Suffered From Poor Storytelling

Well, I watch a lot of movies. If I was bored it wasn't because of any inability on my part to pay attention.

First of all, you said that the film suffered from poor storytelling, but instead of providing examples and/or some kind of film analysis to support your assertion, you tell us that you played a video game for the last half hour of the film, ultimately proving absolutely nothing. Secondly, in your next reply you say that your boredom wasn't because of your inability to pay attention because you watch a lot of movies, this being a logical non sequitur...

If you liked the movie, that's ok. You neither have to apologize for your opinion or chastise others for theirs. I was just sharing my experience with the film.

No problem, but please remember there are two types of movie-lovers: those who watch films to be entertained (and whose opinions about film basically boil down to the degree they were entertained) and those who watch films for art's sake (and whose critiques about film are based on a deep understanding of the art of cinema and visual storytelling, as well as the art of screenwriting, acting, cinematography, etc). Which means if you are going to say that a film suffered from poor storytelling but can only support this critique with a comment about playing a video game while watching it, then you probably should just say the film didn't entertain you and simply leave it at that. No offense, of course...

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There are two basic ways to critique a film. One is to simply say:

"I did not like it. it did not entertain me." This is purely opinion, and needs no explanation.

The other is to say:

"The Movie was not well made... etc etc etc." This form of critique is usually made by someone well versed with the art of cinema,...someone that can explain why they feel the movie was not well made. They can usually point to movies that are well made, and say what about the movie they disliked either includes that it shouldn't or omits that it should have included.

You seem to be making the latter type of Critique, but then fail to back up your opinion, other than to say " I played a game for the last half hour. " That is Not any type of ... support for your opinion, if your opinion is based on the fact that you say it suffers from Poor story-telling.

Here is something to think about.

In my opinion, sometimes people try to blame the media because they themselves did not understand something. Now..

There are two reasons why something might not be understood. The media itself is to blame.... or the person did not understand it.. and nothing is wrong with the media...or a combination of the two.

My experience is, that people that easily take offence as you seem to, will in general, seek to blame the media for their own failings. See if the problem were with the film, ... no one would understand or enjoy it, and chances are everyone would have been playing a game towards the end of it.

Something to think about ...

The More you know...

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