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Originally Posted by merveilles  I don't know, to me that's sort of like saying dreams are damaging. I've read some of your other posts and I almost wonder if it's just a personal thing. If I'm watching a movie, it's easy for me to switch back to real life. I like watching movies. I think you can learn a lot watching from how people interact with each other, experiencing situations you never could in real life, or studying the plot, characters, whatever. But if you're just mindlessly watching and not taking anything in, I can see how that could maybe be damaging. Maybe it would be like stopping working out, and your muscles slowing going away.. |
I totally agree that you can learn a lot. In fact, I learned a lot about self-discipline, efficiency, values and character from movies I watched, and certain characters have inspired me so much that it's thanks to them that I made decisive breakthroughs in areas I had been working on since before. But that doesn't change the fact that watching movies puts me in an unfocused and passive state. Are you saying that you feel equally proactive after an hour of movie-watching or after an hour of reading a book?