It's been decades, but Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life." Odd, because I love most everything Monty Python/John Cleese, but I just couldn't get past what seemed like gratuitous grossness. The vomiting scene was the final straw.
It's been decades, but Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life." Odd, because I love most everything Monty Python/John Cleese, but I just couldn't get past what seemed like gratuitous grossness. The vomiting scene was the final straw.
Pulp Fiction - what a waste of time
Saw Schindler's List when it came out and was initially quite impressed then as the years went by grew to dislike it for the very reasons you cite. I think The Lighthouse was the movie that "woke" me to artificially constructed art house type movies, they are pretty good at conning people into thinking they are great productions.
As a teen I nearly walked out of “To Wong Foo” because it wasn’t cool to be gay back then. I can’t remember why my friends and I chose the movie. I don’t think I’ve seen it since. It’s probably not that bad.
Meaning of Life was a real departure for Monty Python, it actually states in the film that they had to do something outrageous because, “You bloody Americans are so hooked on video, that otherwise we couldn’t get you off your @sses to come to the theater!”
Walt Disney wrote:
My Dad and I walked out of Fantasia when I was about five years old.
+1
Interesting, I vehemently disagree with some: really liked Once Upon a Time, and thought it was even better because it does stray from some of QT's more ridiculous/goofy/over the top tropes, although the pool scene with Leo is a classic.
Couldn't agree more with The Big Lebowski -- as some on this board would say, drivel.
Loved the Thin Red Line, but I could see how some may not.
To answer the question at hand: The Irishman. I wanted to walk out 45 minutes into it, especially knowing there were another 2.5 hours to go. Didn't because I was there with some people.
My friend and I waked out of the theater before the end of Raising Arizona. We saw it mid-week in the summer when theater showed movies for $1. We felt for us it was not worth $1. I have since learned that I am not a fan of any Coen films.
I have recently realized there are other Nicolas Cage movies that I cannot finish. I could not get through The Humanity Bureau while streaming on Netflix. I objected to the script and acting in this one.
the Truthh wrote:
Arrival
This for sure. It was the slowest Sci Fi movie ever. The plot was total garbage. If I had been alone I would have walked out, instead just napped through part of the second half. Everyone I was with hated it and we couldn't believe the overwhelmingly positive reviews.
About 10 years ago I decided to watch every Best Picture Oscar winner, and the one movie I couldn't get through was "The Deer Hunter." It screams of director being infatuated with himself. It could have been cut to half the length.
Most recently, "The Irishman" is up there. I watched it on Amazon Prime, and the first night fell asleep about an hour in. The next night I went to finish, and realized I wasn't even halfway through. I kept going, but was not really interested in any of it. The guys in the movie were too old for most of the movie (the flashbacks).
Every single super hero movie or derivative is up there as well. Cannot stand the over the top CGI or even the thought of "heros" having to dress up like it's Halloween. I can't even make it through a trailer for one of those movies. Jokes on me though, Marvel and company have made billions upon billions and I am just a guy posting on LetsRun.
What's been your favorite Oscar so far? Any you'd recommend?
I walked out on Tom Hank's "The Money Pit" and got my money back. I thought the acting was over the top and asinine. One that I really wanted to walk out on but didn't was Bill Murray's "Scrooged," It sucked in the theater big time for me but has fared better on the small screen in a couple subsequent viewings.
He ripped off artists by filming in black and white ? So did he rip off everything on television before color tv was invented ??
Howard the Duck. To be fair, I went based on one glowing review from the local paper. I've since met people who liked it a lot, but it just wasn't for me.
I watched The Master at home, and did not walk out of my house, but did turn the television off prior to finishing.
The Irishman was an extraordinary film. I saw it as a touching 'goodbye' to the gangster genre. Long, distracting aging software, and slow-moving, but worth sitting through. I would recommend breaking it into thirds. Overall, heartbreaking and something that has stuck with me.
Once Upon a Time I'll need to re watch before making up my mind, but certain scenes (like the Manson family on the ranch) were as good as any I've ever seen.
watchmen wrote:
I walked out on Tom Hank's "The Money Pit" ...
Oh God, yes. I was looking through this thread thinking that all these movies have good and bad points, but "The Money Pit" deserves to be here. No redeeming value. At all.
I liked "Arrival." But I didn't go expecting it to be a typical 21st century sci-fi movie with rocket chases through outer space, like some of you apparently did.
I would have walked out of "Reservoir Dogs" and the remake of "Cape Fear" but I was dating someone who under no circumstances would walk out of anything, even if her head caught fire. I also completely despised "Pan's Labyrinth" and may be the only person who thinks "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was a complete bore.