Paul Thomas Anderson and Michael Bay. There, we did it. We're pretty sure it's the first time in the history of all things cinema that the polar-opposite directors have been mentioned in the same sentence. Before you start hurling comments our way, hear us out.
We are about to take you on a magical journey through time and space.
The fourth installment of Michael Bay's Transformers saga comes out this weekend, and by all accounts, it's bad. Not even mega-star Mark Wahlberg could save the moribund movie, which looks like more of the same overblown robot dreck that we've grown accustomed to. Wahlberg is a considerable actor with considerable skills, something we learned when he shed his Calvins to play Dirk Diggler in PTA's landmark film Boogie Nights. See?
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That was in 1997. Nearly 20 years later, Wahlberg has officially come full circle. He began his acting career with a little Paul Thomas Anderson film, and he's on the verge of his biggest opening weekend ever with a humongous Michael Bay film, and it all feel so gosh darn cyclical. Wanna see what we mean? Watch the clip above again. Now watch this one below.
You're welcome.