[ SECRET POST #3814 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3814 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[fscom]

07. https://i.imgur.com/jq3SvHd.png

[morieris]

r/movies.

"DAE NOT watch trailers????? they give away so much!!!! I am the only person who has realized this!"

[(Anonymous)]

lmao

[(Anonymous)]

literally this omg

[ozaline]

It's funny that modern trailers might give away the best line, but trailers from the 60s and such gave away the whole plot point by point.

[sarillia]

I just have this huge disconnect with the whole idea of things being spoiled in general. I accept that there are people who don't want to know much or anything about something before watching it and I follow the rules about avoiding spoiling people. But I still don't understand it because I'm the complete opposite. I hate going into something without knowing anything about it. And I've had to go back and watch things again after a twist is revealed so I can enjoy it the second time around, because having it hanging over my head ruined the experience for me the first time. It's weird. All the coy hints annoy me when I don't know the answer, but then I enjoy seeing how they fit together when I do know it.

Which is just barely related to the secret. Sorry. I agree though. I don't get people who watch trailers and then complain that it actually told them something about the movie. But again, I'm the opposite. I hate trailers that just show me a bunch of pretty pictures and don't tell me anything about what the movie is actually about.

[(Anonymous)]

I love trailers. I don't mind spoilers, and I'm the same way about twists. I love watching something a second or third time and noticing all the foreshadowing or things I hadn't picked up on before.

[morieris]

Depends on the property for me.

I have never seen a trailer for Get Out, but based upon the near perfect reception, I went opening day.

then there are some things like the last jedi where I want to see right now where the characters are, even just a little bit.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I'm not bothered by spoilers, either, personally. I've no problem with sites putting up spoiler warnings as a heads up measure, or people hiding spoilers in discussions. Like you, I follow the rules about that stuff when talking with people.

But even with the best precautions in place, there's still always going to be a possibility you (general "you") might wind up stumbling across spoilers at some point. Especially if you're going online. And people who are really anti-spoiler need to figure out a way that works for them to prepare for that possibility, too.

[(Anonymous)]

100% with you on that. And I'll also add that with movie ticket prices being what they are, not to mention parking charges, I really want to be sure what I'm laying down a lot of cash for is worth the money. If nothing else then the spoilers from the trailers, assuming we don't get a lying dick trailer like Gareth Edward's Godzilla trailer, do a lot to assure me that it is worthwhile spending cash to watch it. I want to know the story, because I am done with paying cash for stories I ended up hating.

I genuinely do not understand fans who watch trailers then complain about them. Apart from anything else trailers are not directed at fans who will be going to see the movie anyway. They are already in the bank. The trailers and teasers are aimed at the people who are, at best, agnostic about the movie. To get those guys on the hook and that means giving away some deets.

[imperion]

This is me.

I purposefully go looking for spoilers so I know what to expect. Reading the spoiler or seeing an image isn't the same as experiencing the story for myself. I can still be totally invested, despite knowing how it ends because getting to that ending is the best part of story telling.

[meredith44]

I'm someone who hates being spoiled and will do my best to never be spoiled for anything. My reason is that I can only have the viewing where I know nothing once. After that I might very well like to watch again to see how everything fits, and if I really like the movie, I will often watch multiple times, but I want that first experience to be completely without expectation if possible.

Let's take The Sixth Sense, for example. I loved when I first watched it and thought it was about a psychologist helping a kid work through things. Then the twist happened. And I went "What?!" and appreciated it. And then went back the next week to watch it again to pick up on the clues and foreshadowing that went with the twist. I have watched the movie a few times since and have enjoyed it each time, but I'm glad I got to see the first showing without knowing what was going to happen. If that makes sense?

[(Anonymous)]

Not knowing what to expect can be really fun sometimes. I was invited to a screening of The Room where Tommy and Greg made an appearance and threw a football around with some fans. At this point I had NO IDEA what the movie was about and the only thing I had to speculate on was the football throwing, and the movie poster which made it seem like it was going to be a thriller/suspense, possibly involving a deranged serial killer.

That movie was a ride from start to finish.

[(Anonymous)]

It's less about spoilers for me than than the pointlessness of putting the entire goddamn plot in the trailer. Why should I care about your shitty drama now that you've told me they get together in the end/the kid makes it out alive/the team wins the cup final? I've seen the 2 minute version for free on youtube, there's no need for me to see the version where I have to pay twenty dollars.

