# What movie(s) have you walked out on? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 11, 2004, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803 "2004-03-11T23:45:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Glassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@Glassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glassy)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/41 "2004-03-12T04:19:08Z")
I’ve only walked out on one movie: **Cape Fear** , not the original but the remake with Robert DiNiro in it. Not because it was a bad movie, but the scene in which DiNiro rapes a woman, ripping part of her face of with his teeth really really upset me. I was outa there. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/42 "2004-03-12T04:38:29Z")
I once walked out on **All That Jazz** , but saw it on video a few years later and liked it fine. After sleeping through about half of **The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King** , I walked out. My wife walked out on **High Art**. I wanted to, but was with a friend who wanted to stay. A couple of weeks ago I nearly walked out on **The Dreamers** but stayed. Probably should have walked out. Who knew nubile naked French people could be so dull? ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/43 "2004-03-12T04:51:00Z")
Red something or other with Wesley Snipes and Sean Connery. But only because my then husband and I had had a bitter disagreement right as we entered the theater. I think we watched 10 minutes of it. Video that I made myself finish because of the hype was Mulholland Drive- what a waste. I was so angry for staying up as late as I did that I was ready to create a website dedicated to ripping that mess apart. Video that I just had to stop because it was inane was some movie called Sofa City- I just didn’t get it. ---
**Author:** ![Suzene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7cd45c/32.png) [@Suzene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suzene)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/44 "2004-03-12T06:48:50Z")
**Alien 3** ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/45 "2004-03-12T06:54:36Z")
> [@koeeoaddi](#): > > When Mr. 'addi and I plunk down $18 at the ticket window we usually stay till the credits finish rolling. I’m amazed at some of the crap we’ve sat all the way through: Godzilla, Armageddon and Sphere, for example (there should be an ennui smilie). > > Well, we’re getting old and time is precious, so lately we’re much more inclined to bolt. The last movie we bailed on, after an excruciating 45 minutes, was **The Matrix: Reloaded**. > > How about you? BUTTERFLY EFFECT As soon as I saw the dog… ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/46 "2004-03-12T06:59:58Z")
The only movie I ever walked on was _Eight-Legged Freaks_. The girl I was dating at the time was not enjoying it, and I was offended by what happened to a cat in the movie (I’m an uber-cat lover and hate to see bad things happen to cats). It was about 30 minutes into the movie that we decided to bail. From what I have heard from other people, I don’t think we missed much by not staying. ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/47 "2004-03-12T07:17:29Z")
The only one I’ve ever walked out on was **Armageddon** - but primarily because it was too long. In fact, we stayed almost up to the time when the Earth was saved (oh wait, maybe it wasn’t! Maybe there was a big twist I’ve never heard about …) but my friend and I were moving out that day, and needed to leave at a reasonable hour. So we ditched our other friends. Not that I didn’t hate that movie, however. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/48 "2004-03-12T08:25:29Z")
The only movie I’ve ever walked out on was some foreign language film – I didn’t know it was non-English until it started, and after ten minutes, my wife gave up with the subtitles, so we left. I’m sure it was a fine movie, though. The only movie I was _tempted_ to walk out on was **Star Trek V.** I didn’t, and that’s two hours of my life I won’t get back. ---
**Author:** ![Club\_33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@Club\_33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Club_33)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/49 "2004-03-12T09:28:17Z")
There are two times that I have been tempted to, although I never have actually walked out. A.I. - I thought this movie would never end, It started out ok and just kept going and going and going and… Geez, there were probably 5 places they could have ended it but didn’t. The Haunted Mansion: Once I realized that the movie wasn’t funny, wasn’t scary, and had no hint of an interesting plot, the yawns started. Man, I wish I had that time and my 8 dollars back. ---
**Author:** ![sajwalke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/edb3f5/32.png) [@sajwalke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sajwalke)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/50 "2004-03-12T11:21:20Z")
Once in lethal weapon 4. It wasn’t really the movie’s fault (although when I rented it I discovered that I didn’t miss much), but I was stuck up the fron with a disgusting stale popcorn smell and it was really loud (particularly the opening scene), so I felt sick and left. ---
