I think pairing Bay and Spielberg for a movie that has to live upto a long standing concept, that works, is the perfect partnership. Spielberg doesnt make crap films, and michael Bay isnt boring with his action either ! (i just love the car chase in Bad Boys II).

Pearl harbour was the way it was because the film was really about the attack on pearl harbour itself, Bay also had to make it interesting and give it some story, so the love triangle was probably ideal. Besides not all the fluff was boring, i thought the part were Wrafe *cough* see where i got the name ? *cough* was wooing the nurse and he popped the cork on the bottle of wine, hit him in his nose which he'd just broken, was extremely amusing.

I don't mind Michael Bay.  The problem with Pearl Harbour wasn't his directing, it was the Titanic-esque script so blame the writers for that abomination of a film.

As far as style, looks like they're going for the tried and true present day 'gritty, realistic' look for Transformers that the countless other superhero/cartoon/comic franchises have capitalized on as of late.  Honestly the new TMNT movie looks like crap from the trailers, but at least they are trying something different compared to the other comic franchises with the look of the film.

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