The problem is we tend not to go to movies very much until the nominees are announced and then it's a mad rush to see nine films in like the last month, which is a lot of films to see in one month, especially when one of those films is The Irishman. I kid you not, The Irishman is over three-and-a-half hours long.
THREE. AND. A. HALF.
HOURS.
That's the length of two football fields if you convert it into distance. If you unwind the film from the VHS tape, it wraps around the Earth SIX TIMES. The Irishman is so long you can see it from space.
I watched this movie at home a few weeks ago and I legitimately had to take meal breaks. By the time it ended Duncan had grandchildren.
Anyway, we're in more of a predicament this year than usual because Skylar has negative zero time to watch nine films in one month, but he kind of doesn't realize that. I think he has so little time that he actually hasn't found the time to realize how little time he has.
But look. I record a TV and movies podcast for The Beehive (check us out--Hive Mind) and we're discussing the awards shows right now and I need to be prepared for that BECAUSE WHAT WE DO IS IMPORTANT.
Since I can't wait for Skylar, and I told him before we got married that I would not allow him to get in the way of my relationship with tv and movies, I have been plowing through the list without him.
He doesn't love this, but he seems to understand.
Except. There is one thing that I need someone to therapy for us because this is driving a wedge in our relationship: Skylar thinks it's a "spoiler" to say whether or not you like a film.
Look. I hate spoilers. I had a friend who told me when the last Harry Potter book came out he read the final chapter first and then went back to the beginning because he just wanted to know how it ended. And you know what I did? I permanently stopped talking to that friend and started spreading baseless rumors about him to ruin his life.
I don't need chaotic evil people like that in my life.
So I get it. I get not wanting spoilers. "Don't tell me how stuff ends." Check. I feel the same way. I got mad at my niece a couple years ago because she spoiled an episode of Daniel Tiger we were watching together.
"I understand you've seen this, honey, but I would like to find out for myself how Daniel's first day of school goes."
But saying "I really enjoyed that movie" is simply not a spoiler. And I very much want to tell Skylar whether I liked a movie after I've seen it.
This goes two ways. If he sees something before I get a chance to see it, I want to hear what he thinks. In fact, I enjoy hearing whether he liked it because then when I watch it I can try to figure out why he had the opinion he had.
He will legit get mad at me if I even make a facial expression about a film I've watched. One time he was watching a movie on a flight and I said "oh, I really like this next scene" and he took off his headphones, paused the movie, and told me he was disappointed in me as a person.
This is not a man who gets angry often. He is one of the most mellow people I've ever met in my life. You could mug him and after he would be like "I hope what little I was able to give helps you in what is clearly a trying time in your life."
I swear I could burn all of his possessions in a bonfire and he would slightly frown and tell me he forgave me.
But if he hears me from across a room say to someone else over the phone, "you should go check out Jo Jo Rabbit" and he hasn't yet seen Jo Jo Rabbit, he texts his divorce lawyer.
Anyway. I just needed to rant about that because this is an extremely hard thing in my life and I don't think you people understand my trials.
And also, you should go fill out your ballot on The Beehive. We are giving away gift cards to people who get the most correct guesses. I think the gift cards are even to Amazon or something useful.
Also, please enjoy a new Strangerville, featuring a special guest: Ms. Jolyn Metro.
This time in Strangerville, Jolyn fills in for Meg, and it only gets more ridiculous from there. Also a woman in a sleepy town develops a relationship with the police.
Story
Lincoln, by Amy Rose
Production by Eli McCann, Meg Walter, and Jolyn Metro
~It Just Gets Stranger
Ooh it is here already. That was fast. I’m not ready. Why is it here already? 😬
ReplyDeleteAmy Rose those stories are crazy!
DeleteGood times. I remember when all of those happened. So sad about some of them. Gah. It was so scary when they were happening!!
DeleteSkylar is 100% correct. I like to watch movies not knowing what to expect so even being told it is good or bad is a spoiler.
ReplyDeleteMy husband reads critics reviews of movies before we watch them, and it drives me crazy!! Specifically he looks them up and reads them in front of me, after we’ve already sat down to watch the movie. I don’t want to know what the critics thought; if I want to see a movie, I want to see it, and form my own easily-pleased, uneducated opinion. 3 years into marriage we haven’t found a solution yet, except that I walk away and do something else until he’s done reading the reviews, lol!
ReplyDeleteI went on a date with the same spoiler perspective. He also refused to watch trailers. We did not go on a second date but good luck with your husband I guess
ReplyDeleteI am with Skyler on this one. I don't want to hear if you liked it - because it is soooooo subjective. I want to form my own opinions.
ReplyDeleteI am also that same person that will read the last page of a book before starting it - soooooo I guess it is ok if I spoil it for myself but I don't want other people contaminating me with their opinions. If that makes sense.
I watched three of the movies up for awards this year; two of them were animated for kids. I read nothing about any of them. I heard my husband become more and more gobsmacked by the quality of Joaquin Phoenix's performance as he watched Joker in another room. So obviously I filled out your survey and expect to win it all.
ReplyDeleteI'm the weird person who doesn't care about spoilers. In fact, I prefer to know what happens before I watch a movie because I get really stressed out if I think something bad is going to happen. For example, I was watching "Marriage Story" on Netflix the other day but only 45 minutes into it, I felt that it was going to get upsetting and I started to feel stressed. I tried to get Jake, (my 20 year old son, who had already watched it), to tell me how it ended so I could decide if I should keep watching but he refused and kept laughing really hard saying 'it's not a horror movie, just watch it for yourself" but I couldn't so I just stopped watching. I will say though that I absolutely loved JoJo Rabbit (if that's allowed)
ReplyDeleteI was thinking maybe Skylar is a little extreme, but I just ran a carpool with teens and they were all talking about recent movies I haven’t seen. The rule in the car is no spoilers if someone hasn’t seen the movie, but even their reactions and “non-spoilers” were just too much. I was so mad by the time I dropped them off! I don’t watch trailers either for movies I know I want to see, so it looks like I’m firmly in Camp Skylar.
ReplyDeleteI'm with Skylar in this too! Well, I don't mind hearing if someone liked a movie, but I absolutely don't want to know if they didn't like it or thought certain parts were slow, etc. It's impossible to hear those things and then watch with an unbiased opinion.
ReplyDeleteOn the ballot...some choices are in larger print—is this some hint to your choices?? Also, the problem with voting on the is are is that there should be differentiation between who we think WILL win and who we think SHOULD win. :-).
ReplyDeleteIf something is in larger print it's totally meaningless. And, I know. Every year I fill my ballot out with my heart and Skylar fills his out with his mind. That's why I chose Roma last year and he knew Greenbook would win.
DeleteBut you can tell me! What do you think SHOULD win?
Not to change the subject but does anyone know where the Snuggie is? There was a new one sent out, wasn’t there?
DeleteYup! It’s in Iowa right now. It’s had a great adventure so far! Thanks for the reminder. I’ve been meaning to do a post update.
DeleteGreenbook won?! Thanks for the spoiler... #natebargatze #sixthsense
ReplyDeleteShare pic of creepy window!
ReplyDeleteWe shared it on the Strangerville Instagram but here's the old post where you can find the photo: http://www.itjustgetsstranger.com/2013/04/an-evening-with-jolyn.html
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