Extreme difficulty understanding movies and TV shows

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DataB4
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11 Nov 2017, 1:18 pm

Wogar wrote:
While going to watch a movie with friends can be fun, for full comprehension, I usually wait until afterwards to do research. Also, watching movies online (Netflix, etc.) allows me to select descriptive video, which is very explicit in the description of action and nuances.

For example, a scene shows a man and woman walking in a hallway. She passes him and looks at him. The descriptive audio says "Now, a man walks down a hallway. A woman, walking in the opposite direction, quickly winks at him. He does not notice."

I missed the wink, but the description is very clear.


Wow cool! I'm a blind person. I never imagined that any other people would enjoy descriptive video. :D You can ask for a headset at the movie theater to hear the audio description.

I often feel like there's so much on my mind so that when I go to watch a movie, I miss some stuff. Some of what's on my mind has to do with the movie itself, like figuring out how or why a character does what she does. So I sometimes wish I could hit pause or rewind in the movie theater. I never thought to read summaries before the movie, but maybe that would be a good idea if I'm seeing some complicated action film and I want to be more involved in the post-movie nerdy conversations. :D That also might help me remember the details.

I find movies harder to follow than TV shows.



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11 Nov 2017, 1:47 pm

Popular movies often have Youtube videos that provide interpretations you could watch before watching the actual movies. Most people don't like spoilers, but watching spoilers may be better than not understanding what is going on.