In terms of becoming well-educated, is seeing movies becoming as important as reading books these days?
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Only to the ignorant. Most movies are remakes, gross comedies and based on comics. The highest form of the art is animated features, which are okay for the kids.
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No, I think reading is very important. It stimulates the mind, expands the vocabulary, and provides a visual sense of proper spelling and grammar. I'm a writer, though, so my answer is incredibly biased.
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No, but some movies get so popular that you're going to be left out of some conversations if you're the only one who hasn't seen it.
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No, not at all. There is definitely value in watching movies - the right ones. They offer a perspective, and can summerise an event. However it takes a certain level of intelligence to critically examine those movies too. Movies can tell us about the writer or director - and even movies and documentaries which claim to give a real depiction of an event or theme are far from free of bias. At best, a good film can be a good supplement to books. Books, and also journal articles (which for me personally are the best source of knowledge) are far better than films. I don't see that changing given that films are made first and foremost to make money and to entertain. Academics write books for their studies - money is not a factor since they receive very little from them. They write for knowledge's sake and to get acclaim for the value of their work.
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Maybe, but only if it's a documentary or a training film.
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