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.

    • wreckedcarzz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 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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      3 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.

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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      3 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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        3 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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          3 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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            3 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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            3 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.

  • jol@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    3 months ago

    I always do this as I hate spoilers.

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

    • pyrflie@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 months ago

      As soon as I knew Alan Tudyk was in it I didn’t need to know anything else.

    • jBlight@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 months ago

      This was without a doubt a super underrated movie. A great going in blind movie! I wish there were more haha

    • Jackie's Fridge@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 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.

  • UnPassive@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    John Wick was great. I didn’t even know it was gonna be an action movie. Probably any good movie is best watched blind. I try and avoid trailers most of the time

    • Corroded@leminal.spaceOPEnglish
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      3 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/[email protected] and /u/[email protected] because they wanted a follow up

      • darelik@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 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.

  • maegul@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    Not a movie but the experience of watching it feels cinematic to me (such that I rank it in my favourite films) and it was made by a film maker:

    Twin Peaks (incl season 3, released 2018).

    It’s a TV show and the first 2 seasons lean into that format, but if you go ahead and skip the “filler” in season 2, and are prepared to tolerate the indulgences of season 3, all together it’s like a very long art house film.

    Apart from knowing that it’s by Lynch, it was wonderful to watch all the way through without knowing anything about it (which I did a few years ago). The experience of finishing it is notnow one of my favourite “films”.

  • ivanafterall@kbin.social
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    3 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.