I’d go the other way from some of the replies. Don’t go “meta” trying to read director intent etc. Instead watch a lot of movies beyond your normal set. Start

I’d go the other way from some of the replies. Don’t go “meta” trying to read director intent etc. Instead watch a lot of movies beyond your normal set. Start acquiring a taste for films with deeper character and emotional complexity. Do this in life with your experiences and relationships. What will happen is you’ll be deeply moved by something you relate to in a film. And that will drive you to ask how’d they do that. If you don’t feel anything profound when Ferris holds back Cameron in that scene, any kind of meta-analysis is going to have an opposite effect to your overall goal.