Marife: That was a bad movie because, by not providing viewers with all the information necessary for solving the mur...

shunhe on August 13, 2020

Hi @filozinni,

Thanks for the question! So remember, on questions asking about what two people disagree about, we have to be able to say that one person agrees and the other person disagrees. So let’s see what’s going on here.

Marife is saying that the movie was bad, since it violated a requirement of murder mysteries by not providing viewers with the information necessary for solving the murder.

Nguyen responds by saying that the filmmaker wanted people to focus on a relationship, not on the murder itself, which was just there for context and wasn’t the defining characteristic of the film.

So now let’s take a look at (C), which tells us that they disagree about whether the movie should be classified as a murder mystery. What does Marife think? Well, she thinks it should be classified as a murder mystery, right? Because why would you say the movie was bad for violating a requirement of murder mysteries if it wasn’t a murder mystery? That’d be like saying, “Yeah, Pirates of the Caribbean? Horrible movie, violated a requirement of murder mysteries.” You don’t say that, you would only say that if you thought that the movie you were talking about were a murder mystery. So Marife agrees with this, and thinks that the movie should be classified a murder mystery.

Now what does Nguyen think? Well, as you noted, she doesn’t think it’s a murder mystery. She basically says, “yeah, the murder wasn’t that important,” so clearly the movie isn’t a murder mystery. And so Nguyen disagrees with (C). Nguyen disagrees and Marife agrees, making (C) the correct answer.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.

filozinni on August 14, 2020

@Shunhe, thanks a lot for the explanation, but I guess I am still a bit confused by Marife's position. By saying that something violated a REQUIREMENT for a categorization (murder mystery in this case), isn't she saying that she thinks the movie doesn't classify as such? I don't know if my question is making sense to you, but I would really appreciate if you could clarify this point. Thanks a lot!!

shunhe on August 14, 2020

Yeah, the question's a bit oddly worded, but the main idea is that there's no reason to hold it to that standard if it weren't a murder mystery.

filozinni on August 15, 2020

Ok, I see now what you mean. Thanks again!

shunhe on August 19, 2020

Yup, no worries!