Have you ever walked out of the cinema?

circuit · 20-10-2006 06:16PM #1

Has a film ever been so bad that you have just buggered off out of the cinema half way through??

Rockee · 20-10-2006 06:18PM

Nope, never. Usually if a film is very bad I just take comfort in my jumbo packet of Minstrels and jumbo coca cola tbh

Seats are comfy too.

RE*AC*TOR · 20-10-2006 06:19PM

Most recently I walked out of Ballet Russe in the IFI. Not because the movie was bad, but because there were people near us that were obviously so into ballet that they found every little comment absolutely hilarious. It would have been too annoying to endure. Must track the movie down on dvd (or similar digital media).

I also walked out of RENT recently enough. It was just plain terrible.

wba88 · 20-10-2006 06:27PM

yeah once but only coz i got in 4 free and it was ****

doonothing · 20-10-2006 06:29PM

yeah outta garfield

and em into the notebook

(evil of the notebook) < (evil of garfield)

aside from that, nope

Crucifix · 20-10-2006 06:30PM

Nope.

Lurk · 20-10-2006 07:22PM

Evita. It just didn't work for me.
(because it was a bag of piss)

LundiMardi · 20-10-2006 07:24PM

No, but i actually wanted to walk out of the second LOTR's. I mean, was it ever gonna end!!!!?????

But i was with a friend and he wanted to stay.

faceman · 20-10-2006 07:32PM

I wanted to walk out of Existenz (David cronenberg) but given i paid big bad uci me £4.75 (those were the days) at the time, i wasnt giving in!!

myself and a mate were the cause of 3 people leaving The devil's advocate. We were pissin ourselves laughin at all of pacino's OTT scenes and they got up and left.

"A woman's neck is the bordertown in the battle....."

classic pacino!

Mr. K · 20-10-2006 09:44PM

We were tempted to walk out of House of Flying Daggers. But no, I've managed to stick out every film I've been to in the cinema. Bad films make for interesting conversations, at the very least.

Tusky · 20-10-2006 09:46PM

13 ghosts

&

Narnia... It wasnt bad enough to warrant a walk out but I just wasnt in the mood for it.

Basq · 20-10-2006 09:47PM

Yes, just the once..

.. U-571!!

feylya · 20-10-2006 09:50PM

No but I was very very close to walking out of Van Helsing. Just too lazy to.

ronano · 20-10-2006 10:33PM

It's kind of different tho for cineworld card users but yes i recently walked out of 'brothers of the head'. I just didn't find it in any way interesting or have the slightest spark in it to keep me interested.

I walked out of good burger back in the day

Maxwell · 20-10-2006 10:38PM

Man on the Moon with Jim Carrey - I only lasted about 25 mins or so. Irritated the life out of me.

Lurk · 20-10-2006 10:58PM

Mr. K wrote:

We were tempted to walk out of House of Flying Daggers.

God, that was a damn bad movie. Unfortunately I didn't see it in the cinema and bought the DVD - the only DVD I've ever given away to someone.

Dave! · 20-10-2006 11:04PM

Nah, I'm a cheap b*stard, so if I pay €9 for a ticket and €11 for food, then I'm gonna feckin stay!

I nearly walked out of Miami Vice, but that was a staff preview, and it was free

NEARLY!

Rhyme · 20-10-2006 11:28PM

If i pay money im damn well going to suck any goodness out of a cinema trip even if the film is abysmal. Im usually careful about what i see if im going on my own... in a group i tend to let others choose as id usually not get to see those films normally.

Blisterman · 20-10-2006 11:36PM

I have the Cineworld unlimited card, so as Ronano said, it's different.
I walked out of Manderlay after about 15 minutes. I need sets in a movie.

imeddyhobbs · 20-10-2006 11:42PM

I have two words for ye
Fried GREEN TOMATOS at the whistle stop cafe
I was 15

Lurk · 20-10-2006 11:45PM

Rhyme wrote:

in a group i tend to let others choose as id usually not get to see those films normally.

