What do you love or hate about movies?

[Janice]

I hate when the music drowns out the dialog.

It drives me crazy if I'm watching a movie with unknown actors, and they cast two blondes in the lead. Or two brown-haired guys. I spend half the movie trying to figure out who's who. It's poor casting.

I don't like needlessly long movies. I don't think any comedy ever needs to be over an hour and 45 minutes. Only certain movies (epic sagas, blockbusters, etc) should be more than two hours, in my opinion.

Five scenes that drive home the same point. Did someone in the editing room fall asleep at the switch?

I hate movies with subtitles.

I love movies that are narrated, particulary by the lead character.

I love a great soundtrack as long as it doesn't overpower the movie.

I love movies set at Christmas time.

Movies with a twist are cool.

[dlemond]

I hate jumpy camera movement and when the camera switches every two seconds like a music video.

I hate scenes that are too dark- if you are trying to hide something give us a different angle don't make us go blind.

I hate when movies use too many songs in it - Forrest Gump comes to mind.

I love perfectly placed songs that I've never heard before- when you leave the theater you are like, "I have to have a copy of that song"

I love good soundtracks.

I love movies that accurately represent periods of time (whether it be the present or past), that actually give you the feel. Say, the '70s with "Dazed and Confused" and the 80s with "Fast Times at Ridgemont High".

I love a good sci-fi movie. They are rare these day, I will even take pretty good.

I love going to the movies and laughing so hard tears come to my eyes. You always remember when a movie you see in the theater does that to you.

[Brian Damage]

I hate totally obscure movies. Movies that take you on an acid trip along with the director. David Lynch and Oliver Stone are prime examples of this.

I hate period pieces from the 19th Century. Mostly stuff from the likes of Merchant Ivory.

I hate Shakespeare or Jane Austen movies.

I like good horror movies

I like crime dramas

I love movies with a twist. Especially those of M. Night Shamaylan.

I love foreign movies....especially from Asia

I like documentaries.

I like independent films.

[Janice]

I love:

Biopics.

Movies in a 70s disco setting.

Courtroom dramas.

Period pieces from the 19th Century. Mostly stuff from the likes of Merchant Ivory. ;)

Great special effects.

A really great musical.


I hate:

Convoluted movies, with complex plots, overloaded with characters.

Sudden changes in a character, made to fit the movie.

Extreme violence. Slasher movies don't bother me, but I can't watch a scene where the poor kid working at a 7-Eleven gets blown away after begging for his life.

[Brian Damage]

I hate musicals.

I agree, I like 70's set disco type movies.

I also hate movies by actors or directors to shove political views down our throats.

[Zebra 3]

I won't watch dubbed and especially censored movies.

[Janice]

I :heart: mobster movies.

[dlemond]

I love foreign movies- really no particular country, I find I like them from all over the world.

I love independent movies - and I've seen some real obscure ones too.

I love movies of the 30s and 40s - William Powell, Cary Grant, Jimmy Stewart, and Humphrey Bogart being my favorite actors of the time.

I love a movie that can creep me out from beginning to end.

I hate these TV shows made into movies - not one good one and all made into a joke regardless of the show.

I hate period pieces for the most part.
I like some Shakespearean films.

[JeffRuss1972]

I love movies set at Christmas time
I hate action movies that feel the need to change the scene EVERY two SECONDS as if it were being filmed by a camera with attention deficit disorder
I love movies from or set in the 70s
I hate a soundtrack that has just been thrown together to showcase the "newest songs" rather than one that truly COMPLEMENTS the movie
I love a soundtrack that uses orchestra or something that truly BELONGS with the movie. When you hear it, you IMMEDIATELY think of a character or a scene.
I love movies from or set in the 30s or 40s for some reason
I like when a main character narrates
I like movies with bittersweet endings OR an unusual twist
I hate, I mean HATE, movie remakes of TV Shows (The Honeymooners comes to mind-lol)

[EmoJoe]

-i hate scary movies, watching a movie that makes you pee your pants and be afriad to go outside and makes you lose sleep at night just doesnt appeal to me. and hiding under your covers at night in fear isnt entertaiment to me
-i like little kid movies lol. most of them are corny, but their fun. often their so bad that you can actually LAUGH at how stupid they are
-i love the scary movie series, cause any movie that pokes fun at horror movies is a move for me
-comedies rock, period
-i like movies with twists
-i hate movies where dogs die. random i know

[James"Thunder"Early]

I don't like too many sex scenes
I don't like too much cursing
I love musicals
I like shock endings
I like realistic plots
I like mystery plots

[Janice]

I like flashback scenes.

I like movies set in New York.

I love heartwarming stories about animals.

I love most any movie with Anthony Hopkins or Robert DeNiro.

I like movies based on true stories.

I can't watch animal abuse and hate to see animals die.

I like a good tearjerker, but I have to be in the mood to handle it.

I enjoy movies about sports.

Some movies are good when filmed in black & white.

I hate incomplete endings where the audience has to draw their own conclusion.

