay-ssue" cause it underlines a key concept in art, and a lot of interesting comments and opinion usually comes out of it.

@ImmenseDisciple 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I have to agree. The video is excellent, and there's no value in being pompous or sneering about "low-brow" entertainment - but genuinely, of all the directors I've ever heard included in conversations about auteurs (even those who have *extremely* distinct visual styles and over-dependence on certain flourishes or tropes) no other comes anywhere close to being so utterly devoid of nuance across every project (very nearly every scene) of their career. Van Gogh's work includes over a dozen paintings of sunflowers - but he wouldn't be remembered as a master if they were the only thing he was able to paint...

@kthemaster1999 5 жыл бұрын

Ok virgin

@lucainvernizzi9715 5 жыл бұрын

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@oof-rr5nf 5 жыл бұрын

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@oof-rr5nf 5 жыл бұрын

@@kthemaster1999 Literally nothing wrong with that but okay I guess. Troll away!

@markparkinson6378 5 жыл бұрын

When someone praises a critically bashed director, I must know why.

@FranciscoLopez-vq1fs 5 жыл бұрын

I would literally watch videos like this all day, please do more content like this

@danielrowson3379 5 жыл бұрын

I am so happy you made this!!

@SquidwardAF 5 жыл бұрын

Is mauler gonna make 5hourlong stream about this?

@MarkyMatey 5 жыл бұрын

Given that Patrick was being elitist to those who care about tight plot.

@dmc2076 5 жыл бұрын

Given that this video discusses the more technical aspects of Bay's filmmaking, probably not. It's a lot harder to fake an understanding of this stuff than it is with writing.

@samwallaceart288 5 жыл бұрын

Sure, why not?

@kevinnigins9488 5 жыл бұрын

While I’m not a fan of his films, I do appreciate that he has his own style when it comes to film making. I can easily point them out from other films even if I’ve never seen the film before.

@PerformanceCheck 5 жыл бұрын

This was excellent, one of your best examinations yet!

@aalderet 5 жыл бұрын

This is really really good. Congrats!

@lawrencecalablaster568 5 жыл бұрын

Heck yes, Josh Hartnett.

@MrPornoforpandas 5 жыл бұрын

Actually i find Bay's action sequences quite easy to follow. Yes the cutting is rapid but the shot order clearly follows logical screen direction. In the example of the BB2 car chase witness how the cutaways and wider shots of the Hero car speeding by correspond to the close-ups of either Smith (in the driver's seat facing frame left) or Lawrence (passenger seat facing frame right). The camera even careens across the front of the car from one side to the other before cutting to the close-ups on the relevant side. In terms of spatial coherence this is way easier to follow than say a Nolan action scene where the unimaginative choice of shots, messy staging, rythmically-challenged editing and incoherent screen direction all add up to an illogical jumble (I still to this day cannot really figure out what's happening in the climactic building Swat siege of TDK). Furthermore Bay's sequences are structured with very clear dramatic beats even if they often use heavyhanded slow motion for emphasis. They only time I have found Bay's action scenes confusing are in the Transformers films and this is because the robots are 'overdesigned' with too much mechanical detail making the robotic character hard to decipher. Bay is an exceptional action filmmaker. Any filmmaker who has ever shot action scenes can appreciate the amount of hard work and creativity it takes to deliver what he does. Granted this might be the only thing he really does well as a filmmaker or perhaps it's all he actually cares about. Also I think Olivier Megaton's work on Taken 2&3 should be blamed on Mr Just-shoot-it-with-multiple-cameras-and-let-my editor-figure-it-out Paul Greengrass.

@tomstonemale 5 жыл бұрын

I don't really see much of a difference between TDK climax and Bay's filmmaking, like honestly dude "messy staging"? Michael Bay cannibalizes every tool he has by using them every time he can without intention besides "it looks cool", he's not imaginative at all. His spacial coherence is that he doesn't have one...ever. On BB2 we know there is a car and Smith and Lawrance are in the car, everything else explodes around them (the one in the shanty town doesn't count since he was ripping off Police Story's first ten minutes). In TDK, Batman is in the building the Joker is on the top floor and everything else is a big question mark

@MrPornoforpandas 5 жыл бұрын

@@tomstonemale I totally agree with you in respect to what I see as Micheal Bay's aesthetic rational - namely that his only artistic ambition underlying every shot is truly, as you say "to make things looks cool". He doesn't pretend to have any deeper artistic motives. His films are undeniably shallow and crass and from all evidence it's by design. My point is that visually the way he constructs sequences is pretty straightforward and actually easy to follow while at the same time being eye candy. This defines directors with a background in advertising - it's all about looking great and hammering home 1 idea at a time for 30 seconds. Which he does with not only visual imagination but also with clarity. It's all showmanship with no substance absolutely - but make no mistake it's done with a lot of hard work and thought.

