View Poll Results: Which is worst?
Bad Boys (1995)
11
4.38%
The Rock (1996)
4
1.59%
Armageddon (1998)
34
13.55%
Pearl Harbor (2001)
126
50.20%
Bad Boys II (2003)
76
30.28%
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Worst Michael Bay movie
11-18-23, 10:48 AM
#126
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
The Rock is awesome!
I was going to add it to my list in the “What movies do you watch at least once a year” thread but didn’t think I watched it quite that much. Close though.
The shower shootout is without a doubt the best sequence Bay has ever directed and it rivals the emotional intensity of just about any scene in any action movie!
I was going to add it to my list in the “What movies do you watch at least once a year” thread but didn’t think I watched it quite that much. Close though.
The shower shootout is without a doubt the best sequence Bay has ever directed and it rivals the emotional intensity of just about any scene in any action movie!
11-18-23, 06:00 PM
#127
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
While Bad Boys will always been my favorite (it's lean and mean), The Rock is where it all came together. And then from Con Air on it went too far. He got it JUST RIGHT for The Rock.
11-18-23, 06:10 PM
#128
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
^ Bay didn’t direct Con Air.
Maybe you’re thinking of Armageddon. It came out around the same time and marked when Bay started playing a little too fast and loose with action movie rules.
Maybe you’re thinking of Armageddon. It came out around the same time and marked when Bay started playing a little too fast and loose with action movie rules.
11-18-23, 06:40 PM
#129
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
You're kidding, right? (You are, kidding, I hope. If not, well, kudos for standing up for an unpopular opinion!)
The Rock is garbage. So much talent in front of the camera, but it's totally wasted on a lousy script and hack direction. I really wanted to like the movie (because of Sean Connery and Ed Harris), but it's crap. IMNSHO.
The Rock is garbage. So much talent in front of the camera, but it's totally wasted on a lousy script and hack direction. I really wanted to like the movie (because of Sean Connery and Ed Harris), but it's crap. IMNSHO.
11-19-23, 05:17 PM
#133
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Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
There should be no question; his worst film is whichever Transformers movie it was that had the robo-testicles.
Nothing comes close to that.
Nothing comes close to that.
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11-20-23, 02:41 AM
#136
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
Correct. The Rock was one of the prime action films from that 10 year era. And easily defendable as the best. For me, it is Die Hard 3.
Film has changed and I never felt the same experience. Now that it’s history, it is interesting to see how short that era really was.
Film has changed and I never felt the same experience. Now that it’s history, it is interesting to see how short that era really was.
11-20-23, 03:08 AM
#137
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
That's really a good question. I'd say The Matrix is a better action movie, but since it's better because of the scifi elements, The Rock is probably the best action movie based in "reality".
11-20-23, 08:49 AM
#138
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
That’s just straight-up Action movies. Not sci-fi, war, etc. if you remove some of those genre parameters, people would argue all day over the MCU movies.
One that came out after The Rock but that I still have in my Top 5 as well is the underrated George Clooney/Nicole Kidman action movie, The Peacemaker.
Maybe this should go in the Unpopular Movie Opinion thread but I never much cared for Face/Off. It is just too silly for me. I prefer Woo’s other flick that came out a little earlier, Broken Arrow with Travolta and Christian Slater.
11-20-23, 11:16 AM
#139
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
You are damn right this should go in the unpopular movie opinion thread. And come on, while the Rock might not have guys switching faces, it is every bit as silly as Face/Off. (And for the record, I love both movies.)
11-20-23, 11:17 AM
#140
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
Armageddon and all of his transformers are trash. 6 Underground is unwatchable. I think the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the R rated cut on DVD is phenomenal, but the rest of that film is also rubbish. The Ambulance sucked.
Bad Boys
The Rock
Bad Boys II
The Island
Pain and Gain
13 Hours
Those I like.
Bad Boys
The Rock
Bad Boys II
The Island
Pain and Gain
13 Hours
Those I like.
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11-20-23, 12:33 PM
#141
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
There's currently *one* of his movies I've enjoyed enough to watch again - that's The Island. I've not seen Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, or The Rock, though after watching a few trailers those sound interesting enough to watch.
