How can you tell if a movie is bad? Many people have similar questions like Matthew sitting in the theater.

Is it a bad movie at the box office?

A bad movie is not necessarily bad at the box office, and a good box office is not necessarily a bad movie.

There are never too many bad movies that sell big at the box office in Hollywood, and good movies that are outrageously low at the box office.

In the past, Matthew has seen a lot of bad movies, and there are even many that are too bad to be bad. It is clear that watching a bad film will never bring pleasure.

I remember a period when I doubted whether domestic horror films were really that bad, so I deliberately watched some of them, but the whole person was not well, and the nerves were destroyed for a time, and even insomnia and hallucinations appeared, just like "Ah" Like the poisoned lord in Cam Knight.

He still remembered that after watching a bad movie one night, there were always people shouting in his head.

The next morning, I went to the construction site to swing a sledgehammer, and I saw that the newly built building was like a huge monster. It was like being entangled by countless giant pythons, writhing and making squeaking noises. At that time, he was sitting on the ground, and he simply asked for sick leave for a few days.

I have seen too many bad movies, not only are they harmful, but they can also give people a knowing blow.

At that time, he took a leave of absence. He wanted to revisit some of his favorite classic movies. After treatment, he also chose some popular mainstream movies that are more appealing, such as "Back to the Future", "Die Hard", and "Raiders of the Lost Ark". "The Dark Knight", "Lethal Weapon", "The Lord of the Rings", and even "Once Upon a Time", "Infernal Affairs" and other Chinese films, etc., are useless, I can't watch it at all, I feel nauseated when I look at it, even the hard disk collection and new download The love and romantic action movies of the United States and Japan can not stand.

Let's play games, I get dizzy when I play. I used to play Xiaoxiao music for half the night, and it's not because I'm getting old. Not to mention reading a book at a certain point, I have hallucinations of nausea and discomfort when I read it.

Later, after being reminded by a worker who had been baptized with rotten tablets, he realized that it was suffering from rotten tablets, which mainly manifested as vomiting, diarrhea, irritability, hallucinations, insomnia, dreaminess, weakness of limbs, and dizziness.

So he went out every morning to breathe fresh air, let himself be free of thoughts and do nothing, eat three meals a day better, go for a run in the afternoon, and then gradually improve.

What is infuriating is that Rotten Pianyan cannot apply for a work-related injury!

For physical and mental health, try to stay away from bad movies!

Later, he specially reminded some workers who like to watch movies, using his own experience, he urged everyone to pay attention to exercise, eat properly, maintain a certain ability of independent thinking and judgment, cherish life, and stay away from bad movies!

As an amateur movie fan with a certain amount of reading, he gradually summed up a basic rule for distinguishing bad movies.

There are three types of movies, you can assume that they are bad movies before watching, 80% of them can't be wrong: domestic historical films, domestic fantasy films, and domestic horror films.

This is not prejudice, but he watches films in this area, and the ratio of bad films is too high.

Compared with these, "Alien Battlefield" is not bad, because it is really well-made, every shot is beautiful, whether it is background special effects or combat special effects, it is definitely the top level in this era.

From the special effects point of view, the production cost of 250 million US dollars was not in vain.

But Matthew is very clear that if a big Hollywood movie is bad, it will never rot in all directions, but has a fatal flaw in an important aspect.

The "bad Hollywood movies" that can be seen in theaters are often caused by major problems in some aspect of the movie, which cause the audience to feel unsatisfied after watching it. I'm sorry for the few words about Hollywood blockbusters.

For example, this "Alien Battlefield" is absolutely well-made, but it doesn't look like it. The assembly line product gave Matthew the greatest feeling, like eating a McDonald's hamburger in a high-end French restaurant. Naturally, something was wrong.

In fact, the difference between the big and bad films on both sides of the Taiwan Strait is quite obvious.

Hollywood's big bad movies are so bad that the audience can see that there is something wrong here, there is a problem here, that it is too much and others are weak; Faced with a rotten fruit, if you want to taste it, you can't stop your mouth. You have to spit it all out and rinse your mouth!

Of course, there are far more bad movies in Hollywood than across the Pacific.

Especially those small ones.

Hollywood produces a lot of bad movies every year, but there are generally traces to follow: for example, unknown directors and leading actors, at most one or two second- and third-tier actors are the protagonists; for example, the cost is relatively low, and there is no publicity before the release; science fiction, Fantasy, action, horror and other genres are the hardest hit areas for bad Hollywood movies, so it’s best to go around such movies with strange titles and stories that are unclear!

