POV of a story told

POV stories strategy class

I wanted to investigate what makes a good and bad movie. What criteria’s creates a movie watchable and interest?

With the introduction of the digital world, movies have become an art form more and more people can exercise. We are in an age that anything is possible to create and show on the big screen.  What people find interesting is very individual. Some may enjoy an action packed film with lots of explosions and others might be suited for emotions combined with drama. We choose and enjoy movies according to our own personality, it is almost like asking what is your favorite candy and you will get different types of answers.
Yet with most movies, even thou the genres might be different there is a universal concept of what makes it good and bad.

A lot has to do with the structure and execution on that particular piece.

The movie Godfather (Godfather 1) by Francis Ford Coppola, hit the storm during the early 1970’s. With acting, script and a whole introduction to the American Italian culture people was introduced to a new world of filmmaking. It’s still regarded as one of the greatest movies ever made and there is a reason for it. As mentioned before, the way it was produced had never been done before. With a new movement of creating films in a way to be more realistic, documenting each aspect of American lives at that time, lead to a new way of experiencing movies. I believe that the most important part with the movie that made it such a strong case was its simplicity combined the introduction of new elements. Still today we can enjoy that movie because of its straightforward story and creation of iconic movie figures. It has been adapted and cited by many movies afterwards. It’s a movie that will carry on for generations because of its popularity in our culture. Marlon Brandon’s character as Vito Corleone created that initial spark of success. Whether it was because of he put paper tissues in his mouth or shoe cream on his hair the character gave a first glimpse of how an American Italian mob boss looks like. For me those kinds of small details, simple but still complex story and execution of the movie created an interest.

The other movie I thought to compare, that almost goes into the opposite direction is The room by Tommy Wiseau. What makes it not preferable to watch is how the director tries to create a piece that falls apart in all areas. When creating something, whether it’s a drawing piece to cooking food, you have to know how it works. There is a reason if you fry an egg too long that it will taste like shit. The same thing can apply to making a movie. Not knowing how to film, finding good actors or a script that has a story, which one can follow, the outcome can be disastrous. Sometimes there are pieces that are made for us to not really understand what is going on. Those movies break the barrier of a simple production and create something that is really a piece of its own. But doing that requires a great knowledge how to make movies and pleas able for the people. The room tries to create an atmosphere where one says, “I have created this masterpiece” does not happen. Its poor execution and technique of filming permeates lack of knowledge. Sure the movie has been crowned as the Citizen Kane of bad movies and this cult following for fans that ridicule it. It managed to create an interest because of the bad execution but it’s far away from being a piece that could be named as a proper movie. It only attracts people who find it terribly made and amusing rather than what it was meant to be in the beginning, a dark drama film.