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The New Avatar Has Revived the Oldest, Dumbest Debate About These Movies — It’s the most consistently successful film franchise of all time. Somehow, it still has its doubters. (slate.com)
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[–] Steve 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

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.

[–] scytale@piefed.zip 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

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.