ROTTEN TOMATOES: Forum Poster Bruce Willis Ain't Cool With Michael Bay

Forum Poster Bruce Willis Ain't Cool With Michael Bay

by Jen Yamato | May 10, 2007

Summary

Bruce Willis has been chatting up some lucky web readers over his upcoming reemergence in "Live Free or Die Hard," talking movies and alienating "Armageddon" director Michael Bay along the way. Today: Bay's response! Back to Article

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Now it's dark writes:
on May 10 2007 08:17 PM

They don't call him "The Boss" for nothin'.

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lavatory love machine writes:
on May 10 2007 08:44 PM

damn, he didn't answer my question about his erotic movie with jane march, "color of night"

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Illusionator writes:
on May 10 2007 09:25 PM

Bay is a douche

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Scarborough Fair writes:
on May 10 2007 09:55 PM

The way he's "going to the people" and skipping all that "hollywood bullshit" and whatnot, makes me think this is a man trying to convince himself his movie is good. Maybe it is! But just reading this stuff, and seeing that clip of him at the nets game...looks and sounds like a man who is trying to convince himself of something.

or is drunk.

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Dread86 writes:
on May 10 2007 10:39 PM

Bay's not that bad. He just directs silly movies. I liked the Rock, and The Island was decent.

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uhhuhnads writes:
on May 10 2007 10:41 PM

Are you telling me you wouldn't do something like that? I honestly think he was having fun. Come on...it was even fun reading.

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Instructo writes:
on May 10 2007 11:14 PM

i wish actors would come answer questions at RT :(

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SolidChamp writes:
on May 11 2007 01:55 AM

[b]Not fair...[/b]
How come that lame excuse for a discussion forum gets Bruce Willis and all RT gets is Kevin Smith?

*kidding about the Kevin Smith part, he's alright*

It's so freakin' cluttered, you can't directly reply to someone by quoting their comments. You're reduced to "HEY SO AND SO!"

Also, it seemed like there were a lot of real, bonafide douche bags posting there. He should come over to the RT forums, not nearly as many douche bags over here (I can probably count them on both hands, though).

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Defmonkey writes:
on May 11 2007 06:28 AM

[b]Its True!!![/b]
Celebs Thread Crap too people!! That is so hilarious.

I wish I was a rich movie star, because the first thing I would be doing in my trailer, waiting to go on screen is posting about previous directors/actors and how they were whiny bitches and still wore their momma's underwear.

I wonder what other famous people thread crap... hmmm.

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zgberg writes:
on May 11 2007 06:41 AM

[b]The Boss[/b]
That's Bruce Springsteen, not Bruce Willis, who is known as "the boss" - sheesh

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South_park300 writes:
on May 11 2007 07:16 AM

just to let you guys know, i'm actually Bruce Willis. go see Die Hard 4! It's the best comedy since The Whole Ten Yards!

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Billy Sacco writes:
on May 11 2007 07:45 AM

I think its pretty classless to go on an internet forum and start talking trash about people like that when your a major celebrity. And lets face it the movie is probably going to suck. I mean the freaking annoying mac guy is in it for crying out loud!

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Vitamin M writes:
on May 11 2007 08:35 AM

In reply to this comment (#864890)
Most poster's on AICN are douche bags that care more about ripping someone and making jokes then having an actual conversation. (Not everyone but quite a few).
Bruce is awesome!

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Merlin235 writes:
on May 11 2007 08:36 AM

In reply to this comment (#864894)
Agreed. Same reason it was a bummer to see Lucas calling Spiderman 3 'silly'.

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South_park300 writes:
on May 11 2007 08:39 AM

Hey guys! seriously, i'm Bruce Willis! I'm on an internet forum, so of course i'm telling the truth!

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blank blank writes:
on May 11 2007 08:47 AM

ive got to come clean, im actually micheal bay, and im offended that people think my movies are crap. to quote george lucas... they arent.

but seriously, i dont care how many crappy movies bruce willis makes from here on out, he's awesome. Die Hard is without a doubt the greatest action movie of all time (in the action genre, not superhero or sci fi or stuff) and armageddon is one of my guilty pleasure movies, its oddly watchable for some reason (i think its because unlike the island, bay didnt take himself too seriously)... i always heard that willis was offered the part of danny ocean, not andy garcia's role. 11 might have been really good with bruce as ocean (i still liked it alot though), but for my money, andy garcia was suitably slimy and unlikeable in 11, and that role wouldnt have fit bruce very well i think...

but i agree that its classless for bruce to bash people on forums like that, even if it is micheal bay

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Mattmovies writes:
on May 11 2007 08:53 AM

South_park300, Do you happen to be Michael Bay by any chance?

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neclordsword writes:
on May 11 2007 09:32 AM

"I think its pretty classless to go on an internet forum and start talking trash about people like that when your a major celebrity."

