Here we are near the very bottom of the barrel, after detailed discussion of our A, B, and C range ratings. What films rate the “dumb” D grades at RunPee? How many movies are this bad…and what makes them suck?
Just to be clear, a D grade is a FAIL, movie-wise, because you pay money to see these things, and you shouldn’t have to. It’s just not as miserable a fail as an F. As we kind of reserve F grades to make a total statement, a movie clocking in with any kind of D kind of proves that we still cared enough, on some level, to write a proper critique in our reviews.
What earns a D grade?
D grades are just below average, which doesn’t sound that bad. A C is average in any bell curve. But at $15 a ticket we want more than an average night at the cinema. We expect at least a B grade, and hope for an A.
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With a D or less, we just want our money back.
Ever see those trailers that make a movie look great, but show the only usable scenes to be found? Well…you can stay home and watch that trailer for free. A D film is an embarrassment: the studio knows it; the actors know it; you feel cheated. Because you are.
D+
We award a fair amount of D+ grades at RunPee. This is a film that is almost average. Which is damning with extremely faint praise. It’s a bad movie, but not entirely without merit. Some people might enjoy it on its own terms: it can be considered so bad it verges into good. Something like The Room. Seriously, people love it. And it’s also very, very bad.
A D+ can be a Very Special Category if you appreciate ‘bad’ films. 🙂
If we were teachers, we would say, “We know you can earn a passing grade if you tried harder.” A D+ is almost never worth paying a full priced ticket for, but can be worth a venture on discount nights. Don’t expect much.
Or get really soused for a streaming night with friends. Not that we officially recommend that kind of thing.
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D
Solidly poor. On how many levels can a movie suck?
- Acting
- Casting
- Directing
- Premise
- Story Development
- Soundtrack
- Writing
- Chemistry
- World Building
- Atmosphere
- Visual, Practical, and CGI Effects
- Villain Development
- Climax
- Plot Device
- Continuity
- Dialogue
- Miserable Retcons that dis the fans
- Original Deadpool in Wolverine Origins 😉
D-
Bad to awful. It’s simple: never go to the theater for a movie if we bother to give a D-.
Actually, we don’t recommend seeing anything under a C- in the theaters, but there’s no accounting for tastes, and sometimes we have a bug up our butts about a particular movie at the moment, and end up downgrading it unfairly. We try not to do that, but it happens.
Overall, if we bother with a D-, we firmly believe nobody will be satisfied throwing movie money away on said flick.
Ready to hear what gets an F grade at RunPee? There’s more truly garbage movies out there than we expected when we started reviewing…
What makes a B grade movie rank at RunPee (using the Rock as an example)
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