Best Remembered Movies of Michael Bay - Yahoo! Movies

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I may be one of those who prefer art films and movies with depth over brainless flicks, but it doesn't mean I don't find some popcorn movies to enjoy as well. For "Transformers" helmer Michael Bay, his short filmography is an interesting list of easily remembered big-budget flicks. His handful of blockbusters can prove he has mastery of the mainstream formula. Starting out as a music video director, he knows how to pack the theaters with style.

'Top Gun' History and Influences in Pop Culture and the Military - Yahoo! Movies

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Except for films with major characters heroically manning war aircrafts, many pilot characters were generally parts of movies' airborne fight scenes. Combat pilots were mostly stereotyped as "living props" in other films. Suddenly, there came a movie that featured naval aviation as its central theme. "Top Gun" glamorized this theme as the heroic vocation for the best Navy pilots in the U.S. military.