I like this paragraph from the book "f It Bleeds" by Stephen King, page 184
(Holly Gibney is driving)"Jerome sounds troubled. She sees him look at her, but only out of the corner of her eye; Holly always faces directly forward when she's driving. Those movie sequences where the driver looks at his passenger for seconds at a time while delivering dialogue drive her absolutely crazy. She always wants to shout, 'Look at the road, dummy! Do you want to hit a kid while you're discussing your love life?' "
That's me exactly. My movie watching experience is ruined Every. Single. Time. a driver turns to look at the passenger during a conversation. "EYES ON THE ROAD YOU IDIOT!!" is what my brain screams every time. I can't help it!!
Why do they ALWAYS do that?? No, seriously, that's a question....
I just looked at some Reddit threads on that topic. Yes, the actors' facial gestures are part of the storytelling, with eye contact being crucial to that storytelling. But still, aren't there directors willing to go out on a limb and just have the driver keep their eyes on the road like in real life?? So that people like me can experience the story instead of the stupidity???
