Have You Ever Walked Out On A Movie?

[Gail Simone]

I walked out on some terrible barbarian movie once...it had Lee Horsely (sp?) in it.
I think.

[veracity]

I haven't walked out since the price of movies seems to be about the cost of a college education now...but I wish had for The Village. God knows that was a wasted time period. (As my godmom put it, I want a tax write-off for a bad investment.)

[K-DoG7p7]

I walked out on some terrible barbarian movie once...it had Lee Horsely (sp?) in it.
I think.

This?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Sword_and_the_sorcererposter.jpg

[ShaunN]

I wanted to walk out of "Ghost Rider" but I stayed because I was with people. I also considered walking out of "Sin City" - the grotesque violence was a bit too much for me - but, again, I stayed because I was with a large group of friends. But, in both cases, if I was by myself I would have left.

[Gail Simone]

This?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Sword_and_the_sorcererposter.jpg

That's the one!

I wish I had walked out on The Happening, definitely. And Lady In the Water.

[veracity]

I wish I had walked out on The Happening, definitely. And Lady In the Water.

I swear, after The Village I decided to avoid M. Night like the plague. As his movies have gotten reviews, I see it was the right decision. Actually, The Happening was on HBO earlier today but honestly, not even Markie Mark's hot body can make me keep watching. And he's not a terrible actor, either.

[Spike-X]

I came very close to walking out of Once Were Warriors. The "make the man some eggs, woman!" scene really did my head in.

I'm glad I saw it through to the end, though. Damn fine movie.

[Jae Namkyoung]

http://popcritics.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/batman-forever.jpg
http://popcritics.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/batman-and-robin.jpg

[Cam63]

I wanted to walk out of " Shitty Remake of Planet of the Apes and Irritating Humans Trying and Failing Acting 101 ", but I foolishly thought it would get better in the end.

Cam no make that mistake again.

[veracity]

I wanted to walk out of " Shitty Remake of Planet of the Apes and Irritating Humans Trying and Failing Acting 101 ", but I foolishly thought it would get better in the end.

Cam no make that mistake again.
My general rule: if it's remake? FLEE. Do not stop. Do not collect 200. Do not even collect that get out of jail free card in trade. FLEE.

[worstblogever]

I did walk out of "Lady in the Water". The shaky camera filming style was giving my date a migraine. And honestly, it was a criminal waste of Paul Giamatti's acting ability to give his character a stutter.

Similarly, I almost walked out of "Dancer in the Dark" because the "shaky camera" style of the real world was giving me motion sickness. "Blair Witch Project" was similar, but not as bad on my stomach.

[Cam63]

My general rule: if it's remake? FLEE. Do not stop. Do not collect 200. Do not even collect that get out of jail free card in trade. FLEE.

Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again are two exceptions.

[veracity]

Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again are two exceptions.
I have no idea since I don't watch Bond.

*hits the deck*

[Free-Man]

I successfully walked out on Epic Movie. My friends were pissed that they all stayed, but I just went home!

[FeminineMystique]

http://popcritics.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/batman-forever.jpg
http://popcritics.com/movies/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/batman-and-robin.jpg

Batman And Robin is actually mentioned in the Geneva Convetion in the part prohibiting the torture of prisoners of war. :eek:

You've gotta love that in a movie featuring Bane, a muscle bound psychopath, they give Arnie the part of Mr Freeze, a skinny, tragic scientist driven mad by the loss of his wife. But it did give us my favourite "Terrible Arnie pun" of all time

YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME TO DA COOLAHHHHH!:tongue:

[4PointOh]

Quentin Tarantino's Death Proof
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Proof)
Jackie Chan and Jet Li's Forbidden Kingdom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forbidden_Kingdom)

[Flamebird]

David Lynch's Lost Highway (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMWMCbQxEsE)

Just a god awful, headache inducing mess.

[Joe Acro]

I have never walked out on a movie. The closest I came was X-Men 3.

[Spike-X]

I have never walked out on a movie. The closest I came was X-Men 3.
I actually stayed all the way through that one, but I did walk out thinking it had been a waste of money and a trip to Melbourne.

[ryerye17]

Mila Jovovich's Resident Evil.

But that's cause I was in sixth grade, hated horror movies and entered the cinema mostly for the "Walk to Remember" double-feature.

[Karl O'Neill]

2 Actually:

Final Fantasty---awful movie.

The Good shepard--Oh boy this crap was so boring.

I nearly walked out of GI JOE but my mate told me to sit it out. GI JOE was offensive.

