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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat's your bad/good movie/TV threshold?
When you're deciding on a movie or TV show to watch, what standard do you set in terms of content or watchability? How much bad will you tolerate?
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What's your bad/good movie/TV threshold? (Original Post)
NuclearDem
Jan 2014
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MicaelS
(8,747 posts)1. Depends on how many fist fights, gun fights, car chases, and explosions.
I want lots of of good old-fashioned Ultra-Violence. No U-V, no watchee.
Xyzse
(8,217 posts)2. I can tolerate a lot of bad...
Which is probably why I've watched a ton of crap.
BobUp
(347 posts)3. Probably
Open Range & Silverado, the ending gunfights were just too, too long. I give both "fair" marks.
loli phabay
(5,580 posts)4. boobies, bombs, zombies, aliens and sasquatch all qualify as good,
Kaleva
(36,294 posts)5. I usually don't know a movie is bad till I watched it.
Depending on my mood, I watch all kinds of movies.
ailsagirl
(22,896 posts)6. It's an unconscious thing
If it doesn't capture my interest with the first ten minutes, off it goes. Or if it's offensive in some way, the humor silly, the plot boring, etc.