29th December 2003, 8:41 PM
If they do action well and the story doesn't get in the way of the movie, then it is successful. Of course it's not quite as simple as that, but that's basically how it is.
It's just like video games. You can't deny that a complex game like Alpha Centauri offers a deep, rich experience and that Grim Fandango is great because of it's story and puzzles, but we need more than that! We need mindless fun like Pong and Gradius. We play different genres to excite our various tastes. And just because Bubsy 3D is simple and bad doesn't mean that all games of that type are bad. 3D platformers may be simple to play, but that does not make them any less difficult to develop and make fun than any other genre. We are complex creatures and have a large variety of emotions and interests, so we require variety in our lives, which applies to movies, games, music, etc.
It's just like video games. You can't deny that a complex game like Alpha Centauri offers a deep, rich experience and that Grim Fandango is great because of it's story and puzzles, but we need more than that! We need mindless fun like Pong and Gradius. We play different genres to excite our various tastes. And just because Bubsy 3D is simple and bad doesn't mean that all games of that type are bad. 3D platformers may be simple to play, but that does not make them any less difficult to develop and make fun than any other genre. We are complex creatures and have a large variety of emotions and interests, so we require variety in our lives, which applies to movies, games, music, etc.