Surprized people didn't like the village. I think that is a classic, and the twist is cool, Did the creators of LOST get ideas from watching the Village? Awesome awesome idea.

[Aspield]

I went with my brother and his then-girlfriend (now-wife) to the movies awhile back, expecting to see one film and my (then-future) sister-in-law got tickets to some insiped surfer movie featuring three women. I walked out in 10 minutes.

And don't go to movies with my sister-in-law. At all.

[JKCarrier]

YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME TO DA COOLAHHHHH!:tongue:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNaDZIrxh-0

[Jae Namkyoung]

lol Femmy, yeah... remakes... FLEEEEE FLEEEE

[FeminineMystique]

lol Femmy, yeah... remakes... FLEEEEE FLEEEE

They are evil! And must be feared. Like Mothra:eek:

[dragonbat]

Crank. The sex scene in public did it for me. Or didn't do it for me. Depending on how you want to look at it.

[lexid523]

I wish I had walked out on The Happening, definitely. And Lady In the Water.

I was working at a movie theater when Lady in the Water came out.

I had never issued so many refunds in my entire career.

[Night Swordsman]

Sigh. I LOVED Lady in the Water. I did not like the Village and have ZERO desire to see either the Happening or that stupid nickelodon live action cartoon which i refuse to mention.

The movie was about STORYTELLING. There was so much in that movie it was insane.

Sigh.

Guess now i have something i disagree with Gail about. :frown:

Oh! Never left a movie early, but i did get sick during the Blair Witch Project.
And almost during Austin Powers 2. Will never see another Mike Myers comedy again.

[Infra-Man]

Never have. I paid my money or showed up to a screening, so I will watch that stinkburger to the end. Afterwards, I will then regret those two hours of my life that are now gone forever--gone forever.

[Night Swordsman]

Never have. I paid my money or showed up to a screening, so I will watch that stinkburger to the end. Afterwards, I will then regret those two hours of my life that are now gone forever--gone forever.

Hey...i stayed all the way thru Dragon Wars. :rolleyes:

[Major Comma]

when I was much younger,I walked out of Frank Langellas Dracula movie
and Outland , both out of fear.
I saw Outland a few years later on cable and LOVED it!
I walked out of Pink Panther 2 and went to Mall Cop instead.
I didnt regret that decision.

[Major Comma]

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings,
but a sequel to TheSword and The Sorcerer is actually in development.
Supposedly, the same director is involved.

[Jae Namkyoung]

I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings,
but a sequel to TheSword and The Sorcerer is actually in development.
Supposedly, the same director is involved.

Ya know, I've never even heard of this movie. I'm glad that I'll never be part of it. At all.

[Infra-Man]

Hey...i stayed all the way thru Dragon Wars. :rolleyes:

Haha... Man, that was a total bomb of a stinker.

[dupont2005]

not yet but i felt like walking out on that frodo movie

[LtMarvel]

I wanted to walk out of " Shitty Remake of Planet of the Apes and Irritating Humans Trying and Failing Acting 101 ", but I foolishly thought it would get better in the end.

Cam no make that mistake again.
I consider Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes an underrated movie.

[Michael P]

3000 Miles to Graceland.

[Tyr]

As a rule I never walked out on a film I paid for, cause I feel that I paid for the big screen movie experience, and I usually go with friends which makes movies that much better to watch, even the bad ones.

The only movie I ever "walked out" on was Unforgiven, and it was because everyone else wanted to leave, even though I was enjoying myself, but they were my ride home.

[Night Swordsman]

Haha... Man, that was a total bomb of a stinker.

Gee. Thanks.

I have seen worse, but thankfully my mind is blocking it out right now.

@Jae: It was a awful movie, but it was also early 80s, and right after Conan the Barabarian. There were a lot of them back then. Most of them awful.

But we also got the Dark Crystal and Labyrinth.

=D

[Lester C.]

Spider-man. At the point I had seen the same story in so many forms of media over the course of many years that I had to desire to sit through it again.

[Corrina]

I was working at a movie theater when Lady in the Water came out.

I had never issued so many refunds in my entire career.

I don't get to movies much but I finally saw "Signs" on HBO.

It made me vow to never, ever pay for one of M. Night's movies again.

Good to know I haven't missed much.

Sad, though, because I really loved Unbreakable and Sixth Sense.

[Night Swordsman]

I usually try to support any serious form of super-hero movie, because i love the concepts of superheroes, from the Pulps to Modern-day. I can read about the Spider and Flash Gordon and switch gears to read X-men or Legion of Super Heroes.

