I do not intend for this to be a political or controversial thread (all while appreciating my occasional propensity for misreading, ahem, what exactly we mean by that here), but anyway, let’s see how it goes. I read a review that jokingly referenced ‘hate-watching’ a film and, while this was a few days ago, the term is stuck in my mind.
I’m currently watching Manifest (have found the corresponding MoFo thread but don’t have much to say on the subject for now). I stumbled onto it and kept going out of sheer boredom (and because I refuse to get Sky as I already have Netflix and cancelling that and signing up again while losing my tailored recs doesn’t sound ideal, which is why I can’t watch season 2 of From). Am being mindful of spoilers, but
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I dislike it and am especially perplexed by/uncomfortable with the message, more so perhaps than I tend to be with any of the modern overly ‘progressive’ things. As such, I suppose I’m hate-watching it.
Does anyone else do this? Is ’hate-watching’ even a thing? For what it’s worth, I am not talking about the Oh-my-God-this-is-disgusting/too violent/too weird-but-I-cannot-look-away kind of feeling that a Lanthimos or a von Trier or a Haneke might elicit. I guess what I mean by ‘hate-watching’ is acknowledging/being fully conscious of the fact that the thing you’re watching is, well, not your thing, and maybe even knowing that in advance, but persevering, I guess, despite hating it. I think for me it has to do with tending to finish everything I started and wanting to know about things, being able to be part of the conversation, at least, especially when it comes to cinema. I anticipate the counter-argument that ‘not everyone has the time for that’ and that’s exactly what my current boyfriend says when I mention watching something, usually a show, that I’m ambivalent about. But I suppose I feel that, time constraints aside, it’s worth giving a show/film you don’t immediately connect with a good honest try before giving up on it. Appreciate that’s not the same as so-called ‘hate-watching’, though.
Keen to hear any perspectives here.
I’m currently watching Manifest (have found the corresponding MoFo thread but don’t have much to say on the subject for now). I stumbled onto it and kept going out of sheer boredom (and because I refuse to get Sky as I already have Netflix and cancelling that and signing up again while losing my tailored recs doesn’t sound ideal, which is why I can’t watch season 2 of From). Am being mindful of spoilers, but
WARNING: spoilers below
as an atheist, Manifest is making me profoundly uncomfortable much in the same way as reading The Shack did when that first came out. I could never get through the film — the book was bad enough for me, but I finished it as I tend to do with most things. I’ve since dabbled in watching some other Christian films, and of course for now, I’m sticking with Manifest.
I dislike it and am especially perplexed by/uncomfortable with the message, more so perhaps than I tend to be with any of the modern overly ‘progressive’ things. As such, I suppose I’m hate-watching it.
Does anyone else do this? Is ’hate-watching’ even a thing? For what it’s worth, I am not talking about the Oh-my-God-this-is-disgusting/too violent/too weird-but-I-cannot-look-away kind of feeling that a Lanthimos or a von Trier or a Haneke might elicit. I guess what I mean by ‘hate-watching’ is acknowledging/being fully conscious of the fact that the thing you’re watching is, well, not your thing, and maybe even knowing that in advance, but persevering, I guess, despite hating it. I think for me it has to do with tending to finish everything I started and wanting to know about things, being able to be part of the conversation, at least, especially when it comes to cinema. I anticipate the counter-argument that ‘not everyone has the time for that’ and that’s exactly what my current boyfriend says when I mention watching something, usually a show, that I’m ambivalent about. But I suppose I feel that, time constraints aside, it’s worth giving a show/film you don’t immediately connect with a good honest try before giving up on it. Appreciate that’s not the same as so-called ‘hate-watching’, though.
Keen to hear any perspectives here.
Last edited by AgrippinaX; 08-15-23 at 05:44 PM.