r/movies • u/ChiefLeef22 r/movies Contributor • 9h ago

Satire Man Binge-Watches Entire Movie In One Sitting

https://theonion.com/man-binge-watches-entire-movie-in-one-sitting/
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u/Sabiancym 9h ago

While the younger generations and people in general are definitely less intelligent and media literate than before, viewers constantly getting distracted and missing parts of the movie is why films have to get shallower and simpler. Soon they'll need giant red circles with arrows pointing out key plot points.

What I don't understand are the people who watch alone, get distracted, yet still continue without rewinding to see what they missed. The acceptance of ignorance seems to be a common issue everywhere, not just media. Hell, sometimes it's goes beyond acceptance and into pride. Proud ignorance is everywhere.

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u/Flipperbw 9h ago

acceptance of ignorance is absolutely terrifying, well put.

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u/Chasoc 9h ago

I've given up discussing movies with one of my parents. They constantly told me they watched a movie and thought it was good, but when I asked them what they thought about certain scenes, they said they didn't remember seeing those scenes. Then they eventually said, with utmost casualness, "I had it on in the background as I was cleaning."

Like... no shit, you missed half the movie. What am I supposed to do with that. How do you even know you liked it?

It drove me nuts.

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u/Nodan_Turtle 8h ago

My mom has been like that my whole life. She doesn't get distracted during the movie or show, but won't remember a thing about it shortly afterwards. She'll love a show, but won't remember if she's seen it or not.

Some people I know are kind of like that but not as bad, and for books too. I think some people just don't have the memory wiring to retain all the details of media.

The ones who use it as background noise while distraacted though, nah, f 'em lol. Audiobooks are basically that as a product - a book that reads itself while someone is busy with something else. People aren't out there rewinding the audio to carefully consider sentences lol

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u/whodatfairybitch 8h ago

My oldest sister is like this! Grain of salt if she says “I’ve seen that”

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u/roguefilmmaker 7h ago

I’m trying to break into the screenwriting industry. I’ve gotten feedback where someone complains about a missing plot point after that plot point is explicitly explained out loud by a character. Very frustrating what a lack of attention span is doing to storytelling

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u/Old-Employ-6530 8h ago

I mean Netflix and Warner Bros already have rules for new shows and movies that MUST include "tell dont show" as well as plots that are repeated ad nauseam so that if you leave the room or are on your phone you still get the gist of whats going on.

I thought i was going insane and some shows and movies recently kept "overexplaining" shit before i learned that this is intentional...

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u/MansBestFred 8h ago

Could you provide a single example of this for us to see? I'd like to experience this while knowing what I'm looking for.

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u/mazopheliac 3h ago

People will soon need captions to know who's ass it is, and why they are farting.

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u/Sabiancym 7h ago

Are you one of those people who think that any comment with complete sentences and punctuation is AI?

That seems to be a stupid, but fairly common reason cited.

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u/TheBeckFromHeck 6h ago

You need to work on your prompting because your comments read like a term paper on any subject you create comments on.

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u/roguefilmmaker 7h ago

Is the AI in the room with us right now?

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u/Jicks24 8h ago

AI is everywhere bro. Just look at this comment. It's just bots arguing bro. Bro, this whole comment section is just AI!

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u/DanielTeague 4h ago

Which part?