[Karen*]

I LOVE RENT. Did you not know that? :eek2: :lol:

I love chick flicks and romantic comedies, especially if they make me cry.

I love movies set in San Francisco, especially if they're filmed on location.

I love parodies and satires, like anything in the Scary Movie series.

I love movies based on true stories.

I love movies with good soundtracks.

I love movies with happy endings, and when the good guy always wins.

I hate stupid sequels.

I hate movies with excessive violence and sex.

I hate gory horror movies and war films. Although I can take some of them, I hate seeing people meet their gruesome deaths.

[Cactus Jack]

Ya dont like 1 hr 45 mniuts commdies Janice? Two of the BEST comedies of all time that came otu last year were that long!

[Cactus Jack]

Joe, if you like comedies, and you need recommendations, Im your man!

[Janice]

Ya dont like 1 hr 45 mniuts commdies Janice? Two of the BEST comedies of all time that came otu last year were that long!
I don't like them any longer than that. I don't like it when comedies go to two or more hours.

[Brian Damage]

I hate "Chick Flicks," any kind of love story kind of bores me. (Gay cowboys not withstanding.)

I love gritty crime dramas from the 70's. Serpico, Marathon Man, Dog Day Afternoon, Mean Streets, etc.

[Zebra 3]

I love gritty crime dramas from the 70's. Serpico, Marathon Man, Dog Day Afternoon, Mean Streets, etc.The French Connection, Dirty Harry, Magnum Force, The Enforcer, etc.

[Shine]

I love gritty crime dramas from the 70's. Serpico, Marathon Man, Dog Day Afternoon, Mean Streets, etc.


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[TJL]

Most of you know that when it comes to movies, I'm a pretty easy person to please.

:lol:

Yeah, even I dont believe that.

So what yanks my crank about le cinema?

The "trilogy" thing - Okay, there are some stories that need to be told on a grand scale (Star Wars) that can be spread out over three movies.
Some movies, not all. Not every sci-fi pseudo Matrix crapfest needs to premiere as "part one of a trilogy." Give me one good film, then if we like it, then you get money to do a sequel. Then maybe a part 3. Maybe
Also, I refuse to refer to the "American Pie" films as "The American Pie Trilogy." Stop it. This aint Lord Of The Rings. It's about a guy having sex with desserts.

Leave Pop Culture References OUT Of Animated Films - Ever since Robin Williams spewed out a crapload of off the cuff riffs in "Aladdin," every animated flick (CG or otherwise) thinks shoveling in a bunch of modern puns is the only way to go. Stop it.
Disney wrote some wonderful stories for decades before there was a need to stuff hip hop jokes and tired catchphrases into cartoons.
I blame you "Shrek" bastards.

And finally - Paul Walker does not have to be in every ****ing movie.

;)

[evilNpunk]

I hate:
I agree, I hate it when they cast two unknown similar looking charactors, I too have to spend the whole movie figuring out who's who.
Cheesy actors. How did they get casted?
When the camera focuses on something (usually people kissing) and circles around them.
Cheesy sound effects.
When you watch a movie on tv and they sensor curses w/stupid words.
Most chick flicks.
When rappers/singers use their star power to get into movies. (or on Broadway - Sean Combs)

I love:
When they dont live happily ever after.
Musicals. (Though you dont get the full effect.)
Comedies. Especially the risque kind like Scary Movie, American Pie...
Action Movies. (Although there is such thing as too much action.)
Horry movies.
Anything gorey.
Independent films.
Movies that make me think.
Movies set in Harlem.

[Janice]

Continuity problems drive me nuts. I watched a movie last night, and the actress Laura Linney's hair had about five shades of color throughout the movie. Dark blonde, reddish, etc.

In one scene, she shows up looking like Marilyn Monroe with her hair almost platinum. My husband and I both gasped at the same time. She looked like she was doing a Clairol commercial.

Also, I hate when movies have it raining for almost the entire movie. I know it's done for dramatic effect, but it can really be overdone.

[savageamusement]

I hate when they take actual situations, that are "based on a real story"
And just use that as an excuse to get another point across entirely- so that the hollowed out shell of truth is left, while the story is portrayed in a way that used the victims, or family in the first place for wrong reasons.
Publicity, or politics and so on.

I also, on a stem of this HATE when a story is so strongly publicized that film makers can't wait to get their hands on it, and approach a fmaily inappropriately-

The situation with Baby Jessica years ago-
Or the movie "to die for" with Nicole Kidman and so on


Love:
Gosh there are a lot of things I love- but I suppose I love when movies take their talent and filmography to create a story telling tales I never would have seen, or wasnt' around to experience.
I love the accuracy that is portrayed at times, so that I feel as if I lived through that time period.
Capote ws a good example-

I also LOVE when they are able with the toys and skills to create a movie that puts you into the film-
Ghosts of the Abyss, about Titanic, or Wings of Migration.

Fine examples of cinematagraphy excellence

[Janice]

I hate movies where animals or kids get hurt.

Screaming babies in movies or tv make me nervous.

I love aerial shots. I love great cinematography.