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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Cinema Discusso > Spoilers don't ruin movies. People do.
Do spoilers ruin your life?
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Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax

Ralp posted:

The idea is just that so-called "spoilers"— that is, knowing something beforehand about the plot of a movie (or show or book, etc)— don't actually spoil anything, they don't diminish the entertainment value or enjoyability of the film.
How do you know this? How can you determine what affects how someone else enjoys something?

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Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax

contrapants posted:

I think, if anything, movies with a twist ending are the most likely to be ruined. I watched the Usual Suspects and the Sixth Sense years after they came out, and I still enjoyed them. I don't think I missed out on anything by knowing the ending beforehand.
You missed out on the experience of coming to the realization of these facts on your own based on the clues given by the narrative. Whether or not that's worth anything to anybody is a different discussion, but to simply act like knowing a plot twist before watching something and having the twist revealed WHILE watching something are equivalent is a weird assumption to make.

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Whirlwind Jones
Apr 13, 2013

by Lowtax

MisterBibs posted:

Spoilers and Going-Into-The-Movie-Knowing-To-Pay-Attention-To-Xs improve my experience in a movie, game, whatever. I don't really care about being surprised.

I don't actively spoil poo poo for people, don't get me wrong, because I understand people wanting to not know poo poo.
How can you tell if they improve your experience if you have nothing to compare them to? Re-watching things once you know the reveal definitely heightens your awareness of certain things, but if you're watching for the first time and already know the outcome then you'll robbing yourself of the initial blind experience.

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