@luckymig1603 5 жыл бұрын

a BOLD choice for a video subject Patrick, and you are executing it beautifully!

@dheerajdhaliwal7148 5 жыл бұрын

Good job, looking forward to part 2.

@UnderdogRecords91 5 жыл бұрын

Michael Bay never stopped directing commercials. All of his movies are a series of shots aiming for maximum effect without any meaning, substance or personality to back it up. To bad he always chooses scripts that don't deliver those missing ingredients. "The Island" probably came the closest and for all of it's flaws, it's probably the closest Bay ever got to making a "good movie".

@jordanromesburg6819 5 жыл бұрын

Nah, Pain & Gain is a legitimately good film

@Metaphizzle 5 жыл бұрын

And _The Island_ was really just a ripoff of the low-budget '70s film _Clonus_ (aka _Parts: The Clonus Horror_ as most MST3K fans remember it).

@HowToWatchMovies 5 жыл бұрын

Ain’t this dude seen The Whole Plate?

@Kishan_Baijnath 5 жыл бұрын

I had so much fun watching this video. Thank you.

@erikm9768 3 жыл бұрын

This was a really good piece!

@HAZMOLZ 5 жыл бұрын

I'VE HEARD MICHAEL BAY ONLY READS SCRIPTS IF EVERYTHING'S WRITTEN IN CAPITAL LETTERS

@vespawasp 5 жыл бұрын

If Michael Bay was given a good script for his films they would be amazing. The worst problem Ive seen with most of his movies is that they are written subpar. But in terms of spectacle and the use of practical effects embedded within the CGI make a lot of his movies feel well put together but written poorly

@lingeringsnowleaf3829 5 жыл бұрын

Josh Bowman He had a good scrip with pearl harbor, but as said in the video, it was not Bay style. He place his own creative style above the script of his writer and he would rather die than change himself. Movie making is NOT a factory procedure where you can interchange steps and tools to create an exactly as imagined result. It isn’t as simple as good director + good writer= good film. Movie making is an collaborative endevour that everyone in the crew, from the director to the random VFX guy, put their own creative touch on. The director usually has the largest says but that is not enough. I remeber Tarantino once said that, and i rephrase, a director’s job is not to make his vision come true, it is to decribe his vision to others so they can create for him. Micheal Bay is not a bad director because he has no style or vision, he’s a bad director because he put his above those of others.

@dvillines26 5 жыл бұрын

Pain and Gain is great.

@lingeringsnowleaf3829 5 жыл бұрын

Duane Villines it’s decent but im not sure great is the word to describe it. If it great then what about Alien or Seven?

@avex13 5 жыл бұрын

@@lingeringsnowleaf3829 I don't think Pearl Harbor script is good. It has some very fundamental problems. Affleck's character is a mess, and the last act with the Doolittle raid should have never been there. I would also say that Bay is pretty much guilty of most of his "bad script" problems. For one of the Transformers (I believe it was 4th) the writer explicitly said that writing for Michael Bay was "different", and that he actually didn't care about logic all that much. You also have Revenge of the Fallen, which Bay mostly wrote. That's probably the purest "Michael Bay movie" ever made.

@kostajovanovic3711 5 жыл бұрын

+Malcador the Sigillite alien is great, seven is good

@user-rn8vu4fu9q 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing stuff done here! Thank you. A new perspective or more detailed one on Michael Bay

@yeahBradley 5 жыл бұрын

dude, I have to wait for part two? You are so spectacular Patrick. The real crème de la crème.

@MrJonnyPepper 5 жыл бұрын

How can you hate the government but love the military

@jp3813 5 жыл бұрын

Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan: "We're not here to do the decent thing, we're here to follow fucking orders!"

@MrPtrlix 5 жыл бұрын

Far right-wing anarchism.

@ShatteredGlass916 4 жыл бұрын

Govt image: full of corruption, manipulations, unfair policy makers, vote over people Military: actually fight for the country's safety (in one way or another) At least this is how i see it lol

@archivedaccount5990 5 жыл бұрын

I like Michael Bay movies as a guilty pleasure.

@jarrettfinney4882 5 жыл бұрын

Also, I know I’m commenting a lot, but damn I love this channel!! I’m not even a film guy. Like I doubt I’ll ever make any kind of cool video, it’s just not my thing. I’m a musician, but I really find all of this stuff fascinating, and I really love watching these videos. You even inspire me to get more creative in songwriting. Your passion and love for the art just makes all of this perfect. Truly, I’m a big fan man. Keep up the great work!