I had lunch with a girl named Andrea, once. That's as close as I ever got to My Dinner With Andre

It's interesting that when people rag on Bay, they only seem to mention the Transformers films. The guy did Both Bad Boys movies, The Rock and Armageddon, which was written by the current flavor of the month, J.J Abrams.  Oh yeah, The Island was excellent.  Pearl Harbor wasn't great but it was okay.

People should blame the Transformers as a concept for sucking, not Michael Bay.

About the explosions and loud noises....They are 30ft robots for Christ's sake. They aren't exactly going to be dainty. They will break and blow up whatever they hit.