Movies Should a movie be deep in its themes to be good?

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Or as long as it's entertaining it's still worth it?

Sometimes I enjoy "pop-corn movies" where you don't need to overthink about it but some other times I feel like a movie is more remembered if it had themes that made you think.

 

[PrismRed]

I believe so, the first thing of value in any media I see is how entertaining it is, I can enjoy bad movies if it can give me a chuckle, hell I enjoy Neil Breen movies.

 

[spoorloos]

Themes are for eighth-grade book reports.

 

[fake-kun]

Who gives a shit. Enjoy whatever you want.

 

[Nebulon_Galaxy]

It should be deep as a puddle and long as a well

 

[Dr.Kisaragi]

Nah as long it had a heart, personality, lesson and of course entertain the audience that is a good movie.

 

[bjork]

Sometimes you want fine cuisine, other times you just want a greasy pizza. You know?

 

[Neb Lleb]

Or as long as it's entertaining it's still worth it?

Sometimes I enjoy "pop-corn movies" where you don't need to overthink about it but some other times I feel like a movie is more remembered if it had themes that made you think.

Nope. Sometimes, the best movies ARE pop-corn movies.

 

[dropsmegamega]

depends, I like popcorn movies sometimes principally a so bad its good sort of thing but you gotta remember every one of these is slowly melting your brain.........

 

[Graves Ruinwalker]

If it is build around a deep topics that doesnt end up being a overlong 2-hour conversation of the most dry and boring kind and actually can delivery many great scenes that have actual substance that is entertaining to watch and think while underlining the topic very good , then yes it is important for that concept overall .

Otherwise it isnt much needed . For example : Many older Comics that are great and entertaining have not much depth except its setting and its situation in this settings-rules .

Reading right now Judge Dredd Case-files 01 and the robot-wars was a great Story-arc that underlines the action perfectly while asks simply the question about the sentience of machines that developed to be deeper alone to its situation and how it gets resolved in the setting of it but in a naturally way . And often nowadays the depth in movies or stories overall is so hamfisted and unnaturally squeezed with its depth and complex topics that its not watchable in its worst state.

 

[diapered]

I would say no, as others have mentioned, things like: music, cinematography and visuals are more than enough to make a movie memorable without a gripping thematic story.

Jaws is one of the best movies of all time (on AFI list), and I don't think there are any deep (pun intended) themes going on. It was based on a book that had themes of things like class divisions, but Spielberg just liked the shark chase part from the book, so that's what he made.

 

[Ons2k6]

No

 

[elwynd16x]

The themes of popcorn flicks tend to be exploititive because people pay money to have their sociopolitical biases confirmed. Even then, I've seen these kind of movies accidentally introduce highly subjective themes that I remember more than the rest of the movie.

 

[Pinballbuzzbro]

Long as a movie is enjoyable it's a good film IMO.

 

[Cuestionador]

Reading right now Judge Dredd Case-files 01 and the robot-wars was a great Story-arc that underlines the action perfectly while asks simply the question about the sentience of machines that developed to be deeper alone to its situation and how it gets resolved in the setting of it but in a naturally way . And often nowadays the depth in movies or stories overall is so hamfisted and unnaturally squeezed with its depth and complex topics that its not watchable in its worst state.

You remind me of reading that Casefiles! Thank you. About movies, i have a great time watching Terminator 2 or The Double Life of Veronica, both of these movies are important to me behind his differences, both have an story to tell in a meaningful way and that's enough.

 

[UnDubious]

For me the best movies have both meaning and entertainment. There's plenty of those, they use to make them all the time. Maybe they still do, IDK. I can watch a dumb movie if it's entertaining, but it won't make a deep impression if it's about nothing.

 

[Nidstang]

I watch garbage trash shlock B-movies more than any other type of movie, so I don't think they need to be deep at all. Most recently I watched a movie called Nutsack Part 1.