Michael Bay never looks like he sweats the small stuff, but after seeing Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen last night, I'm starting to understand why the director fired off that hissy e-mail to Paramount executives last month complaining the studio was doing a poor job hyping the movie.
Aside from Bay's interesting use of English ("I would of got something saying how we broke download records"), the letter is fascinating as the writings of a man who, having cut a sweet deal to take home a fat chunk of the sequel's profits, may now be starting to worry the film won't match the original's mammoth $700 million gross.
Maybe Bay has been checking out the early reviews for Revenge of the Fallen, which thus far have been much more vicious than the ones that greeted the first film.
You can read Bay's pouty e-mail in its entirety here. Warning to the grammar police: Writing is obviously not Bay's strong suit.
I dont understand what he's pissed about? What's wrong with the marketing? Giant robots blowing things up. There you go, that's what the film is. That's how you market it. The movie is going to make huge money regardless, so I don't know what he's worried about. Not matching the first one maybe? That's possible. But it will be a massive hit regardless.
Posted by: Juan | June 24, 2009 at 03:27 AM