<ouch> very courageous of you. I got to see About Schmidt that way, thinking it was a comedy. Put the dampeners on my happy buzz, I'll tell ya

sonic juice · 20-10-2006 11:53PM

Walked out of Keeping Mum starring Rowan Atkinson,it was terrible,mind you got the tickets for free otherwise i would have stayed and make fun of the film.

johnny_ultimate · 21-10-2006 12:40AM

The one time was for the load of rubbish that was League of Gentlemen's Apocolypse. Considering the favourable reviews we had read, it was shocking to see it was complete nonsense. Normally I'm a fan of nonsense, and in fact am quite nonsensical. But this wasn't even funny - trying far too hard. When the monster showed up near the end a prompt exit was called for.

Sean7 · 21-10-2006 02:41AM

Never, I refuse to. But I really, really wanted to walk out of Revolver. What a terrible experience.

starn · 21-10-2006 11:17AM

I've never walked out of a film. But if its a ball of Sh1te i generally tend to fall asleep. This has happened to me @ among others Troy, Narinia and all the LOTR films. Peter Jackson needs to find a editor with the stones to stand up to him

Giruilla · 21-10-2006 11:19AM

If i didn't go to the cinema with friends i'd have walked out on a lot of films. Most recently Superman Returns, The *****tant Gardener, and Wallace and Grommit. The three of them were unwatchable imo. I could barely sit still in my seat i wanted to leave so much!

Memnoch · 21-10-2006 12:53PM

dogville, was with a group of friends and they insisted on walking out

leeroybrown · 21-10-2006 01:09PM

I havn't, mainly because I usually only go to films that I actually want to see. I have sat bored through a few things that other people have fragged me to but if I know I won't like it I'll just avoid going.

deman · 21-10-2006 01:35PM

No but almost walked out of MI2. Hated the movie with a passion. Only stayed cuz the wife and another couple were there. After the movie finished, the other guy said how much he wanted to walk out too.

Wacker · 21-10-2006 01:52PM

I was on a ship back from France and I went to see Pearl Harbour for my second time because there was nothing else to do to pass the time. I walked out after the attack scene as the rest is truly awful.

I also walked out of the Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake. I was scared! I'm terrible with horror, they scare me waaaay too much. I frequently have nightmares on account of movies.

Also, I walked out of Cold Mountain and straight into the Reurn of the King once.

valor · 21-10-2006 05:28PM

Daredevil

qwertplaywert · 21-10-2006 08:01PM

i walked out of click about 20 mins from end............
and the matrix reloaded about 45 mins from end

21-10-2006 08:06PM

Hitch-hikers guide to the galaxy.

It ruined the books for me.

Not being racist, but Ford Prefect was neither black nor american. Fuppin' PC hollywood.

Owh yes. Actually.

I walked out of "Stay Alive". Thank god it was a staff screening but I just couldn't stick it for more than 20 minutes.

dr.bollocko · 21-10-2006 08:14PM

Dogville. What a terrible awful movie, so far up itself, designed to make stupid people feel clever. Also Manderlay.
I also walked out of Waking Ned. Just the worst attempt at movie making i have ever ever seen, not even laughably bad, just plain horrendous.
I was gonna walk out of Jeepers Creepers but I found a naggin in my pocket and did that instead.
Also Breakdown with Kurt Russell. There was also some god honest awful movie with Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves whose name escapes me that I am not gonna look up because to mention it would give it some publicity. I dont go to the cinema much anymore because most of the time I am just disappointed. I prefer the DVD because you can get your mates around, have a few drinks / smokes, and its much cheaper.

Sad Professor · 21-10-2006 09:16PM

Die Another Day, it just kept getting worse and worse. And The Matrix Revolutions, I gave it about 30 mins which was more than it deserved.

