Post by Prime etc. on Aug 2, 2021 17:33:45 GMT
He's especially right about the impact of a smart phone on movie watching.
Sitting in a theater with a big screen is totally different in experience from looking at a smart phone.
That's how movie started--as a window on a machine that you peak into--a mutoscope?
But the movie business dumbed down the content so much that it's lost its appeal.
It is all because Big Money was interested in movies--they swept in and took it over--and when they were done with it-they just trashed it and nothing is left.
China supposedly has a very big domestic film industry now-making films for Chinese by Chinese.
The problem is in western countries--you don't have that.
The English are not making films for the English
the US is not making films for the US--the international companies are devoted to an anti-nationalist approach so you end up with watered down stuff that no one cares about.
Movies lack the intensity to be interesting to kids now.
But smart phone use has changed people's attitudes--so younger people may not feel sitting in a movie theater is worth it (unless they can use their phone during it).
Sitting in a theater with a big screen is totally different in experience from looking at a smart phone.
That's how movie started--as a window on a machine that you peak into--a mutoscope?
But the movie business dumbed down the content so much that it's lost its appeal.
It is all because Big Money was interested in movies--they swept in and took it over--and when they were done with it-they just trashed it and nothing is left.
China supposedly has a very big domestic film industry now-making films for Chinese by Chinese.
The problem is in western countries--you don't have that.
The English are not making films for the English
the US is not making films for the US--the international companies are devoted to an anti-nationalist approach so you end up with watered down stuff that no one cares about.
Movies lack the intensity to be interesting to kids now.
But smart phone use has changed people's attitudes--so younger people may not feel sitting in a movie theater is worth it (unless they can use their phone during it).