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[–] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 month ago (12 children)

Says who? Is the whole point of movies not for you to have fun?

[–] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 106 points 1 month ago (4 children)

In the same sense the point of food is to get you full. There's more nuance to it.

[–] pimento64@sopuli.xyz 42 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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!

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 1 month ago

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...

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] OceanSoap@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure, but if I enjoyed eating the food it was good food.

[–] 9bananas@feddit.org 5 points 1 month ago

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.

[–] Ioughttamow@fedia.io 35 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Children of Men, good movie, not fun

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

Also Pig, too autheur for me, not fun, but i still like it.

[–] wpb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

What makes it good to you?

[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago

Some movies are intentionally not fun, because their message isn't about fun things.

Leaving Las Vegas isn't fun.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 19 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Yo, I completely forgot about Evolution! Definitely putting that on the rewatch list.

[–] Carnelian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] tomenzgg@midwest.social 1 points 1 month ago

Thank you for this; best thing I've seen all week.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

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.

[–] gAlienLifeform@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago (3 children)

One can have no fun watching a good movie

Requiem for a Dream

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I had a lot of fun watching that. I played a drinking game where every time he took a drink, so did I.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 8 points 1 month ago

How are you posting if you're dead?

[–] NecroParagon@midwest.social 7 points 1 month ago

Such a perfect example. I had the opposite of fun watching that the first time but it's still one of my favorite movies.

[–] morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 month ago

Dancer in the Dark

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Schindler's List is not a fun movie.

[–] whostosay@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Movies are art, the point of art is to elicit emotion. If a movie does that, it's probably a good movie.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

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

[–] sangriaferret@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Dancer in the Dark

[–] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

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.