# What movie(s) do you wish you had your time back for having seen? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437 "2007-03-18T16:09:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19b73/32.png) [@Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/21 "2007-03-18T18:14:56Z")
_Any Given Sunday_ _Strange Days_ - I can’t even remember why I hated this one, but I know I did… _The Original Kings of Comedy_ - I hate stand-up comedians, why did I rent a movie about them?? _Kingdom of Heaven_ Hated, hated, hated all of these. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/22 "2007-03-18T18:16:18Z")
I fell asleep in the theater during Backdraft. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/23 "2007-03-18T18:18:13Z")
[QUOTE=Least Original User Name Ever] I fell asleep in the theater during Backdraft. [/QUOTE] I would therefore propose that you got some of your time back. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/24 "2007-03-18T18:18:18Z")
Anchorman - The Legend of Ron Burgundy. What a stinkeroo. ---
**Author:** ![sinjin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@sinjin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sinjin)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/25 "2007-03-18T18:22:32Z")
_Dances with Eternity_, oh wait I meant _Dances with Wolves_. It went on and on and on. blech ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/26 "2007-03-18T18:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] _ **Magnolia** _ [/QUOTE] I’ll second that, and add **The New World**. ---
**Author:** ![shamrock227](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@shamrock227](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shamrock227)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/27 "2007-03-18T18:23:53Z")
There is only one movie I disliked so much that I considered it a waste of my time. _The Piano_. I cannot express how much I hated that film. I am a fan of Sam Neill, but even he could not save this movie for me. Not to say this is the only movie I have ever disliked. It’s just that I don’t usually consider any movie a waste of my time. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/28 "2007-03-18T18:29:57Z")
[QUOTE=Fiver] _Signs,_ _Eraserhead,_ and _Phenomenon_ spring first to my mind. [/QUOTE] Yeah, I forgot about _Eraserhead_. If there was ever a WTF movie, that was it. ---
**Author:** ![Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e480ec/32.png) [@Least\_Original\_User\_Name\_Ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Least_Original_User_Name_Ever)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/29 "2007-03-18T18:44:47Z")
[QUOTE=Zeldar] I would therefore propose that you got some of your time back. 😃 [/QUOTE] I need all of it back! My time! My precious! ---
**Author:** ![SylverOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c0e974/32.png) [@SylverOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SylverOne)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/30 "2007-03-18T18:55:24Z")
[QUOTE=vivalostwages] I’ll second that, and add **The New World**. [/QUOTE] Also, **Miami Vice** and **Alexander**. I don’t neccessarily mind Colin Farrell, but in the last couple of years its his movies that are responsible for the I.Q. points dribbling out of my ears. Blegh. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/31 "2007-03-18T19:06:51Z")
I could only stand the first 30 minutes or so of **Even Cowgirls Get the Blues** , but I wish I could get those 30 minutes back so I could have more fun with them sorting out my sock drawer or getting my teeth cleaned. ---
**Author:** ![Fiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e274bd/32.png) [@Fiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiver)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/32 "2007-03-18T19:35:54Z")
_Contact._ Idiotic execution of a wonderful premise, and at least an hour too long. Also, has dialogue that includes phrases like “profoundly impactful.” ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/33 "2007-03-18T19:46:18Z")
As usual in threads of this sort, I feel a bit embarrassed because I enjoyed most of the movies that people mention. I do wish I could retrieve the time that I spent watching _Dumb and Dumberer: When Harry Met Lloyd_. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/34 "2007-03-18T20:02:00Z")
I’m like Hogwash, I don’t walk out of films no matter how bad. I don’t turn off dvd’s I rented, no matter how bad and although I may not like some films I usually don’t say “oh my god! that was horrible, I want those hours back!” … except for **Alexander**. The prettiness of Colin Ferrell and Jared Leto was not enough to help that stinker. The naked boobies scene was not enough for my boyfriend to like it either. We both had the same opinion about wanting our time back. There was one dvd movie I did walk away from that my boyfriend brought over It was called **Winter’s Passing**. I watched for a little bit despite being bored. I just can’t stand characters that are that kind of angsty and it got worse until I just couldn’t stand to watch this person’s “story” anymore. I saw no way that character could ever be redeemed to my eyes. There was a certain scene where I finally got up and walked away from the movie. I think it was unnecessary and it took me out of the film, I was done with it. My boyfriend watched the rest of it but he fell asleep near the end and he said it didn’t get any better. I defintely wanted the time I wasted on that movie back and the memory of it erased from my mind. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/35 "2007-03-18T20:06:47Z")
[QUOTE=Wile E] I’m like Hogwash, I don’t walk out of films no matter how bad. I don’t turn off dvd’s I rented, no matter how bad and although I may not like some films I usually don’t say “oh my god! that was horrible, I want those hours back!” … except for **Alexander**. The prettiness of Colin Ferrell and Jared Leto was not enough to help that stinker. The naked boobies scene was not enough for my boyfriend to like it either. We both had the same opinion about wanting our time back. There was one dvd movie I did walk away from that my boyfriend brought over It was called **Winter’s Passing**. I watched for a little bit despite being bored. I just can’t stand characters that are that kind of angsty and it got worse until I just couldn’t stand to watch this person’s “story” anymore. I saw no way that character could ever be redeemed to my eyes. There was a certain scene where I finally got up and walked away from the movie. I think it was unnecessary and it took me out of the film, I was done with it. My boyfriend watched the rest of it but he fell asleep near the end and he said it didn’t get any better. I defintely wanted the time I wasted on that movie back and the memory of it erased from my mind. [/QUOTE] I agree on both counts here. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Hildo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@Johnny\_Hildo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Hildo)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/36 "2007-03-18T20:12:01Z")
Can you name a movie more boring than _The Russia House_? Betcha can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/37 "2007-03-18T20:18:19Z")
There are only four movies I have ever walked out on after watching about 30 minutes of each: Dune, Dick Tracy, The Big Lebowski, and the Charlies’ Angels remake. The first two were just too boring, the third was too crude, and the last too much of a travesty of the original TV show. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/38 "2007-03-18T20:19:05Z")
_Lucky # Slevin_. Utter dreck. ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/39 "2007-03-18T20:52:51Z")
**Under the Sand**. Bury me. Under the sand. Now. ---
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437/40 "2007-03-18T21:01:51Z")
Third for _Alexander_. I cannot remember any part of that movie I enjoyed. Thank God my parents were paying for the tickets, otherwise I’d be out 7 dollars AND 3 hours of my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-do-you-wish-you-had-your-time-back-for-having-seen/396437.md?page=3)