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Have You Ever Watched Something

Jordan2 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:26:15 GMT

Have you ever watched something, hated it, and think, well that was a waste of my time? I pretty much never give up on a show or movie, I watch til the bitter end. I guess it's because I feel I have already invested my time in it, and I keep thinking I have to give it a chance, it's going to get better. Two shows come to mind that I watched recently on HBO, The Third Day and The Vow. I especially didn't like The Vow, I thought it was boring. The finale was Sunday, at the end it said volume two will be back in 2021, it will be back without me!

Re: Have You Ever Watched Something

KingstonsMom — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:34:43 GMT

I know within watching for 15-20 minutes if I like a show/movie or not, if not I change the channel and look for something else.

I'm getting old, I don't have that much time left to waste, LOL!

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Carmie — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:37:09 GMT

I saw Chris Angel in person in Las Vegas. The tickets weren't cheap.

It was so bad, my DH and I walked out....as did quite a few people. I would rather waste my money than my time.

In China, we had reservations to see a Chinese opera. Everyone in our group (13) went. I was the only person to stay to the end. There was a lot of off key sounding high pitched "singing"certainty not what Americans are used to and I don't understand Mandarin, but I really enjoyed it once I was there for a while. I could understand the story by their actions. It was something new and I feel culturally enlightened.

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chrystaltree — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:38:00 GMT

I know within 30 minutes if something is worth watching or not. If it isn't, I click it off without a second thought. Even if I paid to rent it. I watch TV for entertainment and relaxation; if I don't like something or worse if it irritates me, there's no entertainment value.

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SilleeMee — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:40:10 GMT

Lately there hasn't been much of anything good to watch on TV. So I end up watching stuff I never thought I'd watch before and I watch it until the end for lack of better things to watch. Yup...hard earned money spent on shows I don't even care to see. Pandemic pastimes.

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Azcowgirl — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:40:27 GMT

Yes....just last night. Roger Ebert even gave it a thumbs up. I won't stick with a movie if I really don't like it.

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J Town Girl — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:42:21 GMT

I'm pretty much like you, I will watch a show to the very end. There have been movies that I really hated but yet I continued watching. I'm not sure why.

What's worst for me than giving up on a TV movie is going to the theatre and sitting through a movie that I dislike. I guess I feel that I already spent the money and it seems wasteful to walk out. I remember going to see the movie "Seven" and it was so dark and disturbing but I suffered through till the end.

I did break my rule the other week and turned off a Hallmark movie that was so dull and boring that even I couldn't make it through till the end.

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FrostyBabe1 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:49:32 GMT

Yes! Most recently, The Morning Show on Apple TV. I watched the entire first season, hoping that it would improve and it was just horrible. They had a great cast of talented actors, and even they could not save it. It's quite honestly nothing more than a very badly retold, and barely disguised retelling of the Matt Lauer story.

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Mz iMac — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:49:38 GMT

I tend to agree w/IG.

A tv series I give it 2-3 episodes to keep my interest. If not, I'm out!

Movies, if I drift off w/in the first 30 minutes, I'm out!

At 70 yrs young I do not have time watching shows, series or movies I am not enjoying. Sheesh! I plan on living to at least 100+ yrs in order to watch all the series & movies in my Amazon Prime & Netfix "watchlist" as well as all the CDs I burned for the PBS series about all the "First Ladies."

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QVCkitty1 — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:51:37 GMT

I watch very little television anymore, I mostly read for my entertainment. Since I use my Kindle I usually get a free sample of the book to check it out. Even then , I sometimes get a clunker, and I abandon it without a backward glance. Life is short.

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Xivambala — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 22:27:01 GMT

No, if it doesn't grab my attention in the first few minutes, off I go for something else.

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jeanlake — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:23:23 GMT

This is one reason I like to record TV shows. I don't waste my time watching commercials. If I get an audio book from the library and the book doesn't grab me after 2 CDs, I stop listening.

Re: Have You Ever Watched Something

noodleann — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:25:13 GMT

@Jordan2 wrote:
Have you ever watched something, hated it, and think, well that was a waste of my time? I pretty much never give up on a show or movie, I watch til the bitter end. I guess it's because I feel I have already invested my time in it, and I keep thinking I have to give it a chance, it's going to get better. Two shows come to mind that I watched recently on HBO, The Third Day and The Vow. I especially didn't like The Vow, I thought it was boring. The finale was Sunday, at the end it said volume two will be back in 2021, it will be back without me!

Not exactly hate, but disgusted by, yes. It's a Masterpiece Mystery, I believe, called "Flesh and Blood." Completely implausible primary relationship, one-dimensional support characters (with the notable exception of Imelda Staunton), and a hokey gimmick to keep what should have been a 90-minute one-off going for twice that long over four episodes. Because I don't have TV and have been hungry for some entertainment recently, I have watched all three episodes broadcast thus far online. It truly is from hunger that I'll be watching the final episode where we learn whodunnit as well as what actually happened.

Likewise underwhelmed by COBRA. Robert Carlyle can do much better than the perpetual anxiety he presents so far. To call the plot implausible is being generous.

I'm guardedly anticipating Hugh Laurie in "Roadkill," and can't wait for a new season of "Unforgotten," a really good show of the stale unsolved murder case variety.

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GenXmuse — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:52:47 GMT

I watched Fatal Affair because I like Omar Epps but it was so bad I just pretended I was watching a parody and laughed the whole way through it. I watched five episodes of The Vow and decided to beg off because it was too much of a vanity piece and slapping each other on the back for being so brave that I didn't get much insight into the cult as I thought I would. I'm sure there are more but those are the most recent.

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Tessa Mendoza — Tue, 20 Oct 2020 23:53:56 GMT

Usually I'll give a new show that sounds good about 15 minutes till I decide to turn it off if I'm not liking it. I don't have the patience to "give it a chance."

With movies, sometimes I'll be watching something and, while I don't like it, keep thinking it will get going and get better. Especially if it has good reviews. I end up disappointed in the ending and annoyed with myself that I stuck it out most of the time. An example would be The English Patient.

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mac116 — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:24:08 GMT

I usually give a TV show 10 minutes, a movie 20 minutes, and a book 20 pages. There are many choices and so little time...

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PreKteacher — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 00:27:59 GMT

I guess I'm your polar opposite, because I often don't finish movies when I DO like them! I get interrupted by the kids, or the dog, or I remember I need to switch the laundry from the washer to the dryer, or I start looking at mail while I'm watching and get distracted, or I just get too tired, etc., etc. I'm just not in a season of life that makes watching anything from start to finish a simple task. Oh well!

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GenXmuse — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 02:56:52 GMT

Based on what the complaints here, people watch QVC even if they don't like the programming

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qvcfreak — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 02:52:00 GMT

I watched the Adam Sandler Movie on Netflix Hubie something, it was awful and kept thinking, it has to get better, it didn’t

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AuntG — Wed, 21 Oct 2020 11:41:59 GMT

My DH sees movies through to the end. I tend to get distracted and end up on this device if I'm not enjoying it.