The thin line between Great and Sucks, in movies

I do tend to be dismissive of a movie that starts fine and then deteriorates; rather than say: "Oh that was good; then it went downhill", I'd probably sooner mutter something uncomplimentary! That said, I have been known to praise a movie I have strong reservations about. I am capable of entertaining contradictory opinions about certain movies, especially if they are entertaining. On the other hand, if a movie bores me, I tend not to be too positive about it; in fact I'd probably just bail out, and move on to another one, something you can do with an increasing number of available movies online. I watch dozens of movies, and often only finish the ones I enjoy. And pretty well eveyr movie I enjoy I'll find something good to say about it.

I am opinionated when it comes to movies. I don't immediately categorize a movie as "great" or "sucks." I am also not easily swayed by film reviews. I also appreciate a lot of things when it comes to movies. For me, it's not just the story or the actors in it. It's also about the scenes, the places where the movie was shot, the "in-there" feeling when watching the movie. If I felt afterwards that I was not transported to another place, then I categorize the movie as "so-so." :p

I guess I'm special because I would say more than It sucks or it was great. If you ask about a film I like but I Know it has a surprise plot twist, then I woud say , it was a great film with a twist, I can't tell you more. Or... if you ask me about a film that I Hated, I will say , i didn't like this film because... But just say It sucks without explaining why I would never do.There are many films that were ok , I don't like nor hate.. And if someone asked me about them , I would tell them my feelings. And then I would add , they may like it!

For me , I'd look at the storyline. If a great movie with a good storyline without special effects , then it's still an awesome one. But if there's special effects , kind of a lame storyline , then the movie defeats its purpose. Tron is a superb movie with great effects and although the storyline is simple , it's not as lame as some I've seen. So there's a balance there or some sort.

hi bounce I usually think a movie is great or semi great or just so so or it is garbage so I guess Im one of the special ones. I weigh the movie wih the novel if its taken from a novel. With Stephen King's novels the ones that I liked were ones that the helped write the screen version as he had total freedom with the director. but those in which he was not involved were not just sucking they were crap. In his good movies he plays a very small part and is only on for a few minutes.

I'm the great gray area. I can think of many movies that are somewhere in between. They had moments that I liked, but in total weren't particularly memorable. The latest Harry Potter movie, for example. Too much wandering around the countryside not finding anything. But then the book was like that too...

I never really watched Seinfeld when the show was new. I've see reruns of it. It didn't suck.

I have seen movies that I thought were neither great nor terrible. I have been disappointed by movies before but I didn't refer to them as "sucking" unless they undoubtfully did...lol...I would just say that they weren't what I was expecting or that I didn't think they were that great.

I think there's no middle ground.People just don't want to hurt someone's feelings by telling the truth.We use words like: that's not my kind of movie( it sucks),well, it's average(it sucks), it's a bit boring(it sucks).The truth is that you don't like it.The problem is that people take it personal when you say something bad about what they love.So, you just lie.

When it comes to movies I find that I am an all around type of person. I will either think it sucks and or is great but not until I view it in it's entirety and put forth my opinions as to whether it was okay, too long and or boring. So maybe I am special but I cannot simply say it sucks and it is great without further input.

I fall into stating it was great or it sucked on SOME movies. Like, if the movie was amazing, I'll obviously say it was great or amazing and if it sucked, I'm not going to sugar coat it. But I have a tendency to say 'eh it was alright, nothing special.' about a lot of movies. Or I'll say that it wasn't the worst movie but it definitely was the best. Depending on who asked for the opinion, I'll tell them why I thought it was great, okay, or a terrible movie without giving away the story. I usually try to add more details because everyone has different opinions when it comes to how great or terrible a movie is.

I'm definitely not at all like that. I describe very few movies as great, and quite a few as OK (and I really mean OK). I'm a bit more straight forward with the movies that "suck", but still if I found any good points in them, I tend to say so. I'm not the kind of person to see things in black and white, I'm more like the scale of grays type. If I were to rate every movie I saw on a scale of 1 to 10, there'd hardly be any ones and tens, but plenty of fives.