Is it good, or do I just like it?

Posted on March 14th, 2007 by shayden.
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Is it good, or do I just like it?   I think that a movie is good if the viewer enjoys it.  Who cares what a critic has to say, or if it wins awards.  Isn’t it the filmmaker’s goal to make a movie that the audience will like and go see?  I find that a lot of times movies that I think are good and that I enjoy are perceived as merely mediocre in the eyes of the “all knowing critics.”   But what do they know about what is good?  Is it just good because they like?  Is it good because of the innovative techniques the filmmaker uses?  Is a movie good because it makes a lot of money?  None of these things should matter.  To me a movie’s worth is in the eye of the beholder.  

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[...] After all this extensive discussion on the “is it good” question, I feel as if one question needs to be asked: Is it really that important? Don’t get me wrong–this distinction is a very important one for me, but it seems that this is not a universal feeling. What if you don’t care whether a film you’re watching is ‘good’ or not, as long as you like it? And what if you’d rather not even make that distinction–you’re happier just accepting each film in terms of the enjoyment it brings you? While I disagree with this perspective personally, I think I’d feel very snobbish if I told someone not to think that way. As Stephanie points out, “a movie’s worth is in the eye of the beholder”. No arguments there. People will always disagree–not only about films but about books, scientific theories, philosophy…pretty much everything, actually. Everyone has their individual reasons for liking films, and it’s unfair to say that one person’s reason is less valid than another’s. If people went to movies with exactly the same purposes and expectations, it would be different. But we aren’t all looking for the exact same thing in movies. In fact, it even varies by individual film. [...]

Anonymous

Comment on March 14th, 2007.

Stephanie, I’m there with you.

Carmen

Comment on March 14th, 2007.

Hey, that was me.

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