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

[Motown_ben]

walked out of that new miami vice flix the other night, what a crock(et) of shit that was!

walked out of matrix 3 as well.

 

[linerider]

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.

How the fuck can you ruin a film that is that crap?

 

[Shippou-Sensei]

one mans rubbsh....

 

[Paulie Tandoori]

I sat through Shallow Grave, hating it and wanting to walk out, but resisting due to the presence of my friend who I though was enjoying it. Turned out he was hating it and feeling the same as me. Ever since then, I've had no compunction to walking out of shite films, putting down poor books, and generally trusting my own judgement. As said above, life's too short...

 

[Orang Utan]

You lot are either cretins or have no taste. Zoolander is funny. Elephant is great. Moulin Rouge is fantastic. Magnolia is brilliant. I have never walked out of a film but I fell asleep in Gladiator and Gangs Of New York cos they were rubbish AND boring. I have a lot of patience for bad films though - I even enjoy them for their badness.

 

[Orang Utan]

oh and Batman Begins is fantastic. The only good Batman film apart from the one with the kapows in it. I like the fact that BB is nearly all exposition. How a man becomes a superhero is the only interesting thing about these films. The rest of it - plot, superheroics, villains is all kind of superfluous to me.

 

[smokedout]

that don jaun film with johnny depp about 10 years ago

my gf at the time made me go saying all we ever do is go to the pub and get drunk

we walked out after half an hour and went to the pub to get drunk

 

[punkdr]

I have however walked out of my own living room...when my daughter wanted to watch Moulin Rouge. The.worst.film.ever. I have also turned off Zoolander, on account of it being the most unfunny film of all unfunny films.

I have to admit, I agree with sojourner about Moulin Rouge. I found Nicole Kidman unbelievably annoying - and made my then-boyfriend change the DVD he had so lovingly located to impress me!

I also hated Lost in Translation but stayed through to the end, hoping for some redeeming feature (which came in the form of the Jesus and Mary Chain's 'April Sky' playing out the finale).

One film I've walked out of TWICE is The Big Chill. Thought it was a load of crap. People tried to convince me otherwise, which is why I went to the second viewing - and left exactly five minutes after the point where I had walked out the first time.

 

[Miss Potter]

only the once - Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

edit: me and my daughter rented Spinal Tap a couple of months ago and had to switch it off after 10 minutes, does that count as a walk out?

 

[Masseuse]

Walked out of pret a porter. Fuck knows why i was in there in the first place.

 

[ymu]

Twice. The Mask (irritating predictable shite) and Speed (boring predictable shite).

Spent the whole of Eyes Wide Shut bored and wanting it to end. I had it on DVD and it took me about 5 sessions to get through it. I just couldn't believe Kubrick's last film was that bad. It was.

 

[May Kasahara]

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.

Ha ha ha, this has just reminded me of the time my brother and sis-in-law went to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. There was a load of yoot knocking about in the front rows; about 10 minutes in, somebody's phone rings and one of them starts talking to his mate. "Yeah...yeah mate...nah, I'm in the cinema innit? Watching the new Chow Yun Fat...he's well bad. Nah, s'a bit slow right now, he's in China, but I read about it - later on he goes over to New York and starts beating up triads..."

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

It amazes me that people can walk out of films. It's only 2 hours. Even a piece of cheesy crap can still be entertaining. Why not read reviews if you're that picky? I tend to avoid films that look bad, and as such have never been so appalled that I've walked out. Having said that, I did switch off King Arthur after an hour, but it was only my mate's 5 RMB chinese pirate! I reckon it's a total waste of money to pay 8 quid and then walk out.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

wtf is Batman Begins doing in that list? Surely the best Batman film ever made.

You people have odd tastes, first unbreakable now batman begins! Never expected to see either of them in lists of films people had walked out of at the cinema.

I think both Unbreakable and BB are amongst the best films of the decade, at least from Hollywood, but I reckon they're 'Marmite' films - people seem to love them or hate them for the most part.

 

[muser]

Nearly walked out of AI, which was as irritating as fuck.
Nearly walked out of Shooting Fish, which was as irritating as fuck.
Saw Lost in Translation on video - that was fairly crap.

American Beauty, Magnolia and one of the other ones that people don't like were pretty good though - and you probably just don't understand them... or you do like them really, you're just in denial.

Spot on

 

[muser]

I like to give movies a chance so don't walk out as a rule. I tend to trust my instinct when choosing what to go and see and it scarcely happens that a film I'm seeing has no redeeming features. I have fallen asleep a few times though -- once during a screening of Pi from tiredness after having seen four movies in one day, that and the film being terminally boring.

It's hard when with company because unless tastes are identical or at least very similar the selecting stage gets difficult. Cinema is a solitary pursuit most of the time, a good companion would be perfect but hard to find.

So true. The film we should have walked out on was the business, house of the flying daggers and chronicles of ridiculous. Having a friend(s) come along is burden sometimes.

 

[Cid]

Unbreakable? Have you no taste!

I actually had to take a step outside while watching jackson's movie, before he became a hollywood slag, Brain Damage perhaps, no, the other one with the zombie fleshing eating stuff.

Had to take a step outside during the 'Lawnmower' scene as I was actually feeling a bit sick watching it.

Braindead aka Dead Alive... Love that film: "I kick arse for the Lord!"

 

[shakespearegirl]

It was a short(ish) film by Crispin Glover. In about 98. It was about dwarves who lived underground and snorted snails, kind of.

I think this is the feature version of it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118141/. Called 'What is it'

The short was absolutely dreadful. A friend of mine was promoting it and did a free industry screening for his friends. About 2/3 of the audience walked out and it only lasted about 20 minutes.

At the drinks afterwards I got stuck talking to Crispin, well weird he was

 

[CaptPierce]

"Run of the Country" with Albert Finney - the worst film ever made - shite shite and shite -

wanted to walk out of Jim Sheridens "The Boxer" but forced myself through it but it severly dented my opinion of Brian Cox and DDL

I saw people walk out of Magnolia but I thought it was a masterpiece...