Criteria You Use To Judge a Good Movie?

[ScorpioRising007]

In some movies the storytelling does most of the work. In others the story is an equal or lesser part of a team, with music, visual effects, etc. There's no set formula or list of ingredients for making a movie work.

In some ways I enjoy some foreign films better than American films. The films often follow a slower pace and you have to be more patient with them, Americans might find this boring because it is very different than the typical fast pace American film. I also find many foreign films to have layers of deeper meaning and symbolism, sometimes taking many repeated viewings to understand the film. 8 1/2, La Dolce Vita, Breathless, The Seventh Seal, Aguirre The Wrath Of God, Persona, Balthazar Au Hasard, Rashomon.

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[Sparker]

sometimes taking many repeated viewings to understand the film.

Criteria can be as simple as deciding to watch it again.