10 Things That Instantly Ruin A Movie, According To Reddit
Making a movie can often feel like a minefield because it’s so difficult to produce a movie without there being a single problem in the story or the direction, and recently Ryan Reynolds said too much time and d money can ruin a movie. Redditors have different ideas about what instantly takes them away from the experience.
The smallest things can ruin a movie, whether it’s blatant product placement or quick access to password-protected computers. And between the bad fight choreography of the extras, the main characters being invincible, and the emotionally intelligent kids, these Redditors are tough, but they make valid points.
ten bottom fighters
Dregoralive hates “background actors in fight/war scenes waiting their turn to attack the main character” and The Black Knight the trilogy is specifically guilty of this. The three films constitute one of the greatest trilogies of all time, because batman begins rebooted the character in a unique way, The black Knight presents the best performances of all time, and The dark knight rises is the ambitious and epic finale. However, the fight sequences left a lot to be desired, as they match exactly what the Redditor describes.
mounted is the biggest culprit, as the huge final battle between Gotham’s best and Bane’s army sees them all in one-on-one fights and repeating the same punch-dodge pattern over and over. On top of that, when an extra has no one to fight on a rooftop, they simply fall to the ground, as if being pushed by a ghost enemy. These action scenes are what Black Knight the trilogy was wrong.
9 Product placement
Product placement is an obvious problem for most audiences, and even to the untrained eye, viewers know when the movie is trying to sell them something. But the inevitable cinematic practice irritates Mushy_cactus the most, who thinks it totally ruins any movie. The Redditor clarifies, “When there’s a scene that just advertises a brand.”
There have been so many unforgivable uses of product placement over the years, whether it’s characters just exclusively drinking Coca-Cola or a movie shot for the sole purpose of selling something, like The internship. However, there have also been so many creative and hilarious uses of product placement, like when Wayne refuses to sell while eating Pizza Hut and wearing a Reebok tracksuit in Wayne’s World.
8 Survive the explosions
Wild_Entertainment56 is tired of seeing characters survive explosions and other types of fatal accidents. The Redditor notes, “When heroes survive an over-the-top car accident that would have crippled or killed most people, only to walk away with a scratch. That’s not very realistic, even for an action movie.” While the characters can’t look all bloody, as the movie would be rated higher than a PG-13 then, it’s pretty amazing when their face gets a little dirty after surviving an explosion.
Almost every action movie or superhero movie is guilty of this, whether in Spider-Man: No Coming Home or The Batman. In The Batman, the caped crusader was only yards away from District Attorney Gil Colson, who had a bomb strapped to his neck, and Batman knew the bomb would go off within seconds. Instead of keeping a safe distance, he stays close to Gil until the bomb goes off.
7 The strange valley
Instead of casting young actors to portray young versions of the main characters, movie studios are now using digital effects to make actors look like they did decades ago, and that’s what we calls the “strange valley”. Oggmonster42 has a major problem with this, specifically stating, “When they use CGI to make an almost 80 year old look like a 40 year old, but he still moves like an 80 year old trying to kick the ass of a poor merchant.”
The Redditor doesn’t so subtly refer to The Irishman, as Robert De Niro was digitally aged, but all of the action sequences showed his actual age. And while aging gets more compelling year after year, all suspension of disbelief is lost when older actors have to run or fight. It was the same with Captain Marvelbecause Samuel L. Jackson’s younger look is jaw-dropping, but it’s less compelling wherever he runs.
6 smart kids
Datasfalling hates to see “emotionally/philosophically/linguistically intelligent children way beyond their years”. The Redditor is clearly not a fan of Matilda, school of rock, or any other movie based on child prodigies. It’s a trope that, when you think about it, is extremely common.
Even the famous author Quentin Tarantino could not avoid this cliché, because Once upon a time in Hollywood features Trudi Frazer (Julia Butters), a 10-year-old acting genius who even taught Rick Dalton what he should already know. However, according to Independent wireTarantino cut an extra scene with her from the film, and he claims that scene would have earned Butters an Oscar nomination.
5 Invincibility of the protagonist
Roostertails47 thinks the movie is ruined as soon as the main character seems invincible. Redditor details, “The main characters are invincible as everyone dies from a punch. I understand that the main characters have to survive or they wouldn’t be main characters, but at least make the damage somewhat realistic .” Protagonist invincibility is more common now than it’s ever been, and it’s only becoming more common even outside of the superhero genre.
The biggest culprit is the Fast and Furious series, as Dom and the rest of the team fall from great heights and survive death-defying stunts multiple times in each film. In F9, Tej and Rome somehow go to space on a rocket ship and return safely to Earth. And even characters who die eventually come back to life.
4 Passwords
Any type of action movie involving the military and gaining some sort of access will undoubtedly feature this symbolic scene of finding a computer password. It happens so much in the Impossible mission movies that it’s almost planned at this point. But that’s a trope that’s gone on too long according to KungFu-omega-warrior.
The Redditor hates “when people figure out someone’s password in no time.” When it comes to locked computers in the movies, the characters briefly have better deductive skills than Sherlock Holmes. But the reality is, when security is more important than it’s ever been and passwords require a number of uppercase letters, numbers, and special icons, there’s no way to walk in.
3 Broadcast error
Warkitz thinks a bad cast ruins a movie, noting, “When you know an actor was cast in the role for their fame and not for the casting.” The Redditor makes a good point, and it hurts the quality of many movies. The most recent example is Unexploredthe film adaptation of the beloved video game.
One of the reasons gamers are such big fans of the game isn’t really for the gameplay, but for the characters Nathan Drake and Sully. Unfortunately, Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, who play these characters in the film, don’t look, sound or act anything like them, but those names are going to have butts in multiplex seats.
2 The motives of the wicked
Anotheratretochoana points the finger at the villains when it comes to the movie’s ruining moments. The Redditor explains, “When the bad guy is just bad for no reason.” The user makes a lot of sense, because a surprising number of villains are villains for no reason and don’t really have a reason, and there are plenty of movie villain fans who consider the worst.
Enter Dr. Octopus in Spiderman 2 and Two-Face in The black Knight, it is difficult to understand why they have become evil. And the james bond The show is the best example, because a lot of them want to destroy the world or kill 007 for reasons that don’t make sense, and that’s even if they have a reason.
1 Darkness
Buddyknowles hates “when it’s so dark you can’t see what’s going on. Also, characters mumbling their lines. Drives me crazy.” The Redditor must not be a fan of The Batmanbecause the new superhero movie is both supremely dark, and Robert Pattinson’s portrayal of the caped crusader is the mumbliest he’s ever been.
However, darkness might not be an issue with the movie, but it could be an issue in the user’s favorite movie theater. Some theaters show movies with lower brightness than they should to extend the life of the screen bulbs and save money. According to Initiatedmany have reported that this has been done by many multiplexes to Solo: A Star Wars Story.
