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Originally Posted by Yoda
Paradoxically, this means that taking films more seriously has led me to watch fewer films.
Half-watching films is kinda pointless. I almost never watch a film if I cannot rate it somewhere. My rating means that I have some opinion on it (even if it's a surface-level "it's normie shit" kinda one, it still symbolizes that I dedicated time to watching it and making that shallow opinion).
I do half-watch YouTube videos sometimes because I don't see them as works of art worthy of consideration. It's just content, fodder. If people (half-)watch films that way, it only says a lot about their respect for the art.
Yep, I have the same problem.
We talked earlier in a thread about not half-watching movies. I'm actually not against it, I'm just against half-watching and then pretending to have a meaningful opinion (or, God forbid, proclaim that opinion to others).
There are a lot of movies I haven't gotten around to watching specifically because my mode of watching films is to pay a lot of attention to them. In those cases I would rather watch TV or rewatch something I already know well, rather than watch a new thing and not be able to focus on it.
Paradoxically, this means that taking films more seriously has led me to watch fewer films.
We talked earlier in a thread about not half-watching movies. I'm actually not against it, I'm just against half-watching and then pretending to have a meaningful opinion (or, God forbid, proclaim that opinion to others).
There are a lot of movies I haven't gotten around to watching specifically because my mode of watching films is to pay a lot of attention to them. In those cases I would rather watch TV or rewatch something I already know well, rather than watch a new thing and not be able to focus on it.
Paradoxically, this means that taking films more seriously has led me to watch fewer films.
There are never enough hours in the day. Not even when you can literally watch movies all day long.
Yeah, the overarching point is that my choosing to watch an entertaining cookie-cutter (but still fun & good) film over rewatching a challenging masterpiece is precisely because I'm tired after work. It's not that I'd only watch THIS sort of cinema if I didn't have to work, but I'd watch more of it, etc.
Of course, I still watch more challenging films than 99.9% of the population, etc. etc., but even I could do better in that regard.
Of course, I still watch more challenging films than 99.9% of the population, etc. etc., but even I could do better in that regard.
Originally Posted by Mr Minio
If I had a year off, I'd dedicate it to rewatching filmographies of my favorite directors and writing about each film. It's just too much hassle when you have to work.
Thought experiments about pausing time are a really good way to ask what matters in life and what actually makes you happy. Particularly among everyday, affordable pleasures.
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