[Thor Joachim Haga]

Depends on your perspective. In my experience, it usually comes off as reductive. I remember discussing Alex Garland’s EX MACHINA, for example, a film I consider one of the best of the 2010s, super rich with layers of meaning – expressed both via dialogue and visuals. They failed to see this, and just brushed it off with that “but it’s entertaining, I guess” comment, as if that was all there was to it. No layers, no meanings, no value beyond being kept awake for two hours. Fortunately, their perspective changed a bit when I published my review, where I went in-depth about some of those layers. But it’s a rather annoying attitude to meet when you know it’s coming from an angle of snobbery and limited openness or ability to read films beyond their entertainment value.