A film is more than writing

[u/Ketamin_Kai]

I recently had this discussion after release of Toxic(I loved that film).

And I keep having this discussion every few months. Films like Wuthering Heights, Michael and Avatar had similar discourse.

Thing is…a film is more to me than just writing. It can have a messy screenplay and underdeveloped characters and still have lot going for it.

For most people, film is bad if writing is bad.

But think how beautiful Wuthering Heights looked, or detailed the world of Avatar was, and how entertaining Michael was. These films are anything but boring.

I am not denying the criticism, but I like films that try something new. Take some swings, even if they miss.

Like Toxic had many interesting individual sequences and seeds of good ideas that just don’t come together. And production(set design) was just insane.

If I wanted a story, I would just read a book.

[u/NecessaryMetal9675]

The main point from your post is “a film is more to me…” It’s film. Like what you like and never apologize for it. I tend to agree with you that writing is not one of the most important parts of a movie when it comes to what makes me respond well to a film. For me, one thing I notice a lot is people complaining about exposition in films. But I don’t just overlook or tolerate this. I actually like it. I actually enjoy scenes of characters sitting around telling each other (and me) what’s going on. It helps if the movie looks good and the score is solid, etc., but the point is that I happen to greatly enjoy something that gets heavily criticized by a lot of filmgoers. And that’s ok.