I feel like everyone has had a movie partially spoiled by a trailer but I also feel like descriptions, movie posters, and even genre tags can be a give away and make a plot twist or scene less impactful.

One movie I vaguely remember watching without any context was the 2021 movie Oxygen. I enjoyed it but I feel like it would have been slightly more predictable if I had looked at the genre tags and that would have effected my enjoyment.

I feel like you need to have a pretty good sense of someone’s tastes to make a “trust me”-style recommendation like this.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I suppose I could see that. The IMDb description is

      An insomniac office worker and a devil-may-care soap maker form an underground fight club that evolves into much more.

      and the “much more” and mention of soap might be a bit of a giveaway of the latter part of the movie.

      The IMDb page also has the drama tag instead of action.

      • Pronell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Yeah it’s a deceptively different movie. I unfortunately knew too much going in but it still changed me.

        • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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          6 months ago

          Yeah it’s a bit like someone’s comment of the Matrix. I feel like it had such a cultural impact and has been referenced so many times even someone who hasn’t seen it has a rough idea of the plot.

          • Pronell@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            6 months ago

            Even knowing that though the movie is a great ride. The initial lines yell at you what’s about to happen. Then all the other little hints.

          • livus@kbin.social
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            6 months ago

            Yeah, there are a lot of films here that I saw at the cinema but it just wouldn’t be possible now to not know what they are about.

            The Matrix advertising was mostly just these posters everywhere that said “what is the matrix?” and I basically went to it to find out what tf the matrix was.

    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      Though trailers being free and giving away all the action and plot is awesome when you lack money to see said movie. It’s basically a super condensed version that they just give away! I’ve seen 19 movies this year and it only took 26 minutes and $0.

      *only kind of a joke

    • NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      I stopped watching trailers about a decade ago now.

      Sometimes I watch them after and they never cease to amaze me in how much they spoil.

  • ivanafterall@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    Everything, Everywhere, All at Once.

    I’m so glad I knew literally nothing about it. What a rare treat to be surprised like that.

    • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      This was recommended to me by someone who just said I had to watch it. Refused to explain. I rented it that night and went in blind. Watched it twice in a row. Need to watch again soon.

    • jBlight@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      One of my fav movies of all time! If you love the cast, give “lock stock and two smoking barrels” a shot!

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I always do this as I hate spoilers.

    I had no idea what to expect when I watched Swiss Army Man.

      • snooggums@midwest.socialEnglish
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        6 months ago

        It is executed in a way that is consistent and well done if you know what is going on, but also convoluted and kind of boring if you don’t catch all the details or understand everyone’s motives.

        I think it is vastly overrated, but likely because I only watched it once and hated the characters. Like it is fine, just more confusing than mind bending.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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      6 months ago

      That was definitely a great recommendation for this. I had no idea what I was getting into. I think even if you asked me half way into the movie how it was going to end I wouldn’t have been able to guess it. I also thought it was really well shot and written.

      Attempting to tag /u/Gojimbo@lemmy.world and /u/darelik@lemmy.world because they wanted a follow up

      • thesohoriots@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        In the spirit of the thread, I won’t discuss it, but I’m glad you got to see it and it met expectations :)

      • darelik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 months ago

        Glad you liked it and thanks for the tag.

        Edit: another one is Source Code (2011) - i don’t think it was mentioned in this thread.

  • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 months ago

    The head fucks.

    Memento, Being John Malkovitch, Fight Club, inception, that kind of thing.

    Most movies really don’t suffer due to spoilers. But when it’s one of those where you only get to experience the twist once as a virgin viewer, you can end up losing all of the fun of it.