10 Ways To Make Sure The Call Of Duty Movie Doesn't Suck
10. Don't Hire Michael Bay
If there is one director that will be name checked in every single news piece about the Call Of Duty movie than it will be action auteur Michael Bay. And that makes sense. The series seems to worship at the altar of Bay and has based some of his most famous setpieces into the games of his movies, such as the shower room gunfight and the green flares scene from The Rock. The games also feature the kind of explosions, military fetishisation and jingoistic flag waving that gets Bays juices flowing.
Hiring him for the movie would be terrible mistake on a couple of levels though. Firstly, he is the most obvious and boring choice. He isn't going to bring anything fresh or innovative to it. It will look and sound exactly like every other Michael Bay movie from the last two decades and his style has almost become a parody of itself at this stage.
And secondly hes just not a very good filmmaker. He has flatly refused to evolve as a storyteller since his career began and if anything he's gone backwards. Outside of his flashy style he has no understanding of character or storytelling and if Activision wants to show people theyre serious about making good movies, then they need to look at someone who knows how to make them.