Movies that made me walk right out the door and why

[FMJeff]

I have seen my fair share of cinematic bombs in my 29 and change years on this planet, but few have filled me with such disgust that I felt duty-bound to walk away from my eight dollar entertainment investment. It is important to understand how difficult it is for me to make such a decision. In addition to being a rabid fan of the motion picture, I am also a watered-down obsessive-compulsive, so seeing something through to the end is intrinsically part of who I am.

There are certain criteria a movie must meet before I will walk out the door. Now mind you, it's not any one thing in particular that sets me running; it is a cumulative effect of any combination of the following:

1) Using present-day computer technology in a manner inconsistent with accepted technological limitations. As a computer programmer and all-around techno-geek, this is perhaps the greatest and most common of cinematic outrages. You probably know exactly what movies I'm talking about. You've seen it all before; the plot-convenient computer virus, the untraceable web-site that can kill anyone who visits it (providing their using Internet Explorer and not Firefox), the hacker employing graphical interfaces that do not exist to crack ciphers that would take mainframe computers lifetimes to decrypt. It is by far and away the most obnoxious and laziest convention used by screenplay writers today and I've just about had it. Luckily, the general public is growing more computer savvy by the day so screenplay writers are definately becoming more wary of how they use a computer to further the story.

Movies I've walked out of for this very reason:

1) The Net
2) Independence Day
3) Swordfish

2) Conventionally unattractive man gets good-looking girl in the end. I almost walked out of Clerks for this very reason alone. I am tired of writers/directors fulfilling fantasies through their own films. YOu can't get the hot girl in real life? Don't put it in your movie. Live vicariously some other way. There is a reason ugly guys fail to net the attractive girls in the real world. They're ugly. It's the same reason people don't buy the Pontiac Aztec or wear Cavaricci jeans anymore.

3) Comic book films that completely depart from the source material for no logical reason. I will not stand for it. I am as passionate about comic books as I am making love to my wife. They are, for me, a connection to childhood that is irreplacable. I can understand doing away with web shooters for organic web spinners. I can live with that. I will not, however, watch Peter Parker dance the bat-toosie while sporting an emo haircut and an sudden lust for beautiful women. Spiderman 3 was an embarassment.

Movies I've walked out of for this very reason alone:
1) Fantastic Four II
2) Spawn
3) Punisher
4) Catwoman
5) Batman & Robin. Fuck you to everyone who made this film.
6) Judge Dredd. Double whammy? Double fuck you.


4) Sequels that destroy the spirit of the first film. If you're going to follow up a cult classic like say, the Crow, you had better bring your A-Game. Now I will be the first to admit the Crow fails to hold up after repeated viewings, but as an lonely, intelligent young lad in his teenage years looking for love in a cruel world, that movie spoke to me on many levels. Its successor was a tired re-hash of all the weakest elements of the first film with none of its soul. If I had one wish, it would be 20 hours of pain, all at once, all for every person who made City of Angels.

5) Movies that appeal the lowest common denominator. This includes any movie involving rival dance crews, paltry attempts at sub-par Farrelly brothers humor, and other obvious wastes of my time. I walked out of the Mask II, which combined with number four on my list, drove me to near suicide.

6) Movies I cannot, for the life of me, decipher what is going on. I was so disturbingly lost when I watched Lost Highway that I had to leave. I did, however, enjoy every scene with Robert Loggia. I did, however, revisit that movie on DVD. I still have no idea what is going on.

7) Pretty much any movie based on a video game or a toy. If I knew Transformers was going to be as bad as it was, I would have never purchased a ticket. That goes for the Super Mario Brothers movie as well. Dennis Hopper as King Koopa? Not on my watch.

8) Movies with glaring holes in logic. Movies that make you ask obvious questions the screenplay writer, director, producer, editor, actors, and distributors seemed to completely either ignore or fail to realize. See my Jurassic Park thread.

That's a couple, I could go on, but its 4:22 am. So what makes you wanna leave a movie, and what movies have you left?

