negative1 said:that's why telling people to study these movies is probably a losing battle, that was
my point.
No, it isn't a losing battle, because not everyone thinks like you do. It is fine you do not see or respect film as a form of art. Some people find classical music to be boring to listen to and have a hard time seeing it as art, some people would consider classical music merely entertainment, but that doesn't make it any less a form of art. Art is the manifestation of creativity. What difference does it make if somebody throws their creativity at a canvass and produces a painting, if they jot down their creativity on paper and make a novel, or if they use their creativity to make recordings of people acting out scenes to tell a story.
Can you really form a distinction between art and entertainment in most cases? What other reason do we visit an art gallery for if not to be entertained? Why else do we listen to Chopin or Mozart? There is a fine line between art and entertainment, if there is any line at all.