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I agree, and I've never understood the concept that just because a movie is older, it's okay to reveal spoilers. Like you pointed out, the outcome is the same. The movie is spoiled for some. The "SHOW/HIDE" option here on CD is a very handy-dandy feature and easy to use.
I didn't find it easy to use but then I don't find posting pictures easy to do on CD either. I just put SPOILER in big capital letters and then go down a few lines.
In this particular instance, the OP is not a SPOILER, but the correct answer to the question which film is thisis. So for all intents and purposes, anyone who does not want to know could stop reading any and all of the replies. Sames goes for threads with film titles. Anyone who delves into it's contents should already know that there could be SPOILERS. I know this from listening, watching, and reading critics reviews, which are notorious for having SPOILERS, so I only read the first sentence or two, or avoid them all together, and read them after I've watched the film.
All of this does not preclude use of the SPOILER SHOW | HIDE tags, or just plain announcing that there be SPOILERS are ahead.
I got burned once while listening to the radio and Clint Eastwood's Million Dollar Baby was SPOILED, before I even had a chance to see it.
The Los Angeles Times' Justin Chang has also been criticized for leaving spoilers in his film reviews.
Anyone who reads a review and has a movie spoiled, and keeps on reading reviews, is incapable of learning by trial and error. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Now trailers - so far I've not had a major gripe - and you're a captive audience, unless you time your arrival to more than 15 minutes after the scheduled show start time.
Anyone who reads a review and has a movie spoiled, and keeps on reading reviews, is incapable of learning by trial and error. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Now trailers - so far I've not had a major gripe - and you're a captive audience, unless you time your arrival to more than 15 minutes after the scheduled show start time.
Some think reviewers should not talk up spoilers in any capacity, and if they do, they draw ire for it. But, OTOH, a film review is ABOUT the film, so you can expect it to be discussed. (I'd argue the review should not spoil the ending, which is what Chang got called out for.) Myself, I never read reviews before I watch a film. I also avoid the last trailer because it usually shows more than we need to know (it's simply a final lure).
I watched Wonder Woman last night. Then I read Justin Chang's review in the Times. It was on point, for the most part (and he didn't drop any major spoilers).
And oh yeah.....turns out that Kevin Spacey's character was Kaiser Soze all along, Old Yeller has to be shot because of rabies, and Ben shows up at Elaine's wedding and they run off together.
OMG, Kaiser Soze? Old Yeller? Nooooooooo!!!!!!!
Who the hell are Ben and Elaine?
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