• RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
    12·
    7 months ago

    All the comments here jumping to talk about how wrong this is, I gotta ask: haven’t you seen a bad movie?

    Art films or blockbusters (or rather, attempts at blockbusters), plenty of movies just suck. Many bad movies will have endless amounts of people trying to change the narrative with the words on the right column.

  • slst@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    9·
    7 months ago

    My favorite movie, Hana-bi by Takeshi Kitano, always makes me feel so much whenever I see it.

    When I showed it to my parents (my 6th rewatch), they were joking all the time about how boring it was, how lengthy the scenes were… Except towards the end they started getting into it. And it hit them so hard. They were not used to seeing movies taking their time to tell something deeply personal. My mom then said to me “I am thankful to not have stopped watching, because it will remain in me”.

    So I think this meme is sometimes unironically right.

  • YappyMonotheist@lemmy.world
    61·
    7 months ago

    The last two might make sense, the others don’t. But regardless, what is boring to one might not be to others. Some watch movies for visual spectacle and beautiful shots, others for deep, well written stories and sentimentality, strong emotion well portrayed, for instance. Preference is not necessarily an objective measure of quality, is what I’m saying, and that’s okay. That’s why you find some critic that watches movies for the same reasons and then try not to miss the movies he also enjoyed…

    • RedAggroBest@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      Or maybe all art house films get described this way when, like any other art form, plenty of them just suck.

      Sometimes a movie just sucks and won’t accept that it sucks.

  • quetzaldilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    83·
    7 months ago

    Movies are made to tell stories that the directors and the producers feel inspired to tell. And unless they are a Marvel or DC movie, they aren’t always meant to appeal to every audience member, and it’s childish to think that movies should always cater to your every whim-- especially when people are so goddamn quick to judge things others worked really hard on so goddamn harshly.

    And before the “but mah money, tho!” shit-- that’s fucking capitalism, and not unique to movies.

    Not every movie is going to be to your taste, and that’s cool. What’s not cool is shitting on a movie just because you didn’t like it or it didn’t make sense to you.

    Reviews are meant to help you choose which movies you want to bother watching. Using the terms in the green column is helpful in giving the reader a sense of what to expect from a movie while avoiding a negative personal impression.

    The red column is very reflective of modern online critiques:

    Harsh. Impulsive. Thoughtless. Black & white.

    Often made without fully engaging with whatever is being critiqued:

    “I haven’t watched the movie, but based on the trailer I bet it’s trash.”

    “I hate Darren Aronofsky movies because they don’t explain what is happening and they’re stupid.”

    “I heard this movie was great, but I watched it and it sucked. Therefore, everyone else is wrong.”

    • Isoprenoid@programming.devEnglish
      5·
      7 months ago

      What’s not cool is shitting on a movie just because you didn’t like it or it didn’t make sense to you.

      If you don’t like or don’t get a work of art, it is entirely reasonable to shit on it.

      The emperor has no clothes.

      • quetzaldilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        To clarify, my comment specifically is about superficial movie reviews, critiques, & recommendations.

        Criticism within the context of a movie discussion, presuming everyone involved actually engaged with the movie, is part of healthy dialogue & idea exchange.

        I’ve had my point of view changed plenty within such discussions, and brain dead people do not usually bother to participate in such forums so it’s a win-win.