I finally watched the two movies that come before The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. I loved them. They were exciting and dramatic and had some decent storytelling.

What I liked most was they don’t spoon feed you everything. If you’re not paying attention and are on your phone you’re not going to know what’s going on. For example, I was on my phone, looked up, and saw that the hero was doing terribly at target practice. I had to rewind to see that they broke his right hand and was learning to shoot with his left. I swear modern movies just have actors narrating and renarrating what they’re doing because they know you’re on your phone not really paying attention.

Also, I realized that when a cowboy does a super quick draw and shoots 3 men before they can draw it’s just like an anime when there is a flash and the hero sheathes their sword, with enemies falling over dead.

  • TedZanzibar@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    5 days ago

    Wasn’t there an article recently where [some streaming company] openly admitted to exactly that?

    Fake edit: Pretty much, yeah

    Real edit for context:

    Multiple screenwriters report that company executives are sending back scripts with requests to narrate the action, such as announcing when characters enter the room.

    Netflix knows we are on our phones all the time, with as many as 94% of people tinkering on their devices while watching TV, according to a 2019 study commissioned by Facebook. Dumbed-down scripts that lack nuance and visual cues can help viewers with divided attention follow along, making them less likely to turn the program off.

    • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
      2·
      5 days ago

      holy cow(boy)!

      And that’s why AI will be our next screenwriter. And that’s also why most audience will demand even more of it.
      Sad times we’re living in, that will cost us a lot more than loosing our ability to focus on a effing story with animated picture on the screen. Because it’s the exact same people with the attention span of a goldfish, unable to follow already simplified story-lines, that will be persuaded they know perfectly well what they do and need not to inform themselves before they elect this or that candidate. Democracy is officially on its way out.