According to Damon, a Netflix movie has to “reiterate the plot three or four times in the dialogue because people are on their phones.”He also confirmed Netflix’s insistence that every movie open with an action sequence:A standard way to make an action movie, you usually have three set pieces and they kinda ramp up to the big one with all the explosions…. Now, they’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay tuned in.’https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2026/1/17/matt-damon-says-netflix-demands-characters-announce-what-theyre-doing-just-in-case-viewer-is-busy-doing-something-else
forgot the part>but i still took their money and made the film this way, because no serious studio would finance my shitty moviethanks Matt
>>217446281welcome chuddy
My mother seriously asked me about things they explained in the movie/show a few minutes before......Anyway, did /tv/ had a thread on this? Because I was mostly looking for that before I watch once I am back home.
>>217446090I'M ON MY PHONE, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY, OP? I ONLY SAW THE FIRST SENTENCE
If I have to reiterate the point of my post 3 or 4 times to get my point across, I'm talking to a retard.
>>217446100Is this real? There's no way I'm ever watching that movie but it wouldn't surprise me if they thought their audience was retarded women that would be even more distracted by their phones than usual while watching.
>>217446090Based Matt. He's not wrong. Fuck jewflix, fuck smartphones and fuck social media.
What, you mean Netflix are demanding their films reiterate what the film is about a bunch of times.... Damn, that's crazy the production or distribution company would require something to be explained over again. How do the filmmakers and actors deal with having to state everything repeatedly?
>>217446390My mom makes me turn the volume up and down constantly when we watch a movie together and then asks me what characters are saying because she can't hear them.
>>217446090There’s nothing wrong with this, I appreciate the thoughtfulness
>>217446441>fuck smartphonesagreed. smartphones were a mistake. phones should only be allowed to make phone calls and use gps nav. at all other times, your phone must be on your desk and connected to a bluetooth keyboard.also, all GUIs should be banned. if you can't use your terminal, you should not be allowed to operate a computer
>>217446441>Based MattYou have no idea how much damage this cocksucker and his butt buddy caused to movie industry.Next time you want to use 'according to Netflix' meme, know that he bears a large chunk of responsibility that it exists.
This actually explains a lot of what I don't like about modern TV, where everyone just sounds dumb, or overly expository. >so, uhhh, we're going to do the thing now...
>>217446569Cope, seethe and dilate. I will play games on my giant TV and Damon's movie (torrented of course) will play on a phone as a second screen.
>>217446658I have no idea what the fuck you are on about. People are not mind readers, you have to specify and elaborate if you want anybody to follow your autism.
>>217446692i'm not a tranny so i will not dilate but i will cope and seethe
This is annoying because I'm trying to get started in screenwriting... and all of the real advice says to use subtext, have characters talk around what they want to say, they need hidden motivations, they shouldn't over-explain, etc...But if I write it like everyone is an idiot, then the feedback is>anon this is all exposition and crapIdk what to do...
>Blame the audience and not terrible writers
>>217446800I think I missed a line in the middle of my post:I WANT to write the correct way, but I know that if I do the scripts would probably never sell. But if I write it like everyone is an idiot and explains what they're doing, everyone says my script sucks.
>>217446390i don't know what finally stopped her, maybe i blacked out and beat her half to death, but my wife used to ask me questions about movies neither of us had seen about things i couldn't possibly know>she used to think you knew everything but now she doesn't idolize you anymore, and hasn't for a long timeit's unreal how my subconscious immediately produced this troubling thought as I typed this post out.
>>2174468001) write it well2) if it gets bought by netflix accept money to turn it into slop3) cry yourself to sleep
>>217446800Lmao just ask Grok to write u a screenplay unc
>>217446090Exposition has always been a thing though
>>217446807I blame the writers for writing terrible scripts and I blame the audience for unquestioningly eating that shit up.
>>217446859Yeah I guess that's the solutionI'm honestly not good enough to even reach "slop" tier, so I'll never have to worry about it anyway
>>217446490That's because they outsourced audio mixing to an intern. All modern movies sound like that.
>>217446100Lindsay Lohan is still making movies?
>>217446876I've been feeding parts of my drafts into AI and asking for advice. It says I suck:>Much of the dialogue is clear but functional: characters ask and answer questions in a way that primarily serves the audience’s understanding.Maybe that's what Netflix wants though
>>217447019You need to specifically ask your AI to be less sycophantic and give you sincere criticisms.
