What is the most important aspect of a film?

Obviously it takes the percise care of everything involved in a movie for it to turn out properly. However, i have never seen a movie redeemed because the writing was good, or the directing was superb, or because the script was intriguing. A script requires good acting for it to work. A script cannot be astounding on it's own it requires acting to capture the effect the writer was aiming for. I think directing is the overall sum. Bad acting, bad lighting, bad editing and bad writing are usually the result of a bad director. Though, sometimes the director doesnt have much say in the matter, the director's word is second only to the producers. I have seen many movies saved merely by the acting. I think a good movie can be achieved with mediocre acting, but it will be nothing more than mediocre.

Dude! Stop following! 😄

And the most important part for any movies is...

*drum roll*

The paying audience.

Originally posted by ZephroCarnelian
Dude! Stop following! 😄

And the most important part for any movies is...

*drum roll*

The paying audience.

Dude, i was so totally here first. and are you trying to say that I am the most important factor of a film? I knew it, i knew i was the reason lord of the rings kicked ass. You think peter jackson will buy that argument for a peice of the royalties?

Plot.

To me it has to have good special efferts and music and good acting.If the firm has nether of this then the movie sucks for me.JM

For me I believe is the story, acting and music plays a big role.

Narrative, Narrative, Narrative...

Well, being a student at the Michael Bay school of film-making, the key ingredients are:

Cliche

Explosions

Titty

your a student there too awesome, but you forgot one. over the top.

I would have to say the writing as well.

-Much of Casablanca's script was written the night before shoots.
-Evil dead's script was only 40pgs long, and consisted mostly of grunts, screams, and shrieks.
-The lady killers has now been shot twice on the same script with vastly different results.

A good script is only abstract, and the original intent of writer is quickly lost as it changes hands.

Im out on a limb, but as a filmmaker id have to say lighting is the dividing factor that will either cause people to respect your work or disregard its as armature.

i dont think there is one individual part of the proces that is the most important. a brilliant script can still be wasted on a hack actor as can a brilliant actor be wasted on a hack script. the movie could have everything going for it but a crap director will still result in a lustless movie and a movie that has nothing going for it but a brilliant director will still turn out mediocre. there is no one area i would say is the most important aspect.

I don't think that there's one most important aspect of film as far as making the film goes. It's all about how everything comes together in the end.

If its title is The English Patient, Titanic, Chicago, or any other undeserving Best Picture winner, then I would have to say the credits are definately the best part.

Some win Oscars and they suck, some don't even get their name mentioned at any important events, some have such an explosive trailer making them such a great hit, but only until you get to see the movie. And there are the old movies that seem to never die. The remake's usualy suck and they just spoil the image of a really good movie.
Just think about it, it doesn't matter when the movie is made, or how big the bugget is, or if the trailer makes you think it's the movie of the century, ..........
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING A MOVIE HAS TO HAVE IS A GREAT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PEOPLE THAT AR MAKING IT
It doesn't matter if they are popular or not, but if they are all determine to do a great thing, than you'll have a movie you'll never forget. Just see what a great failure " Ocean's Twellve " was, great cast but such a poor performance, it's like they didn't even wanted to try, at least, to act.
Anyway that's what I think, what about you?