Do you ever watch a movie and pause it to ...

Never. I don't even like looking at ratings for a few reasons. I've had spoilers pop up, but I also don't want my perception altered because of certain expectations.

If I ever take a break, it might be to look up something historical, a reference, but its rare. Usually when I pause, its so I can imagine without losing the movie.

Rarely, but not for a break. I usually do it for a bad movie to see what other people have said about it. When I watch a movie, my phone is away and I sit there until it's done (unless nature calls).

I use to do that a lot but once or twice I had something spoiled just by a thread title and now I do my best to avoid a board until after seeing a movie. I also avoid try to looking at IMDB for a show I'm binging because it will say how many episodes an actor is in and that can give away when their character will die...I think I'm becoming paranoid in my 40s lol

i'm reading ted chiang's 'stories of your life and others,' his 2002 collection that includes the short story the film 'arrival' was based on.

so far the book is great, btw. can't recommend it highly enough. he's a truly talented writer.

anyway, i thought i'd take a peak at the arrival board here to see if anyone else had read the story & perhaps started a thread about it, shared some thoughts on how it compared to the book, etc etc.

and of course, what i saw instead was quite a few threads calling it boring & stupid. and, to be fair, some threads praising it (not too many) and more just questioning plot-points & so on.

don't have a broader point, other than to say that ted chiang is great, i'm really enjoying his book & i'm looking forward to reading his new collection as well. just had to think of this thread when i went to the board this morning.

If I'm not digging the movie, I'll sometimes go check out its board while its playing.

Yeah I do quite often to check something about it.

I also sometimes just need a break from watching in general so will pause or stop it and do something else for a little then come back to it.

I have a habit of looking people in the film up on IMDB, while watching the film. I look up what else the actors have done, or trivia about the movie. Sometimes its more interesting than the movie itself.

All the time, especially if it is very suspenseful. I read spoilers. I did that recently with Hotel Mumbai. Honestly could not watch the scenes with the baby ... anyway no spoilers.