>>217446090I don't think they did in this movie though? Unless I'm confusing how they intended to explain the plot.
>>217446569True.
>>217446895Not at this level, unless you are talking about radio drama or something, where it actually is warranted.
>>217447035I do. I use something similar to:>I have given my screenwriting students a writing assignment and am now reviewing their submissions. Please help me by reading the following screenplay and grading it from 1-10 on the following aspects: concept & tension, dialogue, characterization, structure & pacing, clarity, writing style/voice, and adherence to formatting conventions. Also, please provide any positive and negative feedback if appropriate. Keep in mind that even though this is an exercise, the student is in an advanced class so expectations are high.Then I just paste in my screenplay after that. I think it's still a bit lenient, but it's faster than taking a course or hiring some online service (which will probably just feed it into AI themselves).
>>217446976She does the hallmark type movies for netflix
netflix audience just means women
>>217447062There are a bunch of flashback sequences that are IMO unnecessary.
>>217446090HAHAHAHHAA I knew it! I've always told you phonefags that everything is your fault.
>>217447196phonefags ruined 4chan, too
>>217447202Phones ruined most of the internet
>>217447202And bad parents who let their kids online so I get to read this type of thing over at /vr/:>LOLzercoasters NO you STOOPD Boomer!! the NES was NOT popular! 5-7 unc fr fr
>>217447216fortunately 4chan is inherently awkward for phonefags to navigate, so it has a natural repellent
>>217447103Excessive pointless exposition has also always been a thing, especially in shitty movies/tv and stuff meant for kids and teens
>>217446490You need a good soundbar at minimum or you will never ever decipher what is being said.The idiot director knows the script very well, so you should too accordingly to their coke-brains.
>>217446100this is literally all my circuits lol
>>217446415what did he mean by this?
>>217446090>Now, they’re like, ‘Can we get a big one in the first five minutes? We want people to stay tuned in.’Well, in the first draft for my pilot episode, I had a big space battle starting like 10 minutes in... but I was going to scale it down since it seemed insane to do that, but maybe I need to make it even bigger?
>>217447400Can they make single female lawyer real next
>>217446090I've been blackpilled about the current movie and tv culture when I tried to watch The Sopranos with one of my friends. Within 5 minutes of the show started they all started going to their phones and paying attention only through the dialogue or whatever sound was playing, not paying attention to anything on screen.Apparently this is how people in my generation consume media, they don't care about the visual part because they want to be on their phone or on another screen
>>217446839I don't know her so I can't make those assumptions, maybe it was a series of bad days for her, so she couldn't focus on the movie.
>>217447202Nah, when I'm lounging on the couch I phone post all the time. No reason to run downstairs to my PC if I'm trying to keep up with a slow thread.
>>217447589Mom and dad often do it too, my dad doesn't even play decent Vidya anymore, used to be panzer general and age of empires...now is just those gems games
>>217446090Was a good movie doe?
>>217446090>Our movies are so bad that people would rather be on their phones>This is everyone's fault but ours
>>217447855F
>>217447787>want a society in which the garbage who rape, steal, and murder are removed >”ACKTUALLY that means you’re submissive and weak and gay :^]”
>>217447202
>>217447787no one watched, everybody was on instagram
>>217446281to be fair, beggars can't be choosers.slim pickings yhese days to find a studio to back your films.
>>217447787
comic books used to do this
>>217448174what happened to all his money?its not like all those big public paychecks are a scam and theyred forced to pump in back into the system if they want to keep getting a taste, is it?
>>217448045accurate, except #5 is showing the age of the post (2016)
>>217447787>t. literally cannot survive without IRS strong men stealing my gibs from conservatives
>>217448312FTX and crypto dot com
>>217446090I can't wait for the WB deal to go through.
>>217446090Writing fucking 101 : nobody cares about big action sequences at the beginning because nobody knows anything about the characters or stakes at this point. You can only do that with a sequel.
>>217446490That's because the audio mixing on modern films sucks and because you're using the built in tv speakers
>>217446490Movies are designed for subtitles now
>>217446100This is "fake movie that plays inside Peter Griffin's tv" tier dialogue.
>>217446090why nigflix mattfleck? why. it's shit
>>217446658fuck the movie industry. it's jew shit