I *have* seen Armageddon (laughable - incredibly bad), half of one of the Transformers movies (and won't bother with it again or any other in that series), and Pearl Harbor (also quite bad). Since Armageddon is the first thing of his I recall seeing and laughed almost the entire way through at the "science" and ludicrousness of it all I'll pick it as the worst. Its sole redeeming factor is a passable Aerosmith ballad for the theme song.
I *have* seen Armageddon (laughable - incredibly bad), half of one of the Transformers movies (and won't bother with it again or any other in that series), and Pearl Harbor (also quite bad). Since Armageddon is the first thing of his I recall seeing and laughed almost the entire way through at the "science" and ludicrousness of it all I'll pick it as the worst. Its sole redeeming factor is a passable Aerosmith ballad for the theme song.
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11-20-23, 03:44 PM
#143
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
Just throwing my vote in here for 6 UNDERGROUND, and I also thought his TRANSFORMERS movies got more obnoxious and irritating as they went along, but I could at least see what made them theater-worthy. On 6 UNDERGROUND, I think Netflix gave him (and so many others back then) too much "creative freedom" and the result was a badly-plotted mess that would've been better with some oversight.
Oh, and agreed on PEACEMAKER.
Oh, and agreed on PEACEMAKER.
11-20-23, 04:46 PM
#144
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11-20-23, 04:59 PM
#145
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen it but didn’t Face/Off also have that ridiculous magnetic boot prison? Come on, that’s way goofier than anything in The Rock, not even counting the absurdity of the face switching nonsense on two dudes who have polar opposite facial structure.
I’m not ashamed of my love for Broken Arrow (or Samantha Mathis!
). It’s low budget compared to Woo’s other American movies but it’s a lot of damn fun!
11-21-23, 09:18 AM
#146
DVD Talk Limited Edition
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
I don't know if I answered back when this thread was first made, but my answer would still be Pearl Harbor.
11-23-23, 03:21 AM
#147
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
There's currently *one* of his movies I've enjoyed enough to watch again - that's The Island. I've not seen Bad Boys, Bad Boys II, or The Rock, though after watching a few trailers those sound interesting enough to watch.
I *have* seen Armageddon (laughable - incredibly bad), half of one of the Transformers movies (and won't bother with it again or any other in that series), and Pearl Harbor (also quite bad). Since Armageddon is the first thing of his I recall seeing and laughed almost the entire way through at the "science" and ludicrousness of it all I'll pick it as the worst. Its sole redeeming factor is a passable Aerosmith ballad for the theme song.
I *have* seen Armageddon (laughable - incredibly bad), half of one of the Transformers movies (and won't bother with it again or any other in that series), and Pearl Harbor (also quite bad). Since Armageddon is the first thing of his I recall seeing and laughed almost the entire way through at the "science" and ludicrousness of it all I'll pick it as the worst. Its sole redeeming factor is a passable Aerosmith ballad for the theme song.
6 Underground is Bay's worst movie and Transformers movies get worse with every entry. What I do like, although every body hates it, is Pearl Harbor in the director's cut. Of course it's stupid to make it a Titanic like story, but, I still enjoy it and Hans Zimmer's score is fantastic.
11-23-23, 10:35 AM
#148
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
The score for Pearl Harbor is pretty great. Yeah, the movie gets really bogged down with the love triangle stuff but the Pearl Harbor attack is fantastic.
11-23-23, 11:25 AM
#149
Moderator
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
I voted for Pearl Harbor... and I love this quote by Roger Ebert:
Pearl Harbor is a two-hour movie squeezed into three hours, about how on December 7, 1941, the Japanese staged a surprise attack on an American love triangle. Its centerpiece is 40 minutes of redundant special effects, surrounded by a love story of stunning banality. The film has been directed without grace, vision, or originality, and although you may walk out quoting lines of dialog, it will not be because you admire them.
11-23-23, 12:21 PM
#150
DVD Talk Hero
Re: Worst Michael Bay movie
^ Ebert was obviously wrong in that review…
…there’s not a single line of dialogue I remember well enough to bother quoting.
…there’s not a single line of dialogue I remember well enough to bother quoting.
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