Just now, I was browsing the Netflix site and happened to run across the new Alien vs. Predator 2 DVD. I was really excited to rent it. But, I accidentally read one of the reviews. And, the person reviewing the DVD, totally gave away some key points of the movie and the ending. I'll probably still rent the DVD online, but it won't be such a surprise.
Have you ever been at a theater and had someone else tell you the ending of the movie, before you had a chance to see it? Don't you hate it when someone else tells you what's going to happen in a movie, before you can watch it? Has that ever happened to you?
[question posted by beautyqueen26]
responses and comments:
Yeah I have and I fell like it's not worth seeing if I already know how it is going to end. I would rather see the ending myself before someone else tells me about it. [Shaun72]
It's so true! I wait all year for these things to come out on DVD and then some numb skull blurts out the ending, to save me the trouble of having to watch it. I've seen a couple reviews online, accidentally, while reading posts on MyLots. Someone will just blurt it out and then I can't "unsee" the comment. They just sort of sneak it into the middle of what they're saying. And, it's out of the bag. You can't unring that bell. But, I will still enjoy watching the journey, even if I know where they're all headed. Thanks for taking time out to chat with me about my favorite subject, movies! Be well. [beautyqueen26]
It happens to me, usually by my friends who wants to tease me because they usually see those movies before me. But oftentimes they fail on their attempt because I already know what they're gonna talk about and I just stop them or just leave the area before they spoil the story for me. I do it to them too actually if I've seen the movie first. hehe [putotot]
beautyqueen_ I have one worse scenario. My son comes home and tells me "Mom, I just saw (whatever movie) and it will really upset you, so don't go." Then, he tells me about the entire movie! What am I supposed to do? I listen with half an ear because I love him. [anawar]
Oh yeah i don't like being told what's going to happen in a movie. I like being surprised by the ending. Its the whole point of watching the movie for the first time for me that you don't know what's going to happen in the end. So yes i hate when people ruin what is going to happen in the movie for me. [Timothy31]
I remember my friends and I were watching a movie in a movie house and the girls at my back are so noisy and that the other girl is really noisy~! She really mouthering that she watch the movie thrice already and she'll burst that she knows that part and she burst out also what's happening next!. It's really annoying I paid for this, for my enjoyment and she'll just ruin it!. I was so annoyed by her that I want to scold her much but I didn't do that because it will make a big fuss there so I just move to other places. [Ranie19]
sometimes it really affects me that i dont like to watch that movie anymore. or maybe i will watch but it will take atleast a lot of time for me to gain that mood. i think i am that kind of person. even on food if someone tells me that this food taste like something is wrong i dont taste it anymore. i dont know why i am like this but i just cant control it. talking about movies.... we have different views about movies we also have different percepcions. maybe its cool to others and to others is not, but hearing others comments affect our percepcion. thats what i think [se7enthbird]
I hear you! I don't like it when someone spoils movies, either. [beautyqueen26]
Yes, thats why I dont bother to see a movie or rent one. I am not a movie fanatic, sometimes i read some reviews and heard some of my friends discussing new movies. If a like a movie and havent seen it and I saw a DVD on sale even it was months or year ago, I buy it. But its the time that I dont have much thats why I just dont use my time seeing movies. [bagumbayan]
sometimes, but if i know i am not planning to see it, i will gladly listen to the friends that are telling me what the movie is like and how it ends. [cher913]
It's annoying. We were babysitting two girls the other weekend and we all bunked in the lounge, mattresses on the floor while I slept on the couch and one of the girls kept telling us what was going to happen. I had to tell her so many times to no say anything but she couldn't help it. I ended up letting them watch it and hopped into bed LOL [maddysmommy]
That's cool! Sometimes I watch movies anyway even when I know how things will turn out. Or, just lounge around and pay no attention to the movie and read a magazine and use it as background noise. It's usually not bad either way. [beautyqueen26]
Yeah...i hate when that happens. thats why i go out of my way to not read reviews or watch things like Sisko and Roper. its a real turn off for me. and as for people that like to ruin the ending of a movie on purpose before i get to see it, i try to avoid them too so that i can watch the movie and be surprised. I cant enjoy a movie for the first time if i already know how it ends. [Palmerhusky]
Yes, was with friends then didn't knew that they already watched it, just as we we're on the climax of the movie they just had to say what comes next. I felt so annoyed on how they point at the screen and say the actor's lines. [ChocoCrumble]
my dad kept threatening to reveal the end of the final M*A*S*H episode when we were all watching it. a friend of his at work had supposedly gotten his hands on a partial manuscript and they knew the ending. [GigglesGrobanite]
a friend recommended a movie for me to watch, she said it was a right tear jerker and i would enjoy it, it's called the (notebook)...so i got the movie and my sons girlfriend talked all the way through it and then announced that she'd seen it and told me the ending....grrrrr....LOL..i hate it when someone does that, she didn't shut up once while we were watching it, so she spoiled it for me....i may watch it again tonight when i am alone...this time i may get to hear it too....happy [tattylashes]
