I do not necessarily agree with the textbook and vegetable analogy. Textbooks and vegetables provide us with things we need- knowledge and nutrients, but have the reputation of being horrible. Like most things there is always going to be the good and the bad. There are poorly written textbooks, yucky veggies, and documentaries are the same way. Some people might look at them as the bad textbook or the vegetable because they have only seen ones that are made purely for the purpose of informing people. There are plenty of documentaries that have good information and are incredibly entertaining. And even if you do come across a slow moving documentary, I find that they are more entertaining that a textbook. Instead of just using your eyes you must listen, too. I find that using both of these senses makes the experience much more enjoyable. But maybe that's just me. I guess I don't really know what else to say about this because it's completely based on opinion. There is no way that anyone can actually say that documentaries are like textbooks, or that they aren't. It's all based on your learning/entertainment preferences.
Oh yeah, and I would have done this earlier but I wasn't aware that we had blog posts for weeks without movies until like.... 10 o'clock last night. Ooops!! Now I know :]
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So, Hannah, I'm curious whether you think recent documentaries like 'March of the Penguins', etc., or History Channel shows, have changed people's minds about documentaries. Textbooks themselves have certainly gotten flashier and more entertaining than they once were; is the same true for docs?
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ReplyDeleteCharles: Those documentaries have definitely changed my mind about documentaries. I never disliked documentaries before but now I really like them. I just recently started seeing really entertaining documentaries but I wonder if other people look past the stereotype and try watching newer ones. I'm not really sure how others look at it now.
ReplyDeleteMatt: I love veggies! But for the prompt I think we're supposed to view them as gross :]