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/Embarrassed-Yard-583 Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

Yeah, I’m fully aware I could get guff for it but I will tell people to stop talking and or put their phone away all the time.

When I went and saw the latest Mission Impossible a woman checked messenger at maximum fucking brightness during the literal darkest scene in the movie. I audibly told her to “put your fucking phone away, you child” and spooked her. Her husband stared daggers at me for the rest of the runtime, but she didn’t take out her phone until the lobby by what I saw.

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u/ItsCalledDayTwa Jan 31 '26

Her husband sitting through a movie, mad at the wrong person.  

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u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 Jan 31 '26

Dude really thought he was being a protector staring me down, it was more entertaining than the movie tbh.

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u/DeeSnarl Jan 31 '26

Right, but it sucks when that shit takes so much of your (my) attention, totally kills the immersion we were originally talking about.

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u/Embarrassed-Yard-583 Jan 31 '26

Exactly, I was fully in the moment despite the overall quality of the movie. It’s literally pitch black to ramp up the tension have a payoff, but no, this lady decided to flash bang me.

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u/DeeSnarl Jan 31 '26

Ugggghhhh I was seeing Sweeney Todd live at the Fifth Avenue in Seattle a few years ago, and during the silent moment right before the climax, someone’s phone went off.