zombieharlot
Some Kind of Strange
I think the only movie I ever walked out of was Superman Returns. What a terribly boring movie!
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cardero
Citizen Mod
You could imagine mrscarero's despair with this film. She was itching to get up and walk away but I just reminded her that whatever she endured would just make her stronger even if that strength came from an inferior Man Of Steel.
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Well there mr 3.14.. Movies generally arive in the cinema way before you can download them. So beside the sound, evening out and huge screen, it can also be because people can't wait to see the movie.
Unless you are a criminal ofcourse and steal movies of the internet and take profit away from hardworking people..
cardero
Citizen Mod
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Or because they can't wait to partially see a movie and walk out.
A friend of mine actually does not like movies that much, but always comes along because we come together after the movie..
Usually she uses about half a movie to catch some sleep..
Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
I don't walk out of many movies - in fact, I've only walked out of two that I can remember. In retrospect, I should have walked out of Superbad also though. I tried to get up but my husband held me down!
My point about walking out of a movie or turning one off is this: I work full time and have very limited "free time." This time is absolutely precious to me - it's what I work FOR. If ANY activity becomes a waste of this precious free time, I'm likely to quit such an activity and take up doing something that I would rather do.
In the case of a poorly produced movie - I don't owe the producer or actors anything - they already got my money. I'm not going to give them any more of my time on top of that.
For the life of me, I can't see what's wrong with that. Sheeze, hasn't anyone ever put a boring book down and never picked it up again? Or do you idealists who think that it's somehow unfair to "judge a movie before the end" ALWAYS complete everything you start reading?????
Or is the application of this principle easier to apply to movies rather than books, because movies only demand about two hours of your time?
Just think about it.
My point about walking out of a movie or turning one off is this: I work full time and have very limited "free time." This time is absolutely precious to me - it's what I work FOR. If ANY activity becomes a waste of this precious free time, I'm likely to quit such an activity and take up doing something that I would rather do.
In the case of a poorly produced movie - I don't owe the producer or actors anything - they already got my money. I'm not going to give them any more of my time on top of that.
For the life of me, I can't see what's wrong with that. Sheeze, hasn't anyone ever put a boring book down and never picked it up again? Or do you idealists who think that it's somehow unfair to "judge a movie before the end" ALWAYS complete everything you start reading?????
Or is the application of this principle easier to apply to movies rather than books, because movies only demand about two hours of your time?
Just think about it.
misanthropic_clown
Active Member
I must say I agree with you completely. Behe's book Edge of Evolution got me so riled by page 60-something I put it down and have not even thought of picking it up since.
There's no point spending your free time being a masochist...
Meh.....you make some good points. I've walked out on sports games before because it was so poorly played, or if my team was doing horribly (and it wasn't at all the "entertaining" kind of bad, either LOL), or if we were tired and knew we had to get home soon.
Movies and theatre - and yes, books too
- are just those venues where I prefer to stick it out. Call it a matter of taste, I guess.
BucephalusBB
ABACABB
Excuse me.. I am not the sportwatching kind of guy, but I do think that when your team isn't doing well you should support it instead of walking away. Else you have no right calling it "your" team...:slap:Meh.....you make some good points. I've walked out on sports games before because it was so poorly played, or if my team was doing horribly (and it wasn't at all the "entertaining" kind of bad, either LOL), or if we were tired and knew we had to get home soon.
Movies and theatre - and yes, books too
A
angellous_evangellous
Guest
No, when they are doing bad you throw whatever is within reach at them - your beer, chair, popcorn, friends....
All the while verbally abusing them and THEN you leave.:yes:
cardero
Citizen Mod
For the record, I am not discouraging the act of people walking out of movies (people can and will do this) but the fact remains, if someone walks out on a movie (or even if someone has impatiently fast forward through a video), one has indeed missed the movie (one hasn’t seen it) and has not participated in the way a movie was intended to be watched and has forfeited the value and weight of their opinion or disapproval. In other words, if someone tells me that a movie was so bad that they had to walk out on it, I am not going to believe this person.
