Am I the only one who uses the 'skip ahead 10 seconds' trick to get through the slow parts of a bad movie?

I figured out that if a bad movie has like 45 minutes of boring scenes before it gets hilariously awful, I just skip ahead every 10 seconds until I see something goofy. It saved me from quitting halfway through The Room last weekend. Why don't more people just fast forward through the dull stuff instead of saying the whole movie is unwatchable?

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carter.casey28d ago

@torres.grant is right about the function but who actually cares? If people are enjoying movies more by skipping dull parts, let them have their fun. Not every movie needs to be a serious sit-through for it to be worth watching.

the_jennifer28d ago

My buddy Dave once got so into skipping slow parts of The English Patient he accidentally skipped the ending and thought it was a documentary about desert plants for like three months. He still recommends it to people as a nature film. I get the appeal though, sometimes I just want the car chase without the relationship drama that got them there.

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torres.grant28d ago

Skip ahead 10 seconds" actually skips 10 seconds forward, not 10 seconds at a time.