Last week, I talked about the importance of stories and why they are so integral to the personality. If you happened to miss it, here is the link.
This week, I thought I would continue this series about stories with a lighter article that remains in the shallow end of the mind. It will give my readers a little break before the storm of introspection and in-depth thought for my future articles!
This weekly topic is about spoilers. Such a wretched word that stains the tongue. If you are reading this and you have shared vital information about a movie to your friends that ruins a major moment in the story, why? Stop sharing this content! Here are a few reasons why spoilers need to end.
1. Take away the emotional moments
If you read my previous article, you know that stories leave an emotional impact on the viewer. Giving away information that is supposed to surprise them takes away the emotion of the moment; therefore, making it pointless. Thus, the personality is left unaffected. An emotionless film leads to a fruitless journey, which should have presented viewers with the freshest apples from the orchard. I want to cry, laugh and smile during my theater experience. If none of these emotions occur because I already know what is going to happen, I wasted a few hours of my day that I could have used to better my personality elsewhere.
2. Take away the general experience
Surprises in a movie make the film worth watching. If there were no surprises, our boredom level would reach maximum capacity. Twists can turn the film into a classic. Remember “The Sixth Sense”? Due the nature of this article, I will go no further. Yet for those of you who know, did I make my point? I already mentioned that the experience can be fruitless due to the lack of emotion, but the point of the movie is to go into the theater as ignorant as possible. Now that movies have multiple trailers, audiences walk in knowing more than they should. If you already know the movie, why are you spending eleven or more dollars of your hard-earned money on an empty experience? Just a thought.
3. The disappointment we feel cannot be amended
I will be honest, I was disappointed that the second “Captain America: Civil War" trailer gave away the fact that Spiderman was going to make an appearance (not a spoiler because the trailer already revealed it!). Although the movie was already excellent in its own right, what if we had learned while watching the movie that Spiderman was going to fight the Captain? That would have blown us away! The film already had enough hype. Does Marvel need any more after the financial success of nearly every other movie in this generation of superhero films (ignoring their attempts in the 20th century). That disappointment I felt at the announcement took away a little bit of the excitement I had. “Captain America: Winter Soldier” was already my favorite in the franchise. Even though “Captain America: Civil War” recently took its place, it might have made one of my best movies of all time (which I may reveal at some point!).
Overall, I would like to know what thrill or happiness one receives by spoiling the film. I struggle with this question every time I encounter a spoiler. If anyone has an answer, please put my mind at ease. I would be eternally grateful.
But to end on a positive note, thank you to those who understand the frustration of spoilers and an even bigger thank you to whomever first created the spoiler alert.
