Certain movies are regarded as masterpieces, reaching the status of works of art, while others are deemed so poor that they are relegated to television. An internet survey recently asked, “What’s the first sign that a movie will be bad?” Here are the top 17 responses:
Characters Think They Are Funny Because They Speak Loudly
“Kevin Hart in everything he’s ever been in.”
“Yet everyone loves Will Ferrell for some reason. He’s incredibly unfunny and just loud and says random things that make no sense.”
You Can Look at The Trailer and Already Tell how The Story Will Start and End
“They could have EASILY dubbed different jokes into the trailer and used the final ones in the movie for an extra surprise. But nope, the trailer jokes are the movie jokes.”
“I have stopped watching trailers for movies I know I will see because of this. They just spoil everything.”
It’s a Remake of Something Good
“I hate that there are so many remakes of decent/good movies, and it feels like it’s just a safe money grab. It would be cool if movies that didn’t do so hot get reworked into good movie remakes, but that’s too much of a risk for studios to bother with.”
Directing Credit Goes to Alan Smithee
“You’re not allowed to use that name anymore because Eric Idle made a movie where he was a director named Alan Smithee who wanted to not be credited for a terrible movie, but the only name he could use was Alan Smithee.”
“Basically, from like ’68 – ’00, that was a pseudonym directors were allowed to credit instead of putting their name on a movie they wanted to disown. They had to get approval from the guild of directors by proving they weren’t to blame for the state of the movie first, though.”
Selling Points Are Focused on Celebrity Names and Visual Effects
“”From the team that brought you Fast 5″ and it’s the sound guy, best boy, and one the caterers.”
“One of my concerns with the premiere praise about the Mario movie is that it’s heavily focused on “there are so many Easter eggs!” Okay, but that means the animators built some interesting animation into the scenery, not that the actual movie is good.”
It Has More than 3 Writers
“Too many cooks in the kitchen mentality. Another thing I hate about music albums. Too many writers mean everything is pumped out to get the songs out as fast as possible and not good or specific to the artist.”
“Next time you watch a movie and see multiple writers check if they use “and” or “&.” If they use “and,” then it was written separately. If it was “&,” then the script was part of a writing team where people collaborated.”
It’s Advertised as One of The Best Movies of The Year in Late January
“An important thing to remember is that dozens of movies each year are advertised as “The number 1 movie of the year” or “The number 1 movie in the country” because there is literally no meaning to that… anyone can say it, it isn’t based on any metrics, and it sounds like it might mean that people are going crazy for it, but it literally means nothing at all.”
Forced Character Exposition to Move the Plot Along
“Or when they do tell and not show. Someone explained how the hero is great, intelligent, etc., but they don’t show that.”
“It includes unnatural dialogue that is there purely for exposition. For example, “I forget, how long have we been brothers?””
It’s Been in Production for Too Long
“Some exceptions to that rule exist, such as Mad Max, or in some people’s view, the new Avatar, but yeah, often not a great sign.”
“Indiana Jones 5 ain’t looking good on this front. Apparently, it’s been test screened many times stretching back over a period, and they keep reshooting.”
The Trailer Is Over the Top
“Or the trailer is super vague on the movie, but super heavy on the life stories of people involved.”
“Around 2010, everyone just decided to standardize trailers to the same garbage.”
When the Trailer Already Tells You the Entire Movie
“I’ve scratched titles off my watch list because I feel I’ve already seen the important parts of the film through the trailer. Why bother?”
You Can Tell the Acting Is Awful, Even from The Trailer
“Cats, Emoji Movie, and other examples of that come to mind.”
“You can tell the acting is awful even from the poster sometimes.”
Updated for Modern Audiences
“You can tell that this female character is progressive for the 1700s because she agrees with every modern feminist talking point.”
“This even happens with books. Some publishers edited Roald Dahl’s works to make them more friendly to modern sensibilities, and it was cringe.”
It’s a Comedy, and The Main Character Is a Legendary Actor Playing a Dad or Grandpa
“Robert de Niro lost a lot of credit for me playing in such bad movies. I know he does it for the money, but still.”
“This is like retirement for famous, older actors. It tarnishes their legacy, but it doesn’t matter because they’re getting paid.
It’s a Non-Modern Piece with Modern Hair and Makeup in It
“I had a hard time watching True Grit (the John Wayne one) because the female lead’s hairstyle was clear from the 1960s… and it was so distracting.”
“In an explicitly dramatic work, it doesn’t work either.”
They Tell Me the Rotten Tomatoes Score in All the Marketing
“Alternatively, blocked reviews before the premiere is a classic way to know that this film isn’t the best quality.”
“Specifically, the “Audience Score” instead of the critic’s score. Black Adam was a recent example.”
Different Trailers Repeat the Same Joke
If there are multiple trailers for a comedy movie, but they use the same joke in all of them.
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