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

[@OmegaSoypreme]

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

[@utubrGaming]

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]

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]

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]

@@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]

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]

I ate the whole plate! Sorry, wrong channel.

[@battleupsaber462]

Bumblebee, stop lubricating the man.

[@tatehildyard5332]

See how I glitter!

[@archierm]

KnG has good taste in movie nerds.

[@michaelm5518]

I’m fine

[@Gin-kz5ss]

Thanks, I hate it.

[@spinakker14]

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

[@hawkeyenextgen7117]

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

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

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

[@samringwald]

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]

samringwald ok this is amazing

[@RetepAdam]

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

[@archierm]

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

[@krombopulos_michael]

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.

[@willcarmack]

“Where the sun is perpetually setting” LOL true

[@mehwhyausername1]

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]

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

[@HiDefHDMusic]

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

[@CinematicV]

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

[@bill775]

Wow.

[@jamesward3859]

Well that was before the Transformers Sequels so

[@oludascribe]

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]

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

[@bwoahviously]

Did Michael Bay take the picture in your profile

[@misomiso8228]

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

[@ephramwest8368]

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

[@ctons]

this didn’t age too well.

[@waywardlaser]

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]

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

[@avex13]

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]

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]

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

[@jordanromesburg6819]

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]

"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]

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

[@ideologybot4592]

@@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]

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]

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]

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

[@ricktastica]

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

[@happyfistcutscrap]

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

[@PlatyNews]

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

[@gonk4509]

Platy News Lindsay Ellis reference?

[@PlatyNews]

@@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

[@collinsmith7078]

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]

You must be 10 years old

[@paulatreides6711]

The patrick's videos are just so dumb

[@ayby17]

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]

Me too bro a big Nolan and bay fan

[@kingofthegundam7974]

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.

[@steveN111333]

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

[@DubiousConsumption]

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!

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

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

[@ruthielalastor2209]

*America

[@rolanddeschain6089]

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.

[@andrewbraid1029]

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!

[@JoeAllenD]

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

[@HoovyTube]

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

[@sandman45]

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

[@adarshsirsat9110]

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

[@voltairinekropotkin5581]

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]

He needs a good editor more than anything

[@jasonblalock4429]

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.

[@Giovanna.the_g]

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]

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

[@jbrownil]

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!

[@evillynn4166]

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.

[@redxsage]

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

[@connorgodinich1772]

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

[@jasonblalock4429]

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]

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

[@JacksonKillroy]

@@jasonblalock4429 Zodiac is a massive step up from se7en

[@jordanloux3883]

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

[@Gemnist98]

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.

[@jezmorgan5440]

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

[@danielwareking]

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

[@TheDavan619]

same

[@allthingsfascinating]

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

[@jokarpinski22]

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

[@taragwendolyn]

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]

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

[@JacksonKillroy]

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

[@FirebirdCamaro1220]

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

[@86thfloor]

This was awesome - cannot wait for part two!

[@RedMageUltra]

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

[@KaiSosceles]

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

[@ChrisTempel]

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.

[@IgnoresTrolls]

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. KZbin 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.

[@thisguydan]

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.

[@gabrielschroll3824]

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.

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

I'm glad I decided to watch this in my car after getting back from work. Had I gone up into my apartment, I'm pretty sure I would have gotten noise complaints about how hard I was laughing when you turned it into Blue Flame Special. I don't like most of his movies as wholes, but digging into what he does well and how that brings in viewers is fascinating.

[@bfish89ryuhayabusa]

Also, I would compare Bay to Steve Perry, at least for the "maximum impact at all times" bit. When you first hear him, he sounds so soulful. And then you realize that he pretty much only sounds like that, and suddenly it seems much more limited than you thought.

[@katarishigusimokirochepona6611]

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

[@vtastek]

I remember my two unique Bay experience... The first one was BTS footage of cars crashing on a bridge and the whole thing was an action movie by itself without any editing or music, director was Bay. I was so pumped about it, I watched all Bad Boys movies and I am still searching for those scenes. Second time was Transformers 3, sitting in the audience thinking seriously "If we were to mute all characters, then dub them with dialog that makes sense while not changing a single visual, this could be the greatest action movie ever made". I still like The Rock, The Island and Armageddon.

[@Alphadanielmon]

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

[@Lstar07]

*_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.

[@giordanopagotto7940]

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

[@jarrettfinney4882]

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!

[@skocko2t778]

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

[@gesturesmoviehouse4826]

This is a great analysis and also blew my mind because I bought that Herzog tshirt in a thrift store like 12 years ago and have never seen another person wearing it. It’s like, one of my 5 go to tshirts

[@veronicasilk8429]

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]

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]

I feel like Michael Bay gets way too much hate.

[@nitromagilou597]

I am 100% with you on that.

[@LadyPsychic]

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]

i like his movies

[@no.love.for.a.nation]

Love this Channel. Binge watching everything!

[@Evan-nx9ng]

Patrick grew up as a true american auteur

[@poisondamage2182]

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

[@Evan-nx9ng]

@@poisondamage2182 tell that to Zod's snapped neck

[@reonero958]

İ.

[@sudakshraina9433]

Love how Patrick in most of his appearances, has the camera in a low angle shot.

[@emmaclare9066]

God i love how much effort you put into your videos

[@onemanentertainment6883]

Your Channel is by far the best Channel about Movies

[@lawrencecalablaster568]

Heck yes, Josh Hartnett.

[@Ortex313]

Can't wait to see you talk about Pain & Gain in part 2. Pain & Gain is a seriously underrated film.

[@kevinnigins9488]

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.

[@Starklar]

could say that bays emphasis is on the action of the story rather than the story of the action.

[@stthomasaquarius]

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.

