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Wife and I walked out on "Flesh Gordon".
And not fast enough.
Jim
And not fast enough.
Jim
I remember watching Jaws (movie). During the underwater shot when the camera was locked on the hole in the boat and Ben Gardner's
severed head tumbles out of the boat - the lady in front of me shot straight up out of her seat and block my view.
For a moment I thought I passed out!
Decided I would probably get a heart attack next time a similar shot took place so walked out of the theater.![]()
I just don't go to movies, and really seldom watch one on TV. It's just not my thing, and I'm not enamored by celebrities. I've never walked out on one, but I have seen one or two, that I wish I hadn't. I do remember when I was a boy, that my older cousin, took me and his two sons, who were around my age, to see "Tom Jones". We were snickering about the language of it, and knew this wasn't the type of movie he wanted us to see. He finally said, "Boys, this movie is bugging me, let's go."
I don't subscribe to any of the cable movie channels (HBO, Showtime, etc.), but they occasionally have free weekends. It always amazes me how few of the movies they run are worth watching (and how few I've even heard of). I record them on the DVR, and for the majority I stop and erase within the first 10-15 minutes of watching. I suppose that's equivalent to walking out of a theater, except I didn't need to buy a ticket.
I tried to read the book, "Lord of the Rings" and couldn't get into it so I thought the movie might be better. I walked out of it too!
But that 'Lord of the Rings' stuff never turned me on. It was big on college and people told me that I HAD to read 'The Hobbit'. I did and it did nothing for me.![]()
I forget which one, but when I was in the Army in the '80s, one of the movie channels showed the Khaddafi funded "Lion of the Desert", seemingly multiple times a day, every day.When they are fishing for customers and donations, they show the good stuff. After you subscribe they only show second rate stuff.
Wife and I walked out on "Flesh Gordon".
And not fast enough.
Jim
Dinner and a movie used to be a popular first date strategy. I took a young woman to dinner and then to see "The last picture show". I knew nothing of the movie but it was getting great reviews. I was pretty shocked at the full frontal nudity in the movie and I believe she thought I was a perv.. We left the show at my insistence, and I haven't been to a moviehouse since. To give you an idea of how long ago that was the young lady was wearing a girdle.
Wife and I walked out on "Flesh Gordon".
And not fast enough.
Jim