3 smart sounding reasons movies feel dumber…er
The Film Data Scientist returns to dig into what it means for a movie to be "dumb", and how movies are changing in this regard.
Last week, I posted my new research on the simplicity of movie scripts. Today, I’m sharing the companion video under the guise of The Film Data Scientist.
It’s just like the original research but dumber (read: more entertaining).
You can read more on the topic here.
I’ll be uploading new video essays every couple of weeks throughout 2026, so make sure you’re subscribed on YouTube to get notified when another drops (also, subscribing will really help me out with the Algorithm Gods, so it would mean a lot to me - thank you!).
Here are some past videos from the channel:
And to help explain the channel, I also created a short channel trailer: