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ORIGINAL: filipe
There's those guys who do movies for the audiences like clash of titans or percy jackson, Bad movies only financed because they could probably make a profit.
And there's those movies that have low budget's and just do shity things with the excuse they don't have much...
For me a movie either with low or high budget as to be for the viewer, the individual guy who's sitting there wanting to feel something, get away from there and experience amazing things. This guy doesn't want to sit and see crap.
What do ya say?
Is the question here, "Do we care about the intentions of the film makers, if the end product entertains us?"?
As in, if a film maker sets out to make a film with a real message or with real meaning or whatever, in the name of art, with a tiny budget, but no one goes to see it or it entertains no one, has he succeeded? If the end product does entertain and finds an audience, are the film makers intentions still considered, or do the masses simply enjoy the film on a very basic level of "That was an enjoyable story and passed 90 minutes of my life"? If that's the case, and no one in the audience gives a fuck about the directors intentions, has he succeeded? Do we care if we get some kind of entertainment?
On the flip side, if a film maker is making a movie who's sole purpose is to entertain with spectacle and show, with an end goal of banking dollars, does that make him less of an 'artist'? A good example of that being Michael Bay I guess. I mean, for me personally, I've enjoyed most of his films and I acknowledge they're not aiming to strike a chord of deep meaning with an audience, but I dont think Bay is any less of an artist, because that man can direct the shit out of films and orchestrate chaos better than most. I consider him an artist, just one not really putting much meaning behind the images/stories he creates. Do we care if someone takes that approach to film making if what we have is an entertaining end product?
I dunno, behind Filipe's initial (admittdly confusing) question there may be a discussion worthy of Movie Musings. Or maybe he does just want to know if we like good or bad films? I'll suggest I like good films, but also some bad ones... but they're the kind of bad ones Donovan thinks are good, so they may well be good and not bad.
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