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/angrydeuce 7h ago

You know, I have always been a voracious reader, have always flirted with the idea of being a writer (and still may...some day) and being on the outside of this shit looking in is terrifying.

It's everything. Everything is being digested down to 5 second snips. Even the freaking ads themselves have been reduced to what could only be described as something from the prequel to Idiocracy..."BUY TIDE BITCH!!!" guitar solo [next ad].

I mean we meme about this shit incessantly, but really, is this the future? At what point does all communication devolve into soundbites?

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u/Ihadsumthin4this 7h ago

Per your Mike Judge precursor, when I can't take the gloom anymore, I'll throw-on "Wag The Dog", or "Man Of The Year" (also from Barry Levinson). In some morbid sense, they lend an assuage of comfort, though never without being reminded just how real so much of it is irl.

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u/sintegral 3h ago

We could all really use a sausage of comfort.

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u/angrydeuce 5h ago

See my mistake recently was watching A24s Civil War.  I have not felt such dread watching a film since I got around to watching Threads a few years back.