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Old 03-09-2021, 07:06 PM
 
Location: Tampa, FL
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I'm wondering how long you give a show or movie before deciding to either pass on it or commit to watching an entire movie or season/series?

I give movies fifteen minutes to catch my interest. If I don't like it in that time frame I move onto something else.

I try to give TV shows a full episode, but sometimes I only make it fifteeen minutes. I don't have to love it right away, but at least be engaged.
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Old 03-09-2021, 07:17 PM
 
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I give about 20 minutes for a show and 30 minutes for a movie.
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Old 03-09-2021, 07:21 PM
 
Location: Colorado
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I give about 20 minutes for a show and 30 minutes for a movie.
I agree....
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Old 03-09-2021, 07:30 PM
 
Location: Sun City West, Arizona
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I'm wondering how long you give a show or movie before deciding to either pass on it or commit to watching an entire movie or season/series?

I give movies fifteen minutes to catch my interest. If I don't like it in that time frame I move onto something else.

I try to give TV shows a full episode, but sometimes I only make it fifteeen minutes. I don't have to love it right away, but at least be engaged.
Same for me
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Old 03-10-2021, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Tennessee
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Saw a movie on TV this weekend that I had DVR'd titled "The Rental." I won't tell you the plot of this thriller/killer type movie but I was thoroughly engaged in the movie until every character I could think of that I had seen in it was killed off in various ways and the credits were rolling and I was saying, "What the bleep happened? Who is the killer?"

I didn't know enough to bail on it earlier. I kept waiting for some big plot reveal that never happened. I felt stupid after it ended. Now I'm going to have to devote more time to research this movie for what I guess I should have known but missed.

So to whoever edited this movie, thanks a lot...NOT!

Edit:

Okay. It was deliberate.

"The Rental chooses to not reveal the killer's identity or motives for doing what they do. This, as Franco told Collider, as a conscious decision which speaks to the movie's larger themes around privacy and the exploration into the terrifying side of home rentals. We want to keep the identity of the killer unknown.Jul 25, 2020"

https://www.insider.com/the-rental-e...s-scene-2020-7

Yeah, and I call it stringing me along.
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Old 03-11-2021, 08:12 AM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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With a series, it can be as little 10 minutes. I found NBC's recent "Nurses" so ridiculous from the beginning, I just couldn't.

With other series, it can be several seasons. For example, I liked the characters and general story line, but I eventually became disgusted with references to harming small animals. (It was really strange, like one of the writers had an obsession or something.)

With movies, probably 20 minutes tops.
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Old 03-11-2021, 08:16 AM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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It took me one episode of the new Magnum, PI when it premiered, a couple episodes of Hawaii Five O and half a season of Blue Bloods.
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Old 03-11-2021, 09:43 AM
 
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That show...My Name is Kat. There are all kinds of ways this show annoys me, and when I watched the first episode, I was put off by the laugh track, and the main character talking to the audience.


I thought that first episode would be the first and last time I'd watch it. But yet...I've watched 3 or 4 episodes now, and it's growing on me.
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Old 03-11-2021, 12:01 PM
 
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It depends on how bad it is and if I'm actively watching it or using it for background noise. The worse it is, the faster I turn it off.
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Old 03-11-2021, 12:12 PM
 
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I takes me 27.18281828459045 minutes to decide.
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