That said, i was disapointed with the Spirt. I WANTED this to be good. Seriously.
I stayed and watched it. But by the time Sam Jackson comes out in a nazi uniform, i know that this is just over and done with.

The sad part is that there is a lot of parts of this movie that are good.
It is almost a great picture which gets bogged down by excess.
And i will admit i still blush when thinking about Eve Mendez nude in that movie.:redface:

[Night Swordsman]

I don't get to movies much but I finally saw "Signs" on HBO.

It made me vow to never, ever pay for one of M. Night's movies again.

Good to know I haven't missed much.

Sad, though, because I really loved Unbreakable and Sixth Sense.

Despite Gails view, please give Lady in the Water a rent. It is a very close and personal movie, viewing wise. It is NOT what you may be thinking it is, but it is a fantasy movie with a good heart.

[FeminineMystique]

I usually try to support any serious form of super-hero movie, because i love the concepts of superheroes, from the Pulps to Modern-day. I can read about the Spider and Flash Gordon and switch gears to read X-men or Legion of Super Heroes.

That said, i was disapointed with the Spirt. I WANTED this to be good. Seriously.
I stayed and watched it. But by the time Sam Jackson comes out in a nazi uniform, i know that this is just over and done with.

The sad part is that there is a lot of parts of this movie that are good.
It is almost a great picture which gets bogged down by excess.
And i will admit i still blush when thinking about Eve Mendez nude in that movie.:redface:

I've found the Spirit is more enjoyable if you think of it as an OTT comedy film. Sam Jackson certainly did if his performance is anything to go by. It's more "Naked Gun" than "The Dark Knight".

That said I want to know WHY Samuel Jackson was dressed as a Nazi. O_O:confused:

[Night Swordsman]

I've found the Spirit is more enjoyable if you think of it as an OTT comedy film. Sam Jackson certainly did if his performance is anything to go by. It's more "Naked Gun" than "The Dark Knight".

That said I want to know WHY Samuel Jackson was dressed as a Nazi. O_O:confused:

No. You don't.

And what he did to the kitten. At that point i was close to leaving. :frown:

I can not recommend seeing this movie,even if it is free.

[KevinTBrown]

Yep, very recently too.

District 9.

How this horrible, boring, piece of crap is garnering the reviews it's getting is beyond me. I left after 40 minutes. The only "good thing" is I didn't pay for it, a friend of mine literally begged me to go and he offered to pay. I left and waited for him. He wished he had left with me.



The last movie I walked out of prior to that was The Avengers.

[The Joker]

No. Never walked out on a movie. Though I regret not walking out of G.I. Blow.

Instead, I just checked my watch several times. Something I honestly havent done in a good long while.

[cosmoboy]

Haven't walked out on one yet, but the worst one I've sat through was Fortress with Christopher Lambert. I see there's a sequel on netflix, next time i'm in a good self loathing session maybe I'll fire that one up.

[FeminineMystique]

No. You don't.

And what he did to the kitten. At that point i was close to leaving. :frown:

I can not recommend seeing this movie,even if it is free.

Why did you remind me about the kitty?:frown: Everyone around me was laughing when the Spirit was kicking the Octopus's ass and told him that it was revenge for what he did to the kitten. I was just cheering him on for kicking that kitty killer around.

My only hope is that Lorelei comes for Kitties too and it's in a place full of balls of yarn and cat-nip:frown:

[DubipR]

Cloverfield

Lamest piece of monkey turd ever made. Whiny fucktard actors I didn't care for and a shaky cam (which I don't mind overall) and no cool monster. Dramimine should've been given with each ticket bought.

[David Wharton]

Never.

I have even sat through the Dungeons and Dragons movie.

But thats the northern English for you though. If you have paid the money, you are going to stay to the end, you'll gripe about it afterwards but will get your moneys worth.

On a similar note me and my friend sat through an entire screening of Red Planet despite being the only two people in a 200 seat cinema. Man they must have loved us.

[DungeonmasterJim]

I haven't ever walked out on a movie but I thought about it here and there.

I hate Thin Red Line and tried to fall asleep during it. I was with friends so I sort of couldn't leave.

And I hated 28 Days Later. I loved the premise but once stupid characters starting doing stupid things just to get into 'dramatic' or 'exciting' situation I tuned out mentally and it became more of a comedy to me.

That said, I'm seeing posters blast movies I've enjoyed. :frown:

DM Jim

[GozertheGozarian]

I don't get to theatres often enough to leave, but I have gotten movies from Netflix and turned them off partway. Superbad was one of them.

