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Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say
(www.hollywoodreporter.com)
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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There’s a difference between a movie you want to go see in a theater and the film assigned as classwork by a professor.
Same as if you were told you had to read a book by an author you don’t care for in a writing style that doesn’t click with you snd maybe even from a different time with framing that doesn’t exist today.
It’s work.
Maybe desire to play with a phone and use social media might be an issue, but at least some of these same kids that have a hard time sitting through a film would have doodled, started falling asleep or just daydreamed instead.
most of the comments in this thread are the same as the students in the article. they just want to be pandered to.
and think think anything that doesn't pander to them is stupid and worthless and they see no point in it existing.
people failing to understand the universe doesn't' revolve around them and their opinions. almost as if there are other people out there with different opinions and some of those people have far more informed opinions than their own.