Movie With The Highest Walk Out Rate?

[Libby]

My Dad and I were arguing about this in the car last night. I thought it was Pearl Harbour but didnt think so. Can someone please refresh my memory and set the record straight?
Thanks!

[moocher]

I don't think they keep statistics on such things but believe it or not, I saw many people walk out of Saving Private Ryan during the first half hour. No way of knowing the answer to your question me thinks.

[gr8fuldave]

When I went to see Matinee (John Goodman) most everyone in the theatre left at some point and never returned.

[moocher]

I also saw many (mostly teens) walk out of Hulk. My wife was begging for us to leave as well...

[j123vt_99]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[drjay]

Alexander

[Groucho]

Most walkouts I've personally ever seen was during Magnolia. Most of that occured during Tom Cruise's seminar.

[Joe Molotov]

Whatever movie that was that had the first Star Wars Episode I trailer was supposed to have massive walkouts afterwards.

[flixtime]

Most I've seen was during:

The Thin Red Line
Pulp Fiction

[FinkPish]

Whatever movie that was that had the first Star Wars Episode I trailer was supposed to have massive walkouts afterwards.
That was Wing Commander.

Quite a few people walked out of Solaris, unfortunately, at least in the theater I was in. I've personally walked out of Driven, about 45 minutes into it.

[Max Bottomtime]

Ishtar...and it was only shown on airplanes.

[Rival11]

I remember walking out of both Romeo and Juliet & Any Given Sunday and I also remember the mob of people leaving right behind my date and I as well.

[filmerp]

Whatever movie that was that had the first Star Wars Episode I trailer was supposed to have massive walkouts afterwards.

Both Wing Commander as well as Meet Joe Black. I saw it opening night-- fully half the auditorium stood up and left before the film began. Others may have left during the film itself.

Not me though. I know i'm in the minority, but I love that film.

[Shannon Nutt]

The two that I've seen the most in were THE HULK and (believe it or not) PULP FICTION. I saw PULP in Oklahoma though...so that may explain why it didn't play so well in mid-America. I was also the only one laughing in the theater - had one older couple tell me I was "sick" after the movie was over. :)

[Groucho]

The "Episode 1" teaser was also in front of The Waterboy, which is where I saw it. No walkouts that I noticed.

[Eddyhazkel]

The most that I have seen would be during Eyes Wide Shut.
I guess all ofl the teeny-boppers had gone in expecting a "romantic comedy" with Tom and Nicole, or something.

[Dr. DVD]

The most I think I have ever seen for one movie is Magnolia. Another one was [i]The Talented Mr. Ripley]/i], which was a good movie but didn't connect well with the smalltown audience with which I saw it on opening night.

[kenbuzz]

It's been over 20 years, but I've never seen nearly as many walkouts for a movie as I did "The Neighbors" I think 2/3rd of the audience bugged-out during the first 30 minutes. It's possible that everyone left, but I didn't hang around to find out either. The only movie other than that one with Jar Jar that I've ever walked out on.

[Lateralus]

Mystery Men. GAWD what an awful movie, lots of people left.

Also a group of Amish (men and women) left Kill Bill Volume 1, it was really funny watching them get up and leave.

[kenbuzz]

Also a group of Amish (men and women) left Kill Bill Volume 1, it was really funny watching them get up and leave.
What were the Amish doing in that movie anyway? Didn't they read the reviews on the internet or on TV?

PS - Other than (men and women), what other kind of Amish are there?

[Lateralus]

What were the Amish doing in that movie anyway? Didn't they read the reviews on the internet or on TV?

PS - Other than (men and women), what other kind of Amish are there?


Well I just wanted to point out that they were probably courting. :lol: Why they expected this movie not to contain any profanity or violence I have no idea, they walked out about 1/4 in to the way of the movie.

[troystiffler]

Kung Pow.

A good ten people when it started. Other than my friend and I, who lauged histarcally, there wasn't a snicker. By the end of the movie EVERYONE had left.

When I worked at the movie theater, Magnolia was well-known for having the highest walk-out rate. The majority was from old people who didn't expect Tom Cruise to be in such a role. Too bad for them. Magnolia is one of my all-time faves.

[Mondo Kane]

According to Jack Nicholson, there were over 20 walkouts in 2001:A Space Odyssey.

[DonnachaOne]

At the movie theater today, we had a lot of walkouts for Closer. Generally a lot of seniors who didn't expect such language out of that nice Julia Roberts.

