It's just weak, or lazy, when the only way to infuse suspense, horror or even surprise, into your movie is to resort to dreams, or visions. You know, the kind of thing you don't have to justify, or explain, or worry about, because the character wakes up or "snaps out of it"? The filmmakers just took up screen time and had a "trailer moment" that ultimately isn't earned or deserved.
Or how about the weak, obvious dialogue; like when a character asks someone with facial burns "Who did that to you?" instead of "What happened to you?" because the writer needs it to lead to an explanation of who did it and can't figure out a more believable way of leading to it. Or how about having someone call with a clue (that they wouldn't believably think to share with that person) only to deliver the news and then say "I have to go now" since the ONLY reason that scene exists is so the first character can learn what the second character knows.
I checked out before it was over because I was tired of having my intellect insulted by the deficiencies of the writers. You might find enjoyment if you're watching it AND you're brain-dead... or if you don't let the lack of decent acting, writing, plot development, realistic characters or scenes, or quality direction stand in your way of wasting an hour and a half with a movie.
Or how about the weak, obvious dialogue; like when a character asks someone with facial burns "Who did that to you?" instead of "What happened to you?" because the writer needs it to lead to an explanation of who did it and can't figure out a more believable way of leading to it. Or how about having someone call with a clue (that they wouldn't believably think to share with that person) only to deliver the news and then say "I have to go now" since the ONLY reason that scene exists is so the first character can learn what the second character knows.
I checked out before it was over because I was tired of having my intellect insulted by the deficiencies of the writers. You might find enjoyment if you're watching it AND you're brain-dead... or if you don't let the lack of decent acting, writing, plot development, realistic characters or scenes, or quality direction stand in your way of wasting an hour and a half with a movie.