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Author	GoldenZWeegie
Comment	Went to the cinema to see The Wicker Man 50th Anniversary Celebration. The lights go down and instead of the film starting, a badly filmed recording of Edith Bowman on a stage plays where she begins talking about how amazing the film is before saying that there will be multiple interviews with people and performances from a folk band. This was followed by multiple film scholars and people involved in the making of the movie being interviewed and spoiling the film while saying they weren't going to spoil the film. Reece Shearsmith even jubilantly says at one poing 'I'm going to spoil the film!' Multiple clips of the film we were literally about to watch were shown and analysed and they kept having musical interludes with this band playing music from the film. The people in front of us laughed when, after the second performance, Edith said we'd have much more from them soon. Bored and annoyed that the entirety of the film was being spoiled and we were being told how to feel about the film before it had even been shown, I went to find a staff member to ask how long this was going to go on for. Many other people were doing the same, with many people either going out to do something more interesting or straight up leaving. I discovered that this segment of the film went on for over an hour, nearly the full runtime of the actual film. Soured by having to wait for a film that had been spoiled multiple times before it had even begun, I was so miffed I just left and will see about streaming it at home. The decision to put the bonus content at the beginning of the show was an exceptionally poor move. You're not only alienating the people who have never seen the movie before, you're also annoying the people who actually want to see the movie. I've been to several of these special events, including Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut and Parasite, which featured Q&As and analysis after the film once you've seen and digested it, never before. Very disappointing experience. Sorry for the rant, had to vent.
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Created	Thu 22nd Jun 2023 9:44am
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Went to the cinema to see The Wicker Man 50th Anniversary Celebration.

The lights go down and instead of the film starting, a badly filmed recording of Edith Bowman on a stage plays where she begins talking about how amazing the film is before saying that there will be multiple interviews with people and performances from a folk band. This was followed by multiple film scholars and people involved in the making of the movie being interviewed and spoiling the film while saying they weren't going to spoil the film. Reece Shearsmith even jubilantly says at one poing 'I'm going to spoil the film!'

Multiple clips of the film *we were literally about to watch* were shown and analysed and they kept having musical interludes with this band playing music from the film. The people in front of us laughed when, after the second performance, Edith said we'd have much more from them soon.

Bored and annoyed that the entirety of the film was being spoiled and we were being told how to feel about the film before it had even been shown, I went to find a staff member to ask how long this was going to go on for. Many other people were doing the same, with many people either going out to do something more interesting or straight up leaving. I discovered that this segment of the film went on for over an hour, nearly the full runtime of the actual film.

Soured by having to wait for a film that had been spoiled multiple times before it had even begun, I was so miffed I just left and will see about streaming it at home.

The decision to put the bonus content at the beginning of the show was an exceptionally poor move. You're not only alienating the people who have never seen the movie before, you're also annoying the people who actually want to see the movie. I've been to several of these special events, including Apocalypse Now: The Final Cut and Parasite, which featured Q&As and analysis after the film once you've seen and digested it, never *before*. Very disappointing experience.

Sorry for the rant, had to vent.