Sometimes a glaring omission can ruin an immersive experience.
Take the Max Max films, for example. They are dumb, popcorn munching fun, but they fall apart with just a little scrutiny:
World building doesn’t need to be excruciatingly detailed, but it should make sense based on our understanding of our own world. Take Tatooine from Star Wars: it’s a dessert world. How do they eat and drink? A throwaway line about Luke’s moisture farm and needing droids for the evaporators does the heavy lifting, and the audience can fill in the gaps.
My daughter has started picking up on this, and asks questions in movies and shows, with her usually saying “movie logic” before I do.
