According to a UC San Diego psychology study, generally speaking knowing spoilers ahead of time makes people enjoy the story more, not less.
DC Cinematic Universe ( The James Gunn era)
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I decided to look into that and ended up reading an article on the University of California website, which went and gave away the ending of The Usual Suspects in its second paragraph. I know its their job to share knowledge, but c'mon.
I did my own study a while ago, with a very limited sample size, watching The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense for the first time after being spoiled on them and I didn't like either film. I found them really boring. Would that have changed if my first experience of them had been completely blind? I'll never know. I certainly don't have any interest in watching them a second time.
I also spoiled myself on Rise of Skywalker, because I heard that it was terrible, and I ended up enjoying that movie more than a lot of people. I knew what I was getting into, so there was nothing left to disappoint me and I could appreciate it for the flashy mess it was.
So my conclusion is that people enjoy bad things more when they are spoiled, and good things less. And if you think my study is inferior to that study due to the fact it's entirely unscientific and only involves one person, then that's fine. But they didn't study movies at all, only short stories that the people in the test didn't want to read to begin with.
I did my own study a while ago, with a very limited sample size, watching The Usual Suspects and The Sixth Sense for the first time after being spoiled on them and I didn't like either film. I found them really boring. Would that have changed if my first experience of them had been completely blind? I'll never know. I certainly don't have any interest in watching them a second time.
I also spoiled myself on Rise of Skywalker, because I heard that it was terrible, and I ended up enjoying that movie more than a lot of people. I knew what I was getting into, so there was nothing left to disappoint me and I could appreciate it for the flashy mess it was.
So my conclusion is that people enjoy bad things more when they are spoiled, and good things less. And if you think my study is inferior to that study due to the fact it's entirely unscientific and only involves one person, then that's fine. But they didn't study movies at all, only short stories that the people in the test didn't want to read to begin with.
Word on the street is that Clark Kent and Superman will be the same person
I'm always surprised when the ending of The Usual Suspects is held up as an exemplar of a startling twist, because I found it extremely predictable and obvious.
I was fooled by The Sixth Sense the first time around, and the appeal of watching it a second time (same with Unbreakable) was to see it from a new perspective and recognize the clues that I missed the first time.
Within the past year, I've experienced four different versions of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express: the Kenneth Branagh film, the original novel, and the Albert Finney film last February, and the David Suchet TV adaptation more recently. Only the first time around was the ending a surprise (I'd seen the Finney movie decades ago but didn't remember the specifics), but the interest was in comparing how the adaptations differed from each other and from the original.
Spoilers ruin me. It feels kind of like when you cheat to get unstuck in a video game. You'll never know if you would have figured it out yourself.
There's truth in fiction
Nobody recognized Henry Cavill wearing a Superman Logo T-Shirt, while standing next to his Movie Billboard in NYC.
That doesn't make one bit of sense. How can he see without his glasses?
These people clearly are unfamiliar with the character.
Still never quite sure where stories about The Batman and sequels belong, but R-Patz has a bit of news about The Batman 2/The Batman Returns/The Dark Batman
variety.com
Robert Pattinson Says ‘The Batman 2’ to Start Filming at the End of the Year: The Story Is ‘Very Cool. It’s Very Exciting’
Robert Pattinson revealed at the world premiere of 'Mickey 17' in London that 'The Batman: Part II' will begin production at the end of this year.
variety.com
I dont care what studies say, I'm pissed when major twists are spoiled. It's like buying a mystery novel and having the ending ruined by someone who read it already.
It can go either way for me.
I've had movies where I was pissed that I knew things in advance. I also had movies or shows where knowing things going in made me appreciate little tidbits throughout the movie and it enhanced my enjoyment.
The good news is, you can have both experiences. Enjoy a story once unspoiled, then as many times again as you care to knowing what's coming.
But you can only have the unspoiled experience once, so why would you want to miss out on that?
But you can only have the unspoiled experience once, so why would you want to miss out on that?
Almost makes me want to see "Steel" again. But not quite.
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