What Im looking for

     Everyone views movies differently and looks for different things when they are analyzing them. So in this post, Im gonna talk to you guys a bit about what I personally am looking for when Im watching a film. This can vary from person to person and no one person is right. Film is an art form that can be seen by thousands of people, and each person can have their own idea about what the story meant. But for me, the main points I look at are dialogue, plot/character continuity, and action.
     One thing that always ticks me off and will immediately get me walking out of a theater is crappy/choppy dialogue. For instance one thing that always ticks me off is when the characters say the names of over characters in practically every sentence (Im looking at you Voyage of the Dawn Treader). Or if the dialogue sounds forced or awkward coming from a certain character, unless its done for a certain reason within the plot. If it's not though it just sounds stupid.
 
   Another thing is plot/character continuity, specifically in sequels. I talked about Age of Ultron in an earlier post and how it basically just pretended that two movies didnt happen and threw the characters personalities all out of whack. It was pathetic actually. Like can we please just get rid of Joss Whedon as a director because he has no idea how to do sequels that arent almost exactly identical to the first film. Also you cant just spring things on people all of a sudden, like a family, without them being somewhat alluded too in earlier films. Like why was no one concerned about his family when he was compromised? Why was he not concerned about them when he "woke up"? It doesnt make sense.
   
      The last big thing Im look at is action. Balancing action and plot can be a very difficult challenge for some directors. For example, the movie World War Z (which I highly recommend no one ever watch) sacrificed most of the plot for action sequences. I get that it's an action movie, but when you have that many plot holes because of the action it starts to become a problem. Why did cutting off the one girls arm save her from being turned into a zombie or why were there people on a plane getting ready to take off when they were in the last safe place on earth? Oh, or why did the phone ringing not attract a lot of zombies when it's established that they are drawn to sound? These things dont make sense and yes its just a movie but when things are established within the film you cant just suddenly take them back to further your plot and make the next sequence look cool.


A couple of movies I think handle these 3 things perfectly:
1. Captain America The Winter Soldier (I watch a lot of Marvel)
2. The Imitation Game
3. Pans Labyrinth
4. Inside Out
5. The Hobbit (all three of them)

photo credits:
http://aretheyoldenough.com/are-they-old-enough/project/chronicles-narnia-voyage-dawn-treader/
http://comicvine.gamespot.com/avengers-age-of-ultron/4025-1563
/http://www.wholesalehalloweencostumes.com/blog/are-you-prepared-for-world-war-z/