What do you think is the one most important factor in making a great movie?

[Flopper]

Star Power, direction, script, cast, ect?

 

[AZrailwhale]

The key is a great villain. Good writing and casting help, but a great villain is a necessity.

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Star Power, direction, script, cast, ect?

Script

 

[BackAgain]

Star Power, direction, script, cast, ect?

Film

 

[Magnus]

Star Power, direction, script, cast, ect?

Money.

 

[MarathonMike]

Movie Script.

 

[iamwhatiseem]

It isn't one thing.
I tried ranking them here, but kept changing the order.
A great movie is like a symphony.
A collection of instruments, that if heard alone would barely be interesting, but together is beautiful enough to lose yourself in it.
Movies are like this too.
Writing/Acting/Direction/Cinematography/lighting... etct.... all of these things together

 

[JOSweetHeart]

A good moral of the story kind of thing in my opinion is important.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[petro]

An original idea.
Short supply of that in the era of bad remakes.

 

[JohnDB]

Script is important but so is directing.

JJ Abrams has a very successful formula for timing, plot twists, and etc. He usually turns bad scripts into something viewable. Even when he isn't personally involved and one of his "assistants" is doing it for him.

But the actors have to act....they have to have believable emotions and know their lines. Watching other actors read their cue cards and mouth the lines that someone else is saying is almost the norm these days with as many bad actors and actresses getting screen time solely upon their willingness to appear half naked or engage in same sex kissing. It's ridiculous what is on screen lately.

To have villains come out completely visible in the first 15 minutes of the movie tells me that the movie has no literary value whatsoever....or plot.

The old movie Predator with Arnold is a guilty pleasure....but it has great timing and a great slow reveal of the villain. There's character development and competing agendas between the characters....the lines are often extremely cheesey....but the other elements make up for the cheese.

 

[Hellbilly]

Originality

 

[JOSweetHeart]

After so many decades of film making, sadly original ideas only get harder and harder to come by.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

 

[Flopper]

It isn't one thing.
I tried ranking them here, but kept changing the order.
A great movie is like a symphony.
A collection of instruments, that if heard alone would barely be interesting, but together is beautiful enough to lose yourself in it.
Movies are like this too.
Writing/Acting/Direction/Cinematography/lighting... etct.... all of these things together

Actually the most important person is the producer followed by the director. The producer is the person responsible for finding and launching a project; arranging financing; hiring writers, a director, and key members of the creative team; and overseeing all elements of pre-production, production and post-production, right up to release.

The selection of actors and many other critical parts of the project is a joint decision between the director and producer, although the producer will general have final approved.

After the planning phase of a movie which can last over a year, shooting begins. During this phase of the project the director is responsible for the artistic content of the movie. The producer is responsible for everything it takes for the director to do his job, from providing coffee and donuts, to seeing that hundreds to thousands of workers and contractors are providing the needed services when they are needed.

 

[Flopper]

After so many decades of film making, sadly original ideas only get harder and harder to come by.

God bless you always!!!

Holly

Good movies don't need to be original. If they did, there would be none today. Since the first commercial movie made in 1903, there have been an estimated 500,000 movies made world wide and sine 2012 there have been at least 44,000 commercial films made in the US.

The Wizard of OZ was adapted 7 times in 20's and 30's before the 1940 version. There have been many fine movies made that utilized ideas from previous movies or were complete remakes.

 

[Flopper]

Money.

Not money

A movie doesn't have cost a huge amount, you just have give the public what they want.
Low budget academy award winner Marty was made $350,000 and made 20 million
Rocky was made for a million and made 117 million and won the academy award
Crash was made for 8 million and had box office of 94 million and won the academy award
The Blair Witch Project cost $60,000, made 140 million and won numerous awards
Although not a big award winner, Friday the 13th cost $550,000 and made 92 million and sparked a massive franchise with 12 films, comic books, video games, and merchandise galore.

Many high budget movies have been some our greatest flops.
King Arthur: Legion of the Sword Budget 175 million lost 150 million
John Cartier Budget 263 million lost 122 million
Monster Trucks Budget 125 million lost 115 million

 

[Failzero]

Camera & Cameraman / Location / Direction

 

[Oddball]

The desire of the producers, director, et. al. to create a story that is entertaining and/or cpmpelling.

Take your social messaging and moral preening and stuff them.

 

[Magnus]

Not money

A movie doesn't have cost a huge amount, you just have give the public what they want.
Low budget academy award winner Marty was made $350,000 and made 20 million
Rocky was made for a million and made 117 million and won the academy award
Crash was made for 8 million and had box office of 94 million and won the academy award
The Blair Witch Project cost $60,000, made 140 million and won numerous awards
Although not a big award winner, Friday the 13th cost $550,000 and made 92 million and sparked a massive franchise with 12 films, comic books, video games, and merchandise galore.

Many high budget movies have been some our greatest flops.
King Arthur: Legion of the Sword Budget 175 million lost 150 million
John Cartier Budget 263 million lost 122 million
Monster Trucks Budget 125 million lost 115 million

Did I say a huge amount? Nope, just said Money.

You proved my point. You need money to make a movie.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

These days?
Keeping liberal bullshit out of them.

 

[JohnDB]

Not money

A movie doesn't have cost a huge amount, you just have give the public what they want.
Low budget academy award winner Marty was made $350,000 and made 20 million
Rocky was made for a million and made 117 million and won the academy award
Crash was made for 8 million and had box office of 94 million and won the academy award
The Blair Witch Project cost $60,000, made 140 million and won numerous awards
Although not a big award winner, Friday the 13th cost $550,000 and made 92 million and sparked a massive franchise with 12 films, comic books, video games, and merchandise galore.

Many high budget movies have been some our greatest flops.
King Arthur: Legion of the Sword Budget 175 million lost 150 million
John Cartier Budget 263 million lost 122 million
Monster Trucks Budget 125 million lost 115 million

You forgot "WATERWORLD "
But I digress
Some of those movies got choked.

There's only a few outlets here in America for theaters. Two basic companies with two guys controlling what is shown and how much it's shown in those theaters. They control the success or failure of a movie in all reality.

I've seen great movies get choked and dogs get overly highlighted. There aren't many independent outlets anymore.