[Franklyn]

first of all let me say great post. my internet is down and I read this whole thing on my phone. I have never walked out of a movie. not because of my cinematic brotherhood but because at 10.50 a tick, it cost too much.
now that said I have had moments that make my stomache hurt and my ass want to fall out. as a person that fights for budgets and screentime, bad movies really hurt. my list is topped by "bat man and robin". this just hurt.
now i have a catogory of film that I call rollercoaster movies...these are entertaining but silly. when one of these makes me hurt it is really bad because I gave them the benifit of the doubt. the ID4 moment, at the end of an entertaining movie, when they gave the virus to the alien computer was too much.
Now I have seen people walk out of movies I liked or loved. one of which was "underworld".

I have seen my fair share of cinematic bombs in my 29 and change years on this planet, but few have filled me with such disgust that I felt duty-bound to walk away from my eight dollar entertainment investment. It is important to understand how difficult it is for me to make such a decision. In addition to being a rabid fan of the motion picture, I am also a watered-down obsessive-compulsive, so seeing something through to the end is intrinsically part of who I am.

There are certain criteria a movie must meet before I will walk out the door. Now mind you, it's not any one thing in particular that sets me running; it is a cumulative effect of any combination of the following:

1) Using present-day computer technology in a manner inconsistent with accepted technological limitations. As a computer programmer and all-around techno-geek, this is perhaps the greatest and most common of cinematic outrages. You probably know exactly what movies I'm talking about. You've seen it all before; the plot-convenient computer virus, the untraceable web-site that can kill anyone who visits it (providing their using Internet Explorer and not Firefox), the hacker employing graphical interfaces that do not exist to crack ciphers that would take mainframe computers lifetimes to decrypt. It is by far and away the most obnoxious and laziest convention used by screenplay writers today and I've just about had it. Luckily, the general public is growing more computer savvy by the day so screenplay writers are definately becoming more wary of how they use a computer to further the story.

Movies I've walked out of for this very reason:

1) The Net
2) Independence Day
3) Swordfish

2) Conventionally unattractive man gets good-looking girl in the end. I almost walked out of Clerks for this very reason alone. I am tired of writers/directors fulfilling fantasies through their own films. YOu can't get the hot girl in real life? Don't put it in your movie. Live vicariously some other way. There is a reason ugly guys fail to net the attractive girls in the real world. They're ugly. It's the same reason people don't buy the Pontiac Aztec or wear Cavaricci jeans anymore.

3) Comic book films that completely depart from the source material for no logical reason. I will not stand for it. I am as passionate about comic books as I am making love to my wife. They are, for me, a connection to childhood that is irreplacable. I can understand doing away with web shooters for organic web spinners. I can live with that. I will not, however, watch Peter Parker dance the bat-toosie while sporting an emo haircut and an sudden lust for beautiful women. Spiderman 3 was an embarassment.

Movies I've walked out of for this very reason alone:
1) Fantastic Four II
2) Spawn
3) Punisher
4) Catwoman
5) Batman & Robin. Fuck you to everyone who made this film.
6) Judge Dredd. Double whammy? Double fuck you.


4) Sequels that destroy the spirit of the first film. If you're going to follow up a cult classic like say, the Crow, you had better bring your A-Game. Now I will be the first to admit the Crow fails to hold up after repeated viewings, but as an lonely, intelligent young lad in his teenage years looking for love in a cruel world, that movie spoke to me on many levels. Its successor was a tired re-hash of all the weakest elements of the first film with none of its soul. If I had one wish, it would be 20 hours of pain, all at once, all for every person who made City of Angels.

5) Movies that appeal the lowest common denominator. This includes any movie involving rival dance crews, paltry attempts at sub-par Farrelly brothers humor, and other obvious wastes of my time. I walked out of the Mask II, which combined with number four on my list, drove me to near suicide.

6) Movies I cannot, for the life of me, decipher what is going on. I was so disturbingly lost when I watched Lost Highway that I had to leave. I did, however, enjoy every scene with Robert Loggia. I did, however, revisit that movie on DVD. I still have no idea what is going on.

