The Living Rockumentary

I will not fight you, sir. Tiny, it is true that you didn't give away anything much about the movie. But, there was that fear that you were about to - and that makes for a stressful few moments. I know you and I view movies very differently. I never want to know anything about a movie before I see it. That's generally not possible with all the previews and ads and talk-show clips, but the least I know the better.

Whenever someone is talking about a movie I haven't seen yet, I start to get nervous that they are going to let something slip. The worst example of a spoiler I can think of happened twice. When The Crying Game and the Sixth Sense were a few weeks into their running it became public knowledge that there were twists at the end of the films. Once you know that, it's hard not to try and imagine what these twists are while you are watching the movie - most times you can figure them out right away IF you go into it knowing that there is a twist. Horrible. Destroys the whole intent of the film-maker.

While there may or may not be a twist at the end of Harry Potter, the stuff you were divulging was enough to plant a seed into the mind of a future movie-goer. I'm struggling here not to repeat the issue, so it's coming across as vague. From the information you divulged, when a certain event happens, the viewer now knows that the movie is nearing it's end - something you were surprised by - but now these folks won't be. See? Having that information changes the way you see the movie.

Big deal? Absolutely not. Valid points, not necessarily, but they do make for some good Rockumentary reading. Good reading, doubtful, but the expanse of words makes it look like something relevant is happening here. Either way, you're out of the band.