Quote Originally Posted by Bohandas View Post
Special effects are not sufficient to prop up a bad movie.

Why is it Stanley Kubrick is hailed as a genius for using special effects to hide bad storytelling, but when Michael Bay does it he gets lambasted for it?
I think it's pretty easy on a couple levels. One, Kubrick never lived in an age of computers. He shot everything in practical effects. Everything was hand crafted, everything he used was real. You can't say the same about Bay.

Look at this scene from Eyes Wide Shut (possibly NSFW) The use of music. The wide panning shots. The perspective used when characters are just walking. There's tension, we understand without dialogue that the character is in peril.

Now look at one of Bay's. I think it speaks for itself.