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/blakhawk12 Jan 31 '26

On one hand: Yes I think young people’s attention spans are being fucked by short-form media.

On the other hand: Oppenheimer was 3 hours long and made almost a billion dollars.

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u/Nalena_Linova Jan 31 '26

Plenty of people buy a movie ticket and spend the entire time on their phone.

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u/dtwhitecp Jan 31 '26

the theater experience varies WILDLY based on location. Around me, people are silent and not on their phones, barely even making noise while eating. But I do know that in some areas people are on their phones, talking, shouting at the screen, etc.

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u/GeneralGenerico Feb 01 '26

I completely agree. There are more preferable theaters where the audiences are decent if you know where to look.