Have you ever walked out on a movie?

[shouldazagged]

Twice.

My first wife and another couple and I went to see "True Grit" (the Wayne version) at a drive-in. Glen Campbell was so awful that the four of us agreed to leave, and did. Early on.

The other was that travesty, the Beatty-Dunaway "Bonnie And Clyde". Saw it in a theater, by myself. I was so nauseated by its complete disregard for the truth about those twisted little punks, and they way they prettied up a vicious killer and the airhead dumb enough to be besotted with him. that I walked out about half an hour into the mess.

 

[Rustyt1953]

The English Patient--dragged by a woman, but not even Marylin Monroe would be worth sitting though that abomination.

After seeing that movie, Ruthie said I would never have to prove my love for her again.

So, I've got that going for me.

Which is nice.

 

[lrb1200]

Only one time did I ever walk out of a movie that I paid good money to see till the end.

1985, "Out of Africa", Redford, worst thing he probably ever did.

Couldn't sit through it, left money on the table and walked.

 

[vigil617]

I walked out on the "Cape Fear" remake. Even though De Niro was the protagonist, I just didn't like where the whole "violent sex offender" thing seemed to be headed, and I voted with my feet. I hadn't seen the first one and didn't know anything about the story when I sat down in the theater.

There was another I would have walked out on, but my ride wanted to stay: "Bolero". What a piece of garbage. And boring, too.

 

[cmort666]

I told my wife later the if that was the watermark for today's movie making, I will never watch another. .... And, I haven't...........

99% of the movies I watch are on TCM, GetTV, and the other old movie channel.

The last new movie I watched was "Spectre" on Epix or one of the other non-premium movie channels I get.

Most new movies appear to have been written by drug addicted marmots for an audience of retarded skinks with VERY short attention spans.

 

[dave1918a2]

I agree with cmort666 about the current class of movies today. I walked out of the first Nic Cage movie I saw and never watched another. Lousiest actor I've ever seen. Latest was 'The Intern'. My girlfriend and I both left about 30 minutes in. I watch movies on the premium channels now and shut them off
more often than not.

 

[6518John]

After seeing that movie, Ruthie said I would never have to prove my love for her again.

So, I've got that going for me.

Which is nice.

Rusty--I have read your posts about her since being a member here and she and what you all have is worth a 100 Marilyn's.

 

[the ringo kid]

Only one time did I ever walk out of a movie that I paid good money to see till the end.

1985, "Out of Africa", Redford, worst thing he probably ever did.

Couldn't sit through it, left money on the table and walked.

Close but no cigar. The first movie he was either in-or starred in-was a very lousy movie about the Korean War. I tried stomaching it when TCM showed it around 12-14 years ago. The best thing about it was John Saxon. The next worse has to be: The Electric Horseman.

 

[GKC]

I walked out of the fist Lord of the Rings movie. Didn't go see the rest of them.

We very rarely go to a movie...my wife can't usually sit through a full movie, although there is one theater about 30 miles away that has reclining seats that she can tolerate. We usually just watch Netflix and Amazon Prime, or streaming sites.

As for "The Lord of the Rings" and "The Hobbit" movies...my two sons and I have read and loved these books for many years. I read them before they were born, and introduced them to these books when they were old enough to appreciate them. We went to each of these movies the night they opened (my wife didn't go...she's never read the books) and found them excellent renditions of the books. We couldn't have been more pleased... I understand that the genre may not appeal to everyone, but Peter Jackson produced and directed masterpieces and we enjoyed them very much.

 

[Deacon Blues]

Only one movie ever. My parents took my sister and I to see the movie "A Christmas Story." I was twelve, I don't really remember it, other than thinking it was a little slow. My parents thought it sucked and decided we were walking. So we did.

It's funny how many people love that movie, I've never even seen the whole thing.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Carl, you can almost see the stink lines.

 

[crsides]

Oklahoma !!! Just couldn't get pass the dancing singing cowboys.

 

[cmort666]

Only one movie ever. My parents took my sister and I to see the movie "A Christmas Story." I was twelve, I don't really remember it, other than thinking it was a little slow. My parents thought it sucked and decided we were walking. So we did.

It's funny how many people love that movie, I've never even seen the whole thing.

You've got to actually be FROM Cleveland AND be into it.

I've lived in NE Ohio since '86, but grew up in Chiraq. I have about as much nostalgia for Cleveland in the '50s and '60s as I do for Ljubljana in the '50s and '60s. I have no emotional ties to the time and place. I just shrug and go on about my business.

 

[Vulcan Bob]

Two, Apocalypse Now and Caligula. First was too boring and the second was a real perversion.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Ruthie, my daughters and I have all read and re-read all of Tolkein's works. We all agree that the books translated very well to the screen.

Although the Battle of the Five Armies turned into a protracted Stratego game.

 

[cmort666]

Oklahoma !!! Just couldn't get pass the dancing singing cowboys.

I watch brief snippets of it for Gloria Grahame.

 

[cmort666]

Ruthie, my daughters and I have all read and re-read all of Tolkein's works. We all agree that the books translated very well to the screen.

Although the Battle of the Five Armies turned into a protracted Stratego game.

I've always regretted that the same team didn't do Edgar Rice Burroughs' "Mars" books.

A well done "A Princess of Mars" could put the "Lord of the Rings" in the shade.

 

[Will Carry]

The only movie I have ever walked out of was Gone With The Wind when I was 5 years old. I thought it was boring and I wanted to see an Elvis movie.

I love going to the movies! Even though the popcorn is always stale because they don't make fresh popcorn anymore and there is always some Shmuck who just can't go two hours without his cell phone and I have to get up and tell him to turn it off. I still enjoy the movies. You just can't beat a forty foot screen.

 

[DWalt]

Heaven's Gate and Waterworld.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Heaven's Gate and Waterworld.

I had forgotten about Dances With Fish.