Is plotting a film much different from a novel?
In both cases you need an interesting character and some kind of an obstacle, a theme or a few, a setting.
You can argue that books take much longer to go through and provide much more details, they are not fully passive. But then a film series can also extend t great length.

>Das Rheingold WWV 86A - Vorspiel
>Solti and Vienna Philharmonic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EucdXGHAwXM
Does it get any better?