You know the feeling.
Your favorite characters are introduced, the story kicks off, but then a couple plot twists and turns seem a bit unfamiliar. Suddenly it dawns on you: you have no clue how the movie wraps up. No, you can’t remember who the killer is, who dies, or if the cats ever get married. You can’t remember the ending at all and you’re loving every minute of it.
Yes, you dim the lights, snuggle under the blanket, shush up your chatty husband, and stay glued to that screen.
Because it’s like hey, guaranteed blockbuster.
AWESOME!
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21 Comments
April 30, 2009 at 12:27 am
Jackpot!
April 30, 2009 at 1:21 am
You know what’s awesome?
Realizing this site is Torontonian.
I knew there was a reason why I loved my hometown.
Thanks for making every day awesome.
April 30, 2009 at 1:55 am
Yes! That or seeing things you never saw before, that are vital to the story, or make other sequels make more sense.
April 30, 2009 at 5:02 am
I’ve done the thing where you pick up new, important details on re-watching, but I never forget the entire ending.
:(
April 30, 2009 at 8:11 am
Ditto, Ian. I can enjoy a rewatch if I really enjoyed the movie and even pick up on a few unnotived details (especially in animated features – I think those are just rich!). However, I rarely forget an ending. Sorry, I’m part of the tough crowd.
April 30, 2009 at 9:36 am
Sadly, you will find this happens more and more as you get older. This occurs because:
a) you have way more movies in your brain-bank to keep track of
b) your brain-bank’s fact retrieval system starts suffering some serious system failures
Or, it could just be:
c) you probably fell asleep half way through it last time, so you never saw the end in the first place.
April 30, 2009 at 9:57 am
Ah! You should put a spoiler alert on the last picture!
April 30, 2009 at 11:54 am
It’s not one of my favorite movies, but I’ve seen My Best Friend’s Wedding at least six times and every single time (since the first time, of course), I have totally been on pins and needles trying to remember what happens! I can never remember who ends up getting married in the end.
April 30, 2009 at 10:01 am
Almost as exciting is when you know the ending but have no recollection of how the movie gets there…. I fall asleep in the middle sometimes and wake up just before its over. :)
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April 30, 2009 at 2:35 pm
I’ve never been able to forget how a movie ends, especially one I’ve seen multiple times.
April 30, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Awesome. I do this more often than most – I tend to fall asleep towards the end and dream the rest, so the next time I watch it is a new surprise!
April 30, 2009 at 11:18 pm
…. that cat pic rocks!
May 1, 2009 at 4:08 pm
This has never happened to me; however, it does happen with some books I enjoy. I’m an Agatha Christie reader, and I love opening up a familiar mystery and realizing I’ve forgotten who did it. :>)
May 2, 2009 at 3:29 pm
If your forget how your favorite movie ends, you probably have a brain tumor.
May 2, 2009 at 11:50 pm
At my age, I can’t remember how most of the movies end anymore.
May 6, 2009 at 9:30 am
I doubt you’d forget how your FAVORITE movie ends, but you could definitely forget how some great movies end. Watched the Usual Suspects again a few weeks ago and while I remembered the ending, forgot about all the twists that happened during the movie!
May 6, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Thanks for this entry! I thought it was just me, and I was getting early-onset alzheimer’s because I often forget the plot and endings of books and movies. I like to think that by forgetting, I’m actually saving brain space!
May 13, 2009 at 8:23 am
All those who enter a comment just to criticize
the topic, I think you should not waist you time accessing 1000awesomethings, since you cannot enjoy the good side of life, which appears to be the go of this blog.
I believe that when you say you forget the end of your favorite movies, it means you do not fully remember it, details and stuff. I also believe that most people got it.
But yes, as pointed before by someone, it tends to happen as you get older, but it’s part of life.
May 15, 2009 at 2:34 am
This is super awesome!
May 15, 2009 at 9:43 am
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June 4, 2009 at 12:01 pm
This is even better in book form, if you can resist the urge to go to the back and take a peek, which is followed by the flooding of memories returning every twist and turn of the novel.