Bay responds to 'Transformers' criticism

Michael Bay has taken the blame for some of the criticism levelled at Transformers: Revenge Of The Fallen.

However, the 45-year-old director insisted that Transformers 3 had addressed the failings of the previous film.

"I'll take some of the criticism [for the sequel]," Bay told USA Today. "It was very hard to put it together that quickly after the writers' strike [of 2007-08]."

Producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura said: "We tried to do too many things in the second movie, which didn't give enough time in any one of them. We were constantly jumping to the next piece of information, the next place."

Bay called the second film's villain, The Fallen, "kind of an [expletive] character" and promised to get rid of the "dorky comedy" for Transformers 3.

He also confirmed that the film will come out in 3D, having previously expressed apprehension about using the cinematic technique in his work.