I've just watched a movie VS I just watched a movie.

[alnxp]

[FONT=Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Meiryo, Yu Gothic Medium, sans-serif]Let's say I've just watched a show on Netflix couple minutes ago and I'd like to record a video about it. Which sentence below would It be more correct to say?[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]- Hello guys. I've just watched a show and I have few things to say.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]- Hello guys. I just watched a show and I have few things to say.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]From What I've read, They say the correct form for things that just happened, like minutes ago, We should use present perfect. However, It seems like the option number two (I just watched a movie) is far more spoken in the daily routine.[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]So, while speaking, should I say "I just watched a movie" or "I've just watched a movie"?[/FONT]

 

[emsr2d2]

Let's say [STRIKE]I've just watched[/STRIKE] I finished watching a show on Netflix a couple of minutes ago and I'd like to record a video about it. Which sentence below would [STRIKE]it[/STRIKE] be more correct to say?

- Hello guys. I've just watched a show and I have few things to say.
- Hello guys. I just watched a show and I have few things to say.

From what I've read, [STRIKE]they say[/STRIKE] the correct form for things that just happened, like minutes ago, [STRIKE]we should use[/STRIKE] is the present perfect. However, it seems like [STRIKE]the[/STRIKE] option number two (I just watched a movie) is [STRIKE]far more spoken in the daily routine[/STRIKE] more common in spoken English.

So, [STRIKE]while[/STRIKE] when speaking, should I say "I just watched a movie" or "I've just watched a movie"?

Please note my corrections above. I see no reason for anything other than the past simple.

I just watched a show and ...

 

[alnxp]

I also heard this could be regional.

Is it the reason why Piscean said P. P. and emsr2d2 P. S.?

I`m still confused. I got different answers, I`m back to where I started.

 

[Yankee]

As usual context is key. (A) What did you do last night? (B) Nothing special. I just (only) watched a movie and went to bed. (A) Are you coming over tonight? (B) Yeah. I just watched (OR I've just watched) a movie. I'll be there in a few minutes. I would use "just watched".

 

[jutfrank]

So, while speaking, should I say "I just watched a movie" or "I've just watched a movie"?

It may well be true that many native-speakers, notably AmE speakers, would use the former (past simple) but I suggest you use the latter (present perfect). This seems to be an ideal context for the present perfect, so use it.

 

[abaka]

The specification "a couple of minutes ago" definitely places the action in the past -- the very recent past, but the past -- and therefore demands a simple past tense.

Remove that "couple of minutes ago", and the context immediately demands a present perfect.

I agree with emsr2d2.

 

[abaka]

She had already correct the awkward " I've just watched a show on Netflix couple minutes ago ".

Argh. I sometimes have trouble with smartphone displays. I understood somehow that the sentence "I've just watched a show on Netflix couple minutes ago" was the one the original poster asked us to correct.

As I said above, my (overly) strong opinion is that the correct forms are:

I finished watching a show on Netflix a couple minutes ago.
I watched a show on Netflix a couple of minutes ago.
I've just watched a show on Netflix.

 

[abaka]

That is/was a (non-teacher) member typo.