While epic in scope, Michael Bay's last three Transformers movies have been criticized in the past for their few hokey moments. (Giant robot testicles come to mind...) However, that might not be the case for Transformers 4, which Bay recently stated is going for a more serious tone.
"I wanted the first [three] Transformers to be very suburban and less cool," the director told Yahoo! Movies while talking about next year's fourth Transformers installment. "This is a much more cinematic one. I focused on keeping this one slick. There won't be any goofiness in this one. We went a bit too goofy [on the last one]."
Of course, it won't all be grim 'n' gritty. Mark Wahlberg's character, for instance, plays a "wacky inventor" who is turned off by his daughter's new race car-driving boyfriend -- not exactly the most grounded premise, on paper. Perhaps Bay is more referring to the Transformers themselves and their storyline.
On what brought him back to direct Transformers 4, Bay said, "It was the Transformers ride [at Universal Studios]. It was seeing this two-and-a-half hour line, with all these kids lined up." Indeed, a literal thrill ride is the way to any action-fimmaker's heart.
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