7) Pretty much any movie based on a video game or a toy. If I knew Transformers was going to be as bad as it was, I would have never purchased a ticket. That goes for the Super Mario Brothers movie as well. Dennis Hopper as King Koopa? Not on my watch.

8) Movies with glaring holes in logic. Movies that make you ask obvious questions the screenplay writer, director, producer, editor, actors, and distributors seemed to completely either ignore or fail to realize. See my Jurassic Park thread.

That's a couple, I could go on, but its 4:22 am. So what makes you wanna leave a movie, and what movies have you left?

[joethebartender]

I enjoyed this post and wanted to add one more type that'll have you looking for a popcorn bowl and huge cup holder in your car...

9) Any dramatical sports movie in which there are one or more of the following variables:
-an appearance in the stands by an unexpected loved one (that really did care)
-the injury that may cost the player his life or ability to ____.
-a truly "evil" opponent
-and above all: a silent (or "heartbeated") 15 second sequence in slow motion followed by the crowd shot and loud cheering at the victory.
Why can't Hollywood lose the recipe for this kind of crap sports flick? They're not "feel good, tear-jerkers"...they're insults to anyone who's loved any sport.

[angrymissy]

5) Movies that appeal the lowest common denominator. This includes any movie involving rival dance crews, paltry attempts at sub-par Farrelly brothers humor, and other obvious wastes of my time. I walked out of the Mask II, which combined with number four on my list, drove me to near suicide.

BLASPHEMY! YOU LOVED YOU GOT SERVED

[ravn816]

I've never walked out of a movie before. But one movie on your list that I completely agree was the big piece of dog turd that was The Punisher. I was forced to see it in the first place by a bunch of my comic book reading friends. I would have walked out of that film in a heartbeat, but since I was there with 10-15 people, I just decided to MST3K the damn thing, meaning scream obsenities and bad jokes at the screen.

My husband later yelled at me saying, "It wasn't THAT bad." Yes, it was.

[fezident]

For various reasons, I see A LOT of movies. Sometimes for free... other times I pay and I've been known to walk out of a movie on many many occasions.

For me, it usually boils down to my comprehension level. Can I follow the narrative? The logic?
If I just can not understand who's doing what to who and why.... I'm outta there.

SYRIANA falls under that catagory. I was an hour in, and I just didn't know who was who or what each characters motivation was. I had nothing invested in them. If one of those characters walked up and shot another character in the face, I wouldn't know if I was supposed to be upset or happy.


I agree that when a movie has a massive flaw in it's logic, ya need to just cut bait and get outta there. THE STAR WARS PREQUELS suffered greatly from this. We already know how certain things are gonna go down. We've seen their future. We know certain details. When you go back and write their past, it has to match the future that the audience already knows. If it doesn't.... I get pissed. WICKED (the only broadway show I've ever enjoyed) handled the prequel (and sequel!) aspect amazingly well. Seeing WICKED actually makes the WIZARD OF OZ even more enjoyable. The same can not be said for those crapular STAR WARS prequels. Sooo many missed opportunities. Sooo many errors in logic and continuity.


There needs to be an asterisk catagory in this thread which is MOVIES YOU WISH YOU WALKED OUT OF because, sometimes, it's the last few moments of a film that undo all the goodwill built up by those two hours.
These are usually movies with a big fat twist. FIGHT CLUB, SIXTH SENSE, and especially HIGH TENSION do a crappy job of pulling the rug out. Don't show me white during the main narrative and then show me black in a flashback. Certain things are possible and certain things aren't. Period.

[Drunky McBetidont]

i am pretty selective about what i will go and pay full ticket to see. if i am questioning the film i will wait for dvd. that being said, when i lived in san diego i got free passes to a screening of Austin Powers. i made it through about 15 minutes and had to get the hell out of there. i have tried to watch it since on dvd and cringed my way close to the end, i am not masochistic enough to see the whole thing. if there has ever been a movie star less deserving of his fame it is mike meyers. all of his movies are puke, imo. waynes world sucked, austin powers sucked, shrek sucked. fuck him, send him back to canada.

i got dragged to Captain Ron in high school and walked out mid way and asked for a refund and used the money to play video games till my friends came out.
i went alone to Terminator III and walked out mid way and demanded a refund.

