What movies have you walked out of before they were over?

[begin_within]

And why did you walk out? I walked out of "The English Patient" after about 45 minutes, out of sheer boredom. Same for a documentary about Lech Walsea called "Man of Iron."

[Chan790]

1. 54

Nothing redeemable in 2 hours of film. Just ourightly a bad movie.

I really hated Casablanca, but I didn't leave the theatre because I was at home. I just changed the channel.

[SeattleGirl]

2. The Nightmare Before Christmas and one other one I can't even recall.

Only two movies I've ever walked out on.

Left TNBC because it was putting me to sleep.

Left the other one because it was pure crapola. Wandered around window shopping until it was over, as MrSG, my daughter and my SIL were also at the movie, and they liked it.

[fizzgig]

3. only one

spiderman 3

what a steaming pile of crap that was...not one friggin redeeming quality

toby macguire was so emo i wanted to kill myself

[Poiuyt]

4. El Cid

Remember when long movies had intermissions? My sister and I went to see El Cid when we were young and left at the intermission because we thought it was the end.

[begin_within]

7. Were you satisfied with it after leaving at the intermission?

Must have been pretty good if you thought it was the whole story. And yes I remember not only intermissions, but overtures! West Side Story and Lawrence of Arabia both have long overtures. 2001: A Space Odyssey has an overture which is just the soundtrack of the human chorus, before the curtains go up and the lights go down. Same thing after the intermission too.

[EFerrari]

5. "Honeysuckle Rose" when we were living in the mountains

and that was the selection.

"On the bus too long / I think we've been on the bus too long . ."



(YOU WALKED OUT ON THE ENGLISH PATIENT! That's IT, you're on the LIST!)

[begin_within]

8. Sorry, I gave "The English Patient" 45 minutes, and nothing happened.

Just call me The American Impatient.

[EFerrari]

14. Doug hated it, too. I liked the way the stories were interwoven

and flashed backward and forward at the same time. Plus, I really liked the actors.

Maybe liking this film is like enjoying anchovies.

[begin_within]

16. I guess I'll have to give it another chance someday. I don't like flashbacks much.

I really don't care for the "flashback structure" some films have. An occasional flashback in a film is fine, as long as it is brief and necessary to the story, to explain something important that happened a long time before the current storyline. I have no problem with that. But the style some movies have where they are told in flashbacks all the way through - that doesn't appeal to me at all. I think the movie loses a lot of momentum when they do that. "The Last Emperor" was hacked up like they just took the film reel, cut it in half, threw it all in the air, then pieced it together however it landed on the floor. It was a complete mess - yet it won an Oscar for best editing! And The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was another disaster created in the editing room. Oh well, just my opinion.

[EFerrari]

18. It's a very difficult balance, I agree. First, do no harm.

:)

[Jade Fox]

45. The only reason to watch 'The English Patient'....

or as I like to call it "A Bunch of Frosty Brits and One Hot Indian Man", is to lust after Naveen Andrews.

[BlueIris]

6. "Swing Kids."

Because it was too clichéd for words.

[dubeskin]

Not really walked out of, but

rather deleted from my computer before finishing ;) I just can't stand Jack Black, and don't know why I even thought of downloading Tenacious D in the first place. I just hate Jack Black, and absolutely detested the movie.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Thank you.

I thought I was the only one.

[kath]

9. "Freaks"

they showed it on campus when I was in college. My boyfriend and I (plus maybe a couple of friends - my memory is dim) walked out quite early on because it seemed so exploitative and gross.

[begin_within]

11. I've never seen that, and I've been meaning to for years.

No good, huh?

[NMDemDist2]

10. Starship Troopers

that was the worst movie ever!

[Seashell Eyes]

12. Black Snake Moan

What a steaming pile that was. I don't know why it got such good reviews.

[Maddy McCall]

13. Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Fell asleep in the movie.

[truedelphi]

15. Purple Rain

And I regret I didn't know you can ask for your money back

[LibraLiz1973]

17. The Wicker Man

with Nicholas Cage.

That's the first movie I've ever walked out on- which is saying something.

[Skittles]

28. aw jeez I wish I had walked out on that one

I should have known better, and the ending was so f***ing hideous and dreadful

[MichiganVote]

19. The Mean Season/too gruesome for me

[Adsos Letter]

20. "Gods and Generals"...

...time actually seemed as if it were running backwards...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

22. I walked out of Star Wars Episode 1

I would have enjoyed seeing it; but my young son was starting to get antsy. I left before he could start a fuss.

