My thoughts on spoilers

 My thoughts on spoilers 

 

The reason why I'm talking about this is that there is something about this topic that I didn't consider. To me, spoilers are giving away the ending or twist in the movie. That's where I made my mistake, I mean I thought how people viewed spoilers was universal but that's not the case. If you review and movie or tv show you're spoiling it just by talking about it. In a review you give a summary of the plot and the characters, how is that surprising? Doing that can be distracting let's use Iron Man 3 for example. If someone warned you about the Mandarin twist, would you be able to enjoy the movie with that in the back of your mind? Also, how people view a movie can ruin it for everyone else. Let's say you're looking forward to watching a Transformers movie, but people said bad things about it. Does that make you second guess watching the movie? The Dark Knight is another example that movie got a lot of hype and it's a miracle that it didn't crash and burn under people's expectations.  

I understand where people are coming from however, I see regular reviews as a compromise. This is why I tried to be as cryptic as I can when I review movies and TV shows. However, that can be challenging for me because it's hard to talk about films if it doesn't have much going on in them. Would you watch Forest Gump if I said it's about a man living out his life? The premise doesn't sound interesting however the director and screenplay can make or break that premise. The reason why I don't consider regular reviews spoilers is because just because I know about the plot that doesn't mean I know how it's going to play out, it's not always about the destination for me it's about the journey. Before you ask why are spoilers excluded from that it's because you can only experience not knowing once unless you don't watch the movie for a long time. 

The issue with spoilers today is that there are no restrictions. I mean people post and talk about the movie or show ASAP without considering if people already saw it or want to see it. The people who do this have this it's your problem mentality they have every right to feel that way however it doesn't change the fact that doing this could make them look less credible. I mean you're doing a spoiler review of a movie or TV show as soon as it comes out that requires you to remember everything that happens in the movie or show. Also, what you see doesn't always resonate with your mind. Another thing you have to be informed about what you're watching for example if you're watching a movie about the life of a doctor you should know what that's like so you won't be confused about what's going on. This is why I don't review a lot of anime or mange's because I'm not that familiar with Japanese culture. Plus, anime seems to last as long as soap operas.   

Another thing is you got to have the right mindset, I mean if you're depressed or mad and you watch something that makes you feel worse it's going to add fuel to the fire. You risk misrepresenting the film. You won't appreciate with the writer or director is doing because you're in a bad mood. That can happen women do this most of the time. I mean how many times do they talk about how bad their ex was and not mentioned the mistakes they made in the relationship? This happens to me I didn't give shows, movies, books, or video games fair reviews because I was mad or misinformed. Really, it's hard to give anything a fair review look up the primal effect and you'll see what I mean. This is why I wait after the weekend from time to time to review a movie by doing that I'm giving myself a chance to process what I've watched. When I want to do a spoiler review, I wait after it comes out on Blu-Ray that's enough time to give people a chance to watch the movie or show. There are times where I screwed up my reviews because there was something I missed. 

Another reason why people should post spoilers is that it's inconsiderate of others. I mean everyone doesn't have access to those spoilers. To be fair there are times where I'm guilty of doing that with older movies. If someone complains about me spoiling the I am your father reveal in Star Wars; my response would be Oh shut up! That movie is over fourth years old, it's not my fault you're late to the party. Then again, if someone spoiled an older movie that I haven't seen I would be annoyed too. 

If you are doing this to get attention from others, you're wasting your time because people don't care what you post not you as a person. I'm surprised that giving reviews before the movie comes out didn't cause any problems with Hollywood. The people who worked on Terminator Salvation had to change the ending because someone linked it on the internet. Well, people spoil WWE matches on the internet and that didn't affect them as far as I know. I'm not saying reviews don't matter however we have to learn how to respect people's boundaries, if you don't want to know anything about a movie or TV show then don't say anything about them. We shouldn't have to stay off the internet to avoid spoilers.