Guns! Bombs! Love! The tender side of Michael Bay

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Robots! Explosions! Megan Fox!<br>
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At quick glance, it would seem that Michael Bays films are aimed straight at teenage boys, from Bad Boys to The Rock to his two Transformers films. But these arent international super-hits solely due to the junior high set.<br>
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Bays films strike a populist cord. Beyond ear-splitting action, his oeuvre comes complete with an Ewan McGregor/Scarlett Johansson dalliance, a war-framed love story and a dramatic accompaniment to a heart-wrenching, orchestral power ballad.<br>
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Michael Bay hes not just for action fans. Dont believe us? Read on.<br>
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<b>Related: <a href="http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-transformers24-2009jun24,0,7325313.story">Review: 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'</a></b>

The romances of Michael Bay

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Robots! Explosions! Megan Fox!

At quick glance, it would seem that Michael Bays films are aimed straight at teenage boys, from Bad Boys to The Rock to his two Transformers films. But these arent international super-hits solely due to the junior high set.

Bays films strike a populist cord. Beyond ear-splitting action, his oeuvre comes complete with an Ewan McGregor/Scarlett Johansson dalliance, a war-framed love story and a dramatic accompaniment to a heart-wrenching, orchestral power ballad.

Michael Bay hes not just for action fans. Dont believe us? Read on.

Related: Review: 'Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'

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