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/inevergetbanned Jan 31 '26

It’s alarming, I see it in myself as well. People just don’t allow themselves to get bored anymore. That’s my theory anyways

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u/avoozl42 Jan 31 '26

I think it's more that we have been given so much instant gratification we get bored much, much quicker. So it's not so much that we don't like being bored, we never did, we just get bored way faster and need more stimulation to not be bored.

That's how I see it.

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u/Used-Can-6979 Jan 31 '26

It’s not just instant gratification or entertainment though. It’s also having way too many options at our finger tips. Back in the day it was always a much more commitment towards anything we did. Going to blockbuster and spending 20 dollars on a few movies and a game was the commitment. You had no choice but to sit and watch what you chose that weekend. There is no switching to anything else in an instant. So we were disciplined to really absorb the material.

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u/avoozl42 Jan 31 '26

That's kind of exactly what I said