I mean, should movies be made only for the people that understand it or made to be understood? I think movies are an art; and art is subjective and open to different interpretations. In that sense, everyone's understanding will be a little different. I suppose it's also by what metric we decide to qualify a movie as good? If it's to evoke any extreme emotion or reaction, then I suppose I'd call this movie good; similarly, movies like Terrifier 2 and Martyrs also left me with similar feelings of dread.
Imagine a movie about Organic Chemistry that is enjoyed by students or practitioners of the subject, but people not invested in that field (or more broadly, whatever specific population/culture/country you might target a movie towards) might not enjoy it as much because they didn't understand everything going on. So is the onus of understanding the events portrayed in the movie, on the movie, or the viewer?
If a seemingly confusing movie that 5% of it's viewers purportedly "understand", are the other 95% wrong in their confusion? Taken in a less extreme ratio, if 60% of an audience likes a movie because they "understood" it, is the remaining 40% wrong in disliking a movie because they didn't interpret it "correctly"?
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TruMovieFan (1969)
a year ago
I like both the original OP's comments and yours and not to speak for the OP, but I agree with the criticism when it comes to the missing of a main theme of a movie when it is central to the entire movie, like many viewers have done with this movie.
It is made clear what the protagonists in this movie were seeking and doing and there are many examples of this in real life - look at the Stockholm Syndrome and recall the murderous Canadian couple from the 70s or 80s.
It is like the movie Whiplash and how so many viewers either missed out or ignored the dynamic relationship and what it meant between the main characters.
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HolyEngines (39)
a year ago
Ok, it seems that you're mostly criticizing my title and to some extent, I do agree that not everyone who disliked the movie, did not understand it, But also on the other hand everyone who didn't understand it will obviously dislike it. All I want to say is that it's possible to watch a movie and miss some crucial points and then enter a discussion with someone who brings up some points that "click" in your brain and you start viewing that movie a bit differently, in fact, this is why I use this forum anyways. I am not here to tell people what to like and what to dislike and I don't expect haters to suddenly fall in love with the movie after reading this. Just wanted to put my two cents and everyone can then decide for themselves. Personally, I didn't even say that I liked it, I just said it was effective horror and I also said that I will never rewatch it. sometimes a simple "like" or "dislike" is not enough to express how I feel about a movie.
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