Guest Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Personally I like to know as little as possible before watching. Avoid trailers, reviews, reading plot outlines etc. Makes it more interesting. Edited July 30, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaynin Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 I like to know who is in it, may avoid it if there's an actor I don't like, or make sure I'll watch it if there's someone I do. I like to have an idea of what it's about, I really don't want to waste 1.5-2 hours of my life watching something I don't enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damhooligan Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Personally I like to know as little as possible before watching. Avoid trailers, reviews, reading plot outlines etc. Makes it more interesting. Agree.. I love to be surprised as much as i can. Modern trailers contain too much info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) I sometimes watch the trailers after and quite often find that they either: A.) Show all the "good bits" B.) Show too much C.) Make the movie seem like something it's not Edited July 30, 2014 by Dirty_vinylpusher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendo09 Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I want to know if Nicholas Cage is in it, so I can avoid it like the plague. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I want to know if Nicholas Cage is in it, so I can avoid it like the plague. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaynin Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I want to know if Nicholas Cage is in it, so I can avoid it like the plague. That's exactly who I had in mind when I wrote my earlier post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good question. I'd much rather know as little as possible before heading in to a film. The most I try to take in is Director and lead actor. For example: Knowing the film involves the Coen brothers, Wes Anderson or John Cusack is all I need to happily buy a ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 happily buy a ticket. That comment made me realise I once again perhaps didn't make myself clear enough I was referring to watching movies at home. Thread topic updated (before Lord Mello has a chance to get on my case :lol: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I want to know if Nicholas Cage is in it, so I can avoid it like the plague. Depends on the movie. He's good when he gets to be goofy and go all out cheesy. Matchstick Men, Drive Angry, Face Off and the likes. Other movies would have been better off without him. The Rock, Con Air and Gone In 60 Seconds spring to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 As time and or money is still involved what difference does it make where you're watching it and as most of the movies made these days are crap doesn't some sort of culling process seem mandatory. Otherwise you might end up watching this... Sharknado 2: The second one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blybo Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 I want to know if Nicholas Cage is in it, so I can avoid it like the plague. Depends on whether he is doing it for the money, or for the love of cinema... Much like Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Sharknado 2: The second one. Movies like that are generally more enjoyable than the run of the mill mass produced mega Hollywood blockbusters anyway. Lazy writing, comic book adaptations (ANOTHER Spiderman trilogy? Really?) and "Feel-good" endings. Endless remakes of old classics and Asian movies. Dumbed down and everything explained in detail just in case the audience can't think for themselves. B-grade movies are usually what "real" movies should be, they just don't have the funds to make them look glitzy and get big name actors. Yes, it's easy to get hold of movies these days. Give your 2TB HDD to a mate and the next day you have 400 new movies. Most of it crap audio out of sync, stuff you've seen before. Makes for a lot of remote control button pressing, but it's convenient. I can't remember the last time I went to the video shop (they will soon be a thing of the past anyway) and actually looked at the back of a DVD cover.... Love going to the cinema but it doesn't seem to happen very often these days either unfortunately. I've become a slave to the convenience of low-quality pixellated movies in abundance rather than selected quality viewing. And entire back catalogues of Pirates Of The Caribbean and Harry Potter. I'll get around to deleting them all one day. Or just buy another HDD... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blybo Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Depends on the movie. He's good when he gets to be goofy and go all out cheesy. Matchstick Men, Drive Angry, Face Off and the likes. Other movies would have been better off without him. The Rock, Con Air and Gone In 60 Seconds spring to mind. You need to watch Leaving Las Vegas. That's his crowning achievement but not for the faint of heart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 You need to watch Leaving Las Vegas. That's his crowning achievement but not for the faint of heart. Seen it a long time ago. Pretty sure I have it on one of my HDDs.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
progladyte Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Good question. I prefer not to watch a trailer if it can be avoided but I don't mind reading a little piece of info from the IMDB website just so I have an inkling as to whether it is something I want to watch or not. With movie titles being so similar (in name) these days and having watched so many over the years, it helps to eliminate a double viewing if you are more than slightly informed beforehand. I wonder whether all these people knew what was in store for them before they headed inside the cinema? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
betocool Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 As time and or money is still involved what difference does it make where you're watching it and as most of the movies made these days are crap doesn't some sort of culling process seem mandatory. Otherwise you might end up watching this... Sharknado 2: The second one. Sharknado: The first ever movie where the effects were made using... Microsoft Word! (How many sharks were harmed during production?) Depends on the movie. He's good when he gets to be goofy and go all out cheesy. Matchstick Men, Drive Angry, Face Off and the likes. Other movies would have been better off without him. The Rock, Con Air and Gone In 60 Seconds spring to mind. Face/Off, a fine example why sometimes it's better to know as little as possible about the movie you're about to watch, it surprised me completely after 20 minutes or so! That was the time when Travolta, Cage and John Woo were doing fine movies, one of my favourite action movies, only surpassed by Lethal Weapons or True Lies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 (edited) I was referring to watching movies at home. Ah... I've unlimited bandwidth so the same principle applies. It'd take something extraordinary (weird word that one - ordinary with a dash more ordinary) for me to go to the cinema. Something like Gravity on a massive where I want to be enveloped by the experience. Also - I don't I need to watch a trailer to know what I'm getting with Sharnado 2. Face/Off, a fine example why sometimes it's better to know as little as possible about the movie you're about to watch, it surprised me completely after 20 minutes or so! That was the time when Travolta, Cage and John Woo were doing fine movies, one of my favourite action movies, only surpassed by Lethal Weapons or True Lies. Have you seen Hard Boiled? It was my introduction to Woo years ago. Still rate it as my favourite of his. The Usual Suspects, The Princess Bride and Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain are all films I knew absolutely nothing about before seeing at the cinema and found myself fully embraced by the movie. Most often I'm in a distracted state - akin to reading and becoming cognizant of the words on a page - instead of being a part of the scene unfolding before me. It's a rare film that can do that to me these days. Immersion is key but that usually comes down to clever writing and skilful delivery. Edited July 30, 2014 by wim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 extraordinary (weird word that one - ordinary with a dash more ordinary)Yeah...In that case the "extra" doesn't refer to something a bit more. Like in extra terrestrial it refers to being "outside of". Extradition. Exoskeleton. Exhume. And indeed eccentric, although with a different spelling. Out, outside of, on the outside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Also - I don't I need to watch a trailer to know what I'm getting with SharKnado 2. Watch it anyway and let your expectations sink to new lows Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wim Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Watch it anyway and let your expectations sink to new lows Hehe... That does for New York what Top Gun did for Scientology. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArthurDent Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Sharknado 2: The second one, I'm really looking forward to it. In fact I haven't been this excited about a films release since I saw the trailer for "Snakes on a plane" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Snakes on a plane is gold! Does exactly what is says on the tin. Much like the recent Death Race movies. People ask what they're like, amd I say "Cars. With machineguns. In a prison. What more do you want?" Hoping for "Death Race X In Space". :lol: I'm a sucker for B-movies. :ph34r: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaynin Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Yeah, well, I'd rather watch any Sharknado film over any Nicholas Cage movie. The shark is more believable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Peter the Greek Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 Personally I like to know as little as possible before watching. Avoid trailers, reviews, reading plot outlines etc. Makes it more interesting. Same - my memory for scenes is too good, I find trailers spoil things for me. If its a film I am really excited about I'll avoid trailers and articles at all cost.....just me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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