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Are they? I can't make it through a whole movie anymore, while I used to hit theaters at least once a week. Though maybe it is because of the lack of independen

Are they? I can't make it through a whole movie anymore, while I used to hit theaters at least once a week. Though maybe it is because of the lack of independent content, so a vicious cycle. Or maybe the streaming thing makes it too easy not to commit to the movie. Or maybe there is just so much selection that how do you even choose. Or, maybe I'm just getting old.

Swizec 6y ago
It’s a different consumption mode. I watch short stuff during downtime. Lunch, waiting in line, etc. But that’s not the good stuff. For the good stuff I turn to 18 hour audiobooks, real movies, deep technical articles. Bite sized for staying in touch, long and in-depth for things that interest you.
coldtea 6y ago
>Are they? I can't make it through a whole movie anymore, while I used to hit theaters at least once a week. It's not theaters, between Netflix and piracy, there are tons of more movies consumed. And whole TV-series, binge watched series by series, each of which amounts to 5+ movies running time...
- ghaff 6y ago
  I guess he's referring to the length of a single episode but, in a world of streaming, that seems a little arbitrary. At home, nothing keeping you from pausing a film halfway and picking up the next day just like a TV series. Obviously telling a single story in 90-180 minutes is a different form from telling a storing over multiple seasons of 30-90 minute episodes in different from a miniseries or single-season series. But they're all just artistic (and financial) choices. While there's arguably been an overall shift to shorter content, I don't really see a marked falloff in movies being produced.
WalterBright 6y ago
Maybe it's because we've seen these movies before. For example, the revenge movie. Such as Peppermint, with a totally by-the-numbers plot. The twist is this time it's a female lead, but she could have been swapped out for Bronson/Lundgren/Stallone/Schwarzenegger/etc without changing a scene or a line of dialog and it would have been exactly the same :-/ Then I watched "The Foreigner", yup, same old revenge plot.

Swizec 6y ago

It’s a different consumption mode. I watch short stuff during downtime. Lunch, waiting in line, etc. But that’s not the good stuff. For the good stuff I turn to 18 hour audiobooks, real movies, deep technical articles. Bite sized for staying in touch, long and in-depth for things that interest you.

coldtea 6y ago

>Are they? I can't make it through a whole movie anymore, while I used to hit theaters at least once a week. It's not theaters, between Netflix and piracy, there are tons of more movies consumed. And whole TV-series, binge watched series by series, each of which amounts to 5+ movies running time...

ghaff 6y ago
I guess he's referring to the length of a single episode but, in a world of streaming, that seems a little arbitrary. At home, nothing keeping you from pausing a film halfway and picking up the next day just like a TV series. Obviously telling a single story in 90-180 minutes is a different form from telling a storing over multiple seasons of 30-90 minute episodes in different from a miniseries or single-season series. But they're all just artistic (and financial) choices. While there's arguably been an overall shift to shorter content, I don't really see a marked falloff in movies being produced.

WalterBright 6y ago

Maybe it's because we've seen these movies before. For example, the revenge movie. Such as Peppermint, with a totally by-the-numbers plot. The twist is this time it's a female lead, but she could have been swapped out for Bronson/Lundgren/Stallone/Schwarzenegger/etc without changing a scene or a line of dialog and it would have been exactly the same :-/ Then I watched "The Foreigner", yup, same old revenge plot.