Now, I understand that not everybody appreciates Michael Bay (already inducted in the Transformers Hall of Fame since 2011) for his vision on the Transformers franchise. But you gotta admit that the only good thing I like about him is the way he handled the action scenes. Except that he could've at least taken the story or characters a bit more seriously. Considering that he won a Razzie Award for Worst Director in Revenge of the Fallen. In my opinion, he shouldn't have rushed the ending in the 3rd TF film just because he wanted to do Pain & Gain immediately (I take it as a "poor excuse"). He should know that the 4th one will be made anyway when HE KNEW that it was going to be a bigger hit than TF 1 & 2. What was he thinking that Dark of the Moon is the "final TF installment"? However according to a source I found (http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/transformers-movie-just-movie-31/transformers-4-to-be-michael-bays-last-feature-robot-cast-redesign-175204/), Bay said that Transformers: Age of Extinction (out til June 27th) will be his "last TF film" (which he had stated MANY TIMES before!) and let someone else take over his directing job. If what he says is true, then that should be fine with us! So in order to make a GOOD Transformers movie sequel, we'll need a director who has an experience with action movies, who knows how to better handle the concept without putting in anything distracting (like the over-the-top "funny" humor) that might upset us, who knows how to be consistent with Michael Bay's action-packed tone EXCEPT in a more mature way this time. But what if Paramount still wants to keep Bay because they "enjoyed" having him as director? If Age of Extinction is a huge success, what if they'll just turn down Bay's denial to return for the fifth one and continue to upset fans forevermore? Even worse, Bay'll probably change his mind about "leaving the TF franchise" (seriously MBay, MAKE UP YOUR MIND!) and actually DID direct TF5!?
The top 5 new directors (so far) that I believe will do a much better job directing Transformers 5 than Michael Bay are:
1. Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 3-6)
2. Peter Berg (Battleship, Lone Survivor)
3. Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper)
5. Doug Liman (The Bourne Identity, Edge of Tomorrow)
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