Which is the greater sin that a movie can commit?

I've enjoyed terrible films, and I've enjoyed forgettable films (even if I remember nothing about them within a matter of days), so it's hard to say.

Being terribly forgettable!

At least if you suck you are remembered.

This. I don't mind re-watching forgettable movies. 

The worst movies I've ever seen I never rewatched again.

Plus, forgettable films can be quite watchable if you like the star or are a fan of the genre.

For being terrible.

Terrible, it's obviously the worse of the two and that's not even up for debate.

i am surprised someone actually selected Forgettable over Terrible as i don't think they understand what those mean as i can't see how it's possible a Forgettable movie is WORST THAN a Terrible movie.

did you really even need to ask? (no offense) ; it's pretty obvious a terrible movie is worse than being forgettable as forgettable usually means watchable but, well, forgettable (i.e. generally average-ish) where as terrible tends to be, well, quite bad (i.e. below average at best but more towards failure and/or boring status). so it's obvious which is the worse of the two.

but when i think of negative score movies, in a more basic sense, it basically breaks down like this (from best(least sin) to worst(worst sin))...

1.Forgettable (typically 5/10's(Thumbs Down) which are usually decent enough not to have wasted my time but in the end, as you said, 'forgettable')
2.Terrible (basically 2-3/10's(2's = boring(could not finish due to boredom), 3/10's failure(finished watching, but are quite bad basically)), but definitely no higher than a 4/10 which is my below average score)
3.Greatly Dislike (basically my 1/10's which only four movies managed to land here)

politicidal



in a very basic sense i completely agree as movies ultimately are either one of two categories which for me are...

-Thumbs Up = 6/10 or higher (will re-watch)
-Thumbs Down = 5/10 and less (won't re-watch(with rare exception))

but my 7's and higher tend to see the most re-watches which anything i give a 7 or higher is amongst My Favorite Movies which currently contains 199 movies currently. NOTE: anything i give a 6-6.5/10 is a bit outside of my favorites which counting my 6-6.5/10 and higher that would be 248 movies currently.

but with that said... there are plenty of movies i have seen and while i would not re-watch them they are no where near those really low score ranges. so going by your wording i could not entirely agree there as just because a movie has no re-watch value for me does not make it terrible, but definitely forgettable though (i am sure there are some movies i have seen that i have actually forgotten that i have seen out of the 2,100+ total movies i have seen) as movies of any real worth as ones that should be re-watched from time-to-time as the years pass and movies that do not hold up on that very basic test are ultimately forgettable/no real worth.

pippinmaniac



but are those truly terrible?

because when i think Terrible i don't see any positive in them much at all. something you can make fun of you basically have to like on some level. that's why it makes no sense saying a Forgettable movie is worse than a Terrible movie as clearly something that's Terrible is worse than something that's Forgettable as something that's Forgettable generally means it's not THAT bad to begin with.

p.s. i understand there are some movies people consider 'bad' but still like them. but i don't think those movies are truly that bad to begin with as something that can be enjoyed on some level for a random person should keep it out of those super low scores as those super low scores are the truly Terrible movies.

Being forgettable. I'd hate to forget a movie I didn't like and end up watching the stupid thing again.