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I read a study some time ago that claimed people actually rate media that's been spoiled higher than if they hadn't been spoiled, even though they think they will enjoy it less. Personally I think it depends on the work itself. If the plot is based on twists and turns that occur externally to the characters (event-driven), spoilers can ruin a movie or TV show, sure. But what about character-driven films? How do you spoil something like Twelve Angry Men or The Big Lebowski? In the former case, you basically know what the ending is, but your enjoyment of the film comes from watching how it plays out. In the latter case, the plot is so convoluted and there's so many little irrelevant details that I can't imagine someone would hate the film if you "spoiled" it. Time is also a factor, I suppose. Finding something out about a movie a few months ago, with enough time to forget it, is different from somebody explaining a plot point right before the scene occurs. -------- Funny anecdote edit: I had the plot point of Star Wars VII spoiled for me, but when I told my friend before seeing the film, "I heard a spoiler for TFA," he told me he heard a spoiler that turned out to be fake (he had already seen it at that point). So when the scene in question arrived I wasn't really sure what to expect. His comment somewhat negated the spoiler because he tricked me into thinking it might be fake, which it ultimately wasn't. So the moral of the story is, if your buddies get spoiled, trick them by saying it's a fake spoiler. kalel fucked around with this message at 18:58 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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Spoilers for Pride And Prejudice And Zombies: there are no zombies, the movie is a shot-for-shot, faithful adaptation of Jane Austen's original novel
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