The acting bugged me

 I have been watching some really not-so-good movies recently. LOTS of them. I have noticed gradations of crap that I had not heretofore appreciated. Now, I'm no expert on words 'n stuff but I have been known to string a cogent an coherent sentence together once or twice. So when I watch these movies, I look out for lots of things (acting, set design, effects, edits, storyline etc.) but one really central one is "did the words uttered by the actors make sense?" In a whole lotta these movies, characters utter collections of words that are simply nonsense. Figures of speech mangled, basic grammar avoided. Sometimes the words do form a sentence but it then fails to be a logical response to anything depicted.

Do the actors who recite these things think that the lines make sense? Are they aware that they are speaking nothingness? Are they so dumb as to not realize that the dialogue is as bad as it is? Do they know and not care? Is it base stupidity or chaotic greed?

And when they act so, so poorly, are they self aware enough to realize, or do they think they are doing something properly? How can they possibly not understand that the "acting" bears zero resemblance to actual human behavior?

But if, let's just say, the sentences made sense on their own and the plot developed despite the chewing of scenery, if the story simply doesn't make sense, or events take place that have no connection, or you know what? forget that -- let's forget the guys in the editing suite who pieced together this monstrosity, or anyone working on set who saw this fiasco live and in person, but let's let the buck stop somewhere. At some point, someone must have seen this film in its entirety. Did he think that it was reasonable? Did he really believe that everything made sense and was professionally presented? Are most people just a whole lot dumber than I was led to believe?