[Dazzler]

Yes, I walked out of Waking Life, starring Ethan Hawke, sorta. It was the very pretentious talking head movie that was all done in weird animation. I dunno. I thought it was crap.

So I walked out and snuck into another theater and ended up watching a movie that became one of my favorites!

--Dazz

[FZ1]

My wife and I walk out of movies at the drop of a hat.. A couple of times, it was because of my Black Bolt-caliber snoring (I set a personal best for "The Waitress"). I'm a huge Sam Raimi fan but we recouped at least an hour of our lifespans by bolting an hour into "Drag Me To Hell). There was this chick adultery flick called "Unfaithful" with Diane Lane as the horny house wife and Richard Gere as the clueless git. Masses of people asked us to leave because we were laughing uncontrollably at the unintentional comedy.

If the movie shows no signs of being good, all you've done is forfeit the ticket price (or you can frequently get your money back). I mean, if it sucks, why waste your money AND your time?

[veracity]

Surprized people didn't like the village. I think that is a classic, and the twist is cool, Did the creators of LOST get ideas from watching the Village? Awesome awesome idea.
Every single person that walked out as the movie ended that we spoke to was so upset and pissed off they wasted money, I'm pretty sure M Night had no fans left in that theater. It's a bad sign when your mom sits and waits for the ending....and the credits are half done.

I went with my brother and his then-girlfriend (now-wife) to the movies awhile back, expecting to see one film and my (then-future) sister-in-law got tickets to some insiped surfer movie featuring three women. I walked out in 10 minutes.

And don't go to movies with my sister-in-law. At all.
Was it Blue Crush? The same chick that played Lois in the Superman movies? If so, I don't blame you.

Sigh. I LOVED Lady in the Water. I did not like the Village and have ZERO desire to see either the Happening or that stupid nickelodon live action cartoon which i refuse to mention.

The movie was about STORYTELLING. There was so much in that movie it was insane.

Sigh.

Guess now i have something i disagree with Gail about. :frown:
I watched Lady in the Water on TV cause I was bored. It pretty much confirmed that I'm better off not watching that man's work. I'll just go back to HBO and Starz, where I can see the same movie a 1100 times.

[gryhpon]

evan almighty,
terrible movie

[Wonder Watcher]

Never walked out of a film yet.

It'd have to be beyond dreadful.

[thehod]

I walked out on some terrible barbarian movie once...it had Lee Horsely (sp?) in it.
I think.

This?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Sword_and_the_sorcererposter.jpg

You're joking. That's a great movie.

Admittedly I've not seen it for over 20 years, so I may be a touch nostalgic about it.

But it did give us my favourite "Terrible Arnie pun" of all time

YOU'RE NOT SENDING ME TO DA COOLAHHHHH!:tongue:

"Let's kick some ice!" is a personal favourite.

As for walking out of a movie, I don't go to the movies all that often, so I tend to really want to see what I'm going to see, hence I've never walked out of a movie. I was tempted by Blair Witch Project though.

[JTPencils]

I drove out of "There's Something about Mary". I figured the first twenty minutes weren't funny, it wasn't gonna get better. I had better things to do... like clean the lint trap in my dryer at home.

[Evan Waters]

They are evil! And must be feared. Like Mothra:eek:

Except, of course, THE FLY, THE MALTESE FALCON, THE THING, SORCERER, THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD, SOLARIS, CAPE FEAR...

[Alan2099]

I've never walked out of a movie before, but I came really realy close with Constantine. God that was a horrible flick.

[Yue]

The Hangover.

Once it hit the fucking gay panic bullshit, I was done. Thankfully, the theater let me exchange my ticket for Up which turned out to be pretty good.

[Reptisaurus!]

3000 Miles to Graceland.

That. Looked. So. Great.

I was so frickin' excited after seeing the trailer.

But I ended up walkin' out, too.

[Tobias March]

I have never walked out of a movie. Many I wanted to, including recently Year One.

God that was painful.

[GigaLeo]

I've never walked out of a movie, although I nodded off during The Haunting of Emily Rose. I often complain about commercials showing the 'best' parts of the films, but I kid you not, anything that was *supposed* to be scary, was shown in the commercials. There was nothing new to be seen. The rest of the film was badly written Law and Order fanfiction.

My old roommate walked out on the Spirit, which I would have been fine with if he hadn't asked me to hold off on seeing it until he could go, then made us miss the early showing, and THEN f'ing ditched. So not only did I not enjoy the Spirit, I wasn't too keen on my roomie for a while either.

