Most of the thought-provoking ideas, arguments, and "formalizations of the nature of the human condition" I've encountered in my life have come from movies, TV, or forum posts. Books are great, but let's not pretend they're somehow objectively superior to other media. It's all a matter of preference -- some people find books and reading to be the best source of wisdom for them, and others (like me) find other media to be much better. It varies from person to person because art is definitionally subjective.