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Matt Damon Says Netflix Wants Movies to Restate the ‘Plot Three or Four Times in the Dialogue’ Because Viewers are on ‘Their Phones While They’re Watching’ (variety.com)
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[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

From someone who pays attention and enjoys movies. This is enshitification.

[–] evol@lemmy.today -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It is quite literally giving the consumer what they want, unfortunately the consumers are dumb

[–] Professorozone@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If you need to repeat the plot of the movie several times to accommodate people on their phones, sounds like a bad movie to me.