Be carful how you rate movies

Well it's definitely been a while since my last post, been very busy lately. Drive Angry wrapped at the end May. It was a total blast and an incredible learning experience! Best crew I've ever worked with and will certainly miss those guys. I am now working at World Wide FX, a visual effects company for a movie studio. I am a learning visual effects artist and it's been quite fun and great so far, I'm really enjoying this quite well.

Now since I got to crew on a big picture (and some other films afterwards) and am now working at a visual effects company, you really see how much REALLY is being put into a movie. So this has made me think a lot differently when watching movies and making movies. So what I told myself is what I'd like everyone to think about. Which is, when ever you watch a movie and you thought it was terrible, worst movie ever, garbage! Please do not think that, ask yourself, why was it stupid, what was garbage? You go back and you could say, well the story was stupid and that guy couldn't even act. So just for that you give the film a 1/10 ??? NO, you don't, and that's because no one realizes how much work and hours were put into a film. Does anyone realize that films DO take more than 1 year to complete? Usually 1-2 years on average to make a film from beginning to end. So when you watch a movie, please make sure you're not bashing the entire thing just because of the plot. Remember, someone took a lot of time to film that, to focus the picture, to composite a background into the shot, to replace a background, to direct an actor, to set props on a shelf, to playback footage to show the director and actors how they did on a scene, hold a mic to achieve the sound, to run back and forth charging batteries and loading footage to computers, to set up a light on a stand, to stay the longest on set to drive crew and actors from one place to another, to build a set, to find a location and have it ready to go, ETC! So no movie is ever terrible, just remember that there is a ton more going on behind the camera. It's all a very long challenging process to make a movie at it's best! So see if you saw anything cool like a camera shot, a cool effects shot, a cool stunt scene or action scene. All crew members on the movie set made that happen so you can like the film. So think before you rate a movie 1/10.