var galleryData = [{"captionHeading":"Bad Boys<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $65.8m<\/p>

Loved it: \"The bad boys achieve something a budget can't buy: an easy, natural rapport that makes you root for them. For comedy and thrills, Lawrence and Smith are a dream team.\" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone<\/p>

Hated it: \"Relentless formulaic fodder for the explosion-starved; it's loud, shallow, sexist and a complete waste of time.\" - Rita Kempley, Washington Post<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-bad-boys.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay bad boys"},{"captionHeading":"The Rock<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $134.1m<\/p>

Loved it: \"A first-rate, slam-bang action thriller with a lot of style and no little humor.\" - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>

Hated it: \"If, at odd moments, The Rock is better than tolerable, it is usually because of its stars.\" - Hal Hinson, Washington Post.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-the-rock.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay the rock"},{"captionHeading":"Armageddon<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $201.6m<\/p>

Loved it: \"Armageddon is as irresistible as it's indefensible.\" - David Ansen, Newsweek.<\/p>

Hated it: \"Much of the confusion, as well as the lack of dramatic rhythm or character development, results directly from Bay's cutting style, which resembles a machine gun stuck in the firing position for 2 and a half hours.\" - Todd McCarthy, Variety.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-armaggedon.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay armaggedon"},{"captionHeading":"Pearl Harbor<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $198.5m<\/p>

Loved it: \"The film's immese cast and crew, headed by director Michael Bay, writer Randall Wallace and stars Ben Affleck, Josh Hartnett and Kate Beckinsale, blend artistry and technology to creat a blockbuster entertainment that has passion, valor and tremendous action.\" - Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times.<\/p>

Hated it: \"Littered with low points - lame comedy, dubious history, fumbling drama and a love story so inept as to make a pacifist long for war.\" - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-pearl-harbor.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay pearl harbor"},{"captionHeading":"Bad Boys II<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $138.6m<\/p>

Loved it: \"Bay's movie is also a confident mega-production that feels it doesn't need to lean on its visual frills if it has Smith and Lawrence - it's a natural-born buddy flick.\" - Wesley Morris, Boston Globe.<\/p>

Hated it: \"Bad Boys II has everything. Everything loud, dumb, violent, sexist, racist, misogynistic and homophobic that producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Michael Bay can think of puking up onscreen.\" - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-bad-boys-2.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay bad boys 2"},{"captionHeading":"The Island<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $35.8m<\/p>

Loved it: \"The first half is a spare, creepy science fiction parable, and then it shifts into a high-tech action picture. Both halves work.\" - Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times.<\/p>

Hated it: \"Comes on like an overproduced coma, and leaves you comatose by the end. In between are 127 minutes of intermittent chaos that feel like a lifetime.\" - Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-the-island.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay the island"},{"captionHeading":"Transformers<\/a>","caption":"

Box Office Gross: $319.2m<\/p>

Loved it: \"Big, loud and full of testosterone-fueled car fantasies, Michael Bay's actioner hits a new peak for CGI work, showcasing spectacular chases and animated transformation sequences seamlessly blended into live-action surroundings.\" - Jay Weissberg, Variety.<\/p>

Hated it: \"Transformers is about as clever as an unplugged blender.\" - Marc Savlov, Austin Chronicle.<\/p>","url":"2009/6/15/michael-bay-transformers.jpg","width":570,"height":364,"alt":"michael bay transformers"}];