Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Hell, as long as I am to be condemned as having been brought up without manners, then I may as well live up to this image and spoil every movie ending I can think of.
Spoiler
Only three POWs wind up getting away in "The Great Escape."
E.T. gets to go home at the end.
Luke blows up the Death Star with Hans' help....and oh, Darth Vader is Luke's dad and Lea is his sister.
Ali McGraw's character dies young at the end of "Love Story."
Rhett walks out on Scarlett at the end of "Gone With the Wind."
] So your attempt at justifying it falls flat. And your attempt at humor shows your lack of respect to many who frequent the Movies board.
Can't argue with that. Those "many" you reference so far have been just you and oeccscclhjhn, and neither of you have provided me with a reason to respect you. Demanding that the rest of the world conform to your personal convenience when it comes to discussing movies isn't the sort of thing I respect.
There is no merit badge for only SPOILING older films, it's only inconsideration. Most people will post a SPOILER warning in the subject line, or use the SHOW | HIDE button in the edit bar far to the right of the BI and U. So your attempt at justifying it falls flat. And your attempt at humor shows your lack of respect to many who frequent the Movies board.
But doesn't this assume that knowing how a movie ends inherently ruins the experience? Take every film based on a historical event--you know the Titanic sinks, you know the hostages get out of Iran, you know the space shuttle makes it back. Or movies based on literature--if you've read the book you know how the whole film goes. The enjoyment of a film should be based on more than just a plot twist or a surprise ending, (or even a regular plot and ending) and it's unrealistic to expect everyone who's seen a 50-year-old film to remain mum about a plot whose details are readily available just to protect a handful of snowflakes who haven't seen it.
But doesn't this assume that knowing how a movie ends inherently ruins the experience?
There is no assumption. There are different levels of a SPOILER; from minor all the way up to major. Just look at the joking SPOILERS above - it's apparent that there is no misunderstanding as to SPOILING a film, and to outright come out and show themselves makes it convenient to avoid their future posts as they're untrustworthy.
If I were a moderator of Movies, you wouldn't see this type of wild west SPOILER behavior, and this would specifically be spelled out in the Terms of Service.
Hardly practical. You are asking people to never discuss movies in public for fear that someone out there hasn't seen it. I can see some merit if the film under discussion is some current release, but you cannot expect everyone to remain mute about a 50 year old movie. If you don't want the endings spoiled for you, then you probably should avoid places where public discussion is invited...like this forum.
Even if it's an old movie, you can open a thread to discuss it and still put "Spoilers" in the title. It's easy.
Anyway, it was kind of a different situation with this thread because the OP was trying to describe the plot in order to identify it, but in general I definitely appreciate spoiler alerts.
Thanks for attempting to bring this back on topic!
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
