In my opinion, good choice. Look at his track record, were any the these films not good?

The Island, Bad Boys I and II, Pearl Harbor, Armageddon, The Rock.

Assuming that the CG looks good, I think Transformer should do quite well.

I don't know that I'd include "Pearl Harbor" or "Armageddon" as examples of good film, but the rest were solid action films. But I do get tired of Michael Bay's visual style (too much handheld, man!), and the trailer makes me think that they're making the film into another "alien invasion" picture.

Also, what business does Bernie Mac have in a Transformers story? Why are there so many human characters? I really don't want the story told from the point of view of a human.

Maybe Spielberg and Bay should have started by making "Go-bots: the movie" first.

Michael did make some good films and so has steve.I have seen et and it sometimes makes me cry at the end

Bay's Transformers films aren't bad, not great either. It's good, fairly enjoyable, summertime movie fun. Exactly what I expected from Bay.

My only problems with the Bayformers is the lack of colors while in robot form, the over-focusing on the humans & the lack of characterization for the Transformers--good AND bad.

It's just a little quibble, but I wish Bay would use some of the traditional G1 concepts such as 5-Bot/6-Bot Combiner Teams (interchangeable components), Triple Changers/Six Changers, Pretenders (human-sized robot & shell) & especially the Dinobots (hidden until the big guns are needed).

JD

for me i think bay is just the perfect guy for TF; i hav'nt really kept track of his previous movies, but hey, TF is one good hell of a movie and i think he deserves some commendations.link

Not sure...actually it was a blast to me when I watched the last transformer...yet the other day I saw my friend who has those cool crystal 3D tranformer stickers at the back of his car, with one autobots and one decepticon, that's really cooooool XD