[Michael P]

That. Looked. So. Great.

I was so frickin' excited after seeing the trailer.

But I ended up walkin' out, too.

How far did you get?

[Reptisaurus!]

How far did you get?

Erp. My memory is really not so good. I think there were only two of the robber dudesleft alive when I left, so I think I was close to the ending. (I saw it by myself, which made walking out easier. In Vegas, actually.)

I strongly believe that, somwhere, sometime, there's a good Elvis impersonator heist movie waiting to happen. This was not the time.

[Michael P]

Erp. My memory is really not so good. I think there were only two of the robber dudesleft alive when I left, so I think I was close to the ending. (I saw it by myself, which made walking out easier. In Vegas, actually.)

I strongly believe that, somwhere, sometime, there's a good Elvis impersonator heist movie waiting to happen. This was not the time.

Ah. I got up and left when the black guy died. It was at that point that I realized this movie wasn't going to do anything other than insult my intelligence for the entire running time.

[Cayman]

I don't believe so, but I came close with the last Indiana Jones movie.

[DanCMH]

Cloverfield.

One third of the way through the movie there wasnt a single character I wanted to live. I havent hated a movie that much since Cabin Fever...and I only made it through that because someone spoiled it for me and I let myself get happier and happier as each character died.

[Cam63]

I have no idea since I don't watch Bond.

*hits the deck*

You're safe.

[Cam63]

I consider Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes an underrated movie.

You are entitled to your wrong opinion.

[bert]

Yep, very recently too.

District 9.

How this horrible, boring, piece of crap is garnering the reviews it's getting is beyond me. I left after 40 minutes. The only "good thing" is I didn't pay for it, a friend of mine literally begged me to go and he offered to pay. I left and waited for him. He wished he had left with me.



Really?

well, I have to admit while not thinking it was GREAT, I didn't think it was awful.

and once the story got going (instead of simply being a "humans are the real monsters! movie, and turned into a buddy action flick), I kinda enjoyed it.

oh, not something I'd buy on DVD, but enjoyable enough to not walk out of.

[bert]

One third of the way through the movie there wasnt a single character I wanted to live. I havent hated a movie that much since Cabin Fever...and I only made it through that because someone spoiled it for me and I let myself get happier and happier as each character died.

Ah. . still the film we judge all other films against!

as we walk out of the theatre, we almost always say, "I've seen worse. . I've seen "Cabin Fever""


yeah. . wish we had walked out of that. we HATED it.

[Cam63]

Never walked out of a film yet.

It'd have to be beyond dreadful.

I bet the acid splashing feature they had in some '50s cinemas woulda changed your mind.

[Cam63]

I don't believe so, but I came close with the last Indiana Jones movie.

Fuck, yeah.

George and Steve dropped the ball big time with that shit.

[EZMOHR]

I don't think I've ever walked out of a movie...but I fell asleep during Star Trek First Contact and The Godfather Re:Issue thing a couple years back.

[Spike-X]

I consider Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes an underrated movie.
I quite liked it.

[veracity]

Ah. . still the film we judge all other films against!

as we walk out of the theatre, we almost always say, "I've seen worse. . I've seen "Cabin Fever""


yeah. . wish we had walked out of that. we HATED it.
I've only seen Cabin Fever on Syfy. That was more than enough of bad. Very, very bad.

[Night Swordsman]

I once watched 8 heads in a duffle bag.

Thankfully i remember nothing of it. Memory loss. :biggrin:

[Bob Violence]

Fuck, yeah.

George and Steve dropped the ball big time with that shit.

They let way too much time go by. Clearly they got down to the "Stuff that sucks but will rake in $$$" level of the pile of scripts they are sitting on.

[Night Swordsman]

I remember reading a review by a author that i like on the Last IJ movie. Her name is Carrie Vaughn, and she writes about a Late Night Radio show DJ is outed as a Werewolf. Named Kitty.

Well..this is her review of the movie, quoted from her blog:

In February, Vanity Fair did a preview article about Indiana Jones with some great pictures and great interviews with the principle players. Some of the choice quotes gave me clues about what to expect.

Harrison Ford: “That was always a very big part of my ambition for the character, to allow the audience to see his fear, allow the audience to have a chance to see him work his way through the problem, not to be one of those characters that you know is going to succeed.”

So Ford gets it. Cool.

Steven Spielberg: “I had to approximate this younger director’s look that I thought I had moved away from after almost two decades.”