So basically every single person on the internet gets a free pass for this, but celebrities should should keep their mouth shut? Sheesh.

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RockinTheFro writes:
on May 11 2007 09:38 AM

[b]AICN douchebags[/b]
Bruce takes time out of his day to answer some questions and the douches over there just rag on him and say "Shouldn't you be somewhere else?" He didn't have to answer anyone's questions, but chose to. Jeez.

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arendr writes:
on May 11 2007 10:11 AM

In reply to this comment (#864901)
"So basically every single person on the internet gets a free pass for this, but celebrities should should keep their mouth shut? Sheesh."

i agree with this. in fact, i was about to post the same thing.

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Now it's dark writes:
on May 11 2007 10:45 AM

The man who wrote "Born in the USA" should be able to say whatever the god damned hell he wants to.

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arendr writes:
on May 11 2007 10:58 AM

this Bruce Springsteen stuff is hilarious!

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South_park300 writes:
on May 11 2007 12:06 PM

actually i'm Bruce Willis AND Michael Bay! Just think, have you ever seen the 2 of us in the same room together? I think not!

...and uh..if you have, it's a special effect. hey! look over there! explosions!

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StupidSmurf writes:
on May 11 2007 12:07 PM

In reply to this comment (#864902)
Expecting any degree of maturity/class from AICN is like expecting a backed-up toilet to smell like roses. I gave up on that site a long time ago.

I'm not the biggest BW fan, but kudos to him for what he did anyway!

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Boss Fan writes:
on May 11 2007 02:41 PM

Before I say anything: I AM NOT BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. I just felt compelled to interject given my RT handle, the silly confusion between Bruce Willis and Bruce Springsteen, and the fact that I am a huge Die Hard/Willis fan and am excited as hell for this flick and most likely would have jumped in here somewhere anyway.

First, do we really believe that was Bruce Willis saying any of that? I'm not saying it�s impossible, but how easy is it to play that kind of trick. If you read the Vanity Fair article, those quotes from the mentioned from the web site don't sound anything like the way Willis speaks in that article. Second, Michael Bay's statement of confusion as to Bruce's odd disdain for him makes me wonder all the more. Again, not that Bay couldn't be wrong, but he's right about one thing: it all sounds fishy.

But what I really wanna say is fuck a PG-13 rating for Die Hard 4! It may be kick ass anyway, but without the F-bombs, is McClane really McClane? Is it really even a Die Hard movie? I know the lesser rating opens up more potential box office, but the target audience here has to be well over 17 by this point - hell, even if you were 5 when the last one came out you'd be 17 now. I think in this case PG-13 might actually hurt it. Plus, I'm sick as hell of movies pussing out to get the wider-reaching rating at the expense of a good 'ol bloody, sexy, vulgar time at the movies.

God, I sound like a Grandpa: In my day..... and I'm only 26!

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Young Turk writes:
on May 11 2007 07:44 PM

[b]Bay vs Willis[/b]
sorry but Mcclane could kick that wannabe badboy's a ss any day.

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Instructo writes:
on May 11 2007 08:28 PM

[b]to boss fan[/b]
well they proved it was bruce willis, becuz he invited one of the posters to iChat with him (like a video chat) to help prove it was him. here was the screenshots the kid took from the chat.

http://tinyurl.com/33feyo

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lordofchaos14 writes:
on May 12 2007 05:23 AM

It may have been bruce willis who was on the site, but if you look at the actual post where he apparently says stuff about Michael Bay, it was not him who said it. In fact, it was the other dude on the talkback - Vern.

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malaguy writes:
on May 14 2007 08:22 AM

[b]video clip[/b]
did anybody else notice that on the video of him at the playoffs, it sounds like the interviewer calls him "Bruce Willson"? i listened to it a few times, and it certainly sounds like it.

Anyone else?

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Vikingus writes:
on May 14 2007 09:45 AM

that was a huge thread... I always thought if a star were to start posting somewhere it would be Willis, he has that kind of attitude, straight forward honest guy. I'm still amazed how he kept his cool, I would flip more than once after some responses. BW is the man.

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jeremyd4 writes:
on May 17 2007 11:02 PM

[b]To all my brothers and sisters...[/b]
I am really Jesus. I figured this site was the best place to come clean, so I am now officially announcing my second coming right here at RT.

any questions?

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bigbrother writes:
on May 19 2007 10:09 AM

In reply to this comment (#864897)
Bruce Willis is 7 feet tall, and if he were here he'd consume Micheal Bay with fireballs from his eyes and bolts of lightning from his arse...I AM BRUCE WILLIS!!!

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Holly Jolly writes:
on May 19 2007 05:02 PM

I like how Micheal Bay never disclaims the fact that Bruce says he yells a lot.

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