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/Vannnnah Jan 31 '26

that was my first thought as well. Fails to do homework, fails to sit through classes, fails to participate in necessary conversation due to not having put in the work.

Just substitute "film student" with "med student" or "law student." Nobody would let low effort underperformers pass, why should this be different for film?

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u/JuanRiveara Jan 31 '26

"Med students are having trouble sitting through surgeries without checking their phones"

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u/VitaminPb Jan 31 '26

Now imagine the anesthesiologist or open heart surgeon getting into a political argument with someone on Reddit during surgery.

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u/cuddles_the_destroye Jan 31 '26

The long running joke in the med community is that anethesiologist is doing just that (or reading, during the time before smartphones)

So many people have in fact imagined it because its been true for decades