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<blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 2440147" data-attributes="member: 5171"><p>Maybe it's just me, but my personal pet peeve, which is sort of related to this, is the Internet Guy who says, "I saw the trailer, and this is going to suck, but I'll probably go see it anyway because I have to see any comic-book movie/ghost-horror movie/zombie-carnage movie that comes out."</p><p></p><p>While I am apparently better than the average person at gauging whether a movie is going to suck based on its trailers and commercials (rarely get false positives, have not yet gotten a false negative), I don't begrudge somebody who saw the ads, thought, "Dang, this is my kinda thing!", showed up, and was disappointed. I might disagree with whether their expectations were reasonable, but it's fine to feel disappointed. But knowing a movie is going to suck and then going to see it anyway just boggles my mind. Maybe these folks have a ton more disposable income than I do, but come on... if nothing else, vote with your dollar.</p><p></p><p>(I have a co-worker who complains loudly about all the "stupid chicks" he goes out with. He can tell that they're idiots after the first three sentences, but he goes out with them anyway, and then comes into the office to complain Monday morning about how stupid they were. It's annoying in much the same way.)</p><p></p><p>About a week ago, friends came up from California (to Canada, where my wife and son and I recently moved). On Saturday night, they volunteered to watch our son (eight months old -- we're still leery of not-personally-known sitters) so that we could have a rare night out. My wife and I were exhausted (just having returned from a massively stressful and sleep-depriving event with her family (Native American spiritual ritual involving doing a crapload of manual labor outside in the sun in Oklahoma in July)) and cranky and stress-crashing and thought that "Wedding Crashers" might help us rekindle a little romance in a humorous way. We showed up at the theater to find that it was sold out. The other movies that were playing included "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Batman Begins".</p><p></p><p>I said, "I wouldn't mind seeing Batman, but it's pretty dark and violent, and I don't know that I'm feeling like that right now."</p><p></p><p>She said, "We could see Charlie, but it looks weird and disturbing, and I don't know that I'm feeling like that right now."</p><p></p><p>Not a judgment on the movies. They're both doing well. But rather than do the "We're at the theater, we have to see SOMETHING" stuff, we acknowledged that we were in a place where a light but intelligently written comedy was what we needed, and if we couldn't get that, we weren't going to push it.</p><p></p><p>So we walked out of the theater and across the street and got a late dinner at a trendy and only slightly overpriced bistro, ordering two of the three vegetarian things on the menu. I even got a non-alcoholic dacquiri, which is always nice for me, since as a non-drinker, I'm usually stuck with soda.</p><p></p><p>You are not required to see movies you know you aren't going to like. <strong>Vote with your dollar. </strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="takyris, post: 2440147, member: 5171"] Maybe it's just me, but my personal pet peeve, which is sort of related to this, is the Internet Guy who says, "I saw the trailer, and this is going to suck, but I'll probably go see it anyway because I have to see any comic-book movie/ghost-horror movie/zombie-carnage movie that comes out." While I am apparently better than the average person at gauging whether a movie is going to suck based on its trailers and commercials (rarely get false positives, have not yet gotten a false negative), I don't begrudge somebody who saw the ads, thought, "Dang, this is my kinda thing!", showed up, and was disappointed. I might disagree with whether their expectations were reasonable, but it's fine to feel disappointed. But knowing a movie is going to suck and then going to see it anyway just boggles my mind. Maybe these folks have a ton more disposable income than I do, but come on... if nothing else, vote with your dollar. (I have a co-worker who complains loudly about all the "stupid chicks" he goes out with. He can tell that they're idiots after the first three sentences, but he goes out with them anyway, and then comes into the office to complain Monday morning about how stupid they were. It's annoying in much the same way.) About a week ago, friends came up from California (to Canada, where my wife and son and I recently moved). On Saturday night, they volunteered to watch our son (eight months old -- we're still leery of not-personally-known sitters) so that we could have a rare night out. My wife and I were exhausted (just having returned from a massively stressful and sleep-depriving event with her family (Native American spiritual ritual involving doing a crapload of manual labor outside in the sun in Oklahoma in July)) and cranky and stress-crashing and thought that "Wedding Crashers" might help us rekindle a little romance in a humorous way. We showed up at the theater to find that it was sold out. The other movies that were playing included "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory" and "Batman Begins". I said, "I wouldn't mind seeing Batman, but it's pretty dark and violent, and I don't know that I'm feeling like that right now." She said, "We could see Charlie, but it looks weird and disturbing, and I don't know that I'm feeling like that right now." Not a judgment on the movies. They're both doing well. But rather than do the "We're at the theater, we have to see SOMETHING" stuff, we acknowledged that we were in a place where a light but intelligently written comedy was what we needed, and if we couldn't get that, we weren't going to push it. So we walked out of the theater and across the street and got a late dinner at a trendy and only slightly overpriced bistro, ordering two of the three vegetarian things on the menu. I even got a non-alcoholic dacquiri, which is always nice for me, since as a non-drinker, I'm usually stuck with soda. You are not required to see movies you know you aren't going to like. [b]Vote with your dollar. [/b] [/QUOTE]
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