Looking for examples of well shot, but horrible movies.

Prometheus is a good example. Beautifully shot, excellent cast, amazing effects…TERRIBLE MOVIE. I tried rewatching it, and am just in awe of horribly written it is. Theres a new plot hole introduced almost every time someone speaks.

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    This one I think is a bit divisive but that is how I felt about The Last Jedi. It was a beautifully shot movie that was not a good movie. Maybe not terrible but not good.

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      Ironically, I think it’s my favorite out of the new trilogy in hindsight. Still bad, but my favorite.

      • E7: a fan servicey remake of E4
      • E8: something completely new/different, but unfitting
      • E9: distilled incoherence
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    Might be controversial but Interstellar. The movie so wanted to be another Space Odyssey and it looks gorgeous, but the whole story is complete ass.

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      The story in Space Odyssey was pretty poor too. 20 minutes of apes screaming, computer kills astronauts (good bit), then a 20 minute acid trip that ends up in a hotel room. The special effects in space were amazing, but overall, meh.

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        Fair. It helps to read the Clarke book first, Kubrick didn’t really bother to make the story clear, and I’m pretty sure he even misunderstood the ending.

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        I think once you know what’s actually happening, it becomes more watchable. I read a post about it ages ago and watching it after that was amazing.

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      I love this movie as well, but cringe at the awful “love is stronger than gravity” crap 🤮 Somebody needs to recut that movie with all that junk taken out.

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        Ya know, I used to think that too, but that movie is very rewatchable. I thought for sure I’d hate it on rewatch, but I was on the edge of my seat the whole time.

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      Agreed. That movie is absolutely horrible, but it’s nice to look at. Not nice enough to look at to tolerate that horrible movie again though.

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    The 1984 version of Dune by David Lynch. It’s such a gorgeous movie with a script that was hacked up so badly no one wanted to be associated with it.

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    An old girlfriend of mine used to watch a lot of Christian themed “feel good” family films that I’ll never remember the names of and most people have probably never heard of. They were awful dogshit but I swear that industry must have some of the best cinematographers working for it. Beautifully shot movies with cliche characters and safe, predictable storylines.

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    Are DC movies contenders here?

    Because a lot of them are beautifully shot, especially Zack Snyder ones, but they are horrible in story.

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    I was late to the party on Captain Marvel and was expecting to hate it but came away decently satisfied with it and I think it’s in large part due to the cinematography. It wasn’t anything mind blowing but I was surprised to see a more indie-like aesthetically pleasing feel to a lot of the shots in it.

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    Will never investigate or watch these, but good to know. I suppose there is a lot of money in religion, so not shocked they could afford such nice things.