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Originally Posted by bizarre_eye@Cult Labs

General rules that I've personally found to be useful as a guide to avoiding awful films:*

- Anything starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a leading role (dude should of quit after Basketball Diaries)
- Anything starring Tom Hanks in a leading role (The Green Mile is tolerable due to its supporting cast)
- Anything starring Shia LaBeouf in a leading, supporting, or cameo role
- Anything containing sparkling vampires
- Anything produced by Platinum Dunes
- Michael Bay films
- Anything produced or directed by the Wayans Brothers
- Films where the main character(s) has to learn a valuable lesson
- Films that rely on a cameo by an established actor for people to actual go and see it
- Films directed by people straight out of the music video industry
- Films with prominent product placements
- Films that star blue aliens told to the story of Disney's Pocahontas
- Films starring Nick Frost and Simon Pegg
- Films starring a talking animal
- Films starring Sarah Jessica Parker (also see point above)
- Films about sport
- Films where Danny Dyer speaks
- Anything that Adam Sandler is either in, has financed, or has touched in any slight way whatsoever
- Slumdog Millionaire
- 'Nu-Coen Brothers' Films
- 'Nu-Cronenberg' Films
- Bland remakes of classic films (extra hate added for those infused with bad CGI)
- Rom-coms
- Musicals that don't include either copious blood, nudity, or chickens
- Comedies starring Will Ferrell
- Dramas starring Will Ferrell
- Thrillers starring Will Ferrell
- Horrors starring Will Ferrell
- Sci-fi starring Will Ferrell
- Westerns starring Will Ferrell
- Documentaries starring Will Ferrell


* to be taken as (ever-so-slightly) tongue-in-cheek

Only thing I can disagree with is Leonardo DiCaprio, as I think he's quite a good actor