However this recent entry got me thinking. What movies have I walked out on? To be honest, I think there are only three in the past ten years or so.
There was Mallrats. Wow, what a stinkfest that movie is. Not that I was expecting much but geez. I knew I needed out within the first five minutes. But I stuck it out until the Archers of Loaf song was on. I think it was on when during a scene when that crosseyed chick from 90210 was trying on a dress or something if my memory serves correctly. This movie started my decade long (and going) strong distaste for all things Kevin Smith. I saw this at the Carolina Theatre while living in Durham, NC.
Kevin Smith, ugh.
The two other films I can recall that I walked out of I saw at BAM and I'm not entirely sure if I walked out on both or not. I know I was with Balgavy at one of them - Tom Jones. Balginator, did we walk out on this or did we stick it out until the end? This was supposed to be good but we sure as hell didn't like it. I like Albert Finney as much as the next guy but movies from 1963 sure as hell can age poorly sometimes. Finally, there was 1970's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. Again, this was supposed to be really good. Maybe it is. Maybe (I believe Mitch and I saw this one, but again, I'm not entirely sure) I just wasn't in the mood for it. I don't know. But this remains the one Billy Wilder movie that I've seen that I did not like at all.
So there you have it - only three in the past ten years. And most likely, only one of them (Mallrats) deserved it. When I think about all of the crap I've sat through over the years, I can't believe it is only three.
So if anyone is game, let me know the movies you've walked out on.
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18 comments:
They must have sucked because I never heard of any of those movies/
I never walked out on a movie and i've only seen 1 movie twice at the theatre and that was forrest Gump
Have you ever paid to see a movie twice?
We did not walk out of Tom Jones. We hung in there for the entire thing. When we left we both looked at each other and said "why didn't you get up and walk out? I would've followed you."
I've walked out of one movie. Duano made me see a digital movie called "Final Fantasy" because he is a digital artist. Wow, to this day I still can't believe there were people still in the theater when we left.
I refused to see Forrest Gump in the theater, but I did angrily shut the tape off when I got around to renting it. Does that count?
That is a movie that forever be entrenched in my "worst movies of all-time" list.
Forrest Gump is a movie that celebrates fascism and as such Tom Hanks should be beaten on the arse by those WW2 vets he claims to speak for.
Because I am a tight bastard I won't walk out of a movie but I will admit to almost pissing myself with loud and uncontollable laughter during an ill-advised public viewing of The Transporter, especially the male topless grease-wrestling scene in Marseilles bus station.
I remember going to see "Out of Africa" w/ my mom when I was ten or something. (What was she thinking?) Twenty minutes in I was in the lobby playing Galaga.
On the converse of that, I remember seeing "Unforgiven" with my Mom and going back to see it with my dad the very next day.
dn
I once walked out of a movie, went for a pint round the corner and returned to watch the next showing of the same movie.
The movie was 'Carrington' and my entertainment options were severely limited. I should have stayed in the pub and got drunk.
I've only walked out of one movie because it was so bad and that was Robin Hood: Men in Tights. It was atrocious and the memory hurts me to this day. We did get full refunds however, thank you Wheaton Multiplex. I walked out of Muppets Take Manhattan last year because Sebastian flipped out during the scene where Miss Piggy chases Gregory Hines through Central Park. He cried and cried all the way home. I must admit, Gregory's shorts were a bit tight.
The closest times I ever came to walking out were during The Cell and HurlyBurly. But I stuck them out and have regretted it ever since. I say if you're instinct is to bolt, bolt.
I should have walked out of the theatre when watching The Village, Lady in The Water and Bird on a Wire
But I didnt
Michael J. Fox.
James Woods.
THE HARD WAY.
And you're right - I walked out of that B. Wilder movie with you, and as I recall, we got beers instead.
Bird in a Wire? I love that movie. Not really, but Goldie Hawn really hits the spot sometimes (Wildcats, Overboard, etc..)
I love Overboard never saw Wildcats everything she did became very private benjamin like (fish out of water) but I do love Overboard
Bird on a Wire stunk big time, to see mel Gibsons hairy butt on the big screen wasnt so nice.
But everyone has different taste for instance... I actually liked Forrest Gump:)
Saw Wildcats w/ my mom when I was a kid--it's rad. Also, it stars a very young Rico Suave.
dn
Never walked out of a movie....but I have slept through a few....three muskateers, The nightmare before christmas....probably segments of every Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Movie....and others I had ton take baby brother bryan to....
OH WAIT....in college at Bradley I walked out of the campus theatre screening of Robin Hood (costner)...I had already seen it but this time I was on mushrooms and it was seriously harshing my mellow...
After hearing much undeserved praise, I netflicked Napoleon Dynamite. Watching it caused my brain to start leaking out of my ear, so I stormed out of my living room while my roommate continued to watch the annoying and insipid Jon Heder.
I contemplated walking out on Gangs of New York, but for no apparent reason, stuck it out.
And oh yeah, ixnay on the umpsgay.
Although I feared it wouldn't stand up well to time, I agreed to Netflix and watch UHF with the husband last week. I only made it about 20-25 minutes. Unwatchable. It probably would be great if I was a 12 year old boy. I still love Weird Al though.
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