The Paradox of Choice

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Having Too Many Choices Of Movies

Having variety of series and movies at just one touch is indeed tempting as well as convenient. We don’t really have to leave our house, dress up decently, and bother to go outside just to watch something. With all its conveniences, I realized that to me, there’s huge striking difference between when I watch a movie at the cinema vs subscribing to streaming services. One difference is that, I get to spend 2 hours just focusing on the movie and once I step out of it, I would feel entertained. After all, many of us categorized movies as entertainment, something that sparks joy and help us feel better. In my case, when I have these streaming service such as Netflix, I realized I no longer feel joy after watching something.

During the weekend, these days I watch over 10 titles ranging from an hour to two hours films. As my suggestion list grew, so was my watching time. As you know, I also reviewed them here but they were only tiny part of what I’ve been watching and while trying to find something to say, I often just have no words to review the film.

Today alone, I finished Once Upon A Star, Ashin Kingdom of The North, Hunger, and series about Street Food in Asia, as well as ZOM 100: Bucket List of The Dead live action.But when I was about to review them, I was just lost for words except Once Upon A star, the film from Thailand was really interesting and inspiring. I think that one would be a huge hit after Hunger and can get international recognition. It is also recently released on Netflix and I even set a notification for that because I wanted to watch it as the trailer was promising. But again, beyond that, everything that I watch from that movie was simply scribbles.

Now, I am re-thinking to take a break from my subscriptions, to reset everything while also catching up to the titles that I have yet to review. They pile up and once I managed reviewing everything I’ve watched thus far and getting them out, I’d re-think about subscribing again. And again, sometimes when you just have too much of everything, it becomes less enjoyable.

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𝘔𝘢𝘤 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘺𝘦𝘥 𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘫𝘢 & 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘶𝘳 . 𝘈 𝘵𝘺𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘺. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘭𝘦𝘥𝘨𝘦. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴, 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘴, 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘖𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯, 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧 𝘪𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺. 𝘚𝘩𝘦'𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘫𝘰𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯! 𝘋𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘱𝘷𝘰𝘵𝘦, 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬. 𝘈 𝘳𝘦-𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘰.


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Well, in my case, the opposite happens to me, I am one of those people who enjoy a good movie at home with popcorn and family. But everyone is different, so I still understand you, and I'm sorry you lost the excitement of watching movies on Streaming.

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It's nice to watch at home too since you can always rewind and pause when you want to check out something.

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Don't you think it might be a mix of lack of quality and overconsumption? Something much of us are guilty of, myself included, in many ways ( from overindulging in food to what we watch and consume with our other senses )?
These days, I try hard to do less ( also reading a book on this subject haha! ) but it's easier said than done. In the afternoon I walked to the nearby river beach and spent some time lying on my back, looking at birds and the slowly moving clouds.

Sending you a hug!

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I think it has to do with overconsumption, as usual though I always do thing quite excessively and get bored. Even with reading, I recently get back after not reading for a few weeks now.

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I always do thing quite excessively

You sound ( more than ) a little bit like me. I guess both of us have hyper-active brains.

Have a great day!

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I'm busy resetting my subs as I've watched everything I wanted. There's still a couple on Apple TV I'm getting through. Summer on way so guess I won't be watching as much.

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Oh nice! I wish we have rain over here, I already hate how hot it gets down here. Definitely not something I expect on October. Have fun during Summer!

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We should take a break once in a while. I guess burnout also happens when we watch too much. It happened to me before with kdramas. I watch so much that I came to a point that I can't appreciate it anymore. I was watchung for the sake of keeping up with the trend. So i took a break for a long period. Now I am back at it again and I enjoy every series. Taking a break oce in a while.

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Nice! I am taking break from K-dramas and just things that has to do with movies and film. It's nice having the break and I am sure I'll get excited again after the break.

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It is necessary to vary a little the content of the activities, no matter how difficult they may be, perhaps doing yoga, meditating, taking a break from the daily routine, and including new activities.🤗🧘🚴🏊💃🍹

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You are correct. Sometimes I have lots of interesting movies to watch, but choosing is my problem and this makes me sometimes watch movie for a longer period if I have my chance

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haha yeah, choosing is just another problem.

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Maybe I will just watch all the movie at once and divide my eyes into segments so I will be able to watch lots of movies at a time 😁😁😁