Because while Micheal Bay makes silly dumb popcorn movies. He never pretends his movies are anything more than popcorn movie. Where Zack Snyder make silly dumb popcorn movies and pretends there on the same level as Citizen Kane or Schindler's List. Micheal Bay knows the movies hes making and dosn't pretend there something there not. And for that alone, Bay gets my respect.
shareFair enough
shareQuite accurate
shareI HAVE TO AGREE.
shareValid point.
shareSnyder is the far superior director. I love his ambition and style, and I love that he makes thematically heavy, thought-provoking action films.
Michael Bay's Pearl Harbor and 13 Hours were way more pretentious and Oscar bait than any of Zack Snyder's films. Even viewed on just a pure entertainment level, Snyder does a far, far better job with action scenes than Michael Bay, whose films suffer way too much chaotic quick cuts and editing. I could watch the final battle in Snyder's Justice League or the warehouse fight in Batman v Superman over and over. They're two of the best comic book action sequences ever filmed, with brilliant filming, editing, and choreography. Most of Bay's action setpieces are just a mess.
Edit on 5-15-21:
It's no competition with critics, either. Bay has only one film fresh on Rotten Tomatoes: The Rock (deservedly so, it's one of the best action films ever made). Zack Snyder has 5 fresh films: Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, Zack Snyder's Justice League, and Army of the Dead.
On IMDB, Bay has 3 films with a 7.0 rating or higher (The Rock, Transformers, and 13 Hours). Snyder has 6 films with a 7.0 rating or higher (Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, Man of Steel, Zack Snyder's Justice League, and Army of the Dead).