You set to watch a movie, either at the theater or at home. You got your snacks and your drink. You're comfy, ready to have a good time. You start the movie.
For a short moment, everything is well. But not long after, something happens: your moviegoer instinct flares up in alert. "Oh no", you tell yourself. "I might have made a mistake. I think this movie might end up being bad." You try to shake the feeling away, resolute in not being a pessimist. Unfortunately for you, you were right: the movie ends up being bad.
Let's talk about those moments early on in a movie that lets you know that it's going to be shit.
My moment happened almost twenty years ago. I was in my teens, naive and hopeful. I was anticipating this movie for months. It came out while I was away on a trip with my family. All I could think of was getting back home to watch this movie. The trip was a distraction, a hindrance. I didn't want any part of it. All I wanted was the movie.
When I got back home, I went to see the first showing I could. I bought some popcorn and a soda, settled in my seat, convinced that I was about to have a great time.
Not even five fucking minutes into the movie, this happens:
This is the opening scene of Jurassic Park 3. I was 14 when I saw it, and yet, I could tell, right then and there at that moment, that I was about to watch a terrible movie.
Jurassic Park 3 ended being a bad movie. Weak plot, bad characters and unexciting set pieces. The movie has a quality level of a direct-to-dvd regurgitation, but with better special effects than those movies. It was a hard disappointment for my younger self, who loved the first two movies, as well as dinosaurs in general.
Twenty years later, it's still a bad movie.
For a short moment, everything is well. But not long after, something happens: your moviegoer instinct flares up in alert. "Oh no", you tell yourself. "I might have made a mistake. I think this movie might end up being bad." You try to shake the feeling away, resolute in not being a pessimist. Unfortunately for you, you were right: the movie ends up being bad.
Let's talk about those moments early on in a movie that lets you know that it's going to be shit.
My moment happened almost twenty years ago. I was in my teens, naive and hopeful. I was anticipating this movie for months. It came out while I was away on a trip with my family. All I could think of was getting back home to watch this movie. The trip was a distraction, a hindrance. I didn't want any part of it. All I wanted was the movie.
When I got back home, I went to see the first showing I could. I bought some popcorn and a soda, settled in my seat, convinced that I was about to have a great time.
Not even five fucking minutes into the movie, this happens:
This is the opening scene of Jurassic Park 3. I was 14 when I saw it, and yet, I could tell, right then and there at that moment, that I was about to watch a terrible movie.
Jurassic Park 3 ended being a bad movie. Weak plot, bad characters and unexciting set pieces. The movie has a quality level of a direct-to-dvd regurgitation, but with better special effects than those movies. It was a hard disappointment for my younger self, who loved the first two movies, as well as dinosaurs in general.
Twenty years later, it's still a bad movie.