It might even produce the opposite effect-
For I am still waiting for the production company to produce such a movie that truly insults my intelligence, that dares to offend my senses so badly, that I have no alternative but to physically remove myself from the expereince. I have not found one single title in my forty years of movie watching that has attempted to come close. Perhaps, as described by director John Waters, I would probably pay this film the highest compliment.
It might even produce the opposite effect-
For I am still waiting for the production company to produce such a movie that truly insults my intelligence, that dares to offend my senses so badly, that I have no alternative but to physically remove myself from the expereince. I have not found one single title in my forty years of movie watching that has attempted to come close. Perhaps, as described by director John Waters, I would probably pay this film the highest compliment.
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Kathryn
It was on fire when I laid down on it.
you got dat right!!!! Lol!
rojse
RF Addict
For the movie that insults your intelligence, and offends your sensibilities so badly you won't finish it, I would recommend Scary Movie 3. And I did watch all of it, and I must say that I would have preferred to not watch it at all - two hours of my life wasted on that tripe. So many better movies to watch, so many.
A person that walks out of a movie, or cannot finish a book, or fails to finish a particular story has every right to an opinion on that story. Their interest was not engaged enough for them to desire to find out the end to that story, and surely engaging interest is one of the main tasks of those whom create or present a story.
zenzero
Its only a Label
Friend AA,
NO, never after having PAID for the tickets lol!
Did that once during school days when they used to have Saturday movies for everyone.
It was *Twelve Angry Men*; walked out and started playing soccer and know what happened? Lost my dad's Sheaffer pen a II World War model. Could never replace that yet.
yes do switch movie channels if the movie is not interesting.
Love & rgds
NO, never after having PAID for the tickets lol!
Did that once during school days when they used to have Saturday movies for everyone.
It was *Twelve Angry Men*; walked out and started playing soccer and know what happened? Lost my dad's Sheaffer pen a II World War model. Could never replace that yet.
yes do switch movie channels if the movie is not interesting.
Love & rgds
zomg
I aim to misbehave!
I can only recall one movie I have walked out of and a few I should have left the theater.
The Forgotten: I started this "no PG-13 movies with F-words" thing and went to see this movie. Yeah, it happened so my date and I left. From what I've read about it, I didn't miss much!
Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life - I put my head down and tried to fall asleep on my girlfriend's lap.
Golden Compass: Rented it. Wished I hadn't watch it.
I do remember going to one of the Karate Kid movies with my dad and a sibling and his friends. At one point in the movie my dad and I left. I think it was because the language was bad...not sure. Anyway, we drove around in the car until it was over.
I hate dumb movies.
The Forgotten: I started this "no PG-13 movies with F-words" thing and went to see this movie. Yeah, it happened so my date and I left. From what I've read about it, I didn't miss much!
Tomb Raider: Cradle of Life - I put my head down and tried to fall asleep on my girlfriend's lap.
Golden Compass: Rented it. Wished I hadn't watch it.
I do remember going to one of the Karate Kid movies with my dad and a sibling and his friends. At one point in the movie my dad and I left. I think it was because the language was bad...not sure. Anyway, we drove around in the car until it was over.
I hate dumb movies.
rojse
RF Addict
I'll use a recent example of a book that I put down after 100 pages: "Hunters of Dune." The book was unreadable because of the numerous coincidences in the plot that the reader is required to ignore, the poor characterisation, gaping inconsistencies compared to the original series of novels that "Hunters of Dune" is meant to tie into, and a distinct lack of intellectual fodder to mull over in comparison to Frank Herbert's original Dune series.
Having mentioned all of these aspects, could I reasonably expect anything to improve over the next five hundred-odd pages? And, according to your theory, since I have only read a fifth of the entire novel, and as such, have not reviewed the entire novel, would you borrow this out from your local library and read the entire book to see if my opinion is vindicated or not, or would this be enough for you to make a value judgement on the readability of the novel?