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Just because a movie evokes a strong emotional impact doesn't make it good. A strong emotional response can be highly negative as well.

If the movie is made to create a negative emotional response then I suppose one can say it succeeded in doing so, but it still doesn't make it good to the people who view it negatively.



Good as in effective at making the audience feel what the screenwriter set out to make the audience feel, but not necessarily good as in enjoyable.


Saying a movie is good and saying the screenwriter is good at their job is two different things.

I'm going with the classic definition; good as in "satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree" or "of high quality; excellent".




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