However, even if things aren't meant for us and even if we don't experience them directly, it doesn't mean we can't learn something from them, translate them into the form we need it, and apply it to improve our one life at the local level.
As a child growing up, I remember my mum asking us right after every movie we watched ‘What did you learn from it?’
Now each time I watch a movie, I have that in mind and it has come a long way to grooming me. I can't stick too long in situations where I don't learn a thing or two. It plays a big role in fulfilling all you have stated above.
Most people, even when watching a movie together, don't discuss what they have seen. It is consumed and makes no impact on them at all.
True on that