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[-] IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works 34 points 2 days ago

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

[-] StaticFalconar@lemmy.world 101 points 2 days ago

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

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] SeekPie 11 points 2 days ago
[-] OceanSoap@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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 2 points 1 day ago

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

[-] 9bananas@feddit.org 4 points 1 day 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 2 days ago

Children of Men, good movie, not fun

[-] wpb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What makes it good to you?

[-] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

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

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 17 points 2 days ago

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 hours ago

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

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago

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

Leaving Las Vegas isn't fun.

[-] Carnelian@lemmy.world 16 points 2 days ago

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

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 15 points 2 days ago

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 18 points 2 days ago

One can have no fun watching a good movie

Requiem for a Dream

[-] Nougat@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago
[-] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

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 2 days ago

How are you posting if you're dead?

[-] NecroParagon@midwest.social 7 points 2 days 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 2 days ago

Dancer in the Dark

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Schindler's List is not a fun movie.

[-] youCanCallMeDragon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day 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.

[-] 0ops@lemm.ee 3 points 2 days 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 2 days ago

Dancer in the Dark

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