What Makes a Film Bad?

[Undead Superstar]

The lack of uniqueness in a film can kill it for me. Which is one reason I loved Sweeny Todd and Repo. Bad camera styles will kill a movie. Same thing with the same types of characters as the protaganist over and over again. I'm tired of seeing films with "cops who play by their own rules" or the kid who is in the "wrong place at the wrong time".  

[Travis III]

Unoriginal/contrived plot, poor acting, stereotyped characters that are impossible to care about, overuse of cliches, bland visual style, unrealistic dialogue/situations, when the film makes no attempt whatsoever to immerse the viewer into the story, ect.  

[flutteringeyelashes]

When a film is so bad, it's not even funny bad; like when it feels like it lasted 30 minutes, and ends in a really bland way. The wrong actors can ruin a film, and really horrible special effects are the worst.  

[Rosary16]

riddlemethisbats

The lack of uniqueness in a film can kill it for me. Which is one reason I loved Sweeny Todd and Repo. Bad camera styles will kill a movie. Same thing with the same types of characters as the protaganist over and over again. I'm tired of seeing films with "cops who play by their own rules" or the kid who is in the "wrong place at the wrong time".

I'm with you, brother. What's worse is that the filmmakers don't take the cliche of cop who plays by their own rules and transends it. They don't dig deeper into the character and make him interesting.  

[Yenrex]

For me, personally, it is when you have a movie with bad actors. I don't just mean when you have actors that just can't act. I mean when the actor just seems to be thrown in for the story to semi-work or just doesn't fit at all.

When I heard that the Percy Jackson movie was coming out, I was glad to see who would play my favorite characters. But when I found out that all the kids where played by people twice the book characters age, that just threw it off for me. I mean, the person that was playing Anabeth (who is 14 in the book) is 21 years old! How can someone how is 21 effectively play a 14 year old!! It's also sad when they put in good actors to make the movie more of a money maker then it should be. Again, example of this is the Percy Jackson movie where they had Pirce Brosnon (not spelling the name right) play Chiron. but the rest of the movie just seemed to kill the affect of him being...well....him.

I've got other pet peeves, but I'll just leave it at that I think...unless I REEELLY have to say it.  

[I Hate Buffering]

1- Bad acting
2- A bad/stupid/retarded ending
3- Failed attempts at humor