In our increasingly connected — and, by extension, overly discursive — world, where limitless information can be collated and accessed with a few taps of our fingers, it's easy to forget that not everything needs to mean more than what it presents itself to be, particularly when it comes to cinema. This isn't to say that critically analyzing film isn't without its merits — this article (and this industry) wouldn't exist without it. Nor does this mean films that challenge us (intellectually, philosophically, socially, etc.) are trying too hard, but, at its foundation, movies are meant to entertain.

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