Making a movie can often feel like a minefield, as it's so hard to produce a film without there being one issue in the narrative or direction. Fans on Reddit movies forums have different ideas about what instantly pulls them out of the experience.

The smallest things could ruin a movie, whether it's some blatant product placement or quickly gaining entry to -protected computers. And between extras' bad fight choreography, main characters being invincible, and emotionally intelligent children, these Redditors are a picky bunch, but they raise some valid points.

UPDATE: 2022/09/27 22:43 EST BY SHAWN S. LEALOS

Reddit movie fans love to talk about what they hate about movies, and when a movie is successful, those fans can really cut loose on what didn't work for them. However, when a movie is a failure at the box office and with critics alike, there are usually some key ingredients that made the movie hard to enjoy. In 2022, movies like Pinocchio were both disappointments for fans and critics, and these movies had several things that Redditors say immediately takes them out of a movie.

Falling In Love Too Fast

In romantic comedies and dramas, the entire idea of the movie is for the characters to fall in love. However, this needs to happen as a process, and it shouldn't be easy. Reddit movie fan Poptartmama wrote that they hated when "two main characters fall in love quickly, especially if they start out hating each other."

This happens in a lot of romantic movies. Whether it is falling in love at first sight, which rarely ever happens in real life, or instantly falling in love with someone you used to hate. While it is nice to see rivals fall in love in the end, it shouldn't happen right away, and when there is no struggle to find the love, the story often falls flat.

Breaking Up Because Of Misunderstandings

If there is one thing that is just as frustrating in movies as love at first sight, it is easy breakups. One thing that Reddit movie fans hate is when people break up due to a misunderstanding. Captnbass wrote that they hate it when "the characters have the 'misunderstanding and break apart' trope." He goes on to say that it would have been easy to just look at the situation.

This happens way too much in movies. It takes Reddit movie fans out of the moment because, if the couple breaks up after a miscommunication, they couldn't have had a stable relationship to begin with. This is also a problem because the viewer has to wonder why they didn't just wait to hear an explanation before storming out and ending the relationship.

Bad Sound Design

It is hard to watch a movie with a poorly lit picture, but it is possible. However, if there is one thing that can really take a person out of the movie instantly, it is a poorly recorded sound design. This can also be a problem with a major movie that doesn't level the sound out properly.

One Reddit movie fan named big complaints about Tenet was that the dialogue was often hard to hear and understand, and then the action sequences were explosive and loud.

Bad Exposition

If there is one thing that can really ruin a movie, it is when characters prefer to explain things that happened rather than actually showing things happening. When exposition is done too much, it can really slow down a movie and make a viewer feel they are missing out on something big. Redditor Walter-Lily_05 wrote, "When they force dialogue to put you in "context" at the beginning of a movie."

If the movie starts off with people giving exposition to catch people up, it is usually because they are following the rule of starting closer to the main action. However, nothing can kill the start of a movie than people talking about things that happened before the movie started. Just start the movie and let viewers catch up.

Shaky Cam

The moment that shaky cam became a popular device in Hollywood movies came when Paul Greengrass directed the second and third Bourne movies, and most of the action scenes had non-stop camera movement. While these movies were hugely popular, it was a technique that turns off a lot of people, including fans on the Reddit movies boards.

Redditor _b1ack0ut wrote, "some movies have really stylish action, and it’s brilliant, others just add the shaky cam onto it and call it a day." The problem with shaky cam is that it causes motion sickness in many people, especially on a movie screen. However, even worse is when a director doesn't know what they are doing and no one can follow any of the action as a result.

Background Fighters

The Dark Knight Rises is the ambitious and epic finale. However, fight sequences left a lot to be desired, as they are exactly how the Redditor describes.

Rises is the biggest culprit, as the huge final battle between Gotham's finest and Bane's army sees them all in one-on-one fights and repeating the same punch-dodge pattern over and over. On top of that, when one extra has nobody to fight on a rooftop, he simply falls to the ground, as if he was pushed by a phantom enemy. These action scenes are something that the Dark Knight trilogy didn't do right.

Product Placement

Product placement is an obvious issue for most audiences, and even to the untrained eye, viewers know when the film is trying to sell them something. But the unavoidable film practice angers Mushy_cactus the most, who thinks it totally ruins any movie. The Redditor specifies, "When there's a scene that's just advertising a brand."

There have been so many unforgivable uses of product placement over the years, whether it's characters simply exclusively drinking Coca-Cola or a movie being made with the sole purpose of selling something, such as Wayne's World.

Surviving Explosions

Wild_Entertainment56 is sick of seeing characters survive explosions and other kinds of fatal accidents. The Redditor notes, "When the heroes survive an overblown car crash that would've crippled or killed most people, only to walk away with a scratch. It's not very realistic, even for an action movie." While characters can't look all bloody because then the movie would be rated higher than a PG-13, it's pretty unbelievable when their face is a little dirty after surviving an explosion.

Almost every single action movie or superhero flick is guilty of this, whether it's in The Batman. In The Batman, the caped crusader was just a couple of feet away from District Attorney Gil Colson, who had a bomb strapped to his neck, and Batman knew the bomb was going to go off in mere seconds. Instead of keeping a safe distance, he stays close to Gil up to the very point the bomb goes off.

The Uncanny Valley

Instead of casting younger actors to portray young versions of main characters, movie studios are now using digital effects to make actors look like how they did decades ago, and when it's done poorly it's known as the "uncanny valley." Oggmonster42 has a major problem with this, specifically stating, "When they use CGI to make an almost 80-year-old man look like a 40-year-old, but he still moves like an 80-year-old when trying to kick a poor shopkeeper's ass."

The Redditor is not so subtly referring to Captain Marvel, as Samuel L. Jackson's younger look is jaw-dropping, but it's less convincing in any instance where he's running.

Smart Kids

School of Rock, or any other movies based on child prodigies. It's a trope that is extremely common in film but obviously quite rare in real life.

Even celebrated auteur Quentin Tarantino hasn't been able to avoid this cliché, as Once Upon a Time In Hollywood features Trudi Frazer (Julia Butters), a 10-year-old acting genius who even taught Rick Dalton what he should already know. However, according to Indie Wire, Tarantino did cut an additional scene with her from the movie, and he claims that scene would have gotten Butters an Academy Award nomination.