Search found 29 matches: Michael Bay

2024 update, at 5487 films rated:

4 film minimum:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.8 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.8 (4)
3. Joe Wright.................. 20.0 (4)
4. Eli Roth...................... 22.0 (4)
5. James Wan................. 22.5 (6)
6. Paul Feig.................... 25.0 (4)
7. Wong Kar-Wai.............. 25.8 (4)
8. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.0 (4)
9. James Cameron............ 28.0 (6)
10. Robert Rodriguez......... 29.0 (5)
11. Christopher Nolan......... 29.1 (9)
12. Wes Craven................ 29.7 (10)
13. David O. Russell........... 30.0 (4)
14. Renny Harlin.............. 31.3 (4)
15. Kevin Smith................ 32.2 (6)
16. John Carpenter............ 32.6 (9)
17. Clint Eastwood............ 32.9 (11)
18. Farrelly Brothers......... 34.8 (4.5) ..(did an average here)
19. Roxanne Benjamin........ 35.8 (4)
20. Rob Zombie................ 36.2 (5)
I'll stop here because the next one is Quentin Tarantino and ppl are gonna flame me for it.

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the top 10 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Sam Mendes, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Tate Taylor, Michel Gondry, Ang Lee and Rod Daniel.

January 2020

An aside:
Someone was gravely butthurt last time because Nolan and Aronofsky made my bottom ten directors. There is an explanation, though that person may not like it: I usually won't bother to watch more than 1-2 films by a clearly awful filmmaker (for instance, I only watched 2 by Brian Levant, his #1 bottom director). For the likes of Nolan and Aronofsky, who are very popular and whose every film is hyped to the extreme, I actually make a favorable exception -- which guarantees that they will make the cut when other terrible directors don't. Sadly, though "The Wrestler" and "Interstellar" weren't strictly godawful, I haven't seen a single decent film by those two.


4 film minimum, I'm listing 15 this time:

=1. Bong Joon-ho............. 18.75 (4)
=1. Darren Lynn Bousman... 18.75 (4)
3. James Wan................. 22.50 (6)
4. Paul Feig.................... 25.00 (4) ..(I decided to count complete TV series as single films)
5. Christopher Nolan......... 26.13 (8)
6. Darren Aronofsky.......... 27.00 (4)
7. James Cameron............ 28.00 (6)
8. Robert Rodriguez.......... 29.00 (5)
9. David O. Russell........... 30.00 (4)
10. Wes Craven............... 30.20 (10)
11. Renny Harlin.............. 31.25 (4)
12. Clint Eastwood.......... 32.20 (10)
13. John Carpenter.......... 32.60 (10)
14. Farrelly Brothers........ 34.72 (4.5) ..(did an average here cuz 1 film wasn't in common)
15. Joel Schumacher......... 35.67 (6)

If I were to do a 3 film minimum, the leading 7 would be: Michael Bay, Zack Snyder, Lucio Fulci, Christopher Guest, Alex Proyas, Michel Gondry and Ang Lee.

My bottom 10 with their worst film:

10. Todd Phillips 2.20 - The Hangover II
9. Guillermo del Toro 2.20 - Hellboy II
8. Gore Verbinski 2.00 - Pirates of the Caribbean II
7. Sylvester Stallone 2.00 - Rocky III
6. George Lucas 2.00 - Star Wars III
5. James Cameron 1.50 - Terminator II
4. Guy Ritchie 1.50 - Sherlock Holmes II
3. Michael Bay 1.43 - Transformers III
2. Bryan Singer 1.00 - X-Men II
1. David Yates 1.00 - Harry Potter VIII

You've probably already guessed, but I'm not the biggest fan of sequels.

3 film minimum:
1. Brian Levant 22.00 (3 films)
2. Kevin Smith 22.33 (3 films)
3. Roland Emmerich 28.00 (4 films)
4. Paul Greengrass 28.50 (4 films)
5. Sarah Polley 29.67 (3 films)
6. Guy Ritchie 30.33 (3 films)
=7. Gus Van Sant 33.00 (3 films) - i've deleted a couple 'til i can rewatch, but honestly i doubt he'd rise that much.
=7. Jeff Nichols 33.00 (3 films)
9. Ki-duk Kim 34.00 (3 films)
10. Robert Zemeckis 36.20 (5 films)

the likes of zack snyder, john hillcoat, danny boyle, david o. russell, tim burton, michael bay and shyamalan are in the next 10.

10. Wolfgang Petersen 7 films, 30.00
Best film: Das Boot (90)
Worst film: Tie: Air Force One / Outbreak / Troy (0)

9. Paul Verhoeven, 5 films, 30.00
Best film: Robocop (80)
Worst film: Showgirls (0)

8. Joel Schumacher, 7 films, 29.29
Best film: Flawless (65)
Worst film: Tie: Batman Forever / Batman and Robin (0)

7. Chris Columbus, 4 films, 28.75
Best film: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (65)
Worst film: Tie: Mrs Doubtfire / Home Alone (0)

6. Ron Howard, 11 films, 24.55
Best film: Parenthood (60)
Worst film: Tie: Angels & Demons / Backdraft (0)

5. Joe Johnston, 4 films, 17.50
Best film: Jurassic Park 3 (40)
Worst film: Tie: Captain America The First Avenger / The Wolfman (0)

4. M. Night Shyamalan, 4 films, 15.00
Best film: Unbreakable (60)
Worst film: Tie: The Sixth Sense / The Village / The Happening (0)

3. Wes Craven, 4 films, 12.50
Best film: A Nightmare on Elm Street (40)
Worst film: Tie: The Last House on The Left / Scream (0)

2. Jon Turteltaub, 6 films, 11.67
Best film: Instinct (30)
Worst film: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (0)

1. Michael Bay, 5 films, 5.00
Best film: The Rock (15)
Worst film: Tie: Transformers / Armageddon / Pearl Harbor (0)

Not too surprised by most of this list though tbh. What does disturb me a little is how many films I've seen by the likes of Ron Howard, Joel Schumacher and Michael Bay - directors I obviously have no time for. Most of these movies I saw at a time when I made a point of going to the local multiplex every week. I suppose it just goes to show how little there is to choose from at these places a lot of the time.