[ToddEVF]

Jeff, we normally don't see eye to eye. But you hit the nail on the head with this one, and I agree with you.

And the best on is this one


8) Movies with glaring holes in logic. Movies that make you ask obvious questions the screenplay writer, director, producer, editor, actors, and distributors seemed to completely either ignore or fail to realize.

The only exception in my eyes for those holes in logic would involve the home release where the scenes that explain the holes are included, either as a directors cut or deleted scene.

Now with that out of the let me get to 2 of the most horrid films i've ever seen. So bad I left my house.

Beer League and Epic Movie (nuff said)

that is why i stopped letting the woman chose the movie.

[badorties]

For various reasons, I see A LOT of movies. Sometimes for free... other times I pay and I've been known to walk out of a movie on many many occasions.

For me, it usually boils down to my comprehension level. Can I follow the narrative? The logic?
If I just can not understand who's doing what to who and why.... I'm outta there.

SYRIANA falls under that catagory. I was an hour in, and I just didn't know who was who or what each characters motivation was. I had nothing invested in them. If one of those characters walked up and shot another character in the face, I wouldn't know if I was supposed to be upset or happy.


I agree that when a movie has a massive flaw in it's logic, ya need to just cut bait and get outta there. THE STAR WARS PREQUELS suffered greatly from this. We already know how certain things are gonna go down. We've seen their future. We know certain details. When you go back and write their past, it has to match the future that the audience already knows. If it doesn't.... I get pissed. WICKED (the only broadway show I've ever enjoyed) handled the prequel (and sequel!) aspect amazingly well. Seeing WICKED actually makes the WIZARD OF OZ even more enjoyable. The same can not be said for those crapular STAR WARS prequels. Sooo many missed opportunities. Sooo many errors in logic and continuity.

There needs to be an asterisk catagory in this thread which is MOVIES YOU WISH YOU WALKED OUT OF because, sometimes, it's the last few moments of a film that undo all the goodwill built up by those two hours.

These are usually movies with a big fat twist. FIGHT CLUB, SIXTH SENSE, and especially HIGH TENSION do a crappy job of pulling the rug out. Don't show me white during the main narrative and then show me black in a flashback. Certain things are possible and certain things aren't. Period.

i won't say SYRIANA has a great twist or surprise ending, but the (seemingly) unrelated characters and plot points do come together brilliantly in the film's final acts

i've walked out of two film (decades apart): the 'burbs and tops turvy

i really wished i walked out of patch adams, a prairie home companion, k pax and spiderman 3

[ToddEVF]

i really wished i walked out of patch adams, a prairie home companion, k pax and spiderman 3

I hear ya on spiderman 3, but i wish i had walked out of Street Fighter, Godzilla, Ladies Man, and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

[Furtherman]

A bunch of picky petes here.

I have never walked out of a movie. I've seen some bad ones, but I can enjoy the big screen experience enough to enjoy it somewhat.

I fell asleep during Seraphim Falls. The movie started out great, but rolled to a slow stop by the end that I was out. Probably due to a late night the previous night, but that was the first time I think I ever fell asleep in a movie.

I even sat though the awful Shoot 'Em Up on DVD, which was one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Syriana is a brilliant film. Yes, you have to pay attention, but that makes it all the more enjoyable, at least for me.

And those of you who actually went to see Catwoman, Captain Ron, Epic Movie, and Ladies Man?! What did you expect?

Are you going to go see Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins this weekend? Because you'll write "I wish I walked out of Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins" on Monday.

