Shia LaBeouf's hatred seems to be because Steven Spielberg is inexplicably infatuated with the guy. As well as being responsible for almost all of his "big break" roles, he - also rather inexplicably - cast him in the role of Indiana Jones' son. But look: it's not Shia's fault that Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sucked. That pretty much entirely comes down to George Lucas. In fact, Shia is quite open about how much of a misfire that that film was and it's his general openness towards this sort of thing that makes me think that the guy is actually quite switched on. I found this quote is in an article about how Shia says stupid things, but if you ask me, he comes off quite well:
On all the money he made from blockbusters: If I could give the money back and get all the credibility in the world that Im seeking, I would do it tomorrow. In a heartbeat. - USA Today
What's wrong with that? He took the money and now he regrets it because he acknowledges that he's starred in some pretty shoddy movies. I can completely empathise with that. Yeah, he sold out a bit, but can you honestly say that you wouldn't have done the same thing in his shoes? And hate Transformers 2? So does he:
On the Transformers franchise: There are a lot of people that liked the second one, but I hated it. I just didnt enjoy it. I thought we missed the mark. I got confused, I couldnt see what the fuck was going on, you know with certain robots I couldnt decipher what was happening. There were storyline paths that I just wouldnt have gone down. - FHM
These might not be the most wonderful, profound quotes in the world, but remember that I took them from an article that had specifically collected 11 quotes designed to make Shia look as bad as possible. If that's the worst you've got on him, then I think I'm on his side. Shia's recent filmography has taken a sharp, rapid turn of upward quality and his next project is the lead in a Lars Von Trier movie which pretty much proves that he's out to make art now, as opposed to money.