**Author:** ![AllShookDown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d9b06d/32.png) [@AllShookDown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AllShookDown)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/51 "2004-03-12T11:45:02Z")
**Gung Ho** (1986) I wanted to walk out on **Airplane** but I was on a date and I was stuck. ---
**Author:** ![Bojangles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@Bojangles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bojangles)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/52 "2004-03-12T11:46:07Z")
For me it was Lethal Weapon III - I waited until 5 minutes before the end and then simply could not stand it any longer. ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/53 "2004-03-12T11:52:42Z")
I have never walked out of a movie of my own free will. It’s a rule of mine that $10 out of my wallet had better equal _something_. However, I have allowed myself to be dragged out of one movie, and that’s **Spiceworld**. I really wouldn’t have minded sitting through it. ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/54 "2004-03-12T13:46:33Z")
I could have sat through (and did) a lot of the movies you folks mentioned, but the only one I walked out of was **The Majestic**. I was dragged to go see **Episode One** and spent most of **The Mask Of Zorro** playing the arcade machine in the lobby, but **The Majestic** is the only one I walked out of. And I sat through **Freddy Got Fingered** on its opening day, for the record. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/55 "2004-03-12T13:55:53Z")
Emerald Forest. At the point where Powers Boothe says something like “Toe-may” (the kid’s name was Tommy and this new monicker was supposed to be the name some Indians had given him and Powers was out looking for him and had “no idea” that this could be the same kid) I decided this was not the movie to rob me of another minute of my life. Fortunately, Silverado was on at another screen and was just starting, so we moved to the other theater without making a fuss about it. Trouble is, I have liked 75% of Boothe’s performances. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/56 "2004-03-12T14:00:50Z")
[I walked out of Return of the King](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=230162)! ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/57 "2004-03-12T14:01:04Z")
_Spice World_, which I should never have gone to - no friends are worth that 😉 - and _Bruce Almighty_, which I enjoyed for a while, but I finally got tired of the way the title character was just getting mercilessly beat down for being annoyed at getting dealt a really shitty hand in life and questioning ‘god’s plan.’ ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/58 "2004-03-12T14:12:10Z")
American Werewolf In London (OK movie, we just got totally grossed out) Hannah And Her Sisters (totally bored) My mother dragged me to see something called, I think “The Last Married Couple In America” and then dragged me back out because she was offended by the language. Wish I’d walked out on “Stranger Than Paradise”. My friend and I were totally bored, but it had gotten great reviews, and other people in the theatre were laughing, so we stayed, hoping it would get funny. It never did. And Godfather II. I hadn’t seen the first one, and went to see the second one at the cheap theatre on-campus. It was 3.5 hours long. After 2 hours, there were numerous points where they could simply have rolled the credits - they simply could have ended the movie, and it would’ve felt like it didn’t leave anything hanging. It was torturous. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a87d85/32.png) [@The\_Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Griffin)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/59 "2004-03-12T14:17:38Z")
I wanted to walk out of Rollerball but was stuck with someone. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803/60 "2004-03-12T14:25:44Z")
I contemplated walking out of **Teen Wolf** , but at the time I was spending my own allowance on it, and the though of walking away from $5.00 was too much for me. The only movie I in fact walked out of was **The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover**. The reasons are sort of complicated. It’s not the kind of movie I usually like to begin with, and I was on a date with a guy (who turned out to be a complete jerk) who mentioned several times before the movie started that anyone who _didn’t_ like it was obviously a cultural ignoramus. That seemed like a challenge. I walked out after fifteen minutes. I was both grossed out and bored by the film at the same time. The next day I came down with a really nasty stomach virus, which might account for my overly grossed out reaction, if I was starting to get sick the day before. Mr. Del rented it a few years ago, I watched the first fifteen minutes again, and decided this was time that could be better spent cleaning out the closet. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-s-have-you-walked-out-on/233803.md?page=4)