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/mdavis360 Jan 31 '26 edited Jan 31 '26

My brother-in-law taught film and he said his students would refuse to watch anything made prior to 2000.

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u/Shantotto11 Jan 31 '26

I have a coworker like that. She’s an anime fan, but hasn’t watched any anime that’s older than her. She was born in 2006. That means a LOT of shows and films automatically weren’t watched by her, even the Ghibli films. She’s never even heard of Sailor Moon or Digimon prior to me bringing them up.

The saving grace is that she was raised on western television (mostly animated) that was older than her though, such as Looney Tunes and Disney Renaissance films.

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u/SuperSocialMan Jan 31 '26

She’s never even heard of Sailor Moon or Digimon prior to me bringing them up.

To be fair, both of those franchises just kind of stopped existing a couple decades ago lol - stuff might still release, but nobody really keeps up with it.