Spielberg also gets it. Cool again.

George Lucas: “And finally we got to a point where everybody said, ‘Look, we’re not doing that movie.’ And I said, ‘Well, look, I can’t think of another MacGuffin. This is it…I won’t do it unless we can have that MacGuffin. Without the MacGuffin, I will not go near this thing.’”

Shit. It’s going to be The Phantom Menace all over again.

So here it is, my short version review: (because I was too damned depressed about the movie to do a longer one. Even though I could. Oh, the rant I could rant. I swear, when we left the theater it was like we’d all been to a funeral.) The parts of Indiana Jones 4 that looked like an Indiana Jones movie were great. The rest of it, the parts that looked like some dumbass cartoon, not so much.

[mgs]

Yes, only two.

One, not under my control. When I was a baby, my mom tells me a story about how she, my aunt, my older sister and I were taken to Terms of Endearment and when some 'racy' scenes came on, my aunt got super embarassed, covered my eyes and demanded that we left the theatre all whilst faking a shortness of breath, illness, heart attack thing. I don't remember any of it, but that's a weird story.

The other time, I was with a girlfriend and we went to see Austin Powers, the first Mike Myers movie and for some reason, it didn't click for us, so we walked out. That one is weird to me, b/c I sooo thought that movie was funny, years later, when I caught it on cable, that I have no idea what was going on in my life at the time that I found it so stupid.

[Mick]

I wanted to walk out of Brokeback Mountain. Instead I fell asleep.

[Crowley]

Yep, very recently too.

District 9.

How this horrible, boring, piece of crap is garnering the reviews it's getting is beyond me. I left after 40 minutes. The only "good thing" is I didn't pay for it, a friend of mine literally begged me to go and he offered to pay. I left and waited for him. He wished he had left with me.



The last movie I walked out of prior to that was The Avengers.
Uh what?

1. District 9 was AMAZING and 2. if you walked out after only 40 minutes, then you missed alot of the awesome parts of the movie...

D9 is getting good reviews because it not only have amazing effects, good acting and a well written story... but it actually says something about the human condition.

[Crowley]

The only movie I've walked out on:

Dungeons and Dragons.
To give it context... at the time it was playing in the theater... I worked in a movie theater and was seeing it for free and it was so terrible I had to leave!

The only movie I've rented and stopped and returned:

War Inc.

Unbelievable terrible. Very disappointed in Cusack for this one.

[Alan Lynch]

When I paid for tickets on the day, no. But since I got a card that gets you as many films as you want for a monthly fee I've done it a few times. I wish I had that card for The Matrix Reloaded. Closest I've ever come to walking out on a film I paid for.

[Nevets F]

I LOVED DIstrict 9. Such an amazing film.

I have only walked out of two movies, Pitch Black and some awful Meg Ryan movie a few years ago (maybe 5 or so). I honestly don't remember the name. It was a drama though.

EDIT...looked it up. It was "In the Cut".

[Bob Violence]

I remember reading a review by a author that i like on the Last IJ movie. Her name is Carrie Vaughn, and she writes about a Late Night Radio show DJ is outed as a Werewolf. Named Kitty.

Well..this is her review of the movie, quoted from her blog:

George Lucas: “And finally we got to a point where everybody said, ‘Look, we’re not doing that movie.’ And I said, ‘Well, look, I can’t think of another MacGuffin. This is it…I won’t do it unless we can have that MacGuffin. Without the MacGuffin, I will not go near this thing.’”

Shit. It’s going to be The Phantom Menace all over again.
I think years from now we'll find out "Star Wars" was written and directed by the little man living in George Lucas's head, who took off after Lucas refused to give him a cut of the gross.

[LewisH]

walk in in the first place, you don't have to walk out. I have always been very selective about the movies I attend in the theatre. I'm not going to spend $14 for me and my gf if I have any doubt at all as to the quality of a movie.

[FZ1]

I drove out of "There's Something about Mary". I figured the first twenty minutes weren't funny, it wasn't gonna get better. I had better things to do... like clean the lint trap in my dryer at home.

Yes! I couldn't muster a chuckle during that flick. The truly hilarious "Ba$ketball" came out about the same time and nobody saw it.

[KevinTBrown]

The only movie I've walked out on:

Dungeons and Dragons.
To give it context... at the time it was playing in the theater... I worked in a movie theater and was seeing it for free and it was so terrible I had to leave!

The only movie I've rented and stopped and returned:

War Inc.

Unbelievable terrible. Very disappointed in Cusack for this one.

