What is ‘Bayhem’? Watch the most common tropes of Michael Bay’s blockbusters (VIDEO)

There is no mistaking a Michael Bay movie. Reviled by the film critic establishment and loved by audiences (the director’s latest film “Transformers: Age of Extinction” has raked in an astonishing $600 million worldwide since its June 27 release), Bay is one of the most divisive figures in Hollywood.

From the over-the-top destruction, the frantic cutting, the explosions, the dramatic 360-degree shots, more explosions, more destruction, more cutting -- more, more, MORE -- Bay’s movies are blockbuster exercises in cinematic excess. You could easily edit together a reel of his movies at random and still get pretty much the same experience.

Love him or hate him and whatever you think of his work, there is no disputing that Bay is very good at what he does. According to video creator Tony Zhou of Every Frame a Painting, there is a method to Bay’s ever-exploding madness, a method that Zhou explores in his latest video entitled “Michael Bay - What is Bayhem?”

Despite Zhou calling Bay one of his “least favorite filmmakers,” the video is an incredibly thoughtful analysis of what makes the movies of "Transformers" director tick, breaking down dozens of shots spanning the director’s career from “Bad Boys” (1995) to “Pain & Gain” (2013). You will never look at a Bay movie the same way again.

In addition to the highbrow analysis of Bay’s mostly low-brow work, the video includes fascinating tidbits like the fact that the director’s trademark style was in part inspired by the 1961 musical “West Side Story.” Who knew?

For better or worse, Bay is a true auteur. What that says about the current state of the movie industry is up to the historians to decide.