[(Anonymous)]

I actually try to avoid trailers but then I get into a situation where I go to the theater to see a movie and if I want a decent seat I need to get there early, so I end up seeing the trailers anyway.

[nightscale]

See I'll watch the first trailer that's out but then I'll avoid everything else so I can remain mostly unspoiled. It's not as much of an issue for movies I don't know anything about to begin with but for things like the MCU movies or DC movies I absolutely have to avoid most of the promotional material because I can make very good guesses on what's going to happen.

And I like to be surprised so I stay away from too much of it.

[philstar22]

Yes, thank you. I agree with this so much. People who don't want to know anything about movies seem to think everyone does or should agree with them. Many people want spoilers. Many people want trailers with lots of information. If you don't want them, don't watch them. But don't expect the movie industry to stop something that clearly works and is clearly enjoyed by a lot of people.

[(Anonymous)]

It is when they go read a review of a movie, then complain the review has spoilers and talks about the plot. Do these idiots not know what a review is?

[ninety6tears]

I definitely think trailers give away too much, but I don't go out of my way to watch them. I don't go the extra mile to avoid seeing them in theaters, but meh, I can live with being spoiled sometimes.

[ketita]

See, I'm sort of in the middle. There are trailers that are just meaningless flashing of images, and I think that's stupid and kind of pointless. It doesn't give me any reason to be interested in the story.

Then you have trailers that give away EVERYTHING, so at that point it's less intriguing and more a summary, which I think is also silly. The best example is Ender's Game, where the trailer SPOILED THE TWIST, which wtf. Just, why would you do that in a work where the twist is actually pretty important????

It seems to me that making a trailer which gives some information about the background/setup/stakes without telling you what actually happens shouldn't be such a difficult thing to do, but apparently a lot of movies struggle with it for some reason.

[(Anonymous)]

I love spoilers. If a work is known for a big twist I usually try to find out what it is before giving the thing a try. My problem with trailers that show too much is that oftentimes, it's a sign the movie isn't very good so the producers feel like they have to throw everything but the kitchen sink at the audience to entice them into theaters. On the other hand, vague, well-cut trailers can be misleading and sometimes I find out the movie that was marketed is totally not the one I get to watch.

I'm not fond of those people either.

[(Anonymous)]

I remember when Titanic came out. At the time, most people didn't care about spoilers (there are always those special few who do) because everybody knew the boat sank. As a matter of fact, that's why a lot of people went to see the movie, they wanted to watch the boat sink - it was a selling point. Up until it became clear in the movie that the boat was going to sink and a lot of the characters the audience had been introduced to were going to die and then everybody didn't want the boat to sink. Part of it was that they cared about the characters, but I think part of it was realizing that though it was a fictional story set in a historical event, that historical event was a real human tragedy and a lot of people died that didn't have to. This is all to say that you can know the basics of what happens in a story and still enjoy the way it unfolds and how the characters react.

Sometimes I want spoilers and sometimes I don't (I mostly like to know things, but still like being surprised sometimes), but it's up to me to avoid the spoilers if I don't want them. What I really can't stand is trailers that spoil you for things that don't happen - I know trailers are sometimes made way before even first cut, but damn sometimes it's the things that get cut that I really wanted to see.

[(Anonymous)]

This has been an eye opening secret. I never knew so many people were so fragile that they can't handle a plot twist or even not knowing the exact outcome of a movie. I wonder how representative the users in this thread are of the greater movie going population and if that's why trailers are so bad these days. They used to be a fun little tease of what you'd see in the movie and now there is little point in seeing a movie if you've seen the trailer.

[sadiesockmonkey]

I have a filmmaker Facebook friend from high school who avoids movie trailers because he considers them spoilers.

I find him insufferable, and I think I finally unfollowed him.

Then again, I adore movie trailers, though I most prefer to see them in movie theatres ahead of a movie.

[(Anonymous)]

You're an idiot. How is someone not supposed to watch trailers when trapped in a movie theater where they show half a dozen before the movie they've come to see? Hide in the bathroom until an usher tells them the coast is clear? How 'bout production companies being smart enough to cut a trailer that makes their movie interesting w/out giving away the entire plot, including resolution of plot?