I usually never walk out. I like difficult or different films but I have a low threshold for garbage like the above.

faceman · 21-10-2006 09:40PM

How about we get together and pick a shoite film and all walk out of it for the buzz as boardsies in protest at the ridiculous prices we're forced to pay?

johnny_ultimate · 21-10-2006 11:58PM

faceman wrote:

How about we get together and pick a shoite film and all walk out of it for the buzz as boardsies in protest at the ridiculous prices we're forced to pay?

Em would just standing outside the cinema and not going in be a more effective plan? The fact that we would pay just to walk out seems like it's solving the wrong problem

LundiMardi · 22-10-2006 12:02AM

down with this sort of thing!!!

Basq · 22-10-2006 12:15AM

faceman wrote:

How about we get together and pick a shoite film and all walk out of it for the buzz as boardsies in protest at the ridiculous prices we're forced to pay?

Only if you pay for my ticket!

Ruu_Old · 22-10-2006 12:18AM

faceman wrote:

How about we get together and pick a shoite film and all walk out of it for the buzz as boardsies in protest at the ridiculous prices we're forced to pay?

Ah thats very nice of you, faceman. What a nice gesture.

Fair play to you for paying for everyones ticket, I assume this includes sweeties of whatever your choice is also.

I walked out of Troy as well.

ixoy · 22-10-2006 12:22AM

Never have, despite seeing some real crap. On principal, I wish I had walked out of "Rules of Engagement" but no, not yet. I'm stubborn enough to always stick through until the last credits role..

CLADA · 22-10-2006 12:23AM

Only once, and it was reservoir dogs, and before anybody starts giving me stick there was good reason. The other half announced she was leaving midway through the ear cutting scene and demanded I accompany her. I sat my ground and said no until I realised she had left and had the car keys:(

LundiMardi · 22-10-2006 12:23AM

If i can sit through Seven Years in Tibet i can sit through anything.

Lurk · 22-10-2006 12:34AM

dr.bollocko wrote:

There was also some god honest awful movie with Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton and Keanu Reeves whose name escapes me

Wasn't that an attempt at some kind of sequel to As Good As It Gets, entitled As Bad As It Can Be?

qwertplaywert · 22-10-2006 12:50AM

it was called ''Somethings Gotta Give'',and yeah,it sucked

sambora · 22-10-2006 12:09PM

Walked out of "The Exorcist: The Beginning" at the part the monkeys or dogs started to attack the little boy. I mean, how ridiculous was that. They never should have made that movie. It feckin sucked. Well up til the part I saw, did, anyway

BrenC · 22-10-2006 12:12PM

Nope and Ive seen some bad films

constitutionus · 22-10-2006 03:06PM

no never left, but came very close with "rushmore". biggest pile of steaming manure i ever seen in my life . and ive seen battlefield earth! five stars my hole, the critics lost any credibility with me after that one

TBH i probably should have left but wanted the right to moan on about how crap it was (plus the natchos and melted cheese was lovely:D )

Lurk · 22-10-2006 03:22PM

Didn't think Rushmore was too bad, but then again, I'll always have a thumb up Bill Murray.

:eek:

Basq · 22-10-2006 03:23PM

constitutionus wrote:

no never left, but came very close with "rushmore". biggest pile of steaming manure i ever seen in my life . and ive seen battlefield earth! five stars my hole, the critics lost any credibility with me after that one

Rushmore is feckin' brillant!

PS - didn't the critics and audiences widely pan 'Battlefield Earth'? A 3% rating on RT suggests so! :eek:

johnny_ultimate · 22-10-2006 03:40PM

constitutionus wrote:

no never left, but came very close with "rushmore". biggest pile of steaming manure i ever seen in my life . and ive seen battlefield earth! five stars my hole, the critics lost any credibility with me after that one

TBH i probably should have left but wanted the right to moan on about how crap it was (plus the natchos and melted cheese was lovely:D )

:eek: Big fan of it myself my "Citizen Kane" of the 90s

In hindsight I shouldve walked out of Charlies Angels 2 and American Pie 3. The two smelliest films ive ever seen in the cinema. But those were back when I was a wee lad of fifteen or so, ah innocence.

Have you ever walked out of the cinema?

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