King Pitcos Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 What's everyone's experience of spoilers in real life? I've noticed that if someone's both a moron and over the age of forty or so, they don't seem to have any grasp at all of the notion that you might not want to know all the plot twists before watching something. I don't know if that's a coincidence or if it's genuinely a generational/intelligence thing, but I've got relatives -- and relatives of friends -- who'll happily recommend a film by telling you who gets their throat cut or whose body ends up in the river or who survives in the end. I haven't the heart to tell them to shut the fuck up, so I just sit there nodding and seething, hoping they die the next day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 My mate does it all the time. The other day he was trying to describe a part of a film, I said I hadn't seen it but wanted to, he said he wouldn't spoil anything but then proceeded to give the twist away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Justice Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Borat is pranks and craziness in the real world with real people and full of racist jokes and crude moments. Nothing like Shadows. Would you compare Spinal Tap to Boray too? As there both filmed mockumentary style?  Don't know, never seen it.  Not sure why you're getting so upperty about it. I said the humour was very similar to Borat, which in my opinion it is. And it is filmed in a mockumentary style. That's the comparison I was making. I never said it was a like for like film, I was implying that if you liked Borat then there's a good chance you'd like Shadows. I would compare it in the same way that say, if you liked Taken you'd probably like John Wick. Both hard hitting, violent action films with the main character out for vengeance of some kind, but they're by no means the same film.  What's everyone's experience of spoilers in real life? I've noticed that if someone's both a moron and over the age of forty or so, they don't seem to have any grasp at all of the notion that you might not want to know all the plot twists before watching something. I don't know if that's a coincidence or if it's genuinely a generational/intelligence thing, but I've got relatives -- and relatives of friends -- who'll happily recommend a film by telling you who gets their throat cut or whose body ends up in the river or who survives in the end. I haven't the heart to tell them to shut the fuck up, so I just sit there nodding and seething, hoping they die the next day.  There was a guy at my work who the day after he went to see Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince (which had only just been released) announced to the office that he had been to see it and that Dumbledore dies.   The amount of anger sprayed towards him from people who had not yet seen it or read the books was a sight to behold. Most thought he was a cunt anyway, but this sealed it for the rest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members tiger_rick Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015 My brother is absolutely brilliant at "I won't spoil it for you but ... there's a massive twist and Lassie falls down the hole and Little Timmy just laughs." Â Saves me a fortune in trips to the cinema. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) "Who would have thought that..." Edited January 19, 2015 by WyattSheepMask Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015  Borat is pranks and craziness in the real world with real people and full of racist jokes and crude moments. Nothing like Shadows. Would you compare Spinal Tap to Boray too? As there both filmed mockumentary style?  Don't know, never seen it.  Not sure why you're getting so upperty about it. I said the humour was very similar to Borat, which in my opinion it is. And it is filmed in a mockumentary style. That's the comparison I was making. I never said it was a like for like film, I was implying that if you liked Borat then there's a good chance you'd like Shadows. I would compare it in the same way that say, if you liked Taken you'd probably like John Wick. Both hard hitting, violent action films with the main character out for vengeance of some kind, but they're by no means the same film.   Not getting upperty. You just said it had a similar sense of humour to Borat, I disagree and explained why I disagreed. I just think if people go into What We Do In The Shadows expecting similar humour to Borat they are going to be mistaken/dissappointed. It's all good.  But if you haven't seen This Is Spinal Tap then you should. It's better than both Borat and What We Do In The Shadows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Then again if you haven't seen This Is Spinal Tap, you probably haven't lived Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015 You really need to see Spinal Tap. Â I watched What We Do In The Shadows and thought it was fantastic, not too long and a lot more hits than misses with the jokes and some genuine laugh out loud moments. I don't know if it was an intentional nod to Flight Of The Conchords but the opening house meeting gag had me worried it was going to be more of the same from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Houchen Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 One of my pet peeves is when people say "There is a great twist in this film" as I then spend the film looking out for it. If you know it's coming it doesn't have the same impact. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slapnut Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 One of my pet peeves is when people say "There is a great twist in this film" as I then spend the film looking out for it. If you know it's coming it doesn't have the same impact. Yep. That's as bad as giving away an ending for me. Inexcusable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyattSheepMask Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 Seconded. You then spend the whole film doubting/questioning anything thats going on because you know that a twist is coming Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.PeterVenkman Posted January 19, 2015 Share Posted January 19, 2015 The VHS of The Usual Suspects I used to have actually said in the blurb on the back of the box about how it had 'one of the greatest twists in movie history' Must've fucked it for anyone who missed it at the pictures and rented it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Chest Rockwell Posted January 19, 2015 Moderators Share Posted January 19, 2015 That reminds me of that ridiculous DVD artwork for Hancock where the front cover was a massive spoiler for the film, done in such a way that you wouldn't know it was a horrible spoiler until you'd started watching the film. Â So not only would you waste your time watching that shitty movie, but it would be doubley ruined. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Scott Malbranque Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015 I remember seeing a trailer for The Negotiator in the flicks, way back when and they actually show Spacey and Jackson in a car and one of them saying to the other "Now they have to deal with both of us", or something akin to that. . That disgusted me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members chokeout Posted January 19, 2015 Paid Members Share Posted January 19, 2015 There's a terrible film called Valentine which is a run of the min 'guess who the killer is' film but the blurb on the back of the video makes a point of telling you who it is. It's not even subtle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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