Michael Bay talks up Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen
Tue, 21 Apr 2009 3:00p.m.
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Michael Bay is opening up about his much-anticipated Transformers sequel.

The action movie specialist returns, along with stars Shia LaBeouf and Megan Fox and a ton more giant alien robots, for the sequel to his 2007 hit.

"It feels very different than the first one," the director said. "It starts two years after the last movie. Now Shia's going to college. It unfolds into this epic story. And it travels around the world. The scope of the movie is huge. The acting level of the robots - we were just touching the surface last time in what they are capable of doing. This time, it's just - they really emote. It's been a lot of fun directing the animation."

Also starring in the movie are Rainn Wilson, Josh Duhamel and Tyrese Gibson.

And Bay says the expectations on him are different this time around.

With the first film, he was just out to prove a toy could translate to the big screen and remain cool.

"There was pressure because it was unproven. It was going into new territory," Bay said. "My friends I remember when I got the movie they were like 'Oh, why are you doing that? That sounds kind of lame.' It's like a lot of people didn't get it. A lot of studios turned down the idea. I remember doing the Scorpinox scene. Because my thing was make it as lifelike as possible. Push the limits of the effects."

He certainly did that - the film won a number of special effects awards and nominations.

So will Bay adapt to the latest much-touted technology - 3D - for the already-anticipated Transformers 3? Not a chance.

"I think 2D is pretty fine, OK? I think 3D might be a gimmick," Bay said. "We'll see. I'm excited to see (James) Cameron's movie (Avatar) but I don't know. You know, they talk about, they talk about. Here's the thing. The glasses - it's still your periphery and it affects it. Whereas on this Transformers we did three scenes in full IMAX. So you go to an IMAX theatre, you know, that's your entire periphery."

Placed on any screen, i'm sure the movie will deliver the punch like the first outing.