WHAT DO YOU PREFER, SERIES OR A ONE SITTING MOVIE?

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Post by John Owen »

Well, we all have our preferences whether we like a movie in one sitting or in episodes spinning to several series. What are your likes and why?
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Post by Roxie_empire »

I prefer series.
Because I love to watch a movie to get every bit of it. Series gives you every bit of the movie on each season, episodes and scenes. Also d best quality time you get is to watch a movie to the extreme end and the perfection in it. On my opinion, a one sitting movie atimes ends where it's supposed to get started and some of the scenes are cut off because it's a one sitting movie not series.
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Definitely movie. I don't really watch many series because of their length and the arduous effort and time it requires to complete. A film can be concise and often has a higher budget and more talented creators.
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Series has always been something I enjoyed watching. I mean I am into more of an action/conspiracy genre of shows and steer clear of dramas. I like that in total they last a while, with movies it’s time length is usually like 2 hrs 30 mins long. And it’s consistent. Shows they cut at 45 mins to a little over an hour and continue like that for the rest of the season. You have time to watch a little now, come back later and maybe finish the rest later. So series it is for me.
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I feel like the more content you give me the better. But there are some amazing films that feel just perfect.
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Series. I can get more out of them then just one movie about it. A couple of movies are ruined because they put to much in them when spreading it out makes it better.
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I like both, but I think series allows for more character development and pacing.
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Post by Khaiden T »

Series are always better for me because they (mostly) get rid of the time problem that movies have, so there's no need to omit anything. It seems this is becoming more of a standard too, which is great to see.

The big downside is that they take more time to complete than movies would.
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I prefer series. I rarely watch either so when I do, I prefer watching several short episodes over a long movie even if I'll spend the same amount of time.
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It is actually a tough question. I personally prefer to watch series at home, but when it was possible, I went to the cinema at least once a week: I just love the feeling of being surrounded by the sounds and music!
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I like series because you get more content and character development. Sometimes nothing can beat a good movie with a well developed storyline.
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I prefer Movies when I don't have lot of time to spend and want to watch something creative. And prefer Series which are really good plus I have lot's of free time.
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i prefer Series. I like character and story development.The plot twists. The cliff hangers
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If the story has a lot of moving parts, it needs to be a series. I don’t like it when they try to smush too much into a movie. A good example is WandaVision. That needed to be a series.
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Post by Nasray22 »

Well, it depends with the amount of time and work i have. If i just want to pass some time due to boredome, I'd go for a movie but if i know that I'll be free for a long time, maybe due to a holiday or such, I'll definitely go for a series. I watch series more though.
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