Mark Wahlberg Says "Too Much Scrutiny" On BIG Films like LONE RANGER; But Bay Knows His Shit.

 

Marky Mark Wahlberg took to analyzing why critics are so all-over big-budget films lately, while working with every nerd's personal punching bag, Michael Bay, on Transformers 4.

Wahlberg spoke with the L.A Times saying studios are to blame with the excessive cost on marketing; and then praises Bay because let's face it, love him or hate him, the man knows the game, and always churns out a high-grossing fim on-time and under-budget. He's like a more respectable, less greasy, more patriotic Brett Ratner.

“First and foremost, the media is targeting all these movies,” the actor said in an interview. “There’s intense scrutiny on us, way more than before.”

But Wahlberg also spread the responsibility for the flops to the studios, who he said have concentrated too much on marketing and not enough on distinguishing their summer stories. “They are spending so much money to pull the wool over the audience’s eyes with these effects-driven movies,” he said. “It’s not like ‘Jurassic Park,’ where you saw something groundbreaking and innovative and said ‘Holy … I gotta see that. Every end-of-the-Earth movie kind of feels the same.”

Marky Mark goes on about Bay, and why Transformers 4 will be a tad different.

"'Transformers' is a different thing. What Michael's been able to do is elevate the material and take the human element to a whole other place," he said. "Having the father-daughter relationship [that Wahlberg’s character figures into] is so much more interesting."

Wahlberg said the action director also keeps a much tighter rein on costs than other tent-pole directors. "Michael Bay isn't going to be in a situation where a movie is $100 million over budget. I've never seen anyone that can manage the entire thing so single-handedly and seamlessly,” he added.

Wahlberg is right. He also goes on to make a statement directly about Disney's action-adventure western, The Lone Ranger:

"They’re spending $250 million for two dudes on a horse?" he said incredulously. "Where’s the money going?'