Punishment Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 So I was wondering, what is considered a bad movie to you? Is it a movie that gets critically panned (poor RT average/Metacritic scores)? A movie that receives a poor grade on IMDb (say 5 or below)? A movie that performs poorly at the box office (below expectations/not making its budget)? Is it a combination of these? Or is it just your personal opinion (you think movie A is good, but I think it's crap therefore it is bad)? Figured I would throw it out there with all the discussions (putting it mildly) I see on the forum about people's opinions on movies. I doubt we will come to a consensus, but it should be fun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Anything under 85% on RT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Gary Scott Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Personal opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolioD1 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 When it sucks? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vc2002 Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 When it bores me. A movie being boring is the worst thing; at least trainwrecks can be entertaining (Last Airbender, Spider-Man 3, The Call), but when a movie is boring (Contagion, World War Z, Green Lantern), that's the worst thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luna Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 none of those things determine a bad movie, they just correlate with them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sims Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 Something that I've been told not to like, obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punishment Posted July 10, 2013 Author Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) I also feel that a bad movie is one that I do not like personally, all of us have our personal tastes in movies. But I think a bad movie to the general audience is one that receives both an RT average rating below 5 (or Metascore below 50) and an IMDd median (not average) rating below 6. I also look at the IMDd rating of the top 1000 voters to gauge how well a movie is received. Here is an example of a truly "bad" movie as perceived by the general audience: A Sound of Thunder 2.8 RT average rating (6% fresh) 24 Metascore 4 IMDd Median rating 4.2 IMDd rating from to 1000 voters Votes Percentage Rating 555 4.2% 10 189 1.4% 9 484 3.7% 8 973 7.4% 7 1559 11.8% 6 1983 15.1% 5 1893 14.4% 4 1882 14.3% 3 1589 http://i.media-imdb.com/images/rating/neutral.gif 12.1% 2 2058 http://i.media-imdb.com/images/rating/neutral.gif 15.6% 1 Edited July 10, 2013 by Punishment 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) You define what you consider a "bad" movie, although when you're pushing your opinions on others you have to consider the general consensus as well. It's not right to make insinuations about a film's fans/haters just because you don't agree with them, even if they are professional critics. Edited July 10, 2013 by tribefan695 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#ED Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 It pretty much comes down to what I say is good or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChD Posted July 10, 2013 Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) So I was wondering, what is considered a bad movie to you? Is it a movie that gets critically panned (poor RT average/Metacritic scores)? A movie that receives a poor grade on IMDb (say 5 or below)? A movie that performs poorly at the box office (below expectations/not making its budget)? Is it a combination of these? Or is it just your personal opinion (you think movie A is good, but I think it's crap therefore it is bad)? Figured I would throw it out there with all the discussions (putting it mildly) I see on the forum about people's opinions on movies. I doubt we will come to a consensus, but it should be fun Anything below 6.5 on IMDB is probably shite. The lowest movie I've watched on IMDB and I liked it was probably The Lovely Bones. Edited July 10, 2013 by ChD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissykins Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 Personal opinion and circumstances.Critics opinion means absolutely zilch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fanboy Posted July 11, 2013 Share Posted July 11, 2013 I'm sure there are much better movies than The Lovely Bones with a <6.5 rating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozymandias Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 When it bores me. A movie being boring is the worst thing; at least trainwrecks can be entertaining (Last Airbender, Spider-Man 3, The Call), but when a movie is boring (Contagion, World War Z, Green Lantern), that's the worst thing I agree. Being flat out boring is the worst crime of all a movie can do to you (Tree of Life, The Hobbit, The Artist, There Will Be Blood... etc). I'll never see any of those movies again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Futurist Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 Blake Lively Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Nevada Posted July 12, 2013 Share Posted July 12, 2013 (edited) Anything below 6.5 on IMDB is probably shite. The lowest movie I've watched on IMDB and I liked it was probably The Lovely Bones. lmao Edited July 12, 2013 by Jack Nevada Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