10. Robert Rodriguez (6) - 63.33
9. Francis Lawrence (3) - 63.33
8. M. Night Shyamalan (4) - 62.50
7. Marc Foster (4) - 60.00
6. Wilson Yip (3) - 58.33
5. Brett Ratner (4) - 56.25
4. Michael Bay (4) - 53.75
3. George Lucas (4) - 51.25
2. Darren Lynn Bousman (3) - 40.00
1. Paul W.S. Anderson (4) - 37.50

Updating after over a year.

tomelce wrote:With the original four-film minimum set by djross...

10. Ron Howard: 16.67 (6 films)
9. Terry Gilliam: 16.25 (4 films)
8. Adam Shankman: 14.00 (5 films)
7&6. Michael Bay and Raja Gosnell: 13.75 (4 films each)
5&4. Renny Harlin and Brian Robbins: 12.50 (4 films each)
3. Hawley Pratt: 12.14 (7 films)
2. Jake Szymanski: 10.00 (4 films)
1. Aaron Seltzer: 2.50 (4 films)

10. Adam Shankman: 1.80 (5 films)
Bedtime Stories and Hairspray were enjoyable kitsch, but the other three Shankman films I've seen were dreadful. Everyone involved in The Pacifier is probably embarrassed by it now, whereas Cheaper by the Dozen 2 was insufferable. The other Shankman film I've seen is a short -- Zac Efron's Pool Party -- that is one of the most awful attempts at comedy you'll ever see.

8. Lee Tamahori and Michael Lah (Tied): 1.75 (4 films)
I've seen half of Tamahori's films and only one of them (Along Came a Spider) was actually decent, largely because of its actors' efforts. Mulholland Falls and Next are about as forgettably bland as "thrillers" get and xXx: State of the Union smothered everything approachable about xXx's concept. I'd never heard of Michael Lah, but he directors animated shorts, the four I've seen being poor.

6. Michael Bay and Raja Gosell (Tied): 1.60 (5 films)
Still hanging limp, Bay and Gosnell have one good film between then: Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen -- which was unbelievably good considering its atrocious predecessor. The rest is, in many ways, the pits. I've often heard people say that The Rock is Bay's best film. How damning -- almost as bad as directing Beverly Hills Chihuahua.

4. Renny Harlin and Brian Robbins (Tied): 1.50 (4 films)
Harlin's strongest films (NIghtmare on Elm Street 4 and Die Hard 2) suggest he might have made a decent B-movie director in another life, albeit nowhere near the level of Cohen or Lustig. His other films (that I've seen) are rock-bottom abortions. The only positive score that Robbins gets is for Big Fat Liar, based on me viewing it years ago when I was young and stupid. I might have second thoughts if I saw it again, especially since his speciality is insipid comedies.

3. Hawley Pratt: 1.40 (10 films)
Pratt's main game is directing the witless Pink Panther shorts, which are like the polar opposite of Chuck Jones's better work -- dull, plodding and stupid.

2. Jake Szymanski: 1.25 (4 films)
Szymanski has yet to subject feature-length film to his dubious comic talent. Hopefully he never does.

1. Aaron Seltzer: 0.25 (4 films)
Fuck Aaron Seltzer.

Zack Snyder, 20.67, 3
Roland Emmerich, 24.00, 5
Chris Columbus, 26.67, 3
George Lucas, 30.00, 3 (note: I have not seen American Graffiti)
Paul W.S. Anderson, 32.00, 4
Michael Bay, 35.60, 5
Rob Marshall, 35.67, 3
Dominic Sena, 35.67, 3 (I don't even know who this is)
Uwe Boll, 36.25, 4
Russel Mulcahy, 36.67, 3

Paul W.S. Anderson 51.67 6
Jonathan Mostow 51.67 3
McG 51.67 3
Roland Emmerich 51.00 5
Michael Bay 50.56 9
Chuck Russell 50.00 3
Andrzej Bartkowiak 50.00 3
Peter Berg 46.67 3
Sam Firstenberg 38.33 3
Dennis Dugan 38.33 3

You've ranked at least 4 films from 252 directors

Renny Harlin 55.67 12 films
Rob Cohen 55.25 4 films
Shawn Levy 54.25 4 films
Stephen Herek 54.00 5 films
Andrzej Bartkowiak 53.20 5 films
Paul W.S. Anderson 52.75 4 films
Uwe Boll 51.83 6 films
Jan de Bont 50.50 4 films
Peter Segal 50.40 5 films
Brian Levant 48.00 4 films

Consists entirely of low level Hollywood action or comedy filmmakers. Many of these guys actually make Michael Bay look good.