Reading film spoilers

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Harshreality · 18/11/2025 22:12

Pitiful I know, but I get very stressed watching films with plot twists and the like. Sometimes, I'll stop a film or series and read the plot on Wikipedia because I have to know that everything is going to be OK. Like Anna and Mr Bates in Downton Abbey. I had to read their whole story once the romance started.

I'm planning to go and see Avatar 3 next month. Thinking of reading the plot beforehand to prepare myself for any dramas.

YABU - Pull yourself together, it's only a few hours of nerves
YANBU - What does it matter if you enjoy yourself and enjoy a good story

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randomchap · 18/11/2025 22:59

As long as you don't spoil it for anyone else then it's OK.

But I would feel like the shared experience wasn't the same if I went to see a film with someone who already knew the plot. Like Bruce Willis being dead, I enjoyed chatting to my wife about it afterwards. How she realised before I did and what gave it away to her. It was an interesting discussion which we wouldn't have had if one of us had already read spoilers.

InterestedDad37 · 18/11/2025 22:51

JudgeBread · 18/11/2025 22:14

I have a pal who always reads the last chapter of a book first 😁

Enjoy things however you want to enjoy them mate, you're not hurting anybody.

Yep I sometimes do that. I also like to know the plot of a film before I watch it 😀

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Harshreality · 18/11/2025 22:38

Ah thanks guys, this makes me feel better!

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BriefEncountersOfTheThirdKind · 18/11/2025 22:25

If reading it first helps you enjoy it more then do it!

I've definitely done that for scary films so I know when to expect most of the scariest bits 🤣

wallypops3 · 18/11/2025 22:15

Oh my god I thought I was the only person to do this! I tend to only do it with very tense, twisty films but yes it’s a beige flag of mine that I can’t just be patient and wait to see how the film plays out. I also often see trailers for films on Facebook that I like the look of but know I’ll probably never watch so I Wikipedia the plot then just to feel like I’ve seen the film.

NoraLuka · 18/11/2025 22:15

I always read the whole plot including spoilers before watching a film or series, I enjoy it more if I know what’s going to happen and if it looks rubbish I don’t bother.

JudgeBread · 18/11/2025 22:14

I have a pal who always reads the last chapter of a book first 😁

Enjoy things however you want to enjoy them mate, you're not hurting anybody.

Prisonbreak · 18/11/2025 22:13

That doesn’t sound enjoyable. If it makes you ‘very stressed’ then why bother doing it at all?

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