SteveWinwood
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I can't respect anything you say. The annoying PEACE guy wanting to push his spoiler beliefs on others. Not worth any effort.
PEACE
I can't respect anything you say. The annoying PEACE guy wanting to push his spoiler beliefs on others. Not worth any effort.
i'm so glad you are a super genius when watching bad movies
To be fair, it's WAY worse on Gaf than anywhere else. I mean, people complain about podcast spoilers on here.
Because I usually figure things out long before they happen. I figured out the end to The Village about halfway through it. I told my sister and she was stunned when it came true. I figured out Shutter Island within the first half hour. Had a strong hunch about Sixth Sense's reveal in the last 30 minutes.
About the only movie that totally took me by surprise was Usual Suspects. However, that movie taught me to look for little hints and clues in movies, and I've made it a habit of trying to guess the surprise in movies since then. It doesn't diminish the reveal at all, as a movie is more than one surprising moment. I'm hoping the rest of the 1.5-3 hour movie was worth sitting through, anyway. If not, that reveal is not gonna compensate for the wasted time. For me, I enjoy the full journey, whether I know the end or not.
As an example, I knew Blair Witch wasn't real long before I went to see it in the theaters, but it had me legitimately scared at times just because it was shot in such a suspenseful manner. I guess I don't put so much weight in little things. PEACE.
I can't respect anything you say. The annoying PEACE guy wanting to push his spoiler beliefs on others. Not worth any effort.
Sometimes I look up spoilers, that's how little I care.
Devo gets it.
(Fuck theaters, themoviespoiler.com is all I need.)
It's not about being smart. As someone noted, spoilers only really mattered before when they included a plot twist. However, movies are so formulaic these days, that shouldn't even matter. Anyway, the movies I listed specifically had plot twists in them, and I'm certainly not the only one who saw those endings coming. You never think ahead when watching a movie? Not being snarky, that's an honest question. PEACE.
my mombefore she watches them.reads the plots to movies on wikipedia
i spoiled the end of season 4 of breaking bad for myself
then i posted something in such a way that coincided with the ending of the final episode...and lots of people quoted me, which was my goal. hahaha
Funny you should mention Usual Suspects, it's still, years later, a joke shared between my wife and I about how memorably, succinctly, directly and completely she managed to spoil the movie for me before I saw it. (She saw it a few weeks before I was able due to being away for work)
How succinctly? - 4 words.
How direct, completely and memorably?
Those four words were- said to my brother during a conversation about the film, it was as short, sweet and memorable as I think it was possible for such a complex (at the time) film to get spoiled by."It was the cripple"
I double facepalmed upon hearing those words because I knew that despite knowing not one single thing about the film, I would know and put it into context as soon as I saw it.
The film was still great, but I absolutely can't say that a large part of the enjoyment of the film was utterly lost by knowing, by anticipating his appearance and losing the journey through the film that I should have experienced.
I wonder how people avoid spoilers for tv shows. I got spoiled with certain things from Breaking Bad long before I marathoned the series. The Season5 previews have been running on a lot of channels, and they show the end of Season4. I didn't realize it, of course, until the end of Season4. LOL! Still, it was impossible for me to avoid it unless I change the channel anytime a commercial came on. PEACE.
I honestly don't think that The Usual Suspects is as watchable today as it was years ago because of the acting careers of its cast.
I start singing to myself, close my eyes and plug my ears if something is about to be spoiled for me as I watch commercials.I wonder how people avoid spoilers for tv shows. I got spoiled with certain things from Breaking Bad long before I marathoned the series. The Season5 previews have been running on a lot of channels, and they show the end of Season4. I didn't realize it, of course, until the end of Season4. LOL! Still, it was impossible for me to avoid it unless I change the channel anytime a commercial came on. PEACE.
Funny you should mention Usual Suspects, it's still, years later, a joke shared between my wife and I about how memorably, succinctly, directly and completely she managed to spoil the movie for me before I saw it. (She saw it a few weeks before I was able due to being away for work)
How succinctly? - 4 words.
How direct, completely and memorably?
Those four words were- said to my brother during a conversation about the film, it was as short, sweet and memorable as I think it was possible for such a complex (at the time) film to get spoiled by."It was the cripple"
I double facepalmed upon hearing those words because I knew that despite knowing not one single thing about the film, I would know and put it into context as soon as I saw it.
The film was still great, but I absolutely can't say that a large part of the enjoyment of the film was utterly lost by knowing, by anticipating his appearance and losing the journey through the film that I should have experienced.
I honestly don't think that The Usual Suspects is as watchable today as it was years ago because of the acting careers of its cast.
Before the internet, you'd get spoiled at the water cooler.
I disagree. The acting by basically everybody in the movie was superb. I'd think the acting careers taking a nosedive is more reason to watch this movie. I mean come on, how many movies with the same 5 actors do we need to watch?
I never finished Grandia II because someone spoiled a bunch of things that happen.
I mean(just in case, this is a The Usual Suspects spoiler)Kevin Spacey specifically, hasn't he been playing Villiains almost exclusively ever since, I think one would suspect he is a bad guy right away
then that would be the fault of the author. romeo & juliet begins with the narrator telling you what will ultimately happen to both of the young lovers. i don't think the play's "dramatic levity" was affected negatively.
There's nothing to spoil. That is not a subtle movie at all.
I wish I could predict the future so I could spoil peoples lives.
I MEAN REALLY..
Or you can use your power for good.
I struggle to comprehend how time and time again there are people that seemingly CANNOT comprehend how spoilers can ruin a film/book/tv show/whatever for you. Is it really that hard a concept to grasp? I feel like I'm talking to another species sometimes. Like some sort of aliens that are trying to learn how the human psyche works.
To be fair, it's WAY worse on Gaf than anywhere else. I mean, people complain about podcast spoilers on here.