Passive Listener

A while back I decided to stop watching hollywood movies and I have been quite faithful to this vow except for few directors' works that nobody should miss same as I.

Anyhow, I believe Americans did the same thing to movie industry as they did to all other industries: INDUSTRIALIZE  IT which is to provide all the means of making good money out of it, easily and risk-free. They have done a great deal of research and experiment to find all the themes and types of stories, plots, programs and shows that are favored by majority and can be easily sold; they have also laid the foundation for cheap production of such programs by making film industry look lucrative and appealing especially for youngsters,  when there are many who will give anything just to be part of the game, then competition will be immense.

What is good about such competition? ask any business graduate for Porter's five forces and immediate answer will be: intensify competition to reduce cost, improve quality, and  increase innovativeness in order to me most out of the industry. This is how Americans make money out of anything you may imagine and this is how they have successfully managed to make TV and movies industry a great money maker. In this equation we are the customers, the good old customers, we have made TV and movies an inseparable part of our lives. We just have comfortably changed into coach potatoes, whether at home or in a movie theatre!

Why I dare say this so bluntly? or actually why I believe in it so confidently?
Ask yourself when was the last time you made a good critique for a movie you spent two hours to watch! I specifically exclude the repetition of a specific dialogue or reciting of a scene or discussing the quality of  cinematographic and artistic aspects. I am exclusively referring to intellectual, emotional and physical engagement similar to what we do in real life situations in order to be entertained, I am talking about the urge and effort we have in real life scenarios to contribute and be part of the activity. Compare this with passively sitting in the coach and watching a movie!

I can read your face: now this is ridiculous! It is not! I am not like this! Believe me, we have all turned into PASSIVE LISTENERS, we have lost our critical thinking and analysis skills; we just want to be entertained which is by all means is a good thing but by active engagement and participation in the process of being entertained rathe than passive listening with the perception that we are being entertained!