Wow. Has nobody on here
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Worst-Movie-Ever — 10 years ago(October 11, 2015 12:16 AM)
maybe you should just watch a movie next time instead of coming to a message board that talks about a movie?? I mean reallly if a 6.9 rating on IMDb and an 82% on RT doesnt tell you if the movie is "worth watching" as you put it what the beep else do you really need?
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BigRich — 9 years ago(August 06, 2016 01:10 PM)
maybe you should just watch a movie next time instead of coming to a message board that talks about a movie?? I mean reallly if a 6.9 rating on IMDb and an 82% on RT doesnt tell you if the movie is "worth watching" as you put it what the beep else do you really need?
LOL, great reply. I think most people that make a post like the guy you responded to want to be told what to watch, and what not to watch. However, these are probably the same people that end up questioning why they're being told this.
Really disappointing knowing there are such empty people in this world that need to be told what to do or what not to do. They clearly were able to make a decision by coming to this message board, but then once here, they're waiting for someone to give them directions. /facepalm
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fire-baby — 10 years ago(January 05, 2016 07:27 PM)
you read the user reviews if you wanna find out if a movie is good or not, you don't read the message boards duh lol.
user reviews: spoiler free (or spoiler alerts), right on the movie's main page, just scroll down
message boards: a place people can discuss a movie
they've finished watching
, you have to click the link to get there
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jgrayson_au — 10 years ago(October 13, 2015 01:49 PM)
I'm with OP slightly.
I don't mind spoilers in discussions. I just hate it when they put spoilers in thread titles. Even if it's for a 20 year old movie. Because people will still see that movie the first time, and when they do they might want to look up some information before watching it: What's it about? Who's in it? Genre? Length? etc
So if they then see "ZOMG it was his wife's head in the box!" or "Holy crap, Darth is Luke's father" or "Not suicide but escape. Way to go Andy!"
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Onyanko_Sanae — 10 years ago(November 11, 2015 12:42 AM)
No, this is stupid. All that information you said people generally look for before watching a movie is on the main movie page. Also, none of this information is near the very bottom where they show a preview of what's on the board. If you're looking to see if a movie is good or not, which is what op claims, then you read reviews. You don't go into forums where people are talking about what happened in the movie. And reviews show up before the board on imdb. So there is no reason for people to shield their spoilers and no reason for anyone to get upset about it.
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Kay_Rock — 10 years ago(July 22, 2015 12:36 PM)
You are at a website devoted to discussing films. You open threads for a specific movie (a movie which is SIX YEARS OLD), and you're upset that they're DISCUSSING THE FILM?
There are moments when life offers you an opportunity to evaluate how well you're using your mind. You've been given a gift. Learn from this. Try thinking things through. You'll find life is a lot more rewarding that way.
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whatsthisnow — 10 years ago(November 30, 2015 03:41 PM)
There are moments when life offers you an opportunity to evaluate how well you're using your mind. You've been given a gift. Learn from this. Try thinking things through.
That's some patronising nonsense from someone who appears to have missed that OP was talking about spoilers in the post titles, not the threads. Besides,
there's a spoiler tag
. Most film forums have them, and people use them. It's called
"not being a dick"
. Think about it. There are moments when life offers you an opportunity to evaluate how well you're using your mind. You've been given a gift. Learn from this. Try thinking things through. -
Scooby52 — 10 years ago(July 25, 2015 05:55 AM)
If you want to check out whether a movie is worth watching or not, then just read through the dozens of user movie reviews, or the critics reviews that are always linked If you go to a movie's message board designed for people who've already seen the film and wish to discuss it then you get what you deserve.
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outterspaces — 10 years ago(September 14, 2015 12:10 PM)
The OP isn't complaining about people discussing the film with spoilers. He simply said that it's awful when people feel the urge to write spoilers in the freaking title! I watched the film long ago but, as newspapers, if you haven't read/watched it, it's news.
Scrolling down to the reviews section reveals the discussion boards as well, often with CAPS ALL OVER, FROM LONELY PEOPLE SCREAMING SPOILERS.
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carl_johnson-1 — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 09:01 AM)
Even before the Message Boards section, there's the Cast, Storyline, Did You Know? (with Trivia, Goofs, Quotes, etc.), Frequently Asked Questions, and User Reviews, ALL of which contain spoilers. So it seems dishonest to blame message board users for spoiling, when essentially the ENTIRE PAGE has spoilers.
The more you scroll down, the more you'll be spoiled. At least the Message Board section is last.
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Spielburger — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 05:11 PM)
Even before the Message Boards section, there's the Cast, Storyline, Did You Know? (with Trivia, Goofs, Quotes, etc.), Frequently Asked Questions, and User Reviews, ALL of which contain spoilers. So it seems dishonest to blame message board users for spoiling, when essentially the ENTIRE PAGE has spoilers.
I cannot speak for the other sections, but as the person largely responsible for the
Triangle
FAQ I have to hold my hand up and say I do what I can, but I've found from experience that this sort of film is extremely difficult to discuss in any meaningful way without spoilers. I once posted a review of the
Black Mirror
episode "White Bear" here WRT its similarities to
Triangle
, and virtually the entire (rather long) post was a black spoiler tag. No matter how hard you try, it's easy to miss something: the most recent update to the FAQ page was by another user who removed a spoiler for
Timecrimes
that I'd accidentally left in.
At least the FAQ answers are on a separate page that you can only get to via a Spoiler Alert on both the Home and FAQ pages. I did make some attempt to use spoiler tags as well, but found that they could often render the entry unreadable.
The real problem is the titles. I think that over the years we've become a little lazy and careless on this board, but it
is
possible to hide a thread's topic within the main text (The OP for this thread is a good example).
However it's much harder in the FAQ where the questions
need
to be fairly detailed if they're to serve the purpose of having a FAQ in the first place. This wouldn't matter so much if it wasn't for IMDb displaying a random selection of FAQ questions on the Home page. Looking over the current FAQ page, I think the only question heading that could be considered a genuine spoiler is the one regarding
"The sinister and determined Jess"
. Seriously: if anyone can think of a better way to word this question while keeping it relevant, I'd love to hear your suggestions (although it's probably best if you post them on the FAQ's "Discuss" page) -
carl_johnson-1 — 10 years ago(September 17, 2015 09:20 AM)
Hey, don't take it personally. I was speaking more in general, for all movies and their IMDB pages. I'm just of the mindset that when you visit a film's IMDB page, you'll be spoiled. And if you start scrolling down, you be even more and more spoiled the more you scroll.
So keep the FAQs as they are. It would really be silly to see every movie page with a "Why did You-Know-Who do You-Know-What in the You-Know-Where" question in their FAQ. -
tbonesays — 10 years ago(September 16, 2015 05:40 PM)
This isn't an M Night Shamylan film where you only have to spoil the last 5 minutes. This is a triple time loop exhibition where each scene is intertangled with the other two loops. We simply cannot analyze the film and block out the spoilers and expect to end up with an intelligible post.