[EliSnow]

1) Using present-day computer technology in a manner inconsistent with accepted technological limitations. As a computer programmer and all-around techno-geek, this is perhaps the greatest and most common of cinematic outrages. You probably know exactly what movies I'm talking about. You've seen it all before; the plot-convenient computer virus, the untraceable web-site that can kill anyone who visits it (providing their using Internet Explorer and not Firefox), the hacker employing graphical interfaces that do not exist to crack ciphers that would take mainframe computers lifetimes to decrypt. It is by far and away the most obnoxious and laziest convention used by screenplay writers today and I've just about had it. Luckily, the general public is growing more computer savvy by the day so screenplay writers are definately becoming more wary of how they use a computer to further the story.

Movies I've walked out of for this very reason:

1) The Net
2) Independence Day
3) Swordfish


Did you walk out of Hackers?

[Furtherman]

How about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home?

Scotty whips up the formula for transparent aluminum on an Apple computer just by opening up some files using a keyboard (ahhh the keyboard... how quaint!).

Probably one of the worst portrayals of a computer being used in cinematic history... but that doesn't take away from the movie. It's still a great movie.

[cupcakelove]

Independence Day? What are you, and alien sympathizer? Unamerican bastard.

[ToddEVF]

And those of you who actually went to see Catwoman, Captain Ron, Epic Movie, and Ladies Man?! What did you expect?

Epic Movie was rented for a buck from DVD machine, selected by the woman. Ladies Man was a test screening, I had no idea what the film was before i got there.

[Furtherman]

Ladies Man was a test screening, I had no idea what the film was before i got there.

Those cruel bastards!

[ToddEVF]

so cruel that after the test screening the movie wasn't released for a year.

[Mike Teacher]

8) Movies with glaring holes in logic.

=

Holes in Logic, Yes. But holes in all the known laws of physics and time in just about every movie too, but we ignore those.

[EliSnow]

8) Movies with glaring holes in logic.

=

Holes in Logic, Yes. But holes in all the known laws of physics and time in just about every movie too, but we ignore those.

That's because no one really cares about science.


:tongue:


BTW, Jeff said he walked out of Swordfish. I'm betting he didn't walk out before Halle Berry showed her tits.

[A.J.]

I never understand how people end up stuck watching films they hate.

Because of their significant others?

[TheMojoPin]

Because of their significant others?

I'm too shallow to go with that. I've broken up too many relaitonships over pop culture opinions.

[TeeBone]

The only movie I have ever walked out on was the 1996 disastrous disaster movie, Daylight, starring Sylvester Stallone. With the exception of less than a handful of movies starring Sylvester Stallone, ALL of his movies are worthy of a walk-out. That is to say, worthy if you actually pay money to walk in to see the movie in the first place. I made it through about 25 minutes and got the hell out of there. It was painfully terrible.
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[EliSnow]

I think the only movie I walked out of was Meet Joe Black. It was back when I really, really disliked Brad Pitt, and after seeing the good part of a automobiles play pinball with his body, and watching the boring part after that, I decided to leave and go have sex with my date.

[Furtherman]

Here's a good article I think some of you need to heed. Movies are a suspension of belief. Have a little fun.

Quantum Teleporting, Yes; the Rest Is Movie Magic (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/05/science/05mit.html?_r=3&ref=science&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin)

It's actually a great idea - a panel with the movie makers and actual scientists.

One student asked the physicists if they rolled their eyes at the scientific miscues in movies. That was too much like work, protested Dr. Farhi, who said he was more interested in the acting and the characters. Dr. Tegmark said that even inaccurate science fiction movies could inspire scientists to think. You could see something that you think is impossible, he said, but that might start you thinking. “Why is that impossible? It can trigger a train of thought,” he said.

[underdog]

SYRIANA falls under that catagory. I was an hour in, and I just didn't know who was who or what each characters motivation was. I had nothing invested in them. If one of those characters walked up and shot another character in the face, I wouldn't know if I was supposed to be upset or happy.

Yeah, I felt the same way. But they did pull them altogether towards the end.

The only movie I've ever actually walked out of was The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, but that's only because I thought I was going to be sick at the beginning. I went right back in once I felt less sick.

