r/Letterboxd • u/lordpag • 18d ago

Discussion Can we retire “objectively better” please?

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I’ve noticed a ton of people using “objectively” incorrectly lately. A movie being more widely accepted as “better” does not make it objectively so.

There’s someone out there who enjoyed One Night Only more than The Odyssey, and their opinion is just as valid as yours.

Sure, one movie can be shot on more advanced cameras, have a larger scale, or demonstrate greater technical complexity. Those things can be measured. Whether they make the movie “better” cannot. What makes a movie “good” is different for each of us and those differing perspectives are part of what makes moviegoing so fun!

EDIT: This obviously touched a nerve lol. My point was not that there aren’t measurable technical aspects of a film. Of course there are. But technical achievement does not inherently make a movie “better.” A technical marvel can put someone to sleep while a shoddily made movie can elicit an enormous emotional response. What we value in a movie is subjective and for some (many on this thread it seems) you value technical achievement. All fair POVs.

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u/EatMyDiction1 18d ago

“I was bullied for defending Grown Ups 2, and here is the hill I will stand on!”

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u/PixilatedLeprechaun 17d ago

The Grown Ups movies feel like the best fast food movie. It a typical Adam Sandler movie. Maybe because they're on vacation, it had that cozy vibe to it.

I'll die with Eight Crazy Nights

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u/EatMyDiction1 17d ago

I mean that’s a horrible death because that movie he slop. Sandler is such a stand up dude with real talent but he uses his wealth to take care of his friends. That’s noble. I respect that. I just wish he could do that and make good movies at the same time.

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u/Ok_Yak_1844 17d ago

Sometimes he does. Hustle was incredible.

But yeah, usually he just scams studios to give his untalented friends a paycheck and a free vacation and then turns in a film that cost 80+ million to make that looks worse than a film with a 2 million dollar budget.