Movies You Walked Out On

[darklord1967]

I only recall walking out of one movie.....The Fly II.

We hated the whole bit about them experimenting on the dog. When we got to the part where they show the deformed dog being kept alive and in pain, we walked right out of there. My buddy got our money back, thankfully. I have little tolerance for films that show murder or torture of animals or children. That's not "entertainment".

Here, here, brother! Extremely well-said. And I congratulate you for taking such an important stand.

[starsky]

hudson hawk

[darklord1967]

Movies I walked out of (or should have).

1) BRUNO: (30 minutes in, wife and I walked OUT! Horrible film!)

2) THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT: (81 Minutes of three young knuckleheads arguing in the woods over who is to blame for getting them lost. SNORE!!!! This is closest I've ever come to passing out from boredom. Not falling asleep. I mean actually losing conciousness from the dullness. Thank GOD we walked out.

3) PULP FICTION: Okay. Here's the thing with this film: When it first came out, I really found the film offensive. I hated the use of graphic violence for comedic purposes and could not get past it. We did not walk out on it, but for years, I wished that I had.

Then I caught part of the film last month on TV, and found that the script was really quite clever, and (by today's standards) it is really not that comedically violent. It was then that I realized that part of my initial reaction came from the audience that I saw the film with. I felt like I was at a Nazi rally or something where the "entertainment" and "humor" came from watching the torture and murder of human beings.


4) TRAINSPOTTING: In this gem of a film, there is a scene where Ewan Mcgreggor goes fishing for drugs (with his bare hands) inside of a hideously filthy public toilet after his nasty bout with diarrhea. He then gets swallowed whole by the toilet. In the stall next to him, some people are having sex, and the soundtrack song repeats "I have a bad case of diarrhea. I have a bad case of diarrhea..."

I wanted to check-out of the entire human race after that.

But I settled for walking out of the theater instead. I did have the STINK of that film on me for about 4 days afterward.


5) 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY: First tried to see this film as a teenager in the 1980's (on home video). Could not get past the first 20 minutes and shut it off. Tried again last year to see the film on my home theater. Could not get past the first 15 minutes. An exercise in human BOREDOM endurance.

6) DAWN OF THE DEAD: Slow shuffling zombies easily trap and catch dumb humans (who are capable of running). Quite possibly the fakest-looking "gore effects" ever put on film. Blood looks like orange tempera paint. Did not see the film theatrically in '78 (was too young). I tried to see the film back in 2004 (shortly before the release of the excellent re-make), could not finish it.


7) SERIAL MOM I just do not find graphic violence funny. I was out after about 30 minutes.


8) TRON: First tried to see this film in the 1990's (on home video). Could not get past the first 20 minutes and shut it off. Tried again last year to see the film on my home theater prior to the release of the sequel. Could not get past the first 15 minutes. Another exercise in human BOREDOM endurance.

9) STAR TREK: The Motion Picture: "Hmmm... No sir. I didn't like it." I should'a walked out.

[gummi]

I've never actually walked out on a movie, but I did come close on Sucker Punch. I don't know how you can screw up a movie that's basically just a bunch of beautiful women kicking butt, but they managed to do it. That movie was horrendous.

[Brazoo]

I do remember being on a date back in college and we had rented a couple of movies to watch. I ended up turning off "A Clockwork Orange" about 20 minutes into the movie and have never seen it all the way through. I really didn't know much about the movie other than hearing it was brilliant but not exactly a movie to watch with someone you have only dated a couple of times....I think we stopped it at the point where the villain was beating the guy to death with a cane or something like that while singing "Me and My Shadow"....at least that's my memory. I would like to rent it and watch it all the way through and see if I would think differently of it today.

I think it's one of the best movies ever made - and probably the best novel adaptation ever. It's certainly meant to provoke and challenge you though - I wouldn't recommend watching it if you just want to sit back and relax after work.

[thunderbolt]

turned off Shrek after 20 minutes, just a horrible movie. Great concept, but mired down in burp and fart jokes.

[Gorn Captain]

The Star Wars saga.
I mean, the hero is snogging his sister, cuts off his Dad's hand (and vice versa), and Chewbacca is running around with no pants on.
Jeez, what kind of an example is that for young kids?

[darklord1967]

The Star Wars saga.
I mean, the hero is snogging his sister, cuts off his Dad's hand (and vice versa), and Chewbacca is running around with no pants on.
Jeez, what kind of an example is that for young kids?

Hey! Now wait just a damn second...

[garagesale]

The Costner Robin Hood. Actually asked for my money back, which I felt I deserved.

JamesD

[Earth 2 Chris]

I had to go back and see what I wrote 3 years ago and make sure I wasn't repeating myself.

Another one I SHOULD have walked out on was The Crow: City of Angels (the 2nd Crow movie). Ye gods that is one wretched film. My wife and I were seriously tempted to bail, and we only paid a buck to see it!!!

Someone mentioned Showgirls WAYYY back. I didn't see it in the theater, but it was a stable of The Movie Channel when I was in college. Since our cable choices was limited I caught it more than a few times. In hindsight it was almost like a bad reality series that just kept treading over the same ground over and over. It's horrible, but somewhat Ed Wood-like that it's entertaining. Plus it's funny to those of us who used to watch Saved by the Bell that Miss Goody-Two-Shoes grew up to become a stripper.

Chris

[piecemaker]

Yeah,one time about 40 years ago.I was with my Mom,brother,sister and my Grandma.For some reason we were in an unfamiliar little town waiting for someone to come pick us up.It was Super hot outside so my Mom decided we would kill some time and get out of the heat by going to a movie.We walked down to the theater and she bought tickets for everyone to the one movie playing.Of course since this was unplanned we got in there with the movie already started.One thing she didn't realize,but soon did , was this movie was Not apropriate for kids.It was an R rated movie!Yes,there was nudity and violence as soon as we sat down.Needless to sat that was an awkward situation and we were very quickly back out in the hot weather. I would like to find out what movie it was.I swear it was Carroll O Conner who was playing a crooked racist southern cop,but i only saw a few minutes and i looked at his biography and i didn't see any that looked like what saw.

[Brazoo]

turned off Shrek after 20 minutes, just a horrible movie. Great concept, but mired down in burp and fart jokes.

Crazy - I thought I was the only one that didn't like it.

Because it was Dreamworks I thought exec. producer Jeffrey Katzenberg was going to something really mocking and funny to a lot of cliche concepts of Disney movies.

Then the movie did like 2 gags like that - and ended up being a collection of sit-com and romantic comedy cliche's instead. With a bunch of fart jokes.

I guess the money it made was the real revenge for Katzenberg.

[Brazoo]

It's not in my DNA to walk out of a movie, no matter how bad it is. But sometimes fate intervenes.

Yeah - me too. I won't even stop a movie I'm watching at home if I think it's bad, and in some cases I find movies that are totally incompetent more entertaining than most average movies.

[Gorn Captain]

I almost walked out of The Ridicules of Chronick.
Sorry Vin, but that movie didn't work on so many levels...

[Gorn Captain]

Hey! Now wait just a second there, buster...

The only thing that saved the saga IMO are the Ewoks. It gives the message that if you're short, cute and hairy, much like myself, you can defeat a whole evil regime. After Jedi, I pretty much styled my whole life after the Ewok example. I'd love to eat Harrison Ford, with a nice bottle of chianti and some fava beans. Nub nub!