Is movie watching a lost art?

God.. I totally feel for you. You basically took the words out of my mouth. I'm 16 and anytime I hang out with my friends we usually end up watching a movie, or in my friend's case, watching whatever is going on, on their phones... It's so annoying! Especially if it's a good movie that they might even like. It's like they'll watch 5 minutes of the movie, then 20 minutes on their phone, repeating that cycle until the movie ends. I can only name one time where both of my friends hadn't touched their phones once. About a year ago I brought over the movie "American History X" and we all sat down and watched it from start to end with no interruptions. It was actually really nice. They said they really liked the movie and we discussed it afterwards. Like, why can't that happen every time we watch a movie? Unfortunately I feel like movie watching is declining due to people not being able to go 2 hours without checking their f*cking phones for Facebook updates or whatever other sh*t.

If it's one of those films that's heavy on gunfire, car chases, and explosions, you aren't missing much. It's increasingly rare to see character development, hear civilized conversation, or have scenes that last more than a few seconds. Movies these days appeal to people who want brief, sensational episodes.

Like TV commercials, you hardly get to understand what a scene is about before they bop onto something else equally short.

Not at all. The art of making good movies is lost.

sounds like it, i dont watch movies much myself