I don't hate it but it upsets me when they tell what the movie is about and i know that there is more to what they are telling. So it's better to watch the movie your self to see for yourself what the movie story line tells you. [twallace]
Yes I've fallen in such precarious situation many times earlier. I hate to hear anything about the movie I'm going to watch or the book I'm going to read. I simply can't watch a movie, the story or ending of which I already know. We, in fact, watch movies for some thrill and entertainment and prior knowledge kills the element of thrill in the movie. So normally I avoid reading any reviews before watching the movie myself. I believe that even when we don't about the ending, we become biased about the movie and can not enjoy it freely. [suruchi86]
That annoys me so much, it happened to me once when I sat down to watch a film I'd been dying to see for ages. We were all sitting waiting to watch a DVD and my Uncle had already seen it and gave away the major twist of the film just as I was waiting for it to start. I was not best pleased. [creative_genius]
I hate it when the movie is new, but when it's older I don't mind as much. I'll still like the movie either way. [wonderlander]
That hasn't happened to me in a lot of years but I still remember being so irritated and upset when it did happen! It was the 6th sense it happened with but I still loved the film anyway! xxx [mummymo]
We my roomates often watch movies and TV series together,we talk about them and sometomes the result may be clear bacause there maybe someone have watched or heard about that.We discuss about that.I don't think that will affect my mood,on the contrary I'll be more curious coz I will guess and "direct" the plots in my mind about how things go will end that result.Then I will prove my thought right or wrong while we go on watching them. [chunshuibingdou]
I hate it!! hehe. I remember that some years ago I watched The Others, with Nicole Kidman, which is a great movie. By the end of the movie, someone told me, oh yes, this reminds of The Sixth Sense!. Well I was looking forward to watch the Sixth Sense and from that moment I knew what would happen....I watched it some time later but from the beginning I knew what the explanation to the movie was.....So my friends a piece of advice...don't rip movies endings please! [LightninStrike]
I haven't had this happen in the theater, but my partner will regularly do this with television shows. Just the other night I was sat watching Iron Chef America (I LOVE that show!), and unknown to me, my partner had already seen that particular episode. Right at the very end of the show, JUST before they announced who the winner was - my partner blurted it out! Of course I protested about it. It wasn't so much that I cared about who'd won, but he totally spoiled the feeling of anticipation that I had. I hate when people spoil moments like that or give away the end of a show, or a movie, and it doesn't matter where I am or who it is, they deserve to have their mouths duct taped shut! [angelwhispers30]
I hate that when that happens... Although, there was a time that it was my fault... I was on break at work & I noticed co-workers talking about the movie I wanted to see... I got involved in the conversation & basically ended up ruining the movie for me... That really wasn't anybody's fault... But yeah, other cases, when somebody spoils the ending, I really hate that... When somebody asks me about the movie they wanna see, I usually tell them, "I really like the movie & I know you'll like it too... And the ending, yow, wait till you see it!!!" And leave it at that... [sk66rc]
hi beautyqueen, you are absoulutely right tht when someone tells you the climax of the movie jst before you are going to seen, brings lots of anger for him.i perfer not to associated with such person who already seen the movie, really brings bad taste as the excitement is gone coz of telling the climax before.its really bad habit,i tell you. bye n cheers, swatig :) [swatig]
whao thats bad, i hate people telling the storyline of a movie i am currently watching, i hate to know the end of a movie before the end of the movie so i will rather stop watching the movie or i will not watch the movie if the guy would not stop talking. the beauty of a movie is to watch it from beginning to the end [delaks44]
Yes, I would want to find out on my own what really happened in the movie.. Telling it all, takes the fun out of it. [cream97]
hi bq26!!! i do hate it especially if it's done on purpose but if its a review i wouldn't mind at all. i had this funny expereince though. i was on a dte with this girl and her friend tagged along. my date and i had picked out the movie to watch before meeting so we were unaware that her friend had watched the movie before. much to my dismay, she told how the movie ended and had described in great detail some of the more important parts of the plot of the movie. well, that wasn't exactly the great start that i needed for my date so i returned the favor to this friend by telling her how her life will miserably end. end of story and good for me not the end of my date. [allen0187]
When its one of my friends, I tend to get a bit more physical, so to speak. When its someone else I tend to make them feel like a complete jerk, lol. [dark_dragon525]
Yes I so hate when people do that. My brother in law has a very bad habit of giving away the endings to movies. It makes me so angry. [photographygirl73]
Yes I do and I dont. Sometimes I like to know especially if the film is sad, I hate sad films, really hate them. So sometimes if I think they are going to be sad then I will ask for the ending before I watch it! [gemini_rose]
I never have had that happen. But I drive my husband nuts because sometimes if he sees a movie before I do I ask him what happens. Not always but there are some movies at the end I just wonder why I sat through it for this? I just hate bad endings. [Ruthep]
Yes, I sure do hate when that happens! It's happened to me several times when it really did spoil the ending - Sixth Sense and Million Dollar Baby are two that come to mind immediately. Annie [anniepa]