Michael Bay is easily Distracted.

I was contemplating some kind of run-up to the release of Transformers in which I’d deconstruct the various cinematic sins of Michael Bay, based on some of the more ridiculous elements of his other movies.

Fortunately, as is often the case in our beloved bloguverse – especially for someone who sits on their ideas way too long like I do – someone has beaten me to the punch.

And it’s a good thing, too, because Joe at This Distracted Globe is currently in his second day (out of six) of contemplating Michael Bay’s movies as proof of whether or not God exists. Quite frankly, I’m a bit terrified to see what Joe will conclude at the end of this series. I half-expect the world to blink out of existence somewhere around the mid-point of part four. And while one would hope for a quick and painless end of the world, the ultimate irony will be that God will instead destroy mankind in a way that would make Bay proud – somehow unthinkably heartless, noisy and miserably painful. So thanks for that, Joe.

A few choice quotes from the series so far at This Distracted Globe:

The best thing I can say about Bad Boys is that it lacks scope or ambition…Bay just wants shit to look good, like a huge MIAMI sign situated on a runway, no matter how patently stupid such a thing would be.

The main reason why The Rock is so bad is that at no moment does Bay allow reality to sneak through the bullshit visual gloss he covers everything with. Every woman under 50 is built like a model.

What’s more, Joe is supporting his terrific critiques with behind-the-scenes information about the development of Bay’s movies as well as comments from other critics. It’s a great series and anyone wondering how Bay has reached such an unprecedented level of Movie Director Hackdom owes it to themselves to take a look.

• Here’s This Distracted Globe’s look at Bad Boys
• Here’s Joe’s take on The Rock