[dcprules]

Quite a few people walked out of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind when I saw it. Also, when I went to see Solaris, it was packed to begin with but the theater slowly dwindled as the movie went on (maybe 3/4 of the theater still left).

[whaaat]

Most walkouts I've personally ever seen was during Magnolia. Most of that occured during Tom Cruise's seminar.
This also matches my experience. American Beauty had a bunch of walkouts, too.

[dcprules]

I can see how American Beauty would have quite a few walkouts, especailly with Spacey's opening scene. Not something one typically sees in the first three minutes of a movie.

[mike45]

I saw the original "Dawn Of The Dead" when it first came out. There were over two dozen walkouts. All the gore was something relatively new back then. Practically all the walkouts were couples. Back then, not a good date film.

I would not walkout on any film I paid money to see.

[Jericho]

I've never personally walked out, but the movie with the most walkouts that I've noticed was also The Thin Red Line (which I personally enjoyed)

[Rammsteinfan]

The most people I remember seeing walk out of a flim was South Park BLU, at least 10 couples or so walked out that I remember seeing ahead of me. I have only walked out of one movie in my life, despite how bad they were. Chicago. I could not take it, my eyes wanted to be stabbed out and my ears chopped off. I sat thru crap like Battlefield Eath and Eck Vs. Sever but Chicago was too much to take.

[Max Bottomtime]

The most people I remember seeing walk out of a flim was South Park BLU, at least 10 couples or so walked out that I remember seeing ahead of me. I have only walked out of one movie in my life, despite how bad they were. Chicago. I could not take it, my eyes wanted to be stabbed out and my ears chopped off. I sat thru crap like Battlefield Eath and Eck Vs. Sever but Chicago was too much to take.In much the same vein as the Amish situation, how could so many people go to see South Park BL&U and not expect the film to be what it was? Maybe they were expecting a Disney film because it was animation. :D

[eisenreich]

The only movie I've ever walked out on was Carrey's How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I probably would have walked out on The Perfect Storm, but fell asleep first.

[Canadian Bacon]

The most I saw was during Die Hard with a Vengience, some black people walked out when

McClane held up the sign that said "I hate NI**ERS"

actually those were drive offs since it was at a drive in theater, remember those? ;)

[LorenzoL]

Personally, I walked out on Mr. Wrong and Batman and Robin. This is from someone who stayed through the whole screening of Dude, where's my car?

[Geofferson]

Starship Troopers

A lot of parents walked out with their little kids because they thought it must have been a kids movie when it obviously was not.

[Kal-El]

I've never personally walked out, but the movie with the most walkouts that I've noticed was also The Thin Red Line (which I personally enjoyed)

Yep. Same here; I was one of them actually.

[honking]

When my wife and I checked out Closer Saturday night (which we loved), there were at least 1/3 of the theater that left during the strip club scene with Portman and Owen. Then as it went on, more and more slowly got up and left. I think it was a church group mostly. Must have been thinking it was a romantic comedy. Ha! I live in Springfield, Missouri by the way.

Matt

[Joe Molotov]

The most people I've ever noticed walk out of a movie was during Hero, but it was only like maybe 5 or 6 people. I don't know if people just don't walk out of movies around here, or if I just don't notice them. I've never personally walked out of a movie.

[DonnachaOne]

So I asked my manager about this: apparently, the most walkouts we ever had was during one of our monthly "silver dollar shows", generally for seniors, with tickets at $1 each. Generally they're "nice" films, like Shall We Dance.

Anyway, they kicked up a storm when someone programmed Me, Myself & Irene. Most of the 400 people walked out, screaming murder.

[Crocker Jarmen]

Whenever I rented any subtitled movie, my father would always tell me about being an usher when 8 1/2 was first released.

"In the newspaper it said this was the greatest movie ever!" he would reminese. "People would come in, watch it for five minutes, then get up and leave. There was never anyone left in the theater by the time it was over."

Then five minutesd into the movie I had rented, he would get up and go upstairs to watch a Cheers re-run or something.

[Chrisedge]

Natural Born Killers on opening day had the most I've seen. I did see a few during Team America on opening day too.

[ken_572002]

My Dad and I were arguing about this in the car last night. I thought it was Pearl Harbour but he didnt think so.

Yup, I'd agree with you. A lot of people (including me) left during that movie.

