Michael Bay Apologizes for Armageddon

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

Michael Bay is not necessarily known as Hollywood’s most self-deprecating director. Hell, he might be the least. But in a recent profile in the Miami Herald, he actually admitted failure, stating, “I will apologize for Armageddon." He explained: "We had to do the whole movie in 16 weeks. It was a massive undertaking. That was not fair to the movie. I would redo the entire third act if I could. But the studio literally took the movie away from us. It was terrible. My visual effects supervisor had a nervous breakdown, so I had to be in charge of that. I called James Cameron and asked ‘What do you do when you’re doing all the effects yourself?’ But the movie did fine.” Sure, blaming the studio isn’t the most humble move, but it’s a start. (Spoiler alert for this next sentence, just in case you somehow haven’t seen Armageddon by now.) Bay did not confirm if redoing the third act meant having Optimus Prime swoop in to save a tearful Bruce Willis, but what else could he have meant?

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Now if only he would do the same for the transformers films.

[Deleted]

By this timeline, I would imagine a TF apology will happen in another........10 years?

BTW, I think the only thing he needs to apologize for re: ARMAGEDDON is the god awful melodrama of it. Production-wise, I was cool with what I saw.

[xCompackx]

Was Armageddon that bad, though? I quite enjoyed it.

[Bo Rida]

Apr 22, 2013 17:26:35 GMT -5 Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster said:

Now if only he would do the same for the transformers films Pearl Harbour.

Fixed, actually I don't like that term, alternate ending?

Anyway (I think) he's been involved in a worse movies than Armageddon, seems an odd one to apologise for.

[Glitch]

He won't apologize for Transformers. In fact, I bet he thinks he made up for armageddon by making transformers.

[amaron]

Armageddon was bad science.. and a bit cheesy... But not really that bad. I mean, it wasn't The Core.

[Bub (BLM)]

He should really apologize for Pearl Harbor before anything else. A real event that saw the deaths of countless people, and he used it as a backdrop for a chick flick. He didn't really depict any loss of life as a real tragedy outside of the one nurse and Josh Hartnett's character. It's honestly offensive when you really think about it.

[Ginger Beer Man]

I like Armageddon. Completely harmless movie, I think too many people take everything so seriously.

[rawthentic]

I always thought Armageddon was one of his decent ones.

As mentioned, the plot is absurd but if nothing else Steve Buscemi's character is worth the time to watch it. The first 45-50 minutes is hilarious.

[Paco]

THAT'S the one you apologize for?
Out of all your movies?

[Glitch]

Apr 22, 2013 17:50:58 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

He should really apologize for Pearl Harbor before anything else. A real event that saw the deaths of countless people, and he used it as a backdrop for a chick flick. He didn't really depict any loss of life as a real tragedy outside of the one nurse and Josh Hartnett's character. It's honestly offensive when you really think about it.

I wonder how it went when he had a screening of that movie for ww2 veterans(actually hapaned).

[Hurbster]

Apr 22, 2013 18:04:04 GMT -5 Ginger Beer Man said:

I like Armageddon. Completely harmless movie, I think too many people take everything so seriously.

Agreed, it was a cheesy, fun sci-fi disaster movie. This is not the film he should be apologising for.

[Cela]

But that's one of the few he got right?

[xCompackx]

Gotta be honest, I find something kinda dickish in saying "Yeah, this movie sucked" rather than standing by a movie you've made.

[Bob Schlapowitz]

amaybe now Steven Tyler will apologize for "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing".

[Piccolo]

Aw, I have such a soft spot for Armageddon. It was funny, it didn't take itself too seriously, and then bam, it shamelessly wrenches cheap tears from the audience at the end. What's not to like?

[Koda, Master Crunchyroller]

Wrong film of his to apologize for......

[AdamAFL was sooooo wrong]

I love Armageddon, I thought it was a great little film. It's not exactly accurate but as a sci-fi/disaster movie goes it was pretty good, and damned emotional too. Plus I loved the Aerosmith song which went with the film.

[Deleted]

Any chance for him to name drop James Cameron...

[agent817]

Regarding the "Transformers" movies, the only one he should probably apologize for big time is the second film. Did we really need to see dogs mating? What was the point of Sam's mom acting all bat**** after eating a pot-laced brownie? Did the Leo character really need to be in the movie as long as he was? I also thought that the Terminator rip-off scene was stupid.