The Red Flags That Indicate A Movie Will Be Bad

An AskReddit thread asks, “What’s the first sign that a movie is going to be bad?” More than 15-thousand people have offered their takes and these are some of the top responses:

• "If there are multiple trailers for a comedy movie, but they use the same joke in all of them."
• "It's advertised as one of the best movies of the year … and it's late January."
• "An exposition in which one character explains everything that's going on to another character that should already know what is going on."
• "The selling points are focused on celebrity names and visual effects."
• "It’s a remake of something that didn’t suck."
• "When the trailer already tells you the entire movie."
• "The title card reads, ‘A Hallmark Original.’"
• "You can tell the acting is awful even from the trailer."
• "Characters think they are funny because they speak loudly."
• "It's a live action remake of a classic Disney animation."
• "When I wanna get up to get some snacks five minutes into the movie but I don't pause it because I feel like 'I'm probably not missing out on much.'"
• "If it's a non-modern piece with modern hair and makeup in it."
• "You can look at the ad and already tell how the story will start and end."
• "For animated movies, if the trailer really pushes the celebrity voice-cast, shows mainly the gags and action scenes, and has generic, modern pop songs, it's going to be bad."
• "Family moves in, guess what? Someone got killed in their new home."