A well written plot, a decent cast and a knowledgeable director are all starting points for an ok film, however a truly good film needs to have a balance of components to work. Just having a star studded cast and/or a renowned director wont automatically make the film a success. Another question is ‘how do we measure a films success’ The most common way of evaluating this is through the amount of money made at box office during the initial release, on the other hand, the film series ‘Fast and Furious’ is not known for being a set of particularly stimulating films yet has grossed a combined $5 billion at the box office whilst cult classic ‘Fight Club’ was a box office flop when first released. Another way to measure how good a film is by its accolades. This can include awards from the sun-dance film festival, Oscars, or smaller awards from newspaper or magazines. However, often award winning films are very dull and are clearly just made as ‘Oscar bait’. This proves you cannot measure a films quality by its success so how are you meant to measure them? In my opinion a good movie is overall, entertaining. It doesn’t need to have amazing acting or a riveting plot but it needs to make the audience feel something. For example, the movie ‘Toy Story 4’ in my opinion, is cinematic gold. Watching this movie I went through every emotion. I laughed, I cried and I genuinely loved it. Going into a film with minimum expectations but coming out and being shocked by how good it was is amazing and I feel that that’s what really makes a good film; yourself. To enjoy a film you need to go in with an open mind and no prior feelings, else you’re setting yourself up for disappointment, if you hate you hate it but don’t try and dislike it. In conclusion, what makes a good films depends on the person watching. If you only like horrors then rom-coms are probably not the films for you.
