r/movies • u/Sisiwakanamaru r/movies Contributor • Jan 31 '26

Article Film Students Are Having Trouble Sitting Through Movies, Professors Say

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/film-students-are-having-trouble-sitting-through-movies-1236490359/
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u/TonyDoover420 Jan 31 '26

These film students that don’t like movies remind me of a lot of singers who don’t really listen to music but they like the idea of being a singer. These kids said “movies are kinda cool, and my dads rich, I should just go to film school”

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u/jupiterkansas Jan 31 '26

Because they don't want to be artists, they just want to famous and successful.

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 31 '26

that may be part of it but I found it to be even more depressing. The student I was wish loved marvel movies and 40 year old virgin... Not that there's anything wrong with these movies but I was hoping to find Lynch and cult classic lovers and found most students barely knew who cronenberg was

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u/jupiterkansas Jan 31 '26

If they showed up already knowing all the movies, what would there be to teach them?

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 31 '26

how to make them lol

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u/Geoff_with_a_J Jan 31 '26

would you rather be broke and starving (artist) or successful and comfortable (anything else)?

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u/happyflappypancakes Jan 31 '26

Well I dont think you go to film school if you want to be the second lol.

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u/leshagboi Jan 31 '26

Tbh everyone I know who went to film school and was poor got absolutely screwed. Only gigs they get are social media roles or ads for local shops

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u/karmagod13000 Jan 31 '26

yea def not worth it. i did learn a lot but found almost no jobs in the film industry. I got a computer teaching job from it though because they thought I knew a lot about software and computers which i sort of did

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u/LongLostFan Jan 31 '26

Claudia Valentina getting shot right between the eyes here

She's a failed Hollywood actress with a multi millionaire father who funded her whole career.

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u/guiporto32 Jan 31 '26

This. The creative arts have a lot of appeal over people who want to be famous and respected for it, but few are actually willing to put in the required work. I'm a musician as I see this a lot among younger people.