When you say something...and I pause the DVR and ask you what you said...yes, what is being said right now on TV is important to me.
When we are watching a movie...pay attention so you do not have to ask me who, what, where, when, and why.
Listen to the dialogue early in the movie. That part that you think is boring is telling you what is going on and will explain why the characters do what they do later in the movie.