Do you care about the plot of the movie?

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I'm not one of those people who likes a movie because it has some big name actor, great music, or special effects (I'm not telling which ones, though) and I don't even care if the movie has a simple plot.

Depends on the genre of the movie, who the director is, what the movie's main motive is, etc. I expect a good story if the movie is serious and it's suppose to have a deep story. On the other hand, if I watch a genre where the storylines for the most part are incoherent like comedies, I don't expect much of a plot at all and instead expect to get some laughs and entertainment like it was intended to so my main answer is variable.

I actually dislike plots. I like to take in the details of it, like the lighting, and the setting, and the way the words are spoken.
I enjoy movies and shows that go nowhere and don't accomplish anything - It makes things more life like.

This is surprisingly relevant to something I was discussing with my mum a few days ago. As long as a movie has good execution, its storyline generally doesn't matter to me; unless of course it's noticeably unrealistic and contrived. I value direction, cinematography, acting, and music just as much as a well-written storyline with lots of dialogue.

I wonder why the OP watches movies if they don't like anything in them.
I am bored of most movies. 3D ones are good but all the flat ones have
been made over and over again, ruining the original story and wasting
millions of dollars making almost the same thing since Edison invented movies
200 years ago.
I usually don't know or care who the people really are, because they really aren't.
I like science fiction. I know they aren't really in space and their personality is fake.

3D movies are also that old, but better late than never, because the world isn't flat.
I remember old movies about people living on other planets in 2000 because then
it was the future. This is a dumb future. Like Wall-E and Idiocracy.
We aren't even going to have space shuttles anymore and went to the moon
40 years ago. People are devolving into monkeys I guess, so welcome to the
planet of the apes. Look in the sky, no man in the moon, just a banana!

For me, plot takes a back seat to the actors and the way they portray their characters. That's probably why I enjoyed Napoleon Dynamite, which is character-centric and very light on plot; and why I wasn't bothered by the plotholes in Edward Scissorhands, like the question of where he got the ice for his sculptures.

Certain genres have various degrees of plot depth. You look at James Bond. Back in the day it was limited character development, lots of pace, action and locations. Now they've added character insight to it and it feels slightly overloaded. What was the bad guy's plan in Quantum of Solace? When you say it out loud, it sounds slight. The first Act felt like a bunch of fights and chases shoved back to back.

You need a balance for the type of movie you're doing. I hope Youtube doesn't replace movies, cinematic storytelling - even at its worst - is a huge degree above farting dogs.

I never care about the actors and the director, the ONLY thing I look forming a film is a good plot,. If it looks like a decent story, I'll watch it. I couldn't care less who directed it or who stars in it.

Depending on the movie for me the plotline is very important. Of course the acting has to be good as well otherwise the movie get ruined regardless of plot. Plus for a movie like avatar which personally, I think had a pretty lousy plotline, I mainly saw it for the special effects...