Can anyone compare Bay to James Cameron?

[HarryCanyon]

They are a little similar in being grand directors who know how to deliver crowdpleasing excitement.

[Morgane]

For one thing I think Bay comes across - how can I put this politely - as less of an egomaniac in interviews.

The biggest difference in my mind is that James Cameron is always pushing at the boundaries of technology, whereas Bay uses the technology but seems more cautious.

There's a lot of things that you can say about Michael Bay, but visually he is one of the most competent and compelling directors out there. His movies are literally a pleasure to look at (if not always to hear, but I think Blink whatever is probably an acquired taste).
Everyone always talks about the pyrotechnics and CGI, but I like his 'old school' action shots the best.

I think his attitude towards 3D illustrates the above point the best.

[HarryCanyon]

Both are kickass director's don't you think?

[Crainy]

Mh, im not sure. I dont like the personality of the cameron, he´s kind of a jerk. Both make great films, while MB pushes the technology that exists to a new limit, Cameron invents new stuff. But as a director, i think MB is superior. While Cameron has done more good films than Micheal Bay, none of his films have such an unique style as Micheal Bays films. Micheal Bay is the absolute master of visuals and special effects (just look at the way how he intergrated the transformers in TF1 and 2 into the movie, no other director could have done it that well, and i dont mean in terms of special effects, but in terms of character).

Also, i think the production value of Micheal Bay´s films is alittle higher. MB is one of the few "oldschool" directors, i absolutely love how he uses CGI only when necessary and uses mostly no bluescreen. Thats how movies should be made, not in a stupid bluescreenstudio. While Cameron uses ridiculous much bluescreen and animates so many things in CGI, like explosions and so on.

MB wins. He´s one of the absolute best.

[HarryCanyon]

I grew up with Cameron since i saw Abyss in the theaters at 8 along with T2 at 10, True Lies at 13, and Titanic at 16. Bay i grew up with since i saw Bad Boys on the big screen at 14, The Rock at 15, Armageddon at 17 and so on.

They are personal fave directors! Both Transformers, The Island and Avatar blew me away. I can't wait for Cameron's Battle Angel Alita adaptation, Avatar 2 and more.

[Optimash Prime]

My sister is in the Biz and she says that Cameron's closest assistants call him mij when hes being an Ahole ... So they say " ok just to let you know MIJ is out on the set today so be careful" MIJ is JIM backwards and they annunciate it like Minj LOL So that about sums up how anal cameron can be..... Cameron makes good movies dont get me wrong!