Red Mosquito

I'd heard nothing but good things from some people I trust and thus went to see it yesterday. Turned out to be typical Bay, unfortunately. Some impressive technical stuff but the whole thing is incredibly dumb. Bay still makes movies as if he were a 15-year old on a nonstop sugar high.

Over the past couple years I've come across a lot of stuff about how Bay is a true auteur. And he is. The things he does well he does incredibly. So somehow I ended up going to see this opening night and was reminded... His strengths do not align with my tastes.

Anyone know if LV has declared this a masterpiece?

@SkitchP wrote:Over the past couple years I've come across a lot of stuff about how Bay is a true auteur. And he is. The things he does well he does incredibly. So somehow I ended up going to see this opening night and was reminded... His strengths do not align with my tastes.

Yeah time (and the comparative drabness of Marvel movies) have really sort of redeemed Bay in a lot of people's eyes. Still not for me but I liked Pain and Gain

The editing was too fast. A shot would be over and then I would realize that it was cool and wish it had lasted more than twenty frames. Like even four seconds would've been good. I'm thinking specifically of some like drone or helicopter shots that were like twisty and weird but over way too fast.

Gyllenhaal being a mad man was cool for a while.

In an AV Club interview with Garret Dillahunt, he said "Almost everything you heard was a line that was thought of or altered, like, Let’s sit down here on the curb and write a new one." That makes perfect sense to me. I don't know that I've ever seen a movie with more bad ADR. Every minute or so was a line that sounded like it was recorded months later and then shoehorned in to try to make sense of the movie. It was barely above nonsensical as it is.

The Rock is great, though

Oh yeah, two characters in this new Michael Bay movie discuss old Michael Bay movies and it bums me out

yeah I keep hearing about how he's this misunderstood genius, but nope.

I did really like that movie he did for Netflix. 6 Underground

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I did really like that movie he did for Netflix. 6 Underground

I'm glad you had an enjoyable experience with 6 Underground.

I liked the first scene.

BurtReynolds wrote:I liked the first scene.

How was the last scene?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I liked the first scene.

How was the last scene?

wouldnt know.

I havent seen this one, but the trailer was horrible. It almost told the whole story.

Bay is a great visual filmmaker. It makes sense because he used to work un advertising. He is not a great storyteller tough.

You guys are all like blah blah blah movie critic blah blah while Michael Bay is busy counting his $500 million net worth.

i have a 600 million net worth so my opinion is valid

Bammer wrote:You guys are all like blah blah blah movie critic blah blah while Michael Bay is busy counting his $500 million net worth.

Just because he's wealthy doesn't mean he's good

BurtReynolds wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:I liked the first scene.

How was the last scene?

wouldnt know.

How about the second?

I felt nauseous watching the trailer for this in the theater. Michael bay sucks.

I’d love to see Bay reboot Lost.