It's very difficult for me to watch a film with any amount of suspense without going online to moviespoiler.com to check out the ending. It's a sickness. I tell myself I'm not going to check, but the moment there's even a hint of suspense about what might happen to somebody, I have to get online before I can watch any further.
I was watching Tristan and Isolde late Sunday morning. It's a beautiful and painful love story. The second it was apparent that there might be a traitor and that someone would get caught and possibly killed, I paused the film, turned on the laptop, read the spoiler online and then watched the rest of the film with peace of mind. It didn't spoil it for me either. I was still emotional at the end and everything.
Even when we record boxing matches or football or soccer games (I don't love sports, but if it's a close competition, I'm always drawn in) I have to go online to find out who won so I can watch the rest of the competition without getting my nerves worked.
It's all about keeping my nerves cool.
i'm just the opposite. if i accidentally find out the ending or if -- heaven forbid -- somebody tells me before i finish, i.am.livid! like really. like i may not speak to you for a while. no, seriously.
Posted by: summer | November 12, 2007 at 11:24 PM
I'm somewhere in the middle. Often, curiosity get's to me and I investigate the ending....but that is when I am iffy about watching the movie anyway. If I plan on watching a movie or a taped show I HATE when someone ruins it for me.
Posted by: CornflakeGal | November 14, 2007 at 05:50 PM
Tristan and Isolde (also Tristan and Iseult en francais) is one of the oldest stories around. Looking up the spoiler for it is like looking up the spoiler for Romeo and Juliet (which is based on T&I). It's like looking up the spoiler on Beowulf, the oldest written story in the English language, if I remember correctly. I'm not saying folks aren't well read or anything, but...
Posted by: Adriane | November 21, 2007 at 01:21 PM
Whatev, Adriane. This wasn't on my reading list in school. Beowulf, however, was. I still forget how it ends though.
Posted by: Quel | November 21, 2007 at 02:49 PM