I don't 'try' to do either.
Either the film's production and marketing draw me in the intended direction or they don't. When their vision and my experience fail to align, I expect I'm less likely to enjoy the film.
...That or film was garbage. YMMV
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suspension of disbelief – I still use film / TV / movies as escapism so it’s not so much as empathizing with the lead as it is losing myself in the story
I do immerse myself in the story, but I don't necessarily emphasise with the protagonist. The most recent example of that would be Dune for me, where I've read the first two novels before the movies and therefore didn't really want Paul to succeed.
I've seen people reacting to movies say things like "oh you can't do that to me!" when something happens to the main character. I always thought that was a bit weird, but you're telling me that's a certain way people watch movies - to sort of put themselves in the main character's place and experience the movie from that perspective?
Maybe it's me who's weird.
Well, yeah, that’s a pretty normal thing for people to do; living through somebody else (in this case a fictional character). Even if the circumstances aren’t the same, the feelings usually are, making it more relatable.
Or you're putting yourself in the director's place.
That's the way I mostly see movies now, and while it gives you a broader window over the whole movie it also removes some of the fun.
I have the same experience as your observation, i.e., when I was younger I primarily just empathized with the main character and never went deeper. And now I can do both.
Where I'm at currently, I still primarily empathize with the main character, especially on first watches. Although, I may be taken out of it by a really cool shot, or if I discover something important about the writing that takes my thoughts in that direction.
It is on subsequent watches, when I already know what is going to happen to the characters on the surface level, that i start to think about why the movie is written this way, like a step deeper. That's when I will begin to think about the big picture things.