[entertainment] movies, books, etc & how to make me _hate_ them instantly

[wispfox]

There is one nearly certain way to make me instantly hate a movie, book, or television show. (Nearly certain because if there are enough other positive factors, I might wait it out)

Have intentionally awkward situations as a form of entertainment. I'm fine with it to show character development (although it'll still make me uncomfortable), as long as the characters actually _do_ develop.

I _hate_ movies, TV, books where the characters make me feel the need to (or actually do it) yell at them every five seconds to stop being stupid about something, and say or do [foo] already!

I completely cannot understand this as a form of entertainment, but apparently it's a popular enough one that my disliking it as strongly as I do confuses people.

Yeah. This is really intended as an FYI, actually. I'm not really of the opinion that anyone would be able to explain it to me and have me actually comprehend it. :)

edit: I note, incidentally, that I am ok with, and can be amused by, things which come across to me as making fun of the genre. That said, though, my tolerance for movies and TV is low enough that such is fairly unlikely to be watched by me unless someone else suggests it.

edit edit: I may or may not be ok with movies that make fun of other genres that I can't deal with. Like... horror movies, TV series, or books which are intended to make people jumpy are _not_ good. Even, sometimes, if they are intended to make fun of such things.

Comments

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I did read those, when I was much younger. And there _were_ enough other nifty things that I was willing to read them. But that was then, and I'm not reading any of the new ones.

This is actually what finally made me stop reading Wheel of Time. Sure, part of it was the lack of ever ending _any_ plots threads, but it was largely about yelling at the characters all the time. Especially when Min got all girly.

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was a long time ago that I read them as well. There must have been something about them that kept me reading them. At the moment I all I can remember is the annoyance I felt toward the main character.

Ah good, I have not read the Wheel of Time series yet even though half my friends do. Now I have additional reason not to. :)

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Ah good, I have not read the Wheel of Time series yet even though half my friends do. Now I have additional reason not to. :)

Yes! Don't! It's not worth it, much as it was really interesting in the beginning.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Hmm... I actually rather like The Wheel of Time. But I also haven't read the latest book, as I've decided to wait until there's two or three books I haven't read...

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

Ah, one of those series where you want two or three out so you have a good chunk to read all at once. Right.

[bridgetester.livejournal.com]

Well, I read the first nine as a chunk too. *shrugs* And it's not as if they're short chunks, but they're better as a sequence than as individual books, imo. First book was better than the rest, blahblahblah.

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

I liked Wheel of Time at first.

And then he didn't tie up any threads, ever.

And then he made Min be all girly and disturbing.

[ian-gunn.livejournal.com]

Shortly after making this comment I had a sense of deja vu. Did that comment sound familiar? Did I make a very similar statement to you on LJ sometime in the six months?

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

Not that I'm aware of. :)