Millie Bobby Brown says she doesn't watch many movies, eliciting a range of reactions

[gumby]

The star of "Stranger Things" said: “I don’t watch movies. People come up to me and say, ‘You should definitely watch this movie, it would change your life,’ and I’m like, ‘How long do I have to sit there for?’ Because my brain and I don’t even like sitting for my own movies.”

Millie Bobby Brown says she doesn’t watch movies

Comments

[flogg]

Some people were acting like she ran somebody over like damn lmao

I don’t think it’s that big of a deal.

[miwa201]

people are always so extra about her lol

[setsuna16]

I don't really watch movies, either. I haven't watched movies as an adult that weren't made for TV movies (IE: Hallmark movies) all that often. I think one of the years before the pandemic I went to the movie theater to see like 4 or 5 different movies in a year and that was a pretty high number for me.

My reasoning is much like Millie's. Watching a movie in a theater is such a time sink and I'm at the point in my life where I'm all about multitasking under just about any type of experience, so I really have to want to commit to something that is like "you will sit there and not be looking at your phone or also playing a video game for the next 2 hours," because that just doesn't vibe with me anymore.

[britt_m_89]

So? Why should that matter?

[invisiblegirlx]

I don't watch movies very often. Strangely, I feel like it's too long a time commitment but I will watch hour and a half long TV episodes.

She's an actress so I don't know why she needs to watch movies necessarily. It might help her acting though.

[blazingeternity]

I'm not sure if my perception is factually correct, but I feel like mainstream films have got a lot longer on average. I always preferred films to shows, but apart from romcoms there don't seem to be many in the 80-100 minutes range anymore, which is about as much time as I have to unwind and watch sth in the evening. Lots of shows now have episodes that long... when they used to be significantly shorter on actual TV back in the day. Now, when I want to watch a film, I need to purposely pick a time & sit down for it, which hardly happens on a weekday :/

[anachan87]

tbh i don't like when anyone suggest sth (either a musicia, book, movie, tv show) with just "it will change your life."
like, give me something more solid, I consume media based on what i'm in the mood for, usually if i start something just because there is a hype around it, there is a high chance it will be a letdown.