Matt Damon says phone-obsessed youngsters no longer watch films properly
Actor says 'movies as we know them aren’t going to be a thing in our kids’ lives. And that makes me sad'
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Matt Damon says phone-obsessed children no longer watch films properly.
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I don't really disagree. I'm a "serious" film person and even I will pick up my phone and leaf through twitter for a minute if a film's not holding my attention. It's a habit I kinda hate but hard to break.
If it's something I really want to watch I tend to just turn my phone off at home or put it in another room.
Obviously at the cinema this isn't a problem for me, though some people treat it like their living room regardless :\
If it's something I really want to watch I tend to just turn my phone off at home or put it in another room.
Obviously at the cinema this isn't a problem for me, though some people treat it like their living room regardless :\
I mean he's right? People in their 20's can hardly give a full episode of TV their attention without checking their phone or getting side tracked messaging people.
Children? They barely pay attention to anything.
Now adults on their phone all the time, that shit bugs.
Now adults on their phone all the time, that shit bugs.
He's not wrong but it's not just kids. When I watch something I get on my phone and miss minutes at a time of a tv show or film, ask my partner what happened as she's reading some celeb gossip on her phone and she's like, "huh, I don't know I missed it too".
These aren't typically good movies or shows we are watching. If what I'm watching is captivating I don't feel the need to browse Resetera or IM. But honestly if it's dull the mind wanders and the interwebs is a good place to wander.
These aren't typically good movies or shows we are watching. If what I'm watching is captivating I don't feel the need to browse Resetera or IM. But honestly if it's dull the mind wanders and the interwebs is a good place to wander.
Same, but I don't think it was limited to the lockdown. If I'm not in a theater, I'm multi-tasking on my phone or Macbook.
Nah, he's right, though I'd include adults in that too. At least us of those younger brackets. My millenial ass recommended Alien to a 20-year old friend of mine that had never seen it. After watching it, she told me that it really wasn't special, but that she doesn't know if that was because she browsed her phone on the side. M*fucking Alien!!!
Yeah phones are addictive and they're made that way. I'm so glued to my phone these days that I'm finding ways to make it easier to put down and walk away from.
Agreed. I checked my phone while on Black Widow. Forgot I even had one during Nomadland.
Not just children. People of all ages just don't know how to live in the moment anymore and are glued to their screens, even while watching other screens.
It annoys the hell out of me when I'm having a movie night and people are playing on their phones reading Facebook like it's 2015.
It annoys the hell out of me when I'm having a movie night and people are playing on their phones reading Facebook like it's 2015.
This has the same energy as that "you've cheated the game and yourself" copy pasta.
Well, kids will be kids. But if adults are doing it I have to wonder if they have developed such small attention spans that they can't focus on sth for more than 5 minutes.
I don't think I've ever been with a person that has been on their phone while watching a movie with me and still understood everything that happened in the movie. It's gotten to the point where I don't think I could talk about the movie with said person without noticing their apparent lack of details.
I don't think I've ever been with a person that has been on their phone while watching a movie with me and still understood everything that happened in the movie. It's gotten to the point where I don't think I could talk about the movie with said person without noticing their apparent lack of details.
I mean he's not wrong. I'm 35 and have my phone in my hand almost entirely throughout a movie looking stuff up in relation to the movie. IMDB is such a time sink
Dumb them down even more so they are evoke emotion enough to draw attention from phones? Movies should have Tik Tok style attention grabbing events having every minute?
