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It used to be that movies were 1 hour and however many minutes. Now movies are 2 to 3 hours long. Along with this trend for longer movies is that people have been streaming TV and due to streaming started Binge Watching an entire season in 1 sitting or maybe a couple but not watching one episode a week as is traditional.
I started paying attention to my viewing habits and noticed some things. The more dense, thought-provoking or slower paced a TV show would determine if I binge watched or not.
Sitcoms I would tend to binge watch because they were funny and there weren't too many layers to work through.
A show like 12 Monkey's or Stranger Things I couldn't bring myself to binge watch because I needed time after each episode for my brain to absorb what it saw and process it.
Then I noticed I was doing the same thing with movies. My favorite movie is The Perks of Being a Wallflower but the first time I watched it I spent a week doing so and each time I felt like my brain was "full" I would hit pause go for a walk, get some sleep or whatever and just think about what I knew so far. Now when I rewatch it I do it all in one sitting but at first I needed it in multiple sessions.
While movies like Knocked Up and such I watched in one sitting and enjoyed as well but could absorb in one whole sitting.
So I guess I am wondering am I the only one doing this kind of reverse Binge Watching? Are other people finding themselves dedicating more time to a movie that's multilayered? Am I just stupid and shouldn't need the time to absorb or is it the tendency of newer movies to make it harder to absorb everything in one sitting?
P.S, I know Perks was less than 2 hours but it in particular hit really close to home so it took time. But it was the first example I thought of.
I started paying attention to my viewing habits and noticed some things. The more dense, thought-provoking or slower paced a TV show would determine if I binge watched or not.
Sitcoms I would tend to binge watch because they were funny and there weren't too many layers to work through.
A show like 12 Monkey's or Stranger Things I couldn't bring myself to binge watch because I needed time after each episode for my brain to absorb what it saw and process it.
Then I noticed I was doing the same thing with movies. My favorite movie is The Perks of Being a Wallflower but the first time I watched it I spent a week doing so and each time I felt like my brain was "full" I would hit pause go for a walk, get some sleep or whatever and just think about what I knew so far. Now when I rewatch it I do it all in one sitting but at first I needed it in multiple sessions.
While movies like Knocked Up and such I watched in one sitting and enjoyed as well but could absorb in one whole sitting.
So I guess I am wondering am I the only one doing this kind of reverse Binge Watching? Are other people finding themselves dedicating more time to a movie that's multilayered? Am I just stupid and shouldn't need the time to absorb or is it the tendency of newer movies to make it harder to absorb everything in one sitting?
P.S, I know Perks was less than 2 hours but it in particular hit really close to home so it took time. But it was the first example I thought of.
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