On a post about the new Narnia movie being delayed, someone said “now Christmas won’t be ruined”. Why? Was the movie going to automatically play on your TV screen on Christmas against your will, unprompted? To be fair, maybe they had family who were going to watch it and that might make it hard to avoid, but people have this attitude all the time. They complain about remakes “ruining” the original. Well, if you know that changes to the story are going to be that much of a problem for you, why are you watching it?

It is actually much easier to not watch a movie than to watch it. Watching a movie takes effort, especially in the theater. Even watching at home takes some degree of effort, you sought it out on whatever platform you watch it on and pressed play. Take some responsibility for your choices. Movies come out every week that you’re not watching and they have little to no impact on your life. Most movies only impact your life if you choose for them to. I bet most people don’t even know the Winnie the Pooh horror movie exists. It only impacts your life if you choose to watch it. But when some people saw that there was a Winnie the Pooh horror movie, they flipped out about it ruining the characters. It only affects you if you watch it.