Even before the start of the quarantine, the best way to describe my viewing habits, is that it is in a constant loop. I barely watch anything new because I like to binge watch a show. If I like I do not want it stop so I mostly watch the same shows in rotation. Until a show that is on a list I have has completed the season they are currently on. The show I would watch would be sitcom or anime and/or cartoon. Like this past week I have re-watched the first three season of My Hero Academia waiting for fourth season to be completed in dub, re-watched KonoSuba, the third season of Netflix’s Castlevania, and the first four season of Community. Then if I’m not watching those shows I would be on YouTube listening to anime OST, What If(s)… , or watching Let’s Play. As I type this I am currently listen to JonTron’s Flex Tape video then Dragon Ball WHAT IF. If I am not watching a show or on YouTube I will be on my social media site Funnyjunk reading or watching whatever content is on feed. Also while I am viewing all of that I be working on some schoolwork, eating, playing Borderlands 3, or doing some little exercises. Now that is my weekday viewing routine on weekends it is about the same but it is also the time when I re-watch or start to watch movies.  Either for fun, for this class or another one, films that I have watched for another class are Two-Lane Blacktop, Mad Max 2 The Road Warrior, Paris, Texas, and Thelma And Louise. I have re-watched Avengers: Endgame, Joker, and Dragon Ball Super: Broly I have watch some stuff that are new to me like Frozen 2, My Dinner With Andre, and One Piece: Stampede. So that is viewing habit and I feel like I conclude that I am just a creature of habit but I am also really lazy so I really never took the time to look for something new to watch. I don’t mind if someone would suggest a show or movie for me to watch but I can say one thing is that if this pandemic continues my viewing habits may not change. I’m kind of a mountain of procrastination and laziness.

Here Are Examples Of My Viewing Habits

Since quarantine and continued through this past week, I have been watching relatively less movies than I used to. I was better at planning out my days with physical school and since deadlines are constantly floating around my head I can’t justify watching the amount of movies and tv shows I used to. I saved my media consumption for the weekends and we are seemingly in a purgatory-esque Sunday evening.
I do spend a lot of time on the internet, though, streaming youtube links that I am recommended by friends and family (Connor O’malley, Tim Heidecker) and browsing social media. I have been watching a lot of comedy on Youtube and Twitter since quarantine. Since last Monday I haven’t seen any new movies or tv shows except the tiny clips I find in the film facebook groups I frequent and Film Twitter. Besides, of course, the two first episodes of Babylon Berlin which I watched today. Before this class I discussed this TV show with Dr. Bodek and watched the first two episodes and nothing more. I plan to finish the season this time.
I did memorize the “I am your mother” monologue from Hereditary (2018) from watching it on repeat one restless afternoon. I also heavily discussed Funny Games with my highschool friends. They watched the original Heneke version (1997) and I have seen the, shot-for-shot remake from 2007 starring my treasured Naomi Watts a couple years ago so basically the same movie. They discussed the cleverness of making a movie so blatantly in the control of the character yet still terrifying an audience since they are witnessing it happen. This movie makes fun of you for your empathy creating a psychological thriller that sticks with you, in the comfort of your home. I kept thinking back about our discussion of the use of showing sexual assault in film. In the case of this movie it really is just there for the horror-factor, which does feel cheap to me.

I have been watching movies mainly on all streaming platforms, including on an actual DVD player. Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and even ITunes offer brand new movies on all of the platforms over the past three weeks, which have made them more accessible during the day with something new to watch everytime I log in. The majority of what I watch is Netflix, Hulu, and even YouTube. I normally watch it over the period of the day. I like to turn on a movie while i do my work for the day, as I just listen to their discussions instead of preferably music. As COVID-Hit and the stay at home orders were issued, most of my days are glued to a screen. It has been more tempting to watch new movies online, more than actually going to the theater. I have watched new seasons of new shows and have finished them in just a weekend. My viewing habits have become very high in terms of what I do, but there is really no where to go. I am sort of a homebody, so it hasn’t really affected my viewing habits as they were actually very high. It’s so accessible and easy to get on and watch, but it has been brutal for paying for WiFi for almost a month. The internet is changing with what is being broadcasted during the pandemic. The internet will change from this, especially in how people think of each other and write about. This period will get all of us more together at the end of this. Everyone misses their friends, especially day after day of watching fiction imitate real life. It will cause everyone in this world to become more connected through what they watch, and especially how the reception of shows and movies will push people to have common interests and hope for life to get on track.

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This scene truly highlights the alienation that Cenik feels in Germany due to his dual nationality. He can not speak Turkish, so he is isolated from the Turkish kids at school. He is not considered German, due to his father’s Turkish blood. This leads to him not being picked for either team during the school soccer match, making him lash out violently against the other students from his bullying. This scene highlights the difficulty for a third generation immigrant to fit into the culture of the country, as he is still considered an outsider to both his country of birth and his ethnicity. He does not fit into either category while at school.

This part of the film highlights the anxiety that Georg faces throughout the film. He decides to get the hotel room, despite the fact that he knows that the hotel receptionist will betray him. Georg is so tired and drained from his journey that his only goal at that moment. The director, Petzold, showcases the differences between these two characters by placing them at opposite sides of the table. The table acts as the literal barrier that stands between Georg and sleep, which represents peace for Georg. The director keeps both of the characters mainly out of frame from each other showing their differing goals. This scene highlights movement as a theme as this is a single stop on Georg’s journey to his potential freedom. The clip interests me as it truly shows Georg’s desperation in that moment. The scene really encapsulates his motivation during his odyssey.  The receptionist also highlights the amount of totalitarian rule in this fascist state, as she says the amount of bureaucratic roadblocks that face Georg for him not to stay at the hotel. It would have been impossible for him to go to the police, making his only option is to comply with the hotel.

This scene is from the opening minutes of the film. It highlights the comedic nature of the film from the very beginning. By making Hitler appear funny, Lubitsch is taking away from his menacing nature. Hitler is separated from the Polish on l as the outsider to a land that he thinks belongs to Germany. He is the focus of the shot, as he walks up to the deli window, which has a very Jewish last name. Deli’s were brought to America by Jewish people, as the food is very ethnically Jewish. I chose this scene as it really sets the stage for the comedic overtones of the film. By having Hitler show up at the beginning of the film in a comedic setting, it leads the audience to not take the film so harshly.

This film showcases a resistance mentally of Lubitsch as he left Germany due to the rise of the Nazi party. The film is a battling the ideals of the Nazi’s by showing them to be incompetent instead of their supposed superiority. Hitler is also shown to not be an intimidating leader, but instead to be rather comedic. The film is basically a response to the propaganda films of the Nazi party, showing the fatal flaws of fascist beliefs.

The significance for this meme is foreshadowing the ultimate showdown between Shosanna and Colonel Landa. Landa had no idea what Shosanna would go through in order to get her revenge on the Colonel. Had he actually chased after and killed her, there would be no movie. The Colonel and Shosanna are the two most important characters in the film due to this event, that creates the tension and the action throughout the movie. I chose to juxtapose the ending with the beginning of the film in this meme, as this is very important in Tarantino film making. He often directly connects the beginning of his films to the ending of them, such as Pulp Fiction.