What movie did you get up and walk out of?

[unclepercy]

I was raised in a theatre, so I've probably seen twice as many films as many people. I have popcorn in my blood; so few movies upset me so much that I can't watch them.

I did get up and walk out of "Natural Born Killers." What was the movie you absolutely could not watch?

Uncle

 

[pastafarian]

"Natural Born Killers" as well. That mess went on and on and on...and on. At the 2 hr mark I thought I was going to have an epileptic seizure if the film style changed one more time.

"The Hours" after 20 minutes. The characters were so whiny and depressing. Luckily my mate (who had suggested the movie) agreed.

Desperately wanted to leave Mel Gibson's "Jesus Chainsaw Massacre": boredboredboredboredbored. Though I did get a bit of a chuckle when Mel had them drop the cross before they finally, finally ended it. It was so outrageous to have a " three stooges" moment in a movie that was trying so hard to be earnest . If there was anything redeeming about that tedious mess, I suppose that would have to be it for me.

 

[Jersay]

I actually walked out of War of the Worlds. It was awful. Especially with the lovey-duvey, child screaming family crap.

I wanted action, I wanted violence, I didn't want to see a stupid girl scream half the movie.

 

[the caracal kid]

wow. now i have actually seen two people say they did not like NBK. you two are the first (for me).

I have never walked out of a movie, but i have fallen asleep during a few. I slept through "postcards from the edge", "aliens", to name a couple which i remember. There have been others, but they were such non-items i don't even remember the titles (there are also those i watched but kept thinking "get on with it"). I will turn off a dud at home though, but i can't remember any titles offhand.

 

[MMMike]

With two little kids, my wife and I don't get out much. So I got a babysitter, planned a nice evening, and took her to see Kill Bill. She was not impressed. I think we had to leave after 5 minutes. Sometimes women just don't appreciate Quentin Tarantino. :sad1:

 

[Jersay]

Kill Bill, I liked that one.

However, I had to go by myself because my parents wouldn't go to see it.

 

[Basic]

I can honestly say that I have never walked out of a movie in the theaters. No matter how painful the movie is to watch I have always stayed through to the end.

 

[unclepercy]

I can honestly say that I have never walked out of a movie in the theaters. No matter how painful the movie is to watch I have always stayed through to the end.

Are there any movies that you refused to see because you heard so many bad things about them? For me, it was "The Exocist," and "Schindler's List."

Uncle

 

[yballa09]

Really?? I saw both The Exorcist and Schindler's List and enjoyed both. I'm not much for scary movies, but The Exorcist is really good.

 

[Semperfi_dani]

RE: What movie did you ge

I wish I had walked out of Johnny Nmonic(sp?) (with Keanu Reeves).

I remember we did walk out of one movie, but for the life of me, I do not remember what it was. It just sucked so bad.

 

[JomZ]

"Aliens vs. Predator", the absolute worst movie ever.
"Star Wars: Episode III" being a starwars fan myself, I could not watch the end of this crap. I finally subjected myself to it on DVD but it still was just UGGGGGHHHHH!

 

[I think not]

I survived through Jaws: The Revenge, I can handle just about anything.

 

[earth_as_one]

Eight Millimeter
Nicolas Cage

Punch-Drunk Love
Adam Sandler

 

[jimmoyer]

There was some movie about Highlander, the Scottish
version of vampires with swords that came from nowhere
and was a genre that inspired a TV series which was much
better than this movie I fell asleep in.

But I'll tell you a movie I embraced that might have
caused a lot of walkouts.

The Blair Witch Project.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

"Walking Tall"

Absolutely the worst movie I've ever seen part of in my life. A puritannical sheriff vows to bust every gambling joint in the county, carves himself a big stick and beats the crap out of everybody in sight, they kill his wife, he beats everybody up again... Supposedly a true story about a sheriff in Tennessee named Buford Pusser (c'mon, nobody's named Buford Pusser... well, mebbe in Tennessee...)

That was in the early 1970s, which most of you are probably too young to know anything about from personal experience. But if you're wandering through Blockbuster looking for something interesting and your eye falls upon "Walking Tall," just keep walking. It sucks yellow snow.

 

[missile]

There was a remake of Walking Tall a couple of years ago ,starring The Rock[Dwayne Johnson]. it might not suck as bad as the old Joe Don Baker original

 

[Cosmo]

Are there any movies that you refused to see because you heard so many bad things about them? For me, it was "The Exocist," and "Schindler's List."

Uncle

Pastafarian: "Jesus Chainsaw Massacre" :lol: :lol: :lol: Love that title ... seemed far more appropriate. It's one movie I couldn't bring myself to watch at all. I saw enough clips and read enough reviews (many of them glowing) to convince me I'd end up pissed off if I tried to sit through it. Was so disappointed the Gibson would create such a load of crap. Egos gone wild, I suspect.

Your comment reminded me that "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" was one of the movies I walked out of.

Never did see "Schindler's List" either, Uncle. I hate those kinds of shows. I can manage to read people like Viktor Frankl - Man's Search for Meaning when it comes to Holocaust stuff, but cannot bear to watch the imagery.

I turned off Natural Born Killers, Kill Bill and Reservoir Dogs. NBK was too weird for my tastes. Reservoir Dogs was too violent. If one has actually seen a real live person beaten like that, the Hollywood stuff is disturbing. I can watch the scariest, goriest sci fi flicks without flinching, but when it's something more realistic, I'd rather watch a comedy instead.

Now they're doing a remake of "When A Stranger Calls" ... scared the crap outta me when I was younger. I imagine the remake will have the same effect!

 

[pastafarian]

My problem with NBK was a double one: I really really hated the film school "look at how creative I am" trick of changing film stock and tone every 2 minutes. I found that stone ended up making a movie that was a sleazy example of what he was trying to satirize and I got bored 15 min in, so when it wasn't over after 2 hours, I couldn't take it any more.

There is an Austrian movie, "Funny Games" that deals with the same themes as NBK, but in a much more intelligent way. FG is NBK for adults, but as a result, it's way more gritty. NBK is gorier, but FG was hard to watch because the violence was so much more realistic. I've seen a lot of violent movies, but I don't think I could sit through FG again.

 

[Haggis McBagpipe]

We walked out of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (or whatever it was called). We prefer foreign movies to any other, and Chinese movies are, along with Icelandic movies, our favourite of all. Crouching Tiger, though, was an example of a recent trend by many countries to make movies more appealing to North American audiences. Something good is sacrificed in doing so, but who can blame them for it, since they make a lot more money that way.

We also walked out of The English Patient. I had a friend who pretty much demanded that I see it, for it was his most favourite movie ever. So, we went, but walked out after twenty minutes, it seemed so trite. My friend was mortified that I hadn't given his favourite movie a fair chance, so when it came out on video I rented it, watched it alone, and actually quite enjoyed it. I'm not sure why, maybe just a different time, different place?

 

[jimmoyer]

Okay.

Blair Witch Project ?

Anyone ?

Anyone?

Bueller ?