Do you hate when people give away the end of something?

I do (especially movies), but I’m guilty of it, myself.

agreed, that annoys me immensely; I also despise seeing people reading the last chapter of a book before they’ve even managed to get half way through.

I hate it when anyone gives away the crust end of a loaf of bread. Those are my favorite pieces.

I can’t stand when someone gives away the ending of a story (book or movie) – somehow it makes me loose interest in it, and then I don’t really want to finish reading the book or watching the movie.
One interesting thing though is that I’ll read a book many times if I like it, and same goes for movies – I’ll watch it over and over; but like I said I totally loose interest once somebody tell me how it ends.

@CyanoticWasp So what do you call the end of a loaf of bread? My family calls them bumpers and everyone thinks we are crazy to call them that.

@chyna “the heel”.

@CyanoticWasp Bumper is kinda fun. I have no idea why we call it that.

@wonderingwhy My friend reads the last page of a book before she even starts it. It pisses me off.

So, @jules96, what books, TV shows, and movies are you in to? <—Totally not said in a mischievous manner.

Hehehe.

@chyna, I’ll let you use “heel” if you don’t mind if I steal “bumper”. But I’m still not giving them away.

yes. when im in bed with some chick, and she’s all “i’m almost there!”, i’m like “sheesh, way to ruin it for me!”
...women.~

Snape kills Dumbledore.

Allie kills @Grisaille.

It’s a shitty thing to do, and not because the ending was so important that it “spoils” some sort of “surprise”.

When someone tells you that Snape kills Dumbledore, it doesn’t matter if Snape actually kills Dumbledore or not. The problem is that now, you’re reading the story and looking at Snape and Dumbledore in a completely different way than the author intended to display them.

Giving away the ending skews the audiences perception of the entire narrative, and that sucks. It’s a crappy thing to do to people because it prevents them from enjoying the story as it was originally intended to be told by the author/director.

It’s a rude way to impose yourself on others.

absolutely. this happened to me in high school once. we were reading the book Perfume by Patrick Suskind in English class and one of my friends told me how it ends. to make it worse, it is among my all time favorite books but i missed the full experience of reading it because i knew the ending beforehand

When the Sixth Sense came out my sister went to see it before I did. My hisband and I had plans to go see it. My sister told me the end. I was so mad at her. When my husband and I went to see it I was so uinimpressed because I knew the twist at the end. Everyone was so shocked in the theatre and I’m sitting there thinking “yeah, he’s dead, big deal!” I hate for someone to spoil something like that. Especially when they know it will ruin the whole movie for you.

knitfroggy, that was a TERRIBLE thing for her to do. ;-) I sympathize.

@Austinlad i thought it was pretty crappy…especially on that movie!

No. There are times I actually want to know the ending. Then again, I’m not really big on surprises.

I do not like it. It’s impolite and evil!

People ask me about movies, and I will give them general descriptions, like a taste, of what the movie is, but I am a complete Nazi about not revealing key plot points.

not really. i’m one of those people.

@knitfroggy you know ironically, you sort of just ruined the ending for anyone who hasn’t seen the Sixth Sense yet ;)

Usually, I hate when they don’t.

I ask someone to tell me about the movie and they refuse or hold back the ending to “protect” me or something…not ruin my experience.

@#$%!

I immediately skipped to the ending of the last Harry Potter book to find out the ending!
Didn’t stop me from purchasing or reading the book.

Telling me the ending of a movie does not “ruin” it for me.

I work with high school students, who seem coded to ruin movies, books, TV shows, what have you. I make an effort to never tell them what movies I want to see, even if they ask, because I know at least one of them will have seen it and is boiling over with the urge to ruin it for me.

Fuck yes

@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities I like anything sci-fi, fantasy, some mystery, reality T.V., romance, action…pretty much anything.
@Grisaille i already knew that.
@peyope Freaking amen.

YES! One of my best girlfriends will tell me everything that is going to happen while we are watching the movie! It is awful. That is why I try to avoid watching movies with her that she has already seen.