if you want to watch a movie because of an attractive actor, then fine. that's your problem for being so superficial and shallow. just don't pretend like it has anything to do with the quality of the movie, because it doesn't.
Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
How can you say that? EVERY movie out there -- there's no quality or nothing special about movies because of the actors' physical appearance?
Totally wrong.
Totally wrong.
That is absurd. A movie quality's is not complete without judging everything, including the actors and their appearance. You cannot just erase that or ignore it. It's there in front of you. Movies are
NOT for the blind.
I say the appearance of an actor, including attractiveness, is as important as everything else. Visual data can have merit in all ways that are possible. And I dare say that attractiveness can even be influential in how well received a movie is and how critically acclaimed it is, even if these qualities are ignored, not spoken of, or you don't even realize it's effect on you. I believe we can be subliminally influenced by factors like this.
Originally Posted by Frightened Inmate No. 2
there is something inherently wrong with believing that all a director has to do is cast an attractive person to redeem their film, and it's frankly insulting to the medium of film as a whole.
This is ridiculous.
WHY do we make films with people in them, then?
Why do we make people the subject of films?
We could very well make movies about dirt, trees, the sky, food, chairs, trains, cars, whatever, and not put people in them. But no -- we make movies and we put people in them.
And it's not just because of drama and because of storytelling -- it's also because we want to look at people. We want to see different types of people. We want to see people that are pleasing to the eye. It's why we have celebrities, it's why we worship famous people, it's why we have Hollywood, it's why we have glamor and style and everything. We take the looks of people very seriously. It's why there are makeup crews and everything, stylists, personal trainers, you name it. Films are not just something for the ugly and for non-human representation. If you want that, read a book -- and even then the stories are filled with people that you must IMAGINE and see in your mind's eye.
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