Enough with the phones in movies!! I mean characters using iphones in movies and TV.

Call me old fashioned, or the secret child of Andy Rooney, but directors/screenwriters must stop giving screen time to.... screens!!! I am noticing in films set in modern times, the blatant close ups of  iphones... and the exchange of texting between characters...with sound effects..

Is this supposed to be the same thing as a banter or a dialogue?
Imagine a dialogue driven film such as My Dinner with Andre or Same Time, Next Year, as a series of texts or emails.. This gimicky way of portraying communication between 2 people will age poorly. Just look at the evidence:

Gordon Gekko on his ultra modern cell phone doing business on the beach... audiences find this ridiculous now, when the scene is not supposed to be funny!

Email exchange between Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks' characters in You've got mail.
It just seems kinda funny now!

I enjoyed The Fault in our Stars, however, I was distracted by the constant texting communication between the two main characters. Okay, so, I know this is how these kids today like to communicate, and I am of course much more like the parents in the film, or even crabby old Willem Dafoe...... rather than being like the alluring lead characters....but I don't think the close ups of iphone screens will stand the test of time.

 just 2 more:

and of course the exception: