Movies

During the movie lecture, I found it interesting how movies revolutionized mass communication by the immersive experience they provide. I never really noticed how much the large screen, surround sound, comfortable chairs, and dark lighting affects a person when watching a movie. It influences them and makes the experience sedentary and immersive. It's relaxing and easy, you don't have to think about anything. I also found really interesting how successful movies theaters are because of the fact that it has become a social event. Before the lecture, I think I thought of it as more of the other way around like "the movies are cool so we should hang out there" rather than "the movies are cool because we hang out there." I think the way the ideas were presented were good and I learned a lot from this lecture.