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About the only thing I can do while watching a movie on TV, without getting too distracted, is ironing. I have a lot of linen and cotton clothing items and so they do require ironing, and for some reason I can stand there and iron in front of the TV and not feel like I'm missing anything. In fact, it's sort of a pleasant way to get the ironing done.
Anything else - forget it. Especially fiddling with my phone or tablet. If I get a phone call, I put the movie on pause. If I get a text, I ignore it till the movie's over.
Haha. Thank god for being able to watch TV while ironing!
DH is worse than I am about using a device while watching a movie. He's always playing games on his tablet. And then we'll be watching a movie and he just has to check IMDB for details, several times during the flick.
I think if a movie is good enough, it will capture your attention so fully that you don't even think of doing anything else. For the same reason why some people fall asleep in a movie theater despite the loud noises. It's the movie, not you
I think you can "enjoy" a movie, yes. But you can't fully comprehend a movie, and not experience it as the filmmakers hoped you would.
And, you know, it's not just the emotions - it's having a good enough situation where you can see the subtleties on the screen, catch all the nuances of the sound.
It depends on how you feel about the movie you're watching, I suppose. If you're interested in the movie, you'll pay attention. I tend to put up the subtitles, sometimes the gradations on the sound get away from my PC. I haven't seen that many movies that completely lost my attention, to the point that I stopped the movie altogether & abandoned the effort.
If you watch enough so-so movies that you don't feel much interest in - then that's more commentary on how you choose movies than on whether or not you can successfully multitask & yet give any substantial attention to the movie. Given the carnage on the streets from using cellphones & driving @ the same time, I think that's conclusive evidence that most people can't do both with any reasonable proficiency @ the same time.
The more reasonable among us park & continue the conversation from rest. The unreasonable muddle along & try to do both, & likely contribute to the injury/death stats on the road. I don't think it's possible to do justice to both activities @ once - one (or possibly both) is going to be shortchanged. From a safety POV, I'll always ignore the phone over trying to converse & drive simultaneously.
Making a puzzle.
Polishing something (this does not come up often).
Dusting.
Practicing chord progressions on a guitar.
These things I can do and pay full attention to the movie.
CDF, facebook, etc...no. I mean, I've done it and I've gotten the gist of everything, but it's not *really* paying attention.
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Besides, I prefer freeform to scripts
