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How.. What...? So you watch movies mostly because of the pretty pictures? Are you a toddler?
For lots of reasons. I enjoy some movies for the story, others for the performances, a few for the world building, some for the concepts, occasionally for making me think about them weeks later, sometimes for the cozy mindless sweetness. And dozens more reasons. I can find reasons to appreciate nearly any movie.
Saying that every movie needs to have this one thing to be good, is the definition of narrow minded.
But the story/plot is what the movie bases its foundation on. A well written movie with bad CGI is better than a visually good movie with a bad story. IMO, yes you can enjoy a movie for specific reasons, but the core story should be at least good for me to like it. Just my opinion of course.
There are great movies that can't even be said to have an actual story at all. Just a collection of scenes that hopefully make you feel something.
I would probably argue the collection of scenes tell a great story, which is why it’s good. Most Snyder films for example can be visually stunning without a lot of dialogue but the story is terrible that it takes away any enjoyment of the visuals.
Dialog isn't a requirement of a story. Good Boy has less than a dozen spoken lines in the movie, as it's from a dogs perspective. But it also has a very clear story and plot. That's not what I'm talking about. Check out some movies on this list.
That's fair. Non-narrative films are a specific niche though, and specifically not having a story is their identity. You can't judge a film for its story if there intentionally isn't one.
My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
That's probably 20% on the way to what I mean.
It still has a pretty clear describable naritive story. It doesn't always make sense, and sometimes you don't know what's happening. Maybe yah. It's less story than I first thought..
Well, yeah. Avatar has to be good world building. But what's the point if it wastes it on a mid story with bad plot?
World building isn't enough on its own? You can't just put on the movie and hang out in this place for a while?
Apparently not. People here act all high and mighty when it comes to movies doing well with general audiences. Watch, in just a couple years we'll get posts on Lemmy saying "the Avatar movies were actually pretty good, I don't understand the hate" just like on reddit.
This community is turning into r/movies every goddamn day, where any time someone posts an article or something about a popular movie most of the community feels the need to jump on a hate bandwagon and act like their own farts are better moviegoing experiences.
Of course not. Unless they release the wild life documentary of Pandora.
That would be badass