I can name 2 movies I've rented and stopped: Cloverfield and Burn After Reading.

[Kal L]

The only movie I have ever walked out on is Spider-Man 3. I enjoyed Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2 but I just wasn't enjoying the third movie so I walked out.

I rented the movie later on DVD and enjoyed it but I don't regret walking out on it.

[Nick Soapdish]

Cloverfield.

Not because it was that horrible. It was bad, but hey, I managed the Matthew Broderick Godzilla. I just couldn't handle the camera work and I had to leave right after they ran up the stairs to see what was going on and right back down after they found out.

I later checked it out from the library to finish wasting my time.

[NdGame]

On my own, I've never walked out of a movie, but when I was 12, my mother, grandmother and I went to see Look Who's Talking Too over my strenuous objections. This resulted in an angry exodus about 40 mins. later. I still can't believe the "I told you so" song and choreography I spontaneously created and spent the next hour performing didn't get me grounded.

I don't see very many movies, and the only ones I really wish I had ditched were Star Wars Ep. II: Attack of the Clowns, and X-Men Origins: Wolverine.

[jesse_custer]

I walked out of Slither. It was a really funny movie, but this was during a time when I was having frequent panic attacks, and I thought I couldn't breathe in the theater.

[LtMarvel]

I've never walked out on a movie.

I did have leg cramps during Home Alone 2 (after working a double shift) and had to stand next to the wall.

[FZ1]

Outfits like boxofficemojo.com are doing daily dollar tallies on movies, which often shows a movie opening on Friday either picking up steam or dropping off sharply during the span of a single weekend, strictly because of word of mouth.

I understand why some people will sit through a movie they have no hope of liking because they forked out $12 to see it, but just think how much you can contribute to the common good by badmouthing hundreds of dollars out of the gross receipts.
It's called altruism, people.

[Michael P]

Outfits like boxofficemojo.com are doing daily dollar tallies on movies, which often shows a movie opening on Friday either picking up steam or dropping off sharply during the span of a single weekend, strictly because of word of mouth.

I understand why some people will sit through a movie they have no hope of liking because they forked out $12 to see it, but just think how much you can contribute to the common good by badmouthing hundreds of dollars out of the gross receipts.
It's called altruism, people.

If I were to run a movie review site, that would be my motto. "Bitching about movies for the good of all mankind."

[Monty_Cristo]

the second Mortal Kombat film. i watched it in the dollar theatre; walked out a little after halfway through.

[FZ1]

If I were to run a movie review site, that would be my motto. "Bitching about movies for the good of all mankind."

And I would visit that sight and buy all the products of the companies that advertise on it, further spreading the goodwill of negativity.

[KevinTBrown]

Uh what?

1. District 9 was AMAZING and 2. if you walked out after only 40 minutes, then you missed alot of the awesome parts of the movie...

D9 is getting good reviews because it not only have amazing effects, good acting and a well written story... but it actually says something about the human condition.

Missed that response earlier....

Brian, I was bored to fucking tears. I'm glad you (and others) are enjoying it, but I went in expecting to not like it anyway. I really had zero interest in it, but I was willing to give it a chance to change my mind. It didn't.

It's incredibly rare for a movie to not grab my interest in some way by the 40 minute mark. But I was falling asleep and I didn't even want to remain in the theatre. I left and enjoyed my popcorn out in the lobby for the next hour or so while I waited for my friend. I even got the free refill on the popcorn, that way the trip wasn't totally a waste for me.

[Spike-X]

Outfits like boxofficemojo.com are doing daily dollar tallies on movies, which often shows a movie opening on Friday either picking up steam or dropping off sharply during the span of a single weekend, strictly because of word of mouth.


And somewhere in Hollywood, movie company executives are trying to figure out how many Congressmen they'll have to buy in order to have a law passed making talking about any movie in a negative fashion a form of copyright infringement, and therefore illegal.

[NickThompson]

No, but generally I try to avoid movies I don't expect to like. When I'm in there, I'm getting my moneys worth. It's only an hour or two, it could get better :smile:

[Graveyard Greg]

The only time I've ever walked out of a movie is Rumble in the Bronx. Not because I disliked it, but my dad was in Michigan, and was helping me move.

[Adam C]

Casino Royale and Never Say Never Again are two exceptions.

Haven't seen the latter (which I know is a Thunderball re-make), but can the 2006 Casino Royale can be considered a "remake"? I know that there was a 1955 teleplay and a 1967 film, neither one serves as source material for 2006 film adaptation.

