I have this argument a lot.
I feel that you can like whatever you want, but liking it doesn't make it good or bad. What makes a movie good or bad is determined by a set of commonly understood artistic principles. Yes, movies that distort or manipulate these principles can be good and to be great I think it's a requirement that a film do exactly that, but I also think it's a matter of knowing the rules first in order to know how to break them.
It always irks me when someone says something like, "That was a great movie, I loved it!" when in fact it was a predictable, unimaginative, formulaic piece of tripe that just happened to be quite enjoyable to watch since formulas work... otherwise they wouldn't exist in the first place.
Art is subjective, artistry is not. At least, that's how it is in my opinion. What's your opinion?
I feel that you can like whatever you want, but liking it doesn't make it good or bad. What makes a movie good or bad is determined by a set of commonly understood artistic principles. Yes, movies that distort or manipulate these principles can be good and to be great I think it's a requirement that a film do exactly that, but I also think it's a matter of knowing the rules first in order to know how to break them.
It always irks me when someone says something like, "That was a great movie, I loved it!" when in fact it was a predictable, unimaginative, formulaic piece of tripe that just happened to be quite enjoyable to watch since formulas work... otherwise they wouldn't exist in the first place.
Art is subjective, artistry is not. At least, that's how it is in my opinion. What's your opinion?