[FMJeff]

Jeff, we normally don't see eye to eye. But you hit the nail on the head with this one, and I agree with you.

And the best on is this one



The only exception in my eyes for those holes in logic would involve the home release where the scenes that explain the holes are included, either as a directors cut or deleted scene.

Now with that out of the let me get to 2 of the most horrid films i've ever seen. So bad I left my house.

Beer League and Epic Movie (nuff said)

that is why i stopped letting the woman chose the movie.

What woman says "Let's go see beer league"? That sounds like an awesome chick. You HAVE seen her vagina right?

[FMJeff]

Did you walk out of Hackers?

No surprisingly, and the only reason I didn't was because of Angelina Jolie, with that cropped haircut and huge lips. I had never see anything so beautiful in my life.

[FMJeff]

How about Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home?

Scotty whips up the formula for transparent aluminum on an Apple computer just by opening up some files using a keyboard (ahhh the keyboard... how quaint!).

Probably one of the worst portrayals of a computer being used in cinematic history... but that doesn't take away from the movie. It's still a great movie.

See I can suspend my disbelief there b/c it was a piece of software used to design metal molecules. People come up with new polymers and what not all the time. What's to say an engineer from the future with a lifetime of experience can't teach a metal molecule designer software a new molecule?

[EliSnow]

No surprisingly, and the only reason I didn't was because of Angelina Jolie, with that cropped haircut and huge lips. I had never see anything so beautiful in my life.

QFT.

That's when I started getting a thing for her.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

QFT.

That's when I started getting a thing for her.

QFT

I struggled through Gia, a chick model flick, just cause she had some lesbian scenes in it

[FMJeff]

And what's to say an engineer from the future would know how to work an Apple? A 1984 Apple.

Bingo. These guys have the chicks because they have the money.

For the same reason that an engineer from our time can work an Abacus. Or a .NET developer could pick up Fortran in minutes. Or the same reason that a five year old who's never played an Atari before can start learning how to play in minutes.

The interface between man and machine, be it voice recognition, keyboard, mouse, powerglove or joystick, has remain largely unchained for years. The same basic principles of computing still apply even in the future. Software, user, interface.

[Furtherman]

For the same reason that an engineer from our time can work an Abacus. Or a .NET developer could pick up Fortran in minutes. Or the same reason that a five year old who's never played an Atari before can start learning how to play in minutes.

The interface between man and machine, be it voice recognition, keyboard, mouse, powerglove or joystick, has remain largely unchained for years. The same basic principles of computing still apply even in the future. Software, user, interface.

An abacus is hands on easy. To say that someone from 500 years in the future could get what he wanted in just a few keystrokes is a little out of reach.

A funny scene, but the computer work is just ridiculous.

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[MONICA5579]

Red Planet with Val Kilmer made me walk out.

What a horrible fucking joke of a movie!!
Bad acting and horrible plot...

:flush:

[Furtherman]

Red Planet with Val Kilmer made me walk out.


Mission To Mars stunk too.

Total Recall is the only good Mars movie.

[CofyCrakCocaine]

Only movie I ever walked out on was Tomb Raider. My buddy really wanted to see it and thought the monster robot you saw in the commercials was the coolest, daddio! I left him at the fucking theater for wasting my money. He later told me I missed this cool part where a car blows up. :wallbash:

[fezident]

I go into movies with the proper expectations.

When I see REQUIEM FOR A DREAM, I am EXPECTING it to be gritty and disturbing. Therefore, I hate it when it's criticized for being exactly that. If that movie dealt a softer blow, THEN it would be a failure. It's succeeding quite nicely at being a disturbing film.

My point is; when you go in to see SHOOT 'EM UP, ya can't fault it for being an over the top - cartoony- silly action picture. That's what it's TRYING to accomplish. Therefore.... I file that under "good movie".
On the other hand, a movie like CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK is failing at being an interesting, exciting, sci fi movie. It just fails on every level. Therefore, I file it under "poor moviemaking".



I feel this way about music too. I hate when people listen to the new Britney Spears single and hate on it because "it doesn't rock!". Bingo. Hello, exactly!