Anyways I walked out on Como agua para chocolate (Like Water For Chocolate) when it was being screened in the Spanish school I attended in Antigua. To say that the schmaltz was overbearing would actually be an understatement for this awful film.

[Bouncing Boy]

The only time I actually walked out of a movie was when I was thirteen or so and we were taken to see Desperately Seeking Susan and we were dragged out by the adult who took us.

I have stopped watching DVDs I had rented though. I really wish I had stopped watching Home Fries when I rented that...god that was bad.

[Village Idiot]

No, but I wish I had during Enemy Mine. Man, what a lousy movie.

I missed Dumb and Dumber when it came out. Rented it. 15 minutes in, I hit eject. Boring and Boringer.

[Sabrinaset]

I think the only ones I walked out on were My Boss' Daughter ... oh maaaaan that was awful ... and Memento.I don't care if I was the only person who didn't like that movie, after the first twelve dozen "I gotta condition"'s, I couldn't take it, told my family I had to use the bathroom, went to the arcade, and played video games for an hour.

[shrike]

Daredevil. Pure crap.

[LewisH]

It works better viewed at home on DVD especially if you have the version that lets you watch it in whatever order you prefer. I think I liked it so much because I read several reviews and synopses before I ever actually watched the movie.

[Indigo Al]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Sword_and_the_sorcererposter.jpg

That's the one!

I wish I had walked out on The Happening, definitely. And Lady In the Water.


If you thought the movie was bad, try reading the novelization. It's fairly repugnant....

[mikekerr3]

Walked out of the exorcist when told that I had to stop laughing or leave.

[titanfan]

The poster actually looks interesting! And this movie is actually at 80% on Rotten Tomatoes!?!?! What was wrong with it?

Oooh, and there's actually going to be a sequel to this!!!

http://www.cinematical.com/2008/04/11/wow-that-sword-and-the-sorcerer-sequel-is-actually-happening/

[Night Swordsman]

The poster actually looks interesting! And this movie is actually at 80% on Rotten Tomatoes!?!?! What was wrong with it?

It is a movie of its time. It just does not hold up very well, and it was made cheaply back then. The only interesting thing about that movie iirc was the sword. I LIKED the sword. The rest of the movie was awful, and i LIKED movies like this.

If you are going to go cheesey early 80s fantasy movies, try this one instead:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c8/Hawk-Slayer.jpg/200px-Hawk-Slayer.jpg

[Tyr]

This?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/Sword_and_the_sorcererposter.jpg

I think I've seen glimpses of that movie on cable.

I gotta say, if a movie promises lusty adventures, and well muscled men running around in their underwear....

If Gail walked away from that, then the movie must have really sucked.

[David O Burcham]

"Have You Ever Walked Out On A Movie? "

I walked out on Schinderler's List one time. We were having dinner. When the check came Schindler's List was all, "Your half is 35 dollars," and I was all, "Sh-yeah, as if," and Schindler's List was all, " you're the one who wanted to go Dutch," and I was all, "yeah, but I only ordered a salad and you got the porterhouse AND a dessert," and I finally just threw Schindler's List a twenty and called a cab.


I consider it one of the finest one acheivements in modern American cinema, but Schindler's List sure is a cheap bastard.

[Goshin]

me an an ex gf made out during daredevil, walked out in the middle of it and had sex in the backseat of my car in a nearby mall parking lot garage instead:tongue:

true story lol

[Alatheus]

I've only ever walked out on one movie. Wag the Dog. I hated that movie.

I almost walked out of the last Matrix movie as well.

[Cam63]

Liked Matrix 1.
Loved Matrix 2.
Hated the fuck outta Matrix 3.

...A bit like the Spiderman movies.

[PiratesPensSteelers]

Punch Drunk Love....

[Naldo]

Only once.

The Avengers with Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and Sean Connerry, FFS!

I've never given it a second chance, it's been 11 years and I still remember the exact moment I stood up, said "That's enough" and walked my ass out.

There's a conference room scene and they're all dressed as giant care bears.

<Exit Naldo, Stage FAST!>

Et tu Sean??

[Bob Violence]

Only once.

The Avengers with Ralph Fiennes, Uma Thurman and Sean Connerry, FFS!

I've never given it a second chance, it's been 11 years and I still remember the exact moment I stood up, said "That's enough" and walked my ass out.

There's a conference room scene and they're all dressed as giant care bears.

<Exit Naldo, Stage FAST!>

Et tu Sean??

I remember that one... I was too stunned to get up. I kept thinking "This can't get any worse" but it did.