Michael Bay Rumored To Bring Us a Metroid Movie

[jalsonmi]

BringBackChrono said:
@jalsonmi
i understand what you mean ,cause i share the same directorial goals as you
mechael bay would be a bad bad choice,because metroid surely isnt meant to be an all out action movie but a sci-fi one which might be beyond Bay.
if i had to choose, it would surely be one of the "alien" directors, Scott or
James Cameron.although these guys are too big for a metroid project.
and please, fleshing out the character of han solo and casting ford deserves credit
whereas the indiana jones movies arent all good, ya know, so the talented
director screws up too.in star wars(original trilogy) i feel , except for some bad acting, there wasnt much to dislike

James Cameron would be a great choice, as long as it's circa Aliens/Terminator 1 and 2 great director and not The Abyss/Titanic blech director. But he's still probably the best choice.

No, not all the Indiana Jones movies are good. I haven't seen the latest one yet, but Raiders is fantastic and Last Crusade is very good and yeah, Temple of Doom kinda blows (but then again so does most mid-80s Spielberg). However overall they're still better than the Star Wars films. To whit:

1. As you say, the acting. No, it's not true...it isn't possible...NO!!!!!!!!!!!!NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2. Surprisingly poorly staged action. The lightsaber battles in the first three movies are almost all ridiculously bad. The ones in the second trilogy are two slick and don't look light real sword play, but at least they're well placed on the screen. Mark Hamill flails amaturishly about while David Prowse does his best to move with any grace in a big plastic suit. It's goofy looking, really.

3. Leaden pacing. Everything goes on to long and focuses on things that simply don't matter. The random crap in the trash compactor in the first film. The Droids in the desert scene in the first film as well. The Whompa scene in Empire. The scene between Leia and Wicket in Jedi (really, aything with the Ewoks in Jedi. Good god they're irritating).

4. Frequently awful dialogue. Everythings a mouthful. There may be some good stuff sprinkled throughout (though usually it's delivered by Ford--Who's scruffy looking? springs to mind) but much of the dialogue, especially that dealing with the Force, is laughably bad. It's only covered up by the strength of conviction of Alec Guinness, another actor that nearly saves the first film (though if you want to see Alec Guinness REALLY act, see The Bridge on the River Kwai. Amazing movie).

But sure, I'll give Lucas credit for casting Ford. Especially knowing the story of how he cast Ford, he deserves all the credit for it, really. That doesn't mean his movies are any good other than Ford.

As an aside, I think a funny thing I should mention is that at my film school (USC), most of my classes take place in the George Lucas Instructional Building. He is, of course, the most famous graduate of USC's film school. Spielberg was actually rejected from USC (apparently he had a C average in High School), and ended up going to Long Beach State, but is now a trustee at USC.