The new literalism plaguing today’s movies
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The new literalism plaguing today’s movies
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#4Eh, People on their phones can’t be bothered with following plot lines everything has to be telegraphed
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#5Most movies are pretty bad. Always have been. I feel like I got scammed for paying to see 28 Years Later.
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#6Eh, People on their phones can’t be bothered with following plot lines everything has to be telegraphed
I think it is just as likely the other way around
People are on their phones because the slop they are being served is so shallow and meaningless that they can't be bothered to pay attention to it
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#7Most movies are pretty bad. Always have been. I feel like I got scammed for paying to see 28 Years Later.
The threequel zombie movie lacked too much subtlety for you?
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#8Eh, People on their phones can’t be bothered with following plot lines everything has to be telegraphed
> everything has to be telegraphed
Or, in the case of recent Netflix executive missives, everything happening must be literally spoken and explained aloud, moment to moment.
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#9Eh, People on their phones can’t be bothered with following plot lines everything has to be telegraphed
I think it is just as likely the other way around People are on their phones because the slop they are being served is so shallow and meaningless that they can't be bothered to pay attention to it
If that were the case, people would watch classic movies, read novels, etc.
No, I’m pretty sure social media has seriously hurt the average person’s attention span.
The idea of sitting down and watching a two hour movie is really quite daunting when you’re used to videos that are at most 30 min and often less than one.
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#10I'm surprised they call out the Conclave as an example of a good movie. It's not a bad movie, but the final twist (I'm not going to spoil it) is way over the top and almost absurdly Hollywood.