When I walk out of a movie like that recent Deniro debacle STARDUST, it's because I feel like they're letting me down even though my expectations are dialed in.

[cougarjake13]

i ve never walked out on a movie, mainly b/c im cheap and even if it sucks i want my moneys worth



the only movie that i even contemplated leaving early was Gattica

[WhistlePig]

The only movie I walked out of was "Popeye" with Robin Williams. It was weird, awkward and dark and I was expecting something funny.
Now with renting DVDs there are plenty I turned off part way through or got distracted and quit paying attention. That actually happens a lot. My free time is precious and I'm not going to waste it sitting through a bad movie.

[conman823]

Great post, and completely true. I walked out of a lot of those same titles.

Mostly today they have gotta really make me wanna see a movie to even go out for one. With big screen and surround at home, I can enjoy a movie (albeit a little later than most) on my own couch, with a pause button and all the snacks I want. Plus I cannot stand people who go into movie and act like fucking animals. I say stay away and wait for DVD.

[sailor]

...few have filled me with such disgust that I felt duty-bound to walk away from my eight dollar entertainment investment. It is important to understand how difficult it is for me to make such a decision.

it actually sounds like you walk out on them fairly often.

i've only walked out on two in my life. interview with a vampire - it was like 95 degrees in the theater and that combined with the bloody scenes early on i thought i was going to pass out. stealing beauty (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117737/) - the gal i was dating at the time walked out because something in the movie upset her towards the end and i felt obliged to accompany her.

[sailor]

When I walk out of a movie like that recent Deniro debacle STARDUST, it's because I feel like they're letting me down even though my expectations are dialed in.

that's odd because the movie was very widely lauded and neil gaiman rocks.

[Devo37]

i hate any movie where one of the good-guys makes a nonsensical heel-turn towards the end of the movie just for the sake of creating a 'shocking twist'.

[JustJon]

2) Conventionally unattractive man gets good-looking girl in the end. I almost walked out of Clerks for this very reason alone.

You really thought the girl Dante ended up with in the end was really hot? I always thought the one he didn't get was the hot one.

[NortonRules]

I don't remember any hot chicks in Clerks...just some mediocre jersey hags. Everyone in the movie was average looking at best.
And Kevin Smith has a very very very very hot wife in real life. Do some research before you make such silly statements.
You could have instead brought up any Woody Allen movie or almost any TV show of the last 20 years to better illustrate your point.

And where are you paying $8.00 for a film? Are you a senior citizen?

[weekapaugjz]

i can't remember if ive ever walked out of a movie, cause i really don't go to many. the last movie i remember turning off because it was so horrible was harsh times. absolutely awful movie. it stinks on ice.

[JustJon]

I don't remember any hot chicks in Clerks...just some mediocre jersey hags. Everyone in the movie was average looking at best.
And Kevin Smith has a very very very very hot wife in real life. Do some research before you make such silly statements.

You do alot of drugs, don't you? Allow me to remind you of the scene where they introduce the women in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Hot actress, Hot actress, Hot actress, Hot actress and Kevin's wife.

[soupcan]

[QUOTE=FMJeff;1618728]I have seen my fair share of cinematic bombs in my 29 and change years on this planet, but few have filled me with such disgust that I felt duty-bound to walk away from my eight dollar entertainment investment. It is important to understand how difficult it is for me to make such a decision. In addition to being a rabid fan of the motion picture, I am also a watered-down obsessive-compulsive, so seeing something through to the end is intrinsically part of who I am.

There are certain criteria a movie must meet before I will walk out the door. Now mind you, it's not any one thing in particular that sets me running; it is a cumulative effect of any combination of the following:

1) Using present-day computer technology in a manner inconsistent with accepted technological limitations. As a computer programmer and all-around techno-geek, this is perhaps the greatest and most common of cinematic outrages. You probably know exactly what movies I'm talking about. You've seen it all before; the plot-convenient computer virus, the untraceable web-site that can kill anyone who visits it (providing their using Internet Explorer and not Firefox), the hacker employing graphical interfaces that do not exist to crack ciphers that would take mainframe computers lifetimes to decrypt. It is by far and away the most obnoxious and laziest convention used by screenplay writers today and I've just about had it. Luckily, the general public is growing more computer savvy by the day so screenplay writers are definately becoming more wary of how they use a computer to further the story.

