this is coming from the company that will eventually own all of hollywood.>“The standard way to make an action movie that we learned was, you usually have three set pieces. One in the first act, one in the second, one in the third,” Damon explained. “You spend most of your money on that one in the third act. That’s your finale. And now they’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay. And it wouldn’t be terrible if you reiterated the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones while they’re watching.’”
If Citizen Kane were made today, Orson Welles would have to stare into the camera three or four times and say, "I... am Citizen Kane."
>>217408083this is too rich coming from the main actor in The Martian where everyone kept retelling the plot every 5 seconds
Anything but the actual problem.
>>217408083Why'd Netflix care if you follow the plot? This is about having a policy MECHANISM in place, where your content is legally obligate to say what your funding source demands."
>>217408083He's right. Have you ever watched a movie with other people? They only pay attention to 20% of the film at best and constantly ask questions about things that have either already been explained or are clearly about to be explainedI'd love to say that phones are making people dumber or something, but I'm pretty sure they've always been this way. Humans suck
>>217408873its a cop out for LLM scripts. I put my phone away for LOTR and i dont think a holocaust even happened but by damn would multi task during the beach storming. Im just as guilty as the zoomers here, except when it comes to legit written story. No matter how much they try to bring a LLM story, the human connection cant be faked. 08 writers strike did more damage to filmmaking then tik tok or netflix
>>217408873I'm sorry you live in retard town and only know other retards. This has never happened in 40 years of living over here.
>>217408083iPhones ruined humanity
Is this what Red Letter Media was talking about with Stranger Things season 5 just being stuffed with scenes of characters over explaining plot plans?
>>217408201You make it sound like he wrote the movie
>>217409137It has been a thing for while. I remember there being an article about it around the time that Lindsay Lohan movie came out a year or so ago where it is a direct order from Netflix that scripts be written in a way where everyone explains very loudly what they are doing and why in every scene. Netflix assumes and probably has data to back it up that people are on their phones while they have movies/TV on.
>>217409217its been evident in Netflix talking about competition. They view Fortnite and TikTok as bigger threats then any movie studio. Hopefully they're wrong and its results in people running towards video generation creation instead. Netflix slop will single handedly end their empire and hand it off to Google Ai video streaming thats coming
>>217408083>you usually have three set pieces. One in the first act, one in the second, one in the third,” Damon explained. “You spend most of your money on that one in the third act. That’s your finaleFalse. Movies like >die hard>rush hour>indiana jonesAll have 5 to 6 action sequences but no more than that. Only a shitty movie like Into the spidey verse has only 3. Thats cheaping out
>>217409289not every action scene is a "set piece"
>>217408197And guess who just bought Citizen Kane
>>217409174he took a paycheck
>>217408083>go from subscription-based service to ad-based service>need to waste your time and have your telly on as much as possible increases>need for quality programming that sells subscriptions decreasesNetflix a fucking shit.
>>217408083> And now they’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay. the wild bunch works like that, as do most 50s b-westerns.
>>217409289>set piece>action sequencesJesus fucking christYou have to be 18+Also, say what you will about Affleck and Damon, they are professionals who know what they are talking, you on the other handYikes
>>217410485Actors are whoresNews at 11
Makes sense. My wife is on her phone while we watch and backs up 10seconds so often it fucks the flow for me. I just don't watch anything serious with her.
>>217409289well deserved missed dubs
>>217408873This is me now, but only because I don't respect modern films
This would be more compelling if they managed to make a good movie in the last 10+ years
a good movie's plot should be obvious without dialogue/even on mute
>>217410672plot twist: they do make good films but you only pay attention to the bad ones that everyone is mocking online
>>217408083Pretty fucking ironic that Netflix would complain about people being on their phones when they now advertise mobile games on their site.
>>217410694>Pretty fucking ironic that Netflix would complain about people being on their phones when they now advertise mobile games on their site.They aren't complaining about it, they are just telling filmmakers to cater to it. Pretty much admitting that their audience is a bunch of retards.
>>217408197He would have a cane called Citizen Kane
>>217408201Wrong, the plot is "rescue this guy" told once by NASA and "I gotta survive until then" told once by Mark. The problems that arise during the attempt to succeed in carrying out that plot are what're "retold", but what you're talking about is actually just adding obstacles for characters to overcome, i.e. a well-told story with challenges and stakes.Don't post again, thanks.
>>217410746Netflix calls their programming "second screen content" internally. I prefer to just call it slop.
He's right, most nights I'll load a kino on 123movies but I won't watch it, I'll just be on my phone until I fall asleep. Life is good
>>217410802>Don't post againwhat a nerd
Just wait, in a few months movies will start by showing the ending, so fucktarded zoomniggers and alphas decide if it's worth letting it play while they browse tiktok
>>217410828>Netflix calls their programming "second screen content" internally.Even with Prime, you're penalized for using the remote with a five minute 'update' screen, ensuring that you will always use your stupidphone to start it up.
>>217408083why nigflix? mattfleck are better than this surely?
>>217411993Your choices are Netflix, Paramount, or Disney.
>>217411462>can't follow plot>can't follow directionsAt least you're a consistent moron, I guess?
Wasn't it reported a year or two ago that Netflix does this? This doesn't sound like anything new to me.
only actual drooling retards still have an active netflix subscription and continue to watch new content in current year so honestly fuck it, treat them however you want. they're literal human cattle
>>217410692plot twist: you type like a fag
>>217412583That's how I feel. Streaming niggers get what they fucking deserve. I hope Nigflix puts intrusive AI ads into movies and every single other scummy practice you can imagine.
If you read the whole "article" it says Affleck brought up Adolescence as a counterexample that worked without needing the second screen bullshit
"The special effects were dreadful, the storyline was simplistic, the dialog was utilitarian, and the characters were one-dimensional. But that was the way episodic TV was back then. The networks had a very low opinion of their audience; we writers were instructed to repeat info important to the plot as often as possible, and to spell things out for viewers instead of relying on them to figure things out."--Writer Anne Collins, discussing the 1970s Wonder Woman TV series for which she was the story editor
>>217412391SIEG HEIL
>>217413040Great breasts
why is this news? This shit came out like a year ago
>>217408083What the fuck is with the placement of those quotation marks, was that headline written by ai?
>>217408873This is precisely why I've been going to movies alone since I was twelve and why I only watch movies in with other people I've already seen or don't give a flying fuck about. It's like reading a book. I don't want some moron sitting next to me while I'm reading who looks at me or nudges me or disrupts my reading experience in any way. Just let me watch my kino in peace
>>217409137This one is my favorite.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmkIBQLtKvs
>>217409289>action sequence = set piece
>>217408873People have been joking for years before smartphones about women not being able to follow movie plots. They just process information differently. >Character appears onscreen for the first time 30 minutes in>Ohmygod who's that??
What if... hear me out... what if movie producers stopped chasing zoomies who aren't interested whatsoever in movies and just producing entertaining movies for everyone else instead?
>>217413251What are you even talking about? The placement of the quotation marks are not irregular at all.
>>217413777>He thinks only "zoomies" are on their phonesBoomers are more addicted to phones than zoomers. Can't stop scrolling tiktoks about their shitty boomer hobbies and playing candy crush
>>217413850True, my mom is 74 years old and when she visits she will watch reality TV while running a k-drama on her tablet, when an episodes ends she grabs her phone and scrolls tiktoks.It's absurd how she gets bombarded by different stimuli, it's overwhelming to me just listening to 2nd hand short form content from her phone, let alone the idea of doing that.
