Seems like a slippery slope. If you want to watch a movie, watch the movie. If you want to watch tiktoks with background noise, do that. Creators shouldn’t have to cater to and appease the phone cling. Movies can be experienced however the viewer sees fit, that’s the point. They’ll keep making indie movies and studio movies and hallmark movies, because there’s an audience for everything. But if you miss something in a movie because you were distracted, put your phone down and rewind it, don’t blame the filmmaker for not making it simple or repetitive enough. Dont adjust the medium, adjust the behavior. (no shame in scrolling while watching a movie, probably an indication that the movie isn’t made for you, which is fine, but that doesn’t make it a boring movie) most people make art for themselves, not the audience
Seems like a slippery slope. If you want to watch a movie, watch the movie. If you want to watch tiktoks with background noise, do that. Creators shouldn’t have to cater to and appease the phone cling. Movies can be experienced however the viewer sees fit, that’s the point. They’ll keep making indie movies and studio movies and hallmark movies, because there’s an audience for everything. But if you miss something in a movie because you were distracted, put your phone down and rewind it, don’t blame the filmmaker for not making it simple or repetitive enough. Dont adjust the medium, adjust the behavior. (no shame in scrolling while watching a movie, probably an indication that the movie isn’t made for you, which is fine, but that doesn’t make it a boring movie) most people make art for themselves, not the audience