Movies I've walked out of for this very reason:

1) The Net
2) Independence Day
3) Swordfish


....... BLAH BLAH BLAH!,,,, you EVER SIT thrugh a movie !/??/!!!

[epo]

I have never walked out on a film. I think it's again my moral code.

This includes seeing "UHF" in the theatre.

[Fallon]

http://www.ronfez.net/imagestorage/fmjeff.gif

That is NOTHING like the admin page!

[PapaBear]

I've walked out on two movies. One was Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2, and the other was Striptease. In both cases, it was just that the movies were so stupid, and I had only paid matinée prices. A buddy and I wanted to walk out of Howard the Duck, but his little brother refused to leave. He was madly in lust with Lea Thompson. Granted... I've run many a batch to Lea, I didn't think she was worth sitting through the movie. We had to stay, because of his stupid horny brother. Worst of all... FRONT ROW!

[Franklyn]

You really thought the girl Dante ended up with in the end was really hot? I always thought the one he didn't get was the hot one.

Wait...wait...wait. You thought the silly blond was hotter than rosario dawson? Is that true jon.

[Wickedballs]

If I had spent money to see "Across the Universe" I would have walked out on it. What a terrible piece of shit that was. I cringe every time I see those commercials on TV saying how it is nominated for all these Oscars. Terrible story, terrible covers to good music, and terribly done "trippy" scenes.

[JustJon]

Wait...wait...wait. You thought the silly blond was hotter than rosario dawson? Is that true jon.

au contraire, mon frer. That's Clerks 2. And the "silly blond" is Kevin Smith's wife, who I previously said in this thread I don't find attractive.

[landarch]

Showgirls was the only movie I ever walked out on. Terrible.

[ToddEVF]

What woman says "Let's go see beer league"? That sounds like an awesome chick. You HAVE seen her vagina right?

yes i have, jeff. She wanted to see it because she thought Artie Lang was funny. boy was she disappointed.

[lleeder]

I can't believe you said The Crow gets worse with repeated viewings. At that point I walked out on your post. :thumbdown:

[ToLEEdo]

I had to be taken out of Beauty and the Beast when Beast was being attacked by dogs when it was in the theaters.

[FMJeff]

I can't believe you said The Crow gets worse with repeated viewings. At that point I walked out on your post. :thumbdown:

It's a sappy, melodramatic mess of a movie. Art design is fantastic, but as a film, it's a little over-the-top for a grown man.

Don't get me wrong, I still love it for what it is, but its not a particularly great movie if you take a step back.

[Rockvillejoe]

"The man that fell to earth", starring an emaciated, hairless, David Bowie. The only movie I have ever bolted early from.

[EliSnow]

I had to be taken out of Beauty and the Beast when Beast was being attacked by dogs when it was in the theaters.

They were wolves.

[Furtherman]

My point is; when you go in to see SHOOT 'EM UP, ya can't fault it for being an over the top - cartoony- silly action picture. That's what it's TRYING to accomplish. Therefore.... I file that under "good movie".

When I walk out of a movie like that recent Deniro debacle STARDUST, it's because I feel like they're letting me down even though my expectations are dialed in.

Shoot 'Em Up may have tried, but it failed miserably. A good, rather great, silly action picture is HOT FUZZ. That was done right.

I agree with Stardust... it was boring.

[Neckbeard]

Shoot 'Em Up may have tried, but it failed miserably. A good, rather great, silly action picture is HOT FUZZ. That was done right.

I agree with Stardust... it was boring.

Shoot 'Em Up isn't the same as Hot Fuzz Both are farces, but HF was more of a sarcastic homage while SEU was a really dark parody.