"The shock of an unexpected death, or a story-altering twist, is a magnified version of the dopamine..."

“The shock of an unexpected death, or a story-altering twist, is a magnified version of the dopamine hit that we get every time we refresh Twitter or Facebook or Instagram to see if there are new likes or faves there, or (god forbid) a spoiler. Compared to that, the excitement of seeing a different kind of blockbuster—one that is meant to stand along as a statement of one kind or another, whether it’s “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Fatal Attraction,” “Titanic” or “Dunkirk"—can’t help but seem small in comparison, because once you’ve experienced the thing, there’s no more thing to experience. There are no teasers, no stingers, no reveals of the next installment. The thing is what it is. Or was what it was. All you have to look forward to after you’ve seen it are your own thoughts, and perhaps discussions with people who also watched it. I mean really watched it. Not half-watched it while checking Instagram.”

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Matt Zoller Seitz, “Avengers, MCU, Game Of Thrones, And The Content Endgame”, Roger Ebert

People who have been following this blog a long time (hi again, all the new people) know this quote combines two of my favorite pastimes: Scrutinizing the quickly changing landscape of modern moviemaking, and pretending not to be talking about the Marvel movies. 

The rest of it’s pretty great too though.

(via sarahbatistapereira)