[@Justin-M]

That comic shelf is a total flex and I love it

[@SquidwardAF]

Is mauler gonna make 5hourlong stream about this?

[@MarkyMatey]

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

[@dmc2076]

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]

Sure, why not?

[@willneisen2245]

that pain and gain score... i love that movie

[@markparkinson6378]

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

[@yeahBradley]

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

[@HowToWatchMovies]

Ain’t this dude seen The Whole Plate?

[@P0W3RH0U53]

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

[@HAZMOLZ]

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

[@nickolasbelliveau7095]

you continue to impress me, keep it up man

[@SlyTF1]

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]

I'm with you on that.

[@norbertwielage6222]

This Michael Bay enlightenment is probably the best. Good work, Patrick ❤

[@mattgilbert7347]

"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]

Dougie !

[@bobbz64]

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

[@vespawasp]

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]

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]

Pain and Gain is great.

[@lingeringsnowleaf3829]

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]

@@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]

+Malcador the Sigillite alien is great, seven is good

[@Goldaction0]

Bay will always be my favorite film director! Ever since Bad Boys.

[@lucainvernizzi9715]

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]

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]

Ok virgin

[@lucainvernizzi9715]

@@kthemaster1999 Oh, somebody did bad chattychatty about your favourite kid show and now you are bubu? Here, take a bandaid and go back to mammy, she'll take care of you...

[@oof-rr5nf]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@oof-rr5nf]

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

[@Liam_Mellon]

There's a clear pattern here, especially with the first three. Each one, on the script level, seems to be nothing special - another lethal weapon knockoff, another die hard knockoff, another big disaster movie - but in each case, Bay elevates each one with his considerable skill and unique style. I'm willing to bet that if any other director had taken on those projects, the finished films would've been completely forgettable and thus forgotten.

[@nitromagilou597]

I like Michael Bay movies as a guilty pleasure.

[@dexterdajuice6913]

Starting to love the channel.

[@clashcitywannabe]

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."

[@ash9280]

You have convinced me that The Last Jedi would have been much better under Michael Bay's direction than Rian Johnson. Thank you! But, seriously, great video.

[@UnderdogRecords91]

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]

Nah, Pain & Gain is a legitimately good film

[@Metaphizzle]

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).

[@charleslonon9207]

i have just paused this video at 12:52 because the idea of just inserting an episode of Blue Flame Special in there is genius!

[@MrJonnyPepper]

How can you hate the government but love the military

[@jp3813]

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

[@MrPtrlix]

Far right-wing anarchism.

[@ShatteredGlass916]

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

[@luckymig1603]

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

[@SquidwardAF]

it's so dense, every single image has so many things going on

[@ataru121212]

sold after the first lense flair. subscribed at the end of the video.

[@battleupsaber462]

Transformers was my favourite childhood movie, so i have this man to thank for making me who I am today. Let it be known I wont see Bumblebee unless they #ReleaseTheBayCut.

[@octopus8420]

How old are you then? 14?

[@markparkinson6378]

I'm confused. Are you talking about the '80s film or the 2007 film? I mean, I enjoyed the 2007 film, but I would be interested in knowing where you stand on it.

[@errantcoyote05]

And to think my favorite childhood movie was Up in Smoke (my dad's favorite)

[@YTRingoster]

@@octopus8420 Well... I also grew up with the Bay Transformers movies, and I'm 21...

[@octopus8420]

@@YTRingoster 2007? Could have sworn it started around 2011

[@mazimadu]

10:33 "like Micheal bay is a Pokemon evolving onto his final form" You know, as stupid and cliche as that line was, with Michael Bay it makes *SO MUCH SENSE* ! Almost too much sense

[@horaciosi]

The Island was good, Pain & Gain was good, 13 Hours was good and The Rock was fucking awesome.

[@veronicasilk8429]

I love those movies, too.

[@Phoenix3566]

I had youtube running through my subscriptions in the background. When this video started, I knew instantly int was a (H) Willems vid. That's how strong your style is.

[@Phi1618033]

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

[@OhCrazyEggs]

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

[@Dorian_sapiens]

Argh, that cliffhanger ending!

[@Windows-sl7eo]

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

[@guy_incognito]

Great essay! Can't wait for part two. I'm sick of hearing about old hacks like Kubrick and Kurosawa and Tarkovsky and Welles -- but when are you going to pay homage to the god Roland Emmerich? And yes, I am trolling. Still, great essay!

[@FranciscoLopez-vq1fs]

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

[@edvaira6891]

Bay has made Three good films...The Rock (which does have some problems, like incoherent action editing), The Island (very underrated, dorky but fun) and 13 Hours...outside of that, Crap!!!!!...Added to that, he has a terrible feel for dialogue and he directs actors poorly (one can name the number of solid acting talents COMPLETELY WASTED on Several dozen hands...)...Plus, apparently, he’s a nasty, sexist, racist asshole!

[@petercarioscia9189]

@00:46 woah, I always thought your last name was Williams...never once realized it was Willems until that MiB said it out loud

[@timothyfuller683]

Michael Bay is a great cinematographer. He can tell amazing stories visually. As far as character development or story progression though, he is weak. Very weak. He seems to lack the ability to tell in-depth stories with characters that can be related to. I think because he doesn’t understand characters on a deeper level. It doesn’t make him a bad director, but it does mean he has limits to his craft.

[@LFPAnimations]

There is something freeing about just admitting that you make movies to be spectacle instead of a thoughtful piece of art. I think to a certain extent Nolan kind of does this too, except he is also capable of delivering a decent story at the same time. Interstellar's plot wasn't the best, but that is one of my favourite movies of all time. It has a kickass score and visuals like nothing else.