Seriously, is there any reason to do that besides piss on people who want to see the movie?

I hate to say it Andrew, but this situation is the exact reason why I don't read film reviews before seeing a movie. Consequently I risk never reading any reviews at all.

***Spoilers! That aren't exactly spoilers! (If you read up on (most) films!)***

Considering Fox's little Sunshine pimpin' YouTube marketing plan--where they tell you every character dies, as well as show you how they die--it's kind of hard to spoil Sunshine. I almost wonder why they decided to do that...I had no idea they did until I had already seen it. It...really makes no fucking sense.

"Hey, everybody dies, this is how, now go pay to see this movie, because you know you want to watch the rest of it. You know. The filler. The 'scientific' filler. You know, the stuff that the type of person who would only see a movie if they knew every character would die would not care about? Yeah. That stuff. Bwanananana.

And I hate spoilers. I stopped watching the ads for 24 a few years ago, as they give away way too much. What I really hate, though, is those that seem to be purely for the sake of being a dick. I receive the Harper's Weekly e-mail, and last week they included the sentence "The final book of the Harry Potter series, in which [spoiler redacted], was released in the United States and sold 8.3 million copies within 24 hours." Real classy, folks!

Andrew, I generally prefer the "sentence or two" approach to plot synopsis. It seems like a good balance that protects all but those so sensitive that they (should) know not to read reviews at all.

Reviews are a case-by-case beast by nature, but if the point of a review is to help the reader decide whether to invest time and money in a film, what point is there if a spoiler in the review makes the question moot?

Looked at from another angle, those who want plenty of explicit detail in advance can easily find it. Those who prefer to experience a film untainted, though, have no recourse once a spoiler is sprung.

Maybe you shouldn't be such a dumbass. By that, I mean maybe you should stop reading after someone uses bold tags to inform you that there will be spoilers. I'm sorry for your stupidity. No, really. I am.

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/21/threadless_spoiler_t.html

Where did he reveal a bodycount? Man, you are a dumbass.

Just admit it. You didn't even try to scroll down. So, I barely move my finger on my scroller, and I roll right down halfway past Levislade's post. You scroll down, and you not only notice the three areas that reveal the warned spoilers, you also notice the explained YouTube marketing plan.

So, which one is it?

a.) You are a dumbass
b.) You want to bitch at me for displaying spoilers even though I used bold tags to warn everyone (dumbass) c.) You magically broke your finger immediately before scrolling down, causing you to continue reading since you cannot scroll (dumbass)
d.) All of the above

Lucky for you, there are no wrong answers! Good luck!

Period.