Actor Matt Damon says Netflix wants to explain the plot “three or four times” in movies, because viewers watch them while scrolling on their phones.
Damon, who appeared on Friday’s episode of the show The Joe Rogan Experience Along with actor Ben Affleck to promote their new film on Netflix, RuptureHe said viewers pay a “completely different level of attention” to the movie they watch at home compared to in the theater.
the Goodwill fishing The star added that this change is “starting to impact how movies are produced,” noting that Netflix now wants to push action sets toward the front of the runtime.
“The standard way of making an action movie that we learned is that you usually have three set pieces. One in the first act, one in the second, and one in the third. And it kind of escalates,” Damon explained.
“You spend most of your money on it in the third trimester. That’s the end.” The Talented Mr. Ripley Star added.
“And now they say, ‘Can we have something big in the first five minutes? We want people to stay tuned. And it wouldn’t be terrible if you repeated the plot three or four times in dialogue, because people are on their phones while they’re watching,'” Damon said.
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So, this would “really start violating the way we tell story” in movies Leave The actor added.
Affleck then chimed in, arguing that this strategy may not always be necessary, citing Netflix’s recent limited series, Adolescencewhich did not follow this formula but was still “absolutely brilliant”.
“But then you look AdolescenceAnd he didn’t do any of that nonsense, which is great Girl gone The star said.
“It’s also dark. It’s tragic and intense,” Affleck continued. “It’s like this guy found out his kid was accused of murder, and there were long shots of the back of their heads. They got in the car, and no one said anything.”
Damon suggested that he appear like Adolescence “The Exception,” while Affleck said he felt the Netflix series “shows that you don’t have to do” Netflix tricks to please audiences.
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