# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/101 "2014-01-16T19:55:33Z")
Never walked out of a movie in the theater because I don’t really like theaters and any time I would walk into one then I’ve thoroughly researched the movie. I’ve rented/bought a few DVDs that I just couldn’t finish. The most prominent was “Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon”. I just could not keep the characters straight and was confused over who the good guys and bad guys were. Then they started doing that silly-ass-running-on-trees-walls-roof crap and I hit the button on the remote and bailed out. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/102 "2014-01-16T20:10:46Z")
**Pink Flamingos**. I had no intention of seeing it in the first place, but I was tricked into it by a mischievous girlfriend. We had come to see **Quadrophenia** , but she then announced that we were staying for the midnight show of PF. ---
**Author:** ![Osiris\_the\_1st](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9de0a6/32.png) [@Osiris\_the\_1st](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Osiris_the_1st)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/103 "2014-01-16T20:42:30Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > I walked out on _Back to the Future._ 'Nuff sed. No, I think this requires some explanation. Why did you walk out on _Back to the Future_? When my wife and I were dating we Walked out on _John Carpenter’s Vampires_. Just terrible, we left when whatever Baldwin brother was co-starring started slapping the girl who he was supposed to be helping rescue around. It’s a real shame, because the book was so fun and seemed readymade to become a film. The only thing they kept was the main character’s name and profession. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/104 "2014-01-16T20:47:11Z")
Only three, in chronological order: Mystery Train: The woman I was with at the time went kind of nuts (unrelated to film). I insisted we leave, just to avoid further embarrassment. Really pissed me off, too, because I was just becoming aware of Jarmusch and was looking forward to seeing the film. Haven’t had a chance to see it since. True Romance: Girlfriend (different one) found some of the violent scenes to be too much and we left at her request. I suppose that scored me some points with her. A documentary on Ayurveda. I thought it was supposed to be a Van Damme film. Just kidding. Went to see it on my own and ended up doing the self-righteous march out of the theater because one of the people being interviewed, an elderly practitioner, seemed to display a complete lack of humility. I dunno, maybe I overreacted, but something really rubbed me the wrong way (so to speak). ---
**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, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/105 "2014-01-16T20:58:18Z")
> [@tullsterx](#): > > Death Proof. . . course it was part of of the Grind House double feature with Planet Terror, so I was kinda tired of sitting there. But, when the girls in the diner are just talking and talking and talking about nothing and then I decided I hope they die, then I realized that they’re probably the protagonists. . . I walked out. Couldn’t take it anymore. You missed one of the greatest car chase sequences ever. Just FYI. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/106 "2014-01-16T21:31:48Z")
> [@jerez](#): > > Mystery Train: The woman I was with at the time went kind of nuts (unrelated to film). I insisted we leave, just to avoid further embarrassment. Really pissed me off, too, because I was just becoming aware of Jarmusch and was looking forward to seeing the film. Haven’t had a chance to see it since. Terrific movie. When I first got a DVD player, it was one of my first batch of purchases. ---
**Author:** ![Parenchyma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Parenchyma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Parenchyma)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2014, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/107 "2014-01-16T22:02:23Z")
> [@Scubaqueen](#): > > …The Thin Red Line was the other. The then-boyfriend and I lasted about a half hour and then bagged it. Sean Penn wasn’t the only reason we walked out. Oh, this one! I watched almost the whole thing, close to 3 hours of it, waiting, waiting for some pay-off, watching painfully slow scenes of soldiers moving through artistically rippling grass, then remembering home, with bedroom curtains also slowly and artistically fluttering in the breeze…until I couldn’t take it any more and left in a near-rage with just a few minutes left in the movie. I doubt I will ever watch a Terence Malick movie again. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/108 "2014-01-17T00:00:14Z")
> [@Osiris\_the\_1st](#): > > No, I think this requires some explanation. Why did you walk out on _Back to the Future_? > […] No? Thisshould say it all. ---
**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 17, 2014, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/109 "2014-01-17T00:06:58Z")
A server not found error? Doesn’t explain much, really. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/110 "2014-01-17T00:09:38Z")
try [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622395](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622395) ---
**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 17, 2014, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/111 "2014-01-17T00:27:51Z")
Oh, right. Sometimes I forget poster’s names and their…eccentric views. I will say if _Back to the Future_ pushes that many buttons for you, it’s probably for the best that you haven’t seen a movie in 30 years. ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/112 "2014-01-17T04:29:18Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > A server not found error? Doesn’t explain much, really. Were you not able to follow the link at all? ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/113 "2014-01-17T04:37:42Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > Were you not able to follow the link at all? Your link in that quote includes an errant " (quote) sign which breaks it - the corrected link is [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=622395)- ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/114 "2014-01-17T06:15:53Z")
Thanx 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/115 "2014-01-17T06:40:21Z")
> [@woodstockbirdybird](#): > > Oh, right. Sometimes I forget poster’s names and their…eccentric views. I will say if _Back to the Future_ pushes that many buttons for you, it’s probably for the best that you haven’t seen a movie in 30 years. Believe me–it went over with me like a lead balloon. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/116 "2014-01-17T07:40:04Z")
_Ishtar_. It was so long and boring and rambling it had an intermission I think, and we left. ---
**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 17, 2014, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/117 "2014-01-17T12:22:19Z")
> [@RikWriter](#): > > Hear No Evil, a really shitty crime thriller with DB Sweeny and Mixed Nuts, a Christmas comedy with Steve Martin. I couldn’t bring myself to sit through either one of them. > > Movies I WISHED I had walked out on that I was so bored I sat through anyway: > > Full Fathom Five with Michael Moriarty > Robin Hood: Men in Tights > Bowfinger > Revenge with Kevin Costner Oh man I had completely forgotten about Mixed Nuts. What a terrible movie. My wife and I didn’t walk out, but we both agreed later we should have. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/118 "2014-01-17T13:40:39Z")
**Emmanuelle** , the 1974 Sylvia Kristel soft porn film. The only movie I’ve walked out on for reasons othe than time or lack of interest. In my defense, it was a horribly butchered copy, with irrelevant parts of other movies tossed in. I have no idea where the print came from. ---
**Author:** ![crucible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@crucible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crucible)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/119 "2014-01-17T15:37:01Z")
I generally walk out of all of them. No bicycles or Segways allowed in the aisles. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900/120 "2014-01-17T16:22:05Z")
Only on Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, but that was because of a projection fault and they cancelled the movie. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-actually-walked-out-of/678900.md?page=7)