Have you ever walked out of a cinema - the film was that bad?

[k_s]

There was a line near the end of star wars episode three, as natalie portman was dying: obi-wan, unable to work out why she is dying, says "It seems she's just lost the will to live". At which point a bloke in the audience bellowed out "I know how she feels" and stomped out

 

[crazy dave]

Very nearly.........Enigma. why I ever went to see it in the first place I shall never know!

 

[zenie]

Resident Evil

Nearly walked out but thought beter of it.

 

[Iam]

I would have walked out of Blair Witch, but was on a date and she was "enjoying it". No, really. Didn't date her again.

Otherwise, I tend not to go to films I know I'm not going to like.

 

[DJ Squelch]

I saw Crash (the Kronenberg one) and about four rows worth of people walked out.

I think they were just pretending to be outraged. Very strange media-induced hysteria that made people feel it was fine and proper to be apolpectic at the idea of disabled people having sex.

There were plenty of dull bits and no one walked out during those.

I was sorely tempted to walk out during Gladiator. I don't know why but I don't think I'd ever walk out of a film - it feels rude somehow.

I went to see Crash when the cinema had a "every film £1 entry" day. When the gay sex scene happened a quarter of the audience walked out moaning about "bloody poofs". I think they were expecting something with car chases & guns.

 

[punkyfish]

Years ago I went to see Wyatt Earp. I don't know why. It was the worst film I've ever seen, I think we lasted 20 minutes

 

[LilMissHissyFit]

I spent most of the michael Keaton Batman film in the loo with the girls when we all went with the youth club, it was that boring

 

[DexterTCN]

Top Gun

Highlander 2

Black Hawk Down

A few others I can't remember.

 

[RaverDrew]

I walked out of The Island of Dr Moreau, because I'd been looking forward to it for ages, and was expecting to really like it. I was fucking furious that I'd wasted the last of my money on it.

What a dissapointment, although to be fair, since watching it again years later I felt I may have been a bit harsh.

I more often fall asleep if a film is shit rather than storm out. And ahve been woken up for snoring. Is why I rarely bother going to the cinema nowadays, as soon as the lights go out, I just nod off.

 

[Pete the Greek]

I thought Black Hawk Down was quite good.
Top Gun, can see why.

I take it your not a fan of your high fiving, glad handing, shoot 'em up, gung ho hollywood flagwank fests then?

 

[Bernie Gunther]

The most people I've ever *seen* walk out of a cinema was when my former University Film Society showed a (presumably unlicenced) print of Pasolini's "Salo", a jolly little adaptation of the Marquis De Sade's '120 Days of Sodom'

I reckon something upwards of 60% had fled before it had finished, most fled within about 10 minutes.

 

[poului]

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Twice on "group outings" at uni I wanted to walk out but didn't want to pay a taxi fare on my own.


(In the Cut and Transamerica were the two films fyi)

 

[Greta]

When I saw "Magnolia" in the cinema, at least a third of the audience walked out before it was half-way through. Just goes to show.....

 

[linerider]

I nearly walked out of Lost Highway,but it was more fun staying and yawning out loud and saying in a loud voice(i don't have any other kind)that it was the most boring film ever made.

 

[lizzieloo]

Walked out of a shite film took the pick of the others on show and walked into one of them instead. Very lax here

 

[lights.out.london]

I regard it a bit like buying a new album :- I need to listen (see) to it all the way through before I make a judgement. I wouldn't bin a new record cos I didn't like the first 20 minutes. I'll sit in the cinema till the bitter end.

I have slept through a few stinkers mind.

 

[wiskey]

i thoroughly hated my experience of a star wars film in the cinema (ep 1) and would happily have given up and walked out if my other half hadnt been so into it. instead i went to sleep.

i wasnt very well and i am not very interested in star wars.

apart fromt hat i would also happily have left spongebob squarepants if i hadnt had a child with me.

and zoolander! wtf?! WORST film ever made.

 

[Pete the Greek]

Agreed. Zoolander was just Ben Stiller jacking off over himself.

woeful. And cringing - because you know when they were making it, they really thought it was going to be received as a major comedy hit.

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

i sorta laughed at zoolander but i wouldn't watch it again and i would probably never watch it again

and to be honest the only bit i actully really found funny was the petrol fight

 

[wiskey]

the only scene i allowed myself to retain in my memory was the walk off where they strutt their stuff with ever increasing hillarity.

but i swear i've never seen a film as bad as that. i only stayed in the cinema cos i think it was my first big social event at uni and i didnt want to look antisocial

now i wouldnt give a fuck.

 

[Donna Ferentes]

I've walked out many times. Surprised more people don't. I also walk out of plays.

 

[Dubversion]

Zoolander is a brilliant movie and you're all weird

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

so when are you gonna blow us all away then dubvertion!

(or summin like that i can't think of the line)

 

[snouty warthog]

The most people I've ever *seen* walk out of a cinema was when my former University Film Society showed a (presumably unlicenced) print of Pasolini's "Salo"....

I can see that happening... I got it out on video, and just ended up fast-forwarding most of it. I thought it was vile and stupid...

the most people I ever saw walk out of a film was 'romance', a French arty type thing, at the time, it was the most explicit film shown in the UK. I was trying to work out if they were offended or just bored. I reckon bored. every ten minutes you'd hear another set of seats flip up and people walking out... never has explicit sex been so dull...

I did actually walk out of some film an art teacher showed the class, in a critical film studies module or something. might have been a kenneth anger film, might not... there was a rape scene, which was just screaming and screaming... and I thought 'f**k this' and went out and did something fun instead. in retrospect, that art teacher was a bit of a knob...

 

[treefrog]

i nearly walked out of Lost in Translation, but after it finished I thought it was rather good.

Watching it again though I realised that is actually quite boring, and that if I wanted to watch people wandering round a hotel I'd go for a drink in a Travelodge bar...

 

[boohoo]

Walked out of Revolver and Barb wire.

 

[Bob_the_lost]

Nope, don't see that many films in the cinema and tend to read the reviews before i go.

 

[Iam]

i nearly walked out of Lost in Translation, but after it finished I thought it was rather good.

Watching it again though I realised that is actually quite boring, and that if I wanted to watch people wandering round a hotel I'd go for a drink in a Travelodge bar...

But the delicate, moody lighting and long, slow sweeping pans won't be the same, you know.

 

[Pete the Greek]

Walked out of Revolver and Barb wire.

Good God, Revolver...I watched it on DVD a few weeks back. I could not believe my eyes. How did that ever get made into a film? The pathetic chess references were enough for me, never mind the ineffective internal dialogue scenes.

Woeful. If I had gone to see it in the cinema, I would have broken my skinflint rule and done the Frank.

Dreadful.

 

[Reno]

I nearly walked out of Lost Highway,but it was more fun staying and yawning out loud and saying in a loud voice(i don't have any other kind)that it was the most boring film ever made.

You sound exactly like the kind of person who is the reason why I hardly ever bother seeing films at the cinema anymore. Just because you didn't enjoy the film, doesn't mean you have to ruin it for others.

I never used to walk out of films, but now that I'm getting on a bit, life is just to short to sit through crap films. I walked out of a film tonight. It was called Behind the Mask and was on at Frightfest. I decided the time would be better spent having a pint. The next film, a Korean monster movie called The Host, was excellent.