Good Story Line or Visual Effects?Which 1 Would You Prefer?

i prefer good storyline, which is getting hard to find these days...most tend to be boring and no storyline. hollywood needs to fire old writers and hire new writers with fresh ideas because they are going downhill these days. they are boring society...

i always go for the story. the effects have no significance if the story is bad.

right out i will say both , but i will have to chose a good story line , thats the entire reason for going to see a movie,, i will to prefer to see gladiator,i still don't know what lady in the water was about ,movies are suppose to leave us with a lesson learnt,make us think.,there is always a inner message to movies

hhm.....*thinkin*......GLADIATOR...also...am,,,i love the story..

I prefer to go for a storyline more than the effects. Effects dont impress me anymore, nor do they hold my attention very much the way a good storyline does. As for your question abou which movie... I never seen either of them, but I really want to see Gladiator. I've never even heard of the second one

I prefer a good story line. :)

I try to find a movie with both quality. Very rarely of course. Example: Gladiator and titanic and Forrest Gump both have good story line and visual effect. But these days most of movies with great visual effects usually neglected the story lines. They try to jam tons of action in the movie and try to minimize the story plot. But if I had to chose, I will chose a good story line.

I would go for a good story line,I have not wathced Lady in the water but have watched Gladiator. Of the movies with a good story line,I would certainly choose something like The Bucket List over Gladiator. Special effects are great but I would rather watch a movie that leaves something for me to think about. I prefer a good story to visual entertainment

Good movies, with good story line should have good visuals too. But if to choose from the two, I think good story line is much important than visual effects. As for the two movies, I go for gladiator too, because it you can pick lessons from it. :D

for me its a little of both. what good is a movie without a story line? Now the acting can be horrible as long as the special effects r good im good.

hello farmaz, hmmmm... this will be subjective on the type of movie, if the movie is about drama or a real-stories, documentary type or historical, a good story line is better... but if the movie is a horror one, fantasy movie, an action, based on DC or Marvel comics, best special visual effects is expected. but nothing best if the two combines, it's like spending your money wisely and watching that movie becomes a commodity... hahaha... kidding around. digerati

Gladiator has one of the best story lines, a good production, effect, muscial score. I don't know why we are talking Gladiator and Lady in the water in the same discussion. They do not have any similarity. I am a shyamalan fan but lady in the water is one of his disappointing movies. The effects is mediocre and so is the story line.

Hello, I also prefer a good story line to a tremendous special effect. But, it mainly depends on my mood. Sometimes when my minds are relatively calm and is ready to learn new things, I often watch movies with deeper content and concrete subject matter. All I care, then, about the theme, finishing and acting. But, when I am looking for a total entertainment, I need some special effects too. Like action movies, they always gives you a testosterone boost. So it highly depends on the mood I have right at that time. But, mostly I would go for a good story line. Thanks for starting such an interesting discussion Take care