Semi-OT: What elements in a movie take away your enjoyment?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Horror
Johan_Wondering_on_Waves — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 04:29 AM)
Don't have to be horror movies nor do they need to be clichés. What elements can make a movie that ain't too bad or even good make it less enjoyable, make you think oh it would have been so good/great without that annoying element?
I have 2 elements I find really annoying:- little kids that are continuously disobedient or annoying and cause trouble endangering themselves and unfortunately for others too. As much as I want them to get killed or eaten by a monster it usually won't happen. I actually first wanted to put boys instead of kids but well don't want to sound discriminating. However it's usually the boys that want to play the hero and cause the trouble also in the examples I give:
The Black Scorpion
The Valley of Gwangi - Movies that have this moralistic undertones, endings. I'm a catholic but I have a big dislike when God offers the solution or there has some silly moral to please the audience, that it isn't all that bad/sad. Examples:
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The War of the Worlds (original)
- little kids that are continuously disobedient or annoying and cause trouble endangering themselves and unfortunately for others too. As much as I want them to get killed or eaten by a monster it usually won't happen. I actually first wanted to put boys instead of kids but well don't want to sound discriminating. However it's usually the boys that want to play the hero and cause the trouble also in the examples I give:
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begob — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 05:29 AM)
One common weakness in horror movies is dialogue that's all Question & Answer. Sometimes it's not even useful for exposition, and always leaves the actors treading water as the pace comes to a halt.
Certainly not the worst, but my most recent experience was with The Neon Demon - it kinda grinds my teeth. -
Simian_Jack — 9 years ago(November 07, 2016 01:30 PM)
Bratty kids. Nothing kills a movie faster than bratty kids.
Excessive swearing. It seldom feels organic to the characters, especially if every character is doing it. It takes me out of the picture, feels like what it is: an artificial attempt to seem edgy or secure an R rating. -
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somesunnyday — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 12:39 AM)
Sound design is really important in a film for me. Films these days tend to over use sound to the point where it's so over the top with an unwarranted exceptionally loud volume and that pisses me off. I really enjoyed The Possession of Michael King but there's moments where the sound is just ridiculous and jolts you out of the film.
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jessicafischerqueen — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 01:25 AM)
American curse words peppering the dialogue, particularly in films featuring a group of young "adults."
I am so fckn sick of it that I literally can't continue watching the fckn movie once it starts. Seriously.
Pardon my French. -
ElectricWarlock — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 05:32 AM)
Ones that get straight into the action without any buildup and/or are nothing but action the whole time. It makes me think "I don't know these people, so why should I care what happens to them?" I think it's very important to let us know what the character's lives are like normally before all the horror begins and let us get to know them through how they react in situations.
Also ones with loudmouthed, obnoxious characters. This has seemed to be more of a problem in newer movies. You can be funny and sarcastic without being over-the-top and annoying. -
RickyBetter — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 05:38 AM)
I LOVE sex, lots of it, but other than porno for pervs, no sex scenes please. Yes, show some boobies and front and rear (females preferred) but stop with all that smooching, and slow, over-dramatic, taking-your-sweet-a$$-time-before-going-at-it, blah, blah. It's so annoying on film.
Complete October challenge -
http://www.imdb.com/list/ls066581682/ -
AlamoScout210 — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 07:15 AM)
Douchebag characters who completely lose their sht in the middle of a bad situation.
Drives me nuts and then I turn into a douchebag character yelling at those douchebag characters. It's fckn crazy homes..
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begob — 9 years ago(November 08, 2016 07:33 AM)
Watched the Fellowship Of The Ring last night - the amount of times Pip and Merry got them into deadly danger out of stupidity turned me puce (just my face). Would have grabbed them by their hairy ankles and dashed their brains out against the nearest ent.
Obligatory ring gag: