Never done it myself

branie

but have you ever walked out from a film before it ended?

mike65

No, I think one needs to have completely misjudged the occasion to end up doing that.

Quazzie

I've never walked out of a film in the cinema but I have turned off a DVD.

DazMarz

Only the once. Peer pressure a bit too: was in the cinema watching Cyrus with 3 friends, and the other 3 walked out... I braved it out for another few minutes then walked out after them. We just couldnt find it funny. I was trying to find it funny, but couldn't. So that remains the one and only time I've walked out of a cinema during a film.

Never switched off a DVD, tho, for some reason. Never was that bored/upset at a film that I switched it off.

iMax

The one which sticks with me is Wishmaster I actually should have walked out of that. Don't know what I was thinking of going to it

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJgl3uoxXc0

Robert Enguland's next movie looks awesome though:

Quazzie

DazMarz wrote: »

Never switched off a DVD, tho, for some reason. Never was that bored/upset at a film that I switched it off.

I bought 'The Happening' on Bluray. I watched in it's entirety once and couldn't believe how bad it was. Several months later I decided to give it a second chance and after ten minutes I decided enough was enough and stuck with my first impression that it was the worst film I've ever seen.

Sir Digby Chicken Caesar

waking ned devine and lotr:return of the king.

got to the intermission of rotk, cursing internally that i'd have to sit through another hour and a half when I suddenly realised that I could actually just gtfo and go home. so I gtfo and went home.

TheIrishGrover

Never did. I really really REALLY wanted to walk out of Striking Distance years ago. A terrible terrible film and that was even before you factored in the fact that Sarah Jessica Parker was in it. The only reason I didn't was that it was absolutely chucking down rain at the time and I didn't even have a jacket.

Almost walked out of Scream 3 too (Man I've seen some sh1t films in the cinema) except, thankfully, I fell asleep since I was just after coming off nights.

nyarlothothep

Yeah, once, I was in hysterics at The Quiet American, I had to leave as I couldn't stop laughing.

Mr Keek

Walked out of Hunger..... Don't care how good everyone thought it was, hated it

Miguel_Sanchez

Quazzie wrote: »

I bought 'The Happening' on Bluray. I watched in it's entirety once and couldn't believe how bad it was. Several months later I decided to give it a second chance and after ten minutes I decided enough was enough and stuck with my first impression that it was the worst film I've ever seen.

I stayed in one night because that came on TV and it was so hilariously bad I couldn't tear myself away from it!

I walked out of The Green Mile. That was the only one I think.

Warper

Walked out of the Tree of Life. Thank God i did.

ImpossibleDuck

Remember going to see something and falling asleep within the first 10 mins

When I woke up I had no idea what was going on, so I wasn't gonna sit through the rest :pac:

e_e

No because I'm a patient person and actually read up on what I'm going to see.

It'd only be my own fault for picking a sh!te film to begin with. People who get up and leave generally annoy me (though I only ever notice this in Cineworld), it's as if they pick their movies based on arbitrary whims.

Duddy

Was cajoled by two friends into going to Transformers 3, needless to say it was satisfying roaring "I TOLD YOU SO" at them as we left the cinema 1 hour into the film.

Quazzie

e_e wrote: »

No because I'm a patient person and actually read up on what I'm going to see.

It'd only be my own fault for picking a sh!te film to begin with. People who get up and leave generally annoy me (though I only ever notice this in Cineworld), it's as if they pick their movies based on arbitrary whims.

I generally try to avoid as much of the hyp and trailers as I can before seeing a film in the cinema because I prefer to be pleasantly surprised about how good a film is rather than hearing lots of hype and being disappointed. It does lead to the odd one where I am disappointed but it's worth it.

5uspect

Never, but came close to it with the Tree of Life. Self indulgent rubbish.

WatchWolf

Alvin And The Chimpmunks 2 (I was drunk) and GI Joe (it was crap).

Dermighty

Inception

Date Night

Harry Potter 7 Part 1

*Almost* Tree Of Life (the worst movie I have ever seen)

WatchWolf

Is The Tree Of Life really that bad? What's so crappy about it?

5uspect

WatchWolf wrote: »

Is The Tree Of Life really that bad? What's so crappy about it?

It's incredibly slow, vapid, and says nothing of consequence.

The film involves flashbacks to a fairly dull story about family life in Texas interspersed with nonsensical and overly long bits about the evolution of life and the origins of the Universe. It ends with everyone flying off into heaven or some ****e.

bnt

Hate to say this, but:

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Essien

I walked out of Date Movie, think thats the only one.

I should have walked out of 2012. I wouldn't have been any more pissed off after that film if the end credits appeared over a still image of the films producers pointing and laughing at the audience.

I struggle to think of a more disappointing film.

e_e

WatchWolf wrote: »

Is The Tree Of Life really that bad?

No, just people showing their own ignorance and cynicism by acting nasty towards something that's actually honest, heartfelt, personal and not manufactured pap. :rolleyes:

Isard

branie wrote: »

have you ever walked out from a film before it ended?

I have. It was a Korean horror about vampires which gave a bad ending to a good start. I walked... even ran out before the actual ending coz it was like some pervert's bloody fantasy.

Elmidena

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. Only film I've ever left in the cinema. Have turned off a couple of DVDs too... Ones that spring to mind are Slumdog Millionaire and Scott Pilgrim. First was too sensationalist and felt too old watching the other. Not good when I'm in my 20s.

im invisible

bnt wrote: »

Hate to say this, but:
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going by that, we're nine or ten months overdue a thread on this, no?:pac:

dont go to the cinema often, at all, myself. but was in a youth club years ago, and remember going to see Bowfinger (eddie murphy, steve martin), should have walked out of that. we actually went to see The Blair Witch Project, but it must have been 16's, or what-ever, the group leaders wernt let in with a bunch of kids anyway. one of the lads just snook in to the other screen to see blair witch, i think he nearly left half way through anyway aswell

busyliving

branie wrote: »

but have you ever walked out from a film before it ended?

Yes I have, for the critically acclaimed "Teeth"...

Genuinely the worst film I've ever seen, and I've seen all 4 sniper movies

Arcee

Never walked out of a movie or even turned off a DVD before it's over. I feel compelled to see something through to the end if I've started it. Also really annoys me when people say how crap a film was and then admit they actually only saw half of it - you can't give a review when you didn't watch the film!

e_e

Sunshine! wrote: »

Star Wars: Attack of the Clones. Only film I've ever left in the cinema. Have turned off a couple of DVDs too... Ones that spring to mind are Slumdog Millionaire and Scott Pilgrim. First was too sensationalist and felt too old watching the other. Not good when I'm in my 20s.

I liked Scott Pilgrim but have to admit there was a point in Slumdog Millionaire where I thought "I'm gonna have to leave!". God I hated that film, even though I stuck it through to the end it was one of those rare times where I was in complete bemusement at how positively audiences and critics were reacting to it. It's just somebody being kicked around for 2 hours before an arbitrary and contrived happy ending where the 2 romantic leads didn't even have much chemistry or personality to begin with! The part where she

gets her face slashed was almost the cut off point for me (no pun intended!), so unnecessary. :mad:

/rant

5uspect

e_e wrote: »

No, just people showing their own ignorance and cynicism by acting nasty towards something that's actually honest, heartfelt, personal and not manufactured pap. :rolleyes:

I have no problem with heartfelt, honest and personal films. The Tree of Life was not that kind of film. The evolution/dinosaur scenes were inaccurate, clichéd and pointless. The space scenes were simply ripped from 2001 and the NASA image exchange and served no purpose other than to let the director wallow in his own self indulgence.

I'm glad you enjoyed it, but don't insult those who disagree with you to make your point.

orchidsrpretty

Never done it before as I would feel hard done by as it costs so much to go. My BF is constantly trying to leave films, some include Conan and The Watchmen

e_e

5uspect wrote: »

I have no problem with heartfelt, honest and personal films. The Tree of Life was not that kind of film. The evolution/dinosaur scenes were inaccurate, clichéd and pointless. The space scenes were simply ripped from 2001 and the NASA image exchange and served no purpose other than to let the director wallow in his own self indulgence.

It's hard to have a conversation with somebody when they're presenting the same tired arguments as facts. You could label any film that is ambitious in the least as "self indulgent". It's a pretty pointless term imho especially considering how long the film took to make and how every shot was obviously labored over and deeply considered. It's not that hard to extract meaning from any individual scene, there's so much going on beyond stars and dinosaurs.

Beyond all other criticisms, saying that this film wasn't honest and personal is just baffling to me. You can say that you found the film boring and overlong but it should be clear to any viewer or fan of Malick's work that it's a deeply considerate and reflective film. Why would he even set the main portion of the film in Texas during the 1950s if he wasn't conveying ideas, events and people that were close to his heart? You either choose to run with what he wants to say or not, you clearly didn't.

The film has a completely different feel than 2001 since it's more about the main character's reflections on the universe than Kubrick's more objective outlook.

5uspect wrote: »

I'm glad you enjoyed it, but don't insult those who disagree with you to make your point.

Who did I insult?

5uspect

We're all ignorant cynics for not having the same opinion as you, apparently.

irishh_bob

branie wrote: »

but have you ever walked out from a film before it ended?

only movie ive ever walked out of was inception

irishh_bob

orchidsrpretty wrote: »

Never done it before as I would feel hard done by as it costs so much to go. My BF is constantly trying to leave films, some include Conan and The Watchmen

id have walked out of watchmen had i gone to see it at the cinema , pretensious crap , if ever thier was a movie that didnt know what it was

Whippersnapper

I've been tempted on a few occasions but I usually see it through to the end. Invictus is probably the only one I would have walked out on only I was with company.

When reading through these threads and the bi-annual worst film you ever saw thread I'm constantly surprised by how few genuinely bad films people have seen. If Avatar or Watchmen or Tree of Life is the worst film you ever saw and felt the need to walk out of early then count yourself lucky as you really haven't seen that many bad films.

tvercetti

never walked out of one but dozed off on more than one occassion, guess it was the darkness mixed with the lack of interest in the movie

e_e

5uspect wrote: »

We're all ignorant cynics for not having the same opinion as you, apparently.

Way to ignore the polite points I was making. I welcome diverse opinions as much as anyone but the problem is that people are seriously undermining the film just because of some bias they have.

I just can't see why anyone would have went to see The Tree of Life had they had any idea what it consisted off. It was genuinely annoying to me that the second time I went to watch the movie it was greeted with talking, people texting on their phones and plenty of walkouts. ...and I got a hunch that most of these people would have used such empty terms as "pretentious" and "self indulgent" when asked though they didn't even attempt to engage with the film. All this severely hindered my enjoyment of it and one of the great things about the film is that it treats the audience intelligently, it's just such a shame that people balk at such things when I know at least a few of them would get something more out of it. All of this and I think that you kinda need to see most films from start to finish to form a coherent opinion on it, at least see it through to the end and not disrupt the other audience member's experience.

e_e

Deleted User wrote: »

When reading through these threads and the bi-annual worst film you ever saw thread I'm constantly surprised by how few genuinely bad films people have seen. If Avatar or Watchmen or Tree of Life is the worst film you ever saw and felt the need to walk out of early then count yourself lucky as you really haven't seen that many bad films.

Somebody should send them all to see Film Socialisme so they know what an insufferable movie actually consists of.

johnny_ultimate

Jean-Luc Godard is the king of insufferable film-making. Don't get me wrong, there's a few of his films I genuinely like - Week End and Breathless, in that order - but for the most part I find his films have interesting theory behind them but are rarely enjoyable or even worthwhile watching. Seeing Pierot Le Fou at the IFI open day this year was particularly infuriating. Stuck around to the end to see if there'd be some sort of clever payoff. There wasn't. It was just like a more cynical Breathless, and Breathless is pretty ****ing cynical.

Only film I ever walked out of was League of Gentlemens Apocalypse. I'm pretty sure it was because my friends had to go for a bus, but we all hated it too. Granted we must have been fifteen-sixteen at the time and were entirely unfamiliar with the much loved TV series (still am). Might watch it again one of these days.

Mickeroo

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Only film I ever walked out of was League of Gentlemens Apocalypse. I'm pretty sure it was because my friends had to go for a bus, but we all hated it too. Granted we must have been fifteen-sixteen at the time and were entirely unfamiliar with the much loved TV series (still am). Might watch it again one of these days.

Been a while since I watched it and I was also a big fan of the show, but that was actually a pretty good movie iirc. I remember thinking the premise was pretty good and they actually made some more minor characters from the show the main characters for some reason, but I remember them being quite sympathetic too. Worth another shot I reckon, maybe watch the show though and don't bother with season 3

Hope you don't end up hating even more 2nd time around now

Never walked out of a film in the cinema and the only film I ever turned off without finishing was Resident Evil 2, just could not stomach it. Usually I think a film should always be watched to the end in order to gain a proper opinion but that time I made an exception.

5uspect

e_e wrote: »

Way to ignore the polite points I was making. I welcome diverse opinions as much as anyone but the problem is that people are seriously undermining the film just because of some bias they have.

I just can't see why anyone would have went to see The Tree of Life had they had any idea what it consisted off. It was genuinely annoying to me that the second time I went to watch the movie it was greeted with talking, people texting on their phones and plenty of walkouts. ...and I got a hunch that most of these people would have used such empty terms as "pretentious" and "self indulgent" when asked though they didn't even attempt to engage with the film. All this severely hindered my enjoyment of it and one of the great things about the film is that it treats the audience intelligently, it's just such a shame that people balk at such things when I know at least a few of them would get something more out of it. All of this and I think that you kinda need to see most films from start to finish to form a coherent opinion on it, at least see it through to the end and not disrupt the other audience member's experience.

Well you asked who you insulted so I answered, what was I supposed to do? The rest of your post just reasserts your belief that the film is deeply personal and reflective. We differ on that point so I saw no need to reiterate our opposing views.

I'm happy to move on, I just don't appreciate being dismissed as ignorant and biased simply because I greatly dislike a film you're obviously fond of. Nor am I the kind of person who texts, talks or generally is a hindrance to other cinema goers. I don't eat food in a way to annoy those around me and I avoid any drinks to avoid the inevitable toilet break. I have never walked out out a film nor do I intend to. I'm lucky enough to live in London and I'm spoilt by some great cinema experiences (although I wasn't able to get tickets to see Pans Labyrinth in Brompton Cemetery )

I had a some idea of what the film was like before going in but I avoided reading details and expected to be challenged by it and take away something of value from it even if I didn't enjoy it. However my reaction to it was a complete surprise to me. It was a feeling of utter contempt for the film. Every scene outstayed it's welcome and for the first time ever I just wanted to get up and leave. But I stayed hoping that it would improve.

I'll agree that it is a deeply personal film for Malick but nothing about it seemed particularly deep or insightful. Every scene seemed overly laboured to make the point it was making. The space scenes did nothing to convey the enormity and scale of the universe and simply appeared to be a disconnected series of pretty pictures from the NIX. The dnosaur/evolution scene felt cheap and unintelligent. If they were Malick's personal views of these topics, fine, but there's nothing clever or inspired about them.

It is possible to label a film pretentious and self indulgent without being critical of ambitious films in general. As a film it fails for me.

e_e

Oh well, I've seen it 3 times so far and I'm still getting new things from it. It just wouldn't leave my mind a day or two after first seeing it and even if I find it to be an emotionally empty film (I don't) there's still so much to admire on a technical level. There's a real joy of filmmaking to it in my humble opinion, it's a story that (due to its marriage of images, sound and a lengthy span of time) that couldn't exist in any other medium and it was an overwhelming experience for me (though the 2nd viewing was hindered slightly by obnoxious people).

Faith+1

Warper wrote: »

Walked out of the Tree of Life. Thank God i did.

Here here. I didn't know if I was watching a movie or the discovery channel.

Faith+1

Faith+1 wrote: »

Here here. I didn't know if I was watching a movie or the discovery channel.

What's wrong with the Discovery channel? Many of the docs they make are worthy of playing in cinemas and are far more visually stimulating that most big budget blockbusters.

5uspect

e_e wrote: »

Oh well, I've seen it 3 times so far and I'm still getting new things from it. It just wouldn't leave my mind a day or two after first seeing it and even if I find it to be an emotionally empty film (I don't) there's still so much to admire on a technical level. There's a real joy of filmmaking to it in my humble opinion, it's a story that (due to its marriage of images, sound and a lengthy span of time) that couldn't exist in any other medium and it was an overwhelming experience for me (though the 2nd viewing was hindered slightly by obnoxious people).

Well we can agree about the obnoxious people. Fortunately I saw it in a smaller screen that wasn't heavily populated. I think one or two did walk out but I can't quite remember.

Faith+1 wrote: »

Here here. I didn't know if I was watching a movie or the discovery channel.

There's nothing wrong with watching documentaries in the cinema. My problem was that the inclusion of the imagery seemed superficial.

e_e

Faith+1 wrote: »

Here here. I didn't know if I was watching a movie or the discovery channel.

Why should there be a difference?

Skerries

I've never walked out of a film, but the closest i've come was while watching Alexander
Loads of people left and i was so tempted to follow them
Film I have started to watch but turned it off and never went back to are
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The New World
The Fall
Happiness
They are all too drawn out and depressing

Blured

Walked out of Epic movie after about 15 minutes. Hadnt laughed once yet everyone else in the cinema (with the except of the 2 people I was with) thought it was hilarious. My own fault for going, but had seen everything else that was out