February 2, 2009

Is a good film really good?(JEGA)

I never hesitate to say I like watching films, espcially the very classical and good ones that had a great influence in the film history once. With a lot time consumed in watching in front of the screen, I’ve come across so many good films which deeply attract me. Judging from my own experiences in watching all kinds of films, I always evaluate a film by the feature that it can give me a different feeling and change or at least let me doubt my attitude towards life. In my recent life, I’ve really found a few extraordinary good films live up to my standard. However, when I recall these films and think of the affect they had on me, I really doubt: Is a good film really good?
On my list of good films, there are varieties of kinds. Some of them,the encouraging ones, told me much about the value of life, and remind me the purpose of living. I am to some extent grateful to the movies, though the story may not be so exciting and in spite of the fact the positive affect fade away very quickly. However, to be fair, I can’t say that only encouraging films can be good films, because some dsrk feeling films can be too excellent to be praised.I’ve told a lot of my friends that my favourate film is matrix, a film leaving me confused for a short period. When you fully understand the film, you will finally find the film is about destiny. It gives a feeling that a person’s destiny is arranged and can’t be change even by efforts. In the film, it also creats a virtual world set up inside the computer, which easily make people wonder if we are also living in that kind of world but don’t know about it ourselves and all the things we do is meaningless just to go nearer to the destiny. You know, it’s the most terrible feeling to doubt about life itself. I don’t think I am the kind of people who are easily depressed, but I was really disappoited after I watched movie. Matrix is just an example, I’ve watched other films conveying negtive ideas like Matrix. No one can deny these films are good, since they are so good that they affect people’s minds.
However, when it comes to mentle health, can we decide they are good? I don’t know, but I think not anyway. Just like the music Gloomy Sunday,which is good of couse, but killed so many people, the films is good art work but not good for mind. I know every coin has two sides, so do the good films. Anyhow, good films are not always good in every aspect just like anything else.

1 comment:

  1. films are for enjoyment while good films are for educating.as far as i am concerned,a good film is not the one that encourages you to discover beauty in life but the one that stirs you really do something.i can say that the music which makes peple commit suicide are good because it indeed has maken you do something to chage yourlife.even the negative films which make people depressed in life are good films because they do make sense.

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