I'm not sure, but this may be the first official "topic spinoff."

The Battelfield Earth posting prompted me to ask the learned and discerning members of the board if they've ever experienced a movie so awful that they walked out?

Not a video where you hit the "stop" button, but in a theatre where you purchased a ticket and were so nauseated that you had to leave.

Only three times for me.

Phantoms
The Ringer
Dreamcatcher

Showgirls- I'm not sure it counts though, me and my date got up to leave in disgust when Liz Berkeley shows how much she learned from the previous 2 hours by jumping in a truck again with a stranger, as we were walking to the exit the movie abruptly ended.

Even Gina Gershon naked couldn't save that one.

I came very close three times to walking out, when watching The Lord of the Rings-The Fellowship of the Rings. I was so shocked and discussed, how how they changed the movie, compaired to the book.

I walked out of "Doctor Detroit" and never looked back.

1985 King Solomon's Mines". Not actually hatefull, but a truly pathetic Indiana Jones rip-off that manages to be an unintentional parody. Saw it on a Friday night with only me and my friend in the theater. Too much MST3K type fun to leave. :thumbsup:

Bette Midler movie;;;;;;;;;;;;;"Beaches"
OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:freak: :freak: :freak: :freak: :freak: :freak: :freak:

Twice.

Battlefield Earth

and

Howard the Duck <shudder>

I was a movie theater usher during high school.

People only ever walked out of "The Way We Were". Guys of course. Without dates.

Not sure what the worst movie was at that time, probably "Neither the Sea nor the Sand" which was also a love story but involved necrophilia. Maybe no one walked out because no one went to see it.

Me, I'll sit through anything after paying too much money. Turning off the TV is much easier. Can't remember what I've done that for. Obviously "BE" didn't trigger the off button but I was trying to figure out what all the fuss was about.

I've never walked out on any movie. I have fallen asleep though. The last movie that put me to sleep at a theater was Batman and Robin. I missed at least 1/3 of it. I gave it a second chance when it came out on DVD. Unfortunately, I fell asleep again---this time on my sofa. I've yet to give it a third try. The other two movies that I recommend for curing insomnia are Out of Africa and The Grand Canyon. Each of those movies amazed me for the simple fact that they seemed to go on FOREVER!!! I don't believe the timings on the DVDs are accurate. I seem to remember each one must have lasted at least 4 hours!!! If the title hadn't already been taken, Batman and Robin should have been entitled Batman Forever!!!

Many walkouts from many movies. I'm not willing to waste my time after I wasted my money.

Putting me to sleep, Peter Jackson's King Kong. I won't even buy the DVD.

In the "Would Have Walked Out If I Hadn't Fallen Asleep" category: the original Russian version of Solaris. Words like "tedium," "ennui" and "watching paint dry" don't begin to describe this overblown talkfest. The only thing I can say for the American remake with George Clooney is that it's mercifully an hour shorter.

In the "Would Have Walked Out If I Hadn't Fallen Asleep" category: the original Russian version of Solaris. Words like "tedium," "ennui" and "watching paint dry" don't begin to describe this overblown talkfest. The only thing I can say for the American remake with George Clooney is that it's mercifully an hour shorter.

Ditto. I fell asleep during the original Solaris at a midnight movie back in the 80's, I thought I'd give it another chance when Criterion released the DVD. I fell asleep on the couch the first time I watched it, it took two other attempts before I made it all the way thru.

I suspect many of the writers of 70's & 80's movie books were fudging it when they were calling it "a lost classic" and "a science fiction film for smart people" and had never seen the damn thing, which used to happen a lot before VCR's and DVD.

Can't think of any, really. Turned many off TV, but I don't think I ever walked out of a theater.

Showgirls - not even Bobbie Phillips naked saved that one!
But I watched it all the way thru. Never again, though!

Last summer's Brothers Grimm movie.

- GJS

In the 1970's, my ex-wife and I went to a drive-in to watch a movie and
after 20 minutes we got a refund and left the theater.
This is the only movie I have ever walked out on.
We didn't even bother to stay for the 'parking' benefits.
This is the movie :
Kansas City Bomber (1972)
Starring: Raquel Welch, Kevin McCarthy Director: Jerrold Freedman

A movie I wanted to leave but could not was the new musical version of
Phantom Of The Opera. I couldn't wait for it to finish and I wish my wife
had let me leave. I would have walked out on that
one if my wife and friends had let me.

Sophie's Choice.
It gave me a headache while watching it.
I still have no idea what it was about.

Many walkouts from many movies. I'm not willing to waste my time after I wasted my money.

Ditto. As the old saying goes, "Life's too short". :o

Showgirls...Even Gina Gershon naked couldn't save that one.Maybe not, but it sure made it easier to tolerate! :p

I can only remember walking out on two films in my life. The second one was Gung Ho with Michael Keaton. My buddy leaned over after about an hour and asked, "Have you laughed yet?" I said, "Nope." He said, "Okay then, we're outta here."

I'm gonna hafta duck after I announce the first one, cuz it has a rather large following. I know people that absolutely love this film to this day, and I just don't get it. Stupid plot, terrible acting, silly costumes--easily one of the worst films I've ever seen. My wife and I (fiancee, at the time) walked out after about 45 minutes. The film was Mad Max.

