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Whether you had fun and the quality of the movie are not entirely related.
Often times I find that highly rated movies aren't fun to watch. They follow the 'good movie' formula and it shows. I really only like comedy and action movies, personally, but don't want every movie to follow the hero's journey. I don't need them all to be the tale of an underdog who really has the greatest power. I don't need the camera framing to hint at who the antagonist is.
I just want to see the girl and her dog defeat Predator or James MacAvoy's beastly terror in Split. If they happen to also include some of the formula, that's okay but it certainly isn't what made the movie good to me.
Says who? Is the whole point of movies not for you to have fun?
In the same sense the point of food is to get you full. There's more nuance to it.
I'm sick of these elitists telling me it's gross to eat nothing but five cans of refried beans, like, let people enjoy things!
I mean, nobody wants to admit they ate nine cans of ravioli, but I did. I'm ashamed of myself... The first doesn't count. Then you get to the second, then the third. And the fourth, and the fifth I think I burned with a blowtorch. And then I just kept eating...
That's why I find myself staring at a half eaten jar of green olives or an empty sleeve of crackers during the wee hours. Sometimes we just want to get to the point and not bother with the journey.
Great analogy. I'm going to use this next time someone tells me I should just ignore the shitty writing in self published books and have fun reading it.
Fuck you, I paid money for this, I get to bitch about why it sucks.
Sure, but if I enjoyed eating the food it was good food.
junk food is still junk food, even if you enjoyed it.
that was the point of the comparison in the previous comment.
the nutritional quality of food has little to do with your enjoyment of it.
Children of Men, good movie, not fun
What makes it good to you?
Also Pig, too autheur for me, not fun, but i still like it.
Evolution (2001) is an objectively bad movie.
It is also one of my all time favorites because it's fun and doesn't take itself too seriously.
Schindler's List is an objectively good movie. It is decidedly not fun.
Yo, I completely forgot about Evolution! Definitely putting that on the rewatch list.
Some movies are intentionally not fun, because their message isn't about fun things.
Leaving Las Vegas isn't fun.
Nah movies are ranked on a set of objective criteria such variety and use of color, the use of varied angles, runtime:budget ratio, and so on. Technically speaking the best movies are usually produced by accidentally dropping a cellphone from a hot air balloon
And sticking the landing in a pig sty.
Thank you for this; best thing I've seen all week.
I think you should read my previous comment again.
One can have fun watching a bad movie. One can have no fun watching a good movie.
Requiem for a Dream
Leaving Las Vegas
I had a lot of fun watching that. I played a drinking game where every time he took a drink, so did I.
How are you posting if you're dead?
Such a perfect example. I had the opposite of fun watching that the first time but it's still one of my favorite movies.
Dancer in the Dark
Schindler's List is not a fun movie.
Movies are art, the point of art is to elicit emotion. If a movie does that, it's probably a good movie.
Having fun is always a valid reason to watch a movie. And making a fun movie is a valid pursuit.
Buuuut at the same time movies can be more than just fun and some people really want that.
Expecting a movie to be more than just fun can lead to let downs.
Tl;Dr people take movies too seriously
Imo if it's fun then it's good, but being fun isn't the only path to "goodness". Lots of good movies out there that are the opposite of fun
No idea why you’re getting downvoted. Did all the lemmings forget how to experience joy? If you like the art, it’s good art. That’s the whole point.
Dancer in the Dark