# What movies have you walked out off/turned off? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 25, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236 "2007-12-25T23:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/1 "2007-12-25T23:17:26Z")
Saw a thread from 2004 on this and now that we’re nearly four years later thought there might be some other good contenders in there to discuss. I walked out of **Red Dragon** because the friend I was seeing it with was freaking out. I’m not sure that I missed much, from what I heard. I turned off **Legally Blonde 2** - I’m a huge Reese Witherspoon fan but someone must have held her family hostage to get her to make that film it was so bad. I recently turned off the remake of **the Producers** , partly because it was shit and partly because it was making a mockery of the original. Matthew Broderick isn’t someone whose ever going to win an Oscar but he looked like he was reading instructions of the back of a fire extinguisher in that. I happily settled down to watch **The Good Sheppard** with Matt Damon and realised too late that I’d rented the film with the same name starring Christian Slater. Needless to say the power button was pushed fairly quickly. Sadly when I did get the right version of the film I turned that off too because it was dull. I lasted ten minutes into **Existenz** , which no amount of good looking Jude Law could save. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/2 "2007-12-25T23:44:26Z")
None really, I’m not that jaded. I always sit through and give the movie its fair chance, suckfest or not. If I don’t think I will like I just don’t see it in the first place. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/3 "2007-12-26T00:23:11Z")
Ishtar…couldn’t take it. ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/4 "2007-12-26T00:36:32Z")
**Dreamgirls**. Don’t believe the hype. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/5 "2007-12-26T00:36:37Z")
I’ve never walked out of a film at a cinema. Tell a lie. There was some Italian thing where I left between reels. I think that encapsulates it. I’ve never got through any James Bond film. There’s many I’ve fallen asleep through, either on a sofa, mostly thanks to a Bond-obsessed housemate, or on long coach trips (even when I’ve supposedly been in charge of what films are shown). ---
**Author:** ![Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8edcca/32.png) [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superfluous_Parentheses)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/6 "2007-12-26T00:42:52Z")
In the cinema, if falling asleep counts: LA Confidential. Seen it again later when I wasn’t [del]pished[/del] very tired. It wasn’t bad, but still not great. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/7 "2007-12-26T01:03:03Z")
I wish fervently that I could have walked out of Leaving Las Vegas, but I was with my dad and stepmother. I found out afterward that my stepmother also really wanted to walk out. Dad seemed to like it fine. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/8 "2007-12-26T01:08:34Z")
Walked out because it was boring- Apollo 13- I could sit throught My Dinner with Andre but couldn’t make it through this snoozefest. Walked out because the cheesy cinematography, stupid editing, pointless close-ups, etc. were too offputting- Any Given Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/9 "2007-12-26T01:20:17Z")
The only movies I’ve ever walked out of in the theater were Spice World (after staying almost to the end to make fun of it) and Bruce Almighty (I found the message intolerable). ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/10 "2007-12-26T01:21:44Z")
_The Thin Red Line._ I was excited to see it too, but damn that thing was long and plodding. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/11 "2007-12-26T01:50:15Z")
I’ve never walked out of a cinema (I don’t go that often, so I tend to see films there that I can at least tolerate). I watch a lot of rubbish - I have a high tolerance for it. Three films I’ve turned off, though, are _Meteor_ (twice - we’re talking something that makes _Armageddon_ look like _2001_ here), _Dick Tracy_, and _Anger Management_. Make of that what you will. ---
**Author:** ![Malodorous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47774/32.png) [@Malodorous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malodorous)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/12 "2007-12-26T02:03:23Z")
I almost never quit in the middle of movies. Really the only case I can think of where I just gave up and turned the DVD player off was **Alexander** Not sure why that one in particular bored me so much. I usually like even really bad historically based films, but that one killed me. ---
**Author:** ![1010011010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/ea666f/32.png) [@1010011010](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/1010011010)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/13 "2007-12-26T02:14:45Z")
_Gone With The Wind_. During intermission. I’m convinced the only reason that movie was popular was because it was in color. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/14 "2007-12-26T02:27:05Z")
I very rarely go to movies in the theater, so when I do, it’s a film I REALLY want to see. The last movie I started watching at home and turned off was The Family Stone. Awful. ---
**Author:** ![RikWriter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/49beb7/32.png) [@RikWriter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RikWriter)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/15 "2007-12-26T02:32:02Z")
Walked out of: Hear No Evil with DB Sweeney and Marlee Maitlin Mixed Nuts with Steve Martin Robin Hood: Men in Tights ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/16 "2007-12-26T03:20:42Z")
I walked out of \*\*Knocked Up \*\* this summer. Never once cracked a smile (and I really like Judd Apatow’s work.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/17 "2007-12-26T03:51:00Z")
I went through a Steve Martin phase on Netflix a few months back. I like Steve Martin a lot, but **The Lonely Guy** was more than I could take. Shut it off about thirty minutes in. Just… lame. Painfully lame. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/18 "2007-12-26T03:58:54Z")
**Borat** was the first movie where I thought “You know, this is from Netflix and isn’t actually costing me anything extra except time” and shut it off around the halfway point. It felt liberating. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/19 "2007-12-26T04:04:42Z")
I take it back, that Bloodrayne was more than I could handle. I actually wanted to watch [Ultraviolet](http://imdb.com/title/tt0370032/) but got the movies confused. ---
**Author:** ![cookeze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@cookeze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cookeze)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2007, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236/20 "2007-12-26T04:05:26Z")
The Pink Panther with Steve Martin. In 15 minutes it made my teeth hurt and my eyes cross. God, it was painful to watch. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movies-have-you-walked-out-off-turned-off/431236.md?page=2)