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.

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    7 months ago

    Coherence.

    Tell people that it’s a witty comedy about a Hollywood dinner party gone wrong.

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      7 months ago

      I would have turned it off if I didn’t know the genre.

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      The small details and everyone being confused by each other seemed like a combination of bad editing and continuity errors.

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        7 months ago
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        Your spoiler almost had me turn it off since I thought they were errors when I watched it. Luckily I stuck with it. Because that movie is great.

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        7 months ago

        I saw it on streaming, and I can’t remember exactly how I picked it. I suppose it was listed as ‘mystery’ or ‘science fiction.’

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      7 months ago

      Fkin love this movie dude! I was going to write this. Have you seen the invitation (2015)?