@ylai@lemmy.ml to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agoDune Two Little – How can a movie be so big and, at the same time, so small?slate.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down110
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkDune Two Little – How can a movie be so big and, at the same time, so small?slate.com@ylai@lemmy.ml to Movies@lemmy.worldEnglish • 7 months agomessage-square7fedilink
minus-square@Lauchs@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish3•7 months agoMy cynical answer is that much of the public doesn’t want a multi hour intellectual exercise. Same reason books don’t sell particularly well.
minus-square@1984linkEnglish1•edit-27 months agoIntellectuals are really boring to listen to, yes. When they write books, they include so much details that it’s extreamly boring to read through it all. Because they enjoy all those details and most people won’t care about them.
My cynical answer is that much of the public doesn’t want a multi hour intellectual exercise. Same reason books don’t sell particularly well.
Intellectuals are really boring to listen to, yes.
When they write books, they include so much details that it’s extreamly boring to read through it all.
Because they enjoy all those details and most people won’t care about them.