*ducking*

Never walked out on a film because it sucked too badly. Almost have a couple of times, but not yet. Had I not been Deployed and in The Desert, I'd have prolly walked out on "Star Trek: Nemesis", tho. I'm a hard-core Trek fan and I still can't make myself watch that again. I kept hoping that it would get better or at least have an ending that redeemed the rest of the movie, but it just never came! :rolleyes:

Oh yeah, took the kidletts to see "Prince of Egypt" at the dollar movies.

About half an hour into it we looked at each other. I said, "Wanna leave?"

We all got up without hesitating. Maybe cause we only paid $3.00

It's funny, I know I've walked out of plenty of movies in my day but I can only recall a couple of them: THE X FILES, RED DRAGON, and DAREDEVIL.

I'm pretty sure I bailed on THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES about half way through, but I might have just fallen asleep.

The thing about bad movies, they're usually pretty forgetable -- except of course for the truly dreadful ones like DR. DETROIT, SPIES LIKE US and I LOVE TROUBLE. Movies like those leave psychic wounds that never heal.

. Movies like those leave psychic wounds that never heal.
So uh.....................
what are you trying ta say? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm? :p

I walk out of a lot of movies. After they're over.

Huzz

I can only remember walking out on two films in my life. The second one was Gung Ho with Michael Keaton. My buddy leaned over after about an hour and asked, "Have you laughed yet?" I said, "Nope." He said, "Okay then, we're outta here."I enjoyed that movie. Okay, it wasn't rolling-on-the-floor funny, but the clash-of-cultures storyline certainly gave me a few chuckles. And wasn't Gedde Watanabe so cute you could just eat him up?

Mr. Sakamoto: "I like you. You make me laugh."

I have "Mad Max" on DVD, one of my all time Favs. Made the wife and sonn watched it, they thought it was one of the worst movies ever, go figure!

Didn't walk out of but should have - Blair Witch Project. I kept thinking it had tyo get better - it didn't. While we didn't walk out on the movie, to get back at the multiplex showing it we walked out of "Blair Witch" and right over to the next showing of The Sixth Sense.

I would have walked out of "Bewitched" but my wife and daughter needed a ride home.

I would have walked out of "Bewitched" but my wife and daughter needed a ride home.

They didn't bring their brooms?

- GJS :wave:

I'll rent 'em nowdays. If they suck, I hit Eject and I'm done with 'em. I Borrow more from some friends and Eject those too if they suck. The movie theatres cost too much, and the food does, and the gas to get there does, and the time wasted does. (think "Daddy Daycare" or "Bedazzled"(the remake, NOT the original)

Of course the remake of Bedazzled doesn't compare to the original, but I'll watch Liz Hurley pick her nose for 90 minutes!

Haven't walked out, but there have been several DVDs that we popped out mid-way and returned to Netflix.

José

In the 1970's, my ex-wife and I went to a drive-in to watch a movie and
after 20 minutes we got a refund and left the theater.
This is the only movie I have ever walked out on...
.

Bruce - didn't you feel foolish when you had to go back in to get the car? :D

"Backdraft". Horrible! Of course me and my firend were pretty drunk too tho.

(Ron Howard movies still bug me. "A Beautiful Mind" a noted exception.)

What I didn't realize at the time was the shape of movies to come. I just don't go unless I'm real interested and have a good feeling about it, usually based on the crtical response I read. I can spot a stinker a mile away now, even though it might be something that many people actually like. Mainstream multi-plexer movies are almost always to be avoided.

Must....stay....out .....of...the....theater.........

I have only walked out of one movie in my life...some Richard Gere flick (with some hot babe) that was back in the early 80's. I can't remember the name, but even seeing her naked couldn't keep me there...and I was just a teenager back then!!!

It just came to me, the movie was "Breathless"(should have been called "Brainless")...the actress was Valérie Kaprisky...

I ALMOST walked out of Star Trek V...I kept thinking "it will get better, it will get better"...but it never did. I have learned to appreciate it a little bit more since then, even have the dvd...but that was mostly because I wanted to collect all the Trek films.

Yeah, all and all, I have sat through some pretty terrible movies in my lifetime...

Yeah, the remake of "Breathless" was pretty bad. Gere hit a new peak of preening in that one. Valerie Kaprisky is memorable though. Just not as an actress.

Yeah, the remake of "Breathless" was pretty bad. Gere hit a new peak of preening in that one. Valerie Kaprisky is memorable though. Just not as an actress.

She had some amazing talents, two as I recall.

Breathless is another movie that never should have been remade.

1985 King Solomon's Mines". Not actually hatefull, but a truly pathetic Indiana Jones rip-off that manages to be an unintentional parody. Saw it on a Friday night with only me and my friend in the theater. Too much MST3K type fun to leave. :thumbsup:


Well it did have a younger Hotter Sharon Stone!


John/Lonfan

Okay I was a Projectionist at a theater in Richmond Va. when Charlie Bronson came out with "Death Wish 4:The Crackdown" I wished I coulda walked! lol But the day after this "masterpiece" Premired the Manager allowed me to run the Film but to leave the Bulb off (Cause the Theater was empty and the bulb is a Very expensive piece of equipment But because of somekind of Contractual deal the Theater MUST play the Film X amount of times per Evening even if there is No audience,Hence I played this stink bomb only once With the bulb on! lol) Meanwhile we did walk out on this Cathy Bates movie "Delores Clairborne" UGHHHH! and I walked out and Threw up (seriously) on Bram Stoker's Dracula with Gary Oldman But I must admitt that was partially cause I drank too much of this really nasty Sangria lol I've since watched this Drac on TV and it wasn't bad.

John/Lonfan