You can basically tell the bad Hollywood movies by looking at the posters, trailers and stills.

These bad films are also very consistent in the same way - lack of creativity, cliché everywhere, mediocre and boring...

The real bad Hollywood films are actually hard for audiences on the other side of the Pacific to see in theaters. Even in North America, these bad films are basically word-of-mouth box office failures. It would be difficult for him to find a film company to invest in him! After the two films of "Troy" and "Poseidon" failed in succession, director Wolfgang Peterson has no films to direct now; even a famous actor's bad film will affect his career - see now Cage Uncle is so miserable, he accepts all kinds of bad movies...

In fact, most of the lousy films in Hollywood are cheating money in the video disc market.

There is a company in Hollywood called "Asylum", which specializes in producing all kinds of copycat junk movies: when people make "Transformers", they make "Transformers"; when people make "I Am Legend", they make "I Am the End"; When people made "10,000 Years Before History", they made "100,000,000 Years Before History".

The cost of each film is basically less than 1 million US dollars. Their films will not be released in theaters, but they will be released directly on DVD discs.

This kind of rotten film is downright rubbish, has no nutrition, and has no pursuit other than cheating money.

"Alien Battlefield" is certainly not such a bad movie.

It's just that no one could have imagined that the Oscar-winning Andrew Stanton, one of the creative Pixar five generals, would bring such a film after he left the animated feature films he was good at.

After watching this film, Matthew suddenly admired James Cameron even more.

Only with this "Alien Battlefield", whose production cost is higher than that of "Avatar", can you truly appreciate how terrifying the level of James Cameron's directing is. Including him, countless people say that the story of "Avatar" is simple and old. It's a set, and this "Alien Battlefield" with a terrible plot can't even tell a simple story.

It's more like Hollywood's most advanced CG tech fair.

I don't know why, watching this film, Matthew actually recalled what a small foreman said when he was working on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

The foreman, who did not know how many floors he had subcontracted, graduated from the Architecture Department of a fourth-rate university. He did not acquire professional knowledge for three years in college, but accumulated a lot of experience in watching movies, which can also be regarded as his guide in the field of movies people.

This little foreman has thoroughly and thoroughly analyzed him, and watching bad movies is not just easy to get bad movies.

First of all, people's life is limited, and they start watching movies when they open their eyes, and they can't finish watching them even if they die. If you dedicate this limited viewing time to bad movies, you will have less chance to watch good movies... Oh no, yes A meaningful life is missing.

Secondly, the process of watching will be very uncomfortable. I was originally looking for spiritual pleasure, but I was smashed into the depths of my soul by a bad movie. I can't talk to people too much, because some people actually want to see how bad it is and take the initiative to waste time. , maybe they are for the superiority of IQ.

This "Alien Battlefield" even stimulated Matthew to recall the memory of that time.

The small foreman also persuaded him very sincerely as a person who had come here: watch movies with caution, especially if you go to the cinema, people waste your time to strengthen your spirit, and you pay people money, it's really not worth it.

Matthew has seen this film, especially the actor Leaping Frog shocked the Martian, and he is basically certain that this film should not have a big comeback.

Andrew Stanton should really go back to directing animated features instead of dabbling in live-action.

Maybe live-action movies and animated feature films are really two completely different genres.

At the end of the film screening, the audience burst into applause. Like other guests, Matthew also came to the seat of the first row of the crew to send his congratulations.

"Makes a really good movie," Matthew said as he shook hands with Andrew Stanton.

Can't say that this movie is not very good, can it? That's two idiots.

Matthew shook hands with Brad Pitt again, but said nothing, then came to Natalie Portman.

"How does it feel to be a princess on Mars, Nat?" Matthew opened his arms and hugged Natalie Portman, who was dressed up, "Is it special?"

Natalie Portman responded with a smile, "This is my last big commercial production."

She knew clearly from the previous audition that returning to an independent literary film was the only way out.

Matthew nodded to her, "I wish you the best of luck."

Natalie Portman understood that Matthew was talking about "Black Swan" and Oscar, and smiled confidently, "Thank you."

Her energy has long been transferred to the film "Black Swan", which is her last way, either soaring into the sky or sinking.

"Black Swan" has completed production, and even held two film critics' test screenings, and the response has been very good.

This also brought more confidence, and combined with the current situation, she formulated a more secure Olympic plan.