Spending time watching movies and soap operas and playing games in Ramadaan

Some fasting people spend most of the day in Ramadaan watching movies
and soap operas on videos and TVs, and playing cards. What is the
ruling on that?
Praise be to Allaah.
Muslims, whether they are fasting or not, should fear Allaah with
regard to what they are doing and not doing at all times. They must
avoid that which Allaah has forbidden, namely watching obscene movies
which show things that Allaah has forbidden such as naked and
semi-naked pictures, or reprehensible programs, or things which appear
on TV that go against the laws of Allaah, such as images, singing,
musical instruments and misleading ideas. Every Muslim, whether he is
fasting or not, must avoid playing with cards and other kinds of
games, because that involves witnessing evil and doing wrong, and
because it alsocauses hardness and disease in the heart, makes a
person take the laws of Allaah lightly and makes him find it too
difficult to do the things that Allaah has enjoined, such as praying
in congregation and other obligations, and makes him fall into doing
many haraam things. Allaah says (interpretation of the meaning):
"And of mankind is he who purchases idle talks (i.e. music, singing)
to mislead (men) from the path of Allaah without knowledge, and takes
it (the pathof Allaah, or the Verses of the Qur'aan) by way of
mockery. For such there will be a humiliating torment (in the
Hell-fire).
And when Our Verses (of the Qur'aan) are recited to such a one, he
turns away in pride, as if he heard them not — as if there were
deafness in his ear. So announce to him a painful torment"[Luqmaan
31:6-7]
And He says in Soorat al-Furqaan,describing the slaves of the Most
Merciful (interpretation of the meaning):
"And those who do not bear witness to falsehood, and if they pass by
some evil play or evil talk, they pass by it with dignity"[al-Furqaan
25:72]
Falsehood (al-zoor) includes all kinds of evil, and the phrase "do not
bear witness" means that they do not attend where these things are
happening.
The Prophet (peace and blessingsof Allaah be upon him) said: "There
will be among my ummahpeople who will permit adultery, silk, alcohol
and musical instruments." (Narrated by al-Bukhaari in his Saheeh in a
mu'allaq majzoom report). What is meant by adultery is illegal sexual
relations, and musical instruments include singing. Allaah has
forbidden to the Muslims all means that lead to haraam things, and
undoubtedly watching bad movies and the evils that are shown on TV are
among the means that lead to haraam things or lead one to take such
matters lightly without denouncing them. And Allaah is the One Whose
help we seek.