🍿 Netflix deliberately dumbs down dialogue — because viewers simply don’t follow the plot Matt Damon talked about this on Joe Rogan’s podcast. According to him, Netflix explicitly asks writers to repeat key plot points multiple times in dialogue, so viewers who are glued to their phones can at least understand what’s happening on screen. Watching while scrolling has become the norm — and content is adjusted to fit that habit. As a result, the structure of films has broken down: everything important and “cool” now has to be crammed into the opening minutes. Otherwise, that’s it — people just won’t finish the movie. No focus, no patience, attention spans measured in seconds. The third problem is visuals. Damon says directors no longer see the point in obsessing over cinematography, because most people watch movies on phones, tablets, and laptops. Cinema made for the big screen is turning into content for small screens — and of matching quality.
