# What movies have you actually walked out of? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 15, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900 "2014-01-15T19:39:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![zombywoof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/9e8a1a/32.png) [@zombywoof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zombywoof)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/61 "2014-01-16T02:46:40Z")
“Beasts of the Southern Wild” - not because I wasn’t enjoying it, but because the shaky camera work was making me nauseated (full disclosure - I was a little hung over). ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/62 "2014-01-16T02:47:05Z")
I left somewhere in the middle of _Fatal Attraction_, and I actually haven’t been to very many movies in theaters since then. I think that’s when I realized that most mass-release movies no longer have writers, so they don’t have much to appeal to me. ---
**Author:** ![zoog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7ea924/32.png) [@zoog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/63 "2014-01-16T02:57:58Z")
Never walked out of a theater that I can recall. I’ve given up on scores of movies on tape and DVD over the years. I wanted to walk out of Cloverfield, but I was there with my wife and I thought that she was enjoying it. After the movie was over she told me that she hated it and wanted to leave, but thought I wanted to stay. Got to do better with that communication… ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/64 "2014-01-16T03:53:09Z")
I walked out on The 13th Floor. It’s actually not a terrible movie… but it’s goddamn slow. I was with so friends, and it was really late, so I hung out with some people in the lobby and chatted with the popcorn girl. Then after a while I went back into the theater and sat down again. Despite having missed a good 20 minutes, I found there was nothing actually missing from the story as far as I could tell. Basically, good idea, but it amounted to The Matrix as done by an episode of the Twilight Zone. It had material for 30 minutes of footage, but stretched out to 80 minutes of screentime. Incredibly tedious to sit through. ---
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/65 "2014-01-16T04:00:25Z")
Very rarely. At home, during college, I walked out of my roommates’ showing of **The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover** , because the Thief reminded me too much of my ex-girlfriend’s abusive father and I was getting freaked out. Around the same time, a friend and I went to see **Wax, Or The Invention of Television Among the Bees** , which is still the worst movie I’ve ever seen. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/66 "2014-01-16T04:33:58Z")
I’ve walked out of “What About Bob” and “Wild At Heart” because I found both movies offensive and disturbing. Asked for my money back both times, too, but didn’t get it. :rolleyes: I also left “Turtle Diary” about a half-hour in because I started having tummy trouble. I finally saw it on video about 10 years later, and loved it. There have been a number of videos and DVDs I’ve shut off after a few minutes, usually because it was boring. The ones that immediately come to mind are “The Aristocrats” and “Blue Like Jazz”, and I couldn’t watch “Moog” because the subject of that documentary was so incredibly boring. ---
**Author:** ![Lydia\_Phalfav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a6a055/32.png) [@Lydia\_Phalfav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lydia_Phalfav)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/67 "2014-01-16T05:10:41Z")
I’ve never walked out of a movie, but I wanted to very badly on Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back. I enjoyed Clerks & Chasing Amy when I was younger, but this was a steaming turd. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/68 "2014-01-16T05:30:02Z")
Oh, I forgot the other one I walked out on: _Beyond the Mat_. I lasted until almost the end, but got freaked out/sad/depressed watching Mick Foley’s kids (who were too little to know it was all fake) watching their dad getting the bloody crap beaten out of him. I had to go wait in the lobby for the spouse, who wanted to see the rest (it was only about 15 more minutes so I didn’t mind). ---
**Author:** ![woodstockbirdybird](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/woodstockbirdybird/32/7905_2.png) [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/69 "2014-01-16T05:56:13Z")
I’ve only walked out of two movies in the theaters: [Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092534/), which was too terrible even for a 16-year-old me, and [Romance](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194314/?ref_=nv_sr_4), which was a mix of the worst of pretentious French cinema and the most un-erotic porno ever. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/70 "2014-01-16T06:18:28Z")
Never walked out. I wanted to walk out of _Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones_, particularly during the “romance dialogue” when they got to that bit about sand being itchy or something, but I was there with my dad and my brother and they looked like they were having a good time so I didn’t want to spoil it. Found out afterward that they hated it, too. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/71 "2014-01-16T06:31:29Z")
I’ve never walked out of a movie in a theater – I’m one of those “I’m going to get my money’s worth, dammit” people – but there was one that I should have walked out on: _Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video_. As this unfunny, excruciating thing dragged on and on, I was aware of people around me getting up and heading for the exits. I stuck it out, thinking it had to get better. When it finally ended and the lights came up, I was alone in the theater. ---
**Author:** ![gone2thedogs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c67d28/32.png) [@gone2thedogs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gone2thedogs)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/72 "2014-01-16T06:53:52Z")
A clockwork orange. couldn’t deal with it. Urban Cowboy, can’t believe no one has mentioned that, or was I the only one stupid enough to see it? When they panned to the saddle during the sex scene we all started laughing and just got up and left. Truly a terrible movie. ---
**Author:** ![Cornholia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@Cornholia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornholia)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/73 "2014-01-16T06:55:53Z")
I walked out of Fool’s Gold at the theater within the first 15 minutes because the plot premise was insipid and Matthew McConaughey is a smug shirtless bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/74 "2014-01-16T07:18:19Z")
_The Good Son_. It was just dumb, awful. _Lord of the Rings_. Since my husband only watches about one movie a year just to please me, after about the 12th great trek, great battle, great epic something I said, “I’m sorry. This sucks balls. Let’s go.” ---
**Author:** ![leahcim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b4bc9f/32.png) [@leahcim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leahcim)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/75 "2014-01-16T11:36:05Z")
**Couples Retreat** , around the “you’re not seriously going to have Vince Vaughn try to convince the masseuse to give him a handie” scene. ---
**Author:** ![Donegal\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Donegal\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donegal_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/76 "2014-01-16T13:31:44Z")
Wagons East is one of the worst I have ever seen. John Candy’s last movie so I wanted to like it, but my girlfriend turned to me and said is it me or is this just bad. We left. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/77 "2014-01-16T13:51:07Z")
Righteous Kill, with Al Pacino and Robert DeNiro. It was my birthday, too. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/78 "2014-01-16T14:05:39Z")
Inspector Gadget ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/79 "2014-01-16T14:05:46Z")
Back in college a friend of mine took me to see “Punchline” (Tom Hanks, Sally Field) for my birthday. You would think a movie about stand-up comedy would be funny, right? The only reason we didn’t walk out was because we kept hoping it would get funnier. Nope, never did. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/80 "2014-01-16T14:41:59Z")
_The Mummy_ with Brandon Frasier. Was boring and I had better things to do. _Knocked Up_. Found the characters repellent, felt so sorry for the baby that I didn’t want to see it be born to such horrible people. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900.md?page=5)