its funny - but there seem to be less of these now ..
there was a time though when incompetance was funny..

there's a movie called Yor - Caveman of the Future (or something like that) which is a freaking scream ..

i think since home video - incompetance isnt that funny because it's due to a non existant budget - some backyard piece of shit made by a bunch of friends thats gets sold to video... because people will rent anything ..

thats just not as funny as a movie with terrible dialogue that should have known better.

i think the last - it's so bad its good' movie for me was Battlefield earth. at first it was a huge piss off because in the ads it looked awsome (and i had read the book) but by the time these mountain men were flying complex spacecraft after 30 minute lessons .. i was thinking it was pretty funny ..

I think there's something with me, where if I see a good concept excecuted horribly wrong I can still watch the film. Chopping Mall was a HORRIBLE movie and yet it watchable and funny while Island of the Dead is simply a bad movie and it wouldn't be cheap to get me to watch it again. I love how film, like art, is so subjective.

I think the most important thing for a horror movie is its overall atmophere. A good ambiance is one of the toughest things to achieve and it's something we see less these days.

For me, if it's something I'm actually interested in, I have to watch it alone. There's nothing worse than my girlfriend in my ear "who's that?" or "I thought he was dead!"
or narrating "here, the zombies are going to get into that mall, aren't they? huh? Linzi? aren't they? huh?"

or the worst, once she realises what the ending's going to be "shit! Bruce Willis is a ghost, isn't he?!"

I have to have a snack when watching movies at the cinema, as a smoker I need to have something to do with my hands for 2 hours. ;)

The audience annoyance factor:

Is there some idiot sitting near me with plastic wrapped candy and they're SLOOOOOOOWLY opening it thinking they're been more quiet that way? I want to strangle them listening to that plastic crackle.

That affects my movie experience.

bastards. (annoyed just thinking of it)

Sinistar, I had a good laugh looking at your avatar just after reading that post:p


Anyway, I find comfort and expectations pretty much do it for me. If Im comfy and not expecting much, chances are Ill enjoy it. If Im pissed off, or I have a a pre-concieved notion that I wont like it...I probaly wont.

MIndless action I definately have to be in the mood for the past few years. If I am in the middle of something work or family related and trying to relax, a movie like that is rarely engaging enough to get my mind off things for a couple of hours.

I like a big audience with a good comedy or "feel good movie". I don't mind cheering or clapping if done sparingly.

I do NOT enjoy sneak previews when the press is present and sitting next to me. These guys are at work and don't care how much they enjoy the movie. They just want to take notes and remember how to insult the flick in tomorrow's paper.

Kids belong in kids movies. I would expect trouble at THE SHAGGY DOG, but when I see a 3 year old sitting with mom and dad and SAW 2 I want to call DCF.

At home, I like to watch movies my wife won't enjoy when she is not around. I like her to enjoy her chick flicks in the same way. If either of us sees a movie of our selected genres so good we feel the other will like it, chances are we won't mind sitting through it again. Comedies, mysteries, thrillers, are for couples. Anything with Jennifer Aniston is all hers.

I don't mind pausing a flick to pee or get something to drink or let the dog out. It's better than being distracted by the feeling I need to pee or the dog needs to go out or being thirsty, but phone calls and people at the door will be ignored.

of course kids belong in kids movies ... but they also have to behave. they arent at chucky cheese .. they're watching a film .. stationary.



re. little kids at innapropriate films .. i also find that distressing. i cant enjoy my film knowing some kid is being abused that way because some thoughtless asshole didnt bother with a babysitter.

i sat through spiderman the 1st time beside some trailor trash family who brought tiny children - one of whom screamed in terror throughout the entire film. inconsiderate assholes on every level.

for me personally the film has to be 'engaging' or i totally shut off and start counting the ceiling tiles in the roof of the theater- or the lights or curtain rings, or whatever (honestly, i really do - it annoys my friends to no end as i'm craning my head backwards to get an accurate count)

i think the key to engaging is the characters in the film. if i 'like' them or at least 'believe' them, then i'm willing to go just about anywhere - but if i find them unbelievable, i'm counting tiles. also, i hate when films violate their own logic - i.e., when everyone says - "oh they way to kill Freddy is to do this" then they do it and it doesn't work (but not for any good reason, just because they don't want to end it that easily). this is why i find most 'timetravel' movies really annoying - they almost always abandon the premise and, as we'd say in the states, 'punt'.

(i'd also say i find this problem at work in some of carpenter's films, where he seems to give up on a premise and just find a resolution)

I also liked the first Star Trek movie, quite a bit--both the original theatrical version and the new version. The cloud is very pretty, and the huge Enterprise set is soooooooooooo expensive and nice to look at. (The movie takes place pretty much completely on this set, and it was a big-ass expensive movie, so they put quite a bit of cash into it.) The "feel" of the movie is also interesting--it has a strangely comfortable and welcoming atmosphere to me.

Most people don't like it though. In fact, many serious Star Trek fans, the type you might expect to like it because it's Star Trek, don't.