[begin_within]

32. I never even walked into it, or 2 or 3 - heard that they were bad.

[Frank Cannon]

33. I walked out of Episode 1 too

My wife was feeling ill, and I could see no compelling reason to stick around.

I eventually did see the entire movie. It was pretty bad.

[RandomKoolzip]

23. "Fantasia 2000"

Treacly, mush-laden nonsense that pissed on Walt's grave. The lack of soul was tangible. We walked out after a half-hour and had to wring the saccharin out our clothes afterward.

[cynatnite]

24. I can't remember the name of it...

but I walked out so I could sneak in to see Jaws. They weren't letting kids in without parents, but I got past the usher :)

[mykpart]

25. Cleopatra and Rocky.

(2 different movies! :) ). Both because I was bored to death, and they moved so slow! The first half of Cleopatra wasn't too bad, but once Rex Harrison (Caesar) got killed off, it sucked!

[LostInAnomie]

26. Most pornos

I kinda lose interest after the first 15 minutes.

[Puglover]

34. LOL, I thought

the average was 12 min.

[Puglover]

35. Marie Antoinette n/t

[LostInAnomie]

39. What can I say...

... button flies are tricky sometimes. :P

[Puglover]

40. ROFL! n/t

[EstimatedProphet]

27. The Man Who Fell To Earth

I was just too young to get it

[Skittles]

29. it's been a while but - Laws of Attraction

I think that was the last one - Julianne Moore and Pierce Brosnan - I just did not care about the characters as I recall, it was boring

[Bullwinkle925]

30. Two of 'em - so far . . .

"Boxing Helena" & "Kill Bill: Vol. 2"

:puke:


In fairness to "Kill Bill" - I hadn't seen Vol.1 - so I didn't know what in the heck was going on. Got my money refunded as well.

[begin_within]

31. I've never even walked into any of those.

[Bullwinkle925]

50. Trust me . . .

esp. for 'Boxing Helena' - what a piece of crapola!

The other one - just not my style, I guess.

[WinkyDink]

36. "Time Bandits".

[malta blue]

37. Too many to remember, but I did get a refund.

The most memorable ones are:
The English Patient (lol)
Moulin Rouge
Armageddon
Marie Antoinette


Tons of kid's movies:
SpongeBob - Little Mb looked at me and said "this is dumb - can we go" about 10 minutes into it.
Surf's Up
Cars

[seemunkee]

38. Chicago and The Lonely Lady

I hate mucicals but my wife talked me into it.

The Lonely Lady is one of the worst movies ever. after 1/2 hour there were only 6 people in the theater, and then there were only 4.

[UTUSN]

41. "Barefoot in the Park". Jane FONDA screeching. n/t

[wildhorses]

42. none. i just take a nap.

why ruin a perfectly good nap;)

[Jade Fox]

43. The Matrix

Sorry, but it was BORING!!

[Nikia]

44. None, but my husband and I both wanted to walk out of Very Bad Things

Being polite movie goers as we were, we did not tell each other that during the movie and thought that perhaps the other was enjoying the movie.

[DS1]

46. spaceballs

mystery men

[Downtown Hound]

47. Van Helsing and The Skeleton Key

Van Helsing was just one terrible movie, and while The Skeleton key was no classic, it would have been watchable except for the bad stomach ache I was feeling at the time.

[Godhumor]

48. Showgirls and Jurassic Park 3

You know how certain movies make you exclaim that you can write a better script than "this"? Well, a dead monkey could have written a better movie than either of the ones I named above.

[Bennyboy]

49. Any Given Sunday....

Too profane, too unbelievable. HORRIBLE MOVIE. The only time I ever walked ut on a movie.

[StarryNite]

51. Natural Born Killers

Stupid movie

[kedrys]

52. Clash of the Titans

At the dollar theater.

Asked for my buck back on the way out.

Didn't get it.

:P

[QMPMom]

53. Reds. Hated that movie.

[Connonym]

54. Wild Orchid

with Mickey Rourke. gah

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

55. Batman and Robin

I told the ticket guy that I was a born again christian and I didn't know the violence would offend me so much..that way they gave me my money back :D

[bigwillq]

56. I've never walked out at the theater

but I habe shut some off at home...however, I can't think of which ones they were right now.

[terrya]

57. I didn't walk of the theater seeing it but...

I rented "Evita". I turned it off after 20 minutes. Ugh.