“It was not my intention to do this in front of you. For that I’m sorry. But you can take my word for it, your mother had it coming. When you grow up, if you still feel raw about it, I’ll be waiting.”

There is a lot that goes into making a movie. Actors, directors, writers, lighting, audio, composers; there are just a few jobs on a movie set. Let’s be real, a great movie can have bad acting in the same sense that a bad movie can have incredible writing. So what makes a good movie, good?

The Actors

For me, a movie really stands out when I haven’t seen anything like it. I also have not seen very many movies so nearly every new movie I watch becomes an instant classic. As of right now my favorite movie is probably Nightcrawler with Jake Gyllenhaal, and the biggest reason I love it so much is because of Gyllenhaal’s performance. His character, Lou Bloom, is one of my favorite characters in all of fiction, and I believe Gyllenhaal played him perfectly. When I see Jake Gyllenhaal in this movie, I don’t see Donnie Darko or that guy he played in that Spiderman movie for some reason or Jack Twist; I see Lou Bloom, a true sociopath. It’s a scary

The Director

Two of my favorite directors are Wes Anderson and Quentin Tarantino. Anderson’s movies are highlighted by their whimsical flair. Fantastic Mr. Fox is all about being whimsical, but at the same time, it tells an extremely moving story about a husband and his inability to disregard his natural instinct. Tarantino’s movies are also quite whimsical. His movies bring a certain level of absurdism to real life events, like the murder of Sharon Tate or WWII. What these two directors have in common is how different they are. If you’re watching a Wes Anderson film, there is no doubt you’re watching a Wes Anderson film. Same with Tarantino, although you can usually figure out it’s a Tarantino movie because he will show up in the movie at some point (probably saying the N word, too!)

The Story

One of my favorite movies ever is called Cha Cha Real Smooth. It follows a young man (23?) who doesn’t have any direction in life before he meets an older woman with an autistic daughter. It’s a romantic drama, but it is simultaneously a narrative on the young man, Andrew. Andrew is played by Cooper Raiff who, according to Wikipedia, is the sole director and writer of this movie. On top of that, it’s only his second movie, and he delivered a great performance (nothing like Dakota Johnson’s performance tho). I love this movie because it tells a real story (not a true story) about naivety and love, and most of all, compassion. There’s not many movies that make you feel as much as this one.

The End

Well these are my three key ingredients to making a good movie. A good movie doesn’t have to have all three, or even one of these to be honest. Does Good Burger have any of these?? I mean, Kel is the whole movie if we’re being honest. At the end of the day, it’s night…