There’s an old saying in the film business: a movie is only as good as the reasons for making it.

Is the filmmaker trying to bring to light some previously hidden yet unique and eternal truth about the human condition, or is he just trying to cash in on the latest social trifle?

You get the idea.

What’s interesting is that what’s true for film is just as true for any other mission. We don’t always get to choose them, but we do get to choose how meaningful they are to us