[majorjoe23]

A guy I work with went to see Irreversible opening night with three friends. There were 12 people in the theater, everyone but his group left. After the movie one of his friends said "Man, I wish we would have walked out" and my co-worker said "You were on the aisle! I was waiting for you to get up!"

The theater cancelled the rest of the showins for Irreversible for the week.

[mthiel]

I still regret not walking out of "Ulee's Gold"

[RevLiver]

Most walkouts I've personally ever seen was during Magnolia. Most of that occured during Tom Cruise's seminar.

Same here. I caught a Saturday matinee and several elderly women were complaining loudly that they lost all respect for Cruise after that scene. By the end of the film (which I love) there was only about 10% of the original audience left.

[Fok]

I saw a few people walk out of Show Girls. We nearly left during Solaris too.

[wordtoyamotha]

So I asked my manager about this: apparently, the most walkouts we ever had was during one of our monthly "silver dollar shows", generally for seniors, with tickets at $1 each. Generally they're "nice" films, like Shall We Dance.

Anyway, they kicked up a storm when someone programmed Me, Myself & Irene. Most of the 400 people walked out, screaming murder.

:lol: Good story

The most walkouts I've seen was during South Park: BLU. Ironically, it was one of the only movies I've seen more than once in the theater.

[Matthew Chmiel]

A female friend and I went and saw Solaris opening weekend. Prior to seeing it (as we were waiting for the theater workers to clean the theater), we had a (brief) conversation with one of the professors teaching religion at UNLV as she was just coming out of the movie. She said she highly enjoyed it and after I told her that I was a fan of the original novel and the Russian movie, she said I'd probably enjoy it as well.

Film started around 9:30pm. The entire theater was mostly sold out, a few empty seats here and there. By 10:00pm, people started walking out one by one (as I would start humming Queen's Another One Bites the Dust). By 10:30pm, half the theater was left. Fifteen minutes before the film's finale, a majority of the people in the theater get up and leave. All at once. My friend and I are shocked.

By time the credits start and the lights go on, twenty people are left in the theater. Prior to start of the film, there were at least two hundred people in there to begin with.

[printerati]

Natural Born Killers on opening day had the most I've seen.

Same here.

I've never walked out of a film, but Bad Girls almost pushed me over the edge. Everyone else in my party walked out of The Pillow Book, and they weren't too happy about waiting in the lobby for over an hour while I watched the rest of it.

I usually just drive myself to the theater these days. ;)

[CRM114]

The Thin Red Line? I don't get it. It was a fantastic movie!

I can't believe the quality movies that people claim to have walkouts. 2001? Eternal Sunshine...?

I thought this thread would present more crude or graphically violent films. For instance, the funniest thing I ever witnessed was during Sid and Nancy. Apparently, a lot of old people didn't bother reading any sort of synopsis before attending and left in droves. :D

I never walked out of a movie. What a waste of money. I try to only see sure things.

[CRM114]

Solaris wasn't that bad and it was relatively short if I remember. What's the problem?

[moocher]

Solaris wasn't that bad and it was relatively short if I remember. What's the problem?

Many found Solaris painfully boring...

[DonnachaOne]

The Thin Red Line? I don't get it. It was a fantastic movie!

I can't believe the quality movies that people claim to have walkouts. 2001? Eternal Sunshine...? I can't believe that you can't believe it. As a fan of 2001, you should well know that it's not for everyone; same with the other two flicks. All three you mentioned require a very patient viewer. Not everyone's a cineaste.

Also, advertising can mislead. Lots of people thought Eternal Sunshine was another silly Carrey film, and the huge cast of The Thin Red Line sold that film - even if George Clooney was in the final cut for only a few seconds!

Then again, maybe people just didn't like it. I like 2001 and Eternal..., but The Thin Red Line is one of the most pretentious, stupid, soul-sucking films I've ever seen!

[CRM114]

Yes, I suppose you are right. I'm more discerning when I commit to a movie. I know beforehand what to expect from a Charlie Kaufman script or a Terence Malick film. 2001 is so damn awe-inspiring to me that I can't comprehend a viewer in 1968 leaving given that such a thing was never put on screen before.

And I disagree on TTRL. While not a masterpiece, it is a fine film. :up:

[Libby]

Since it kind of goes along with this thread, is it really true that if you leave within 15 minutes of a movie that you get a full refund?

[DonnachaOne]

Since it kind of goes along with this thread, is it really true that if you leave within 15 minutes of a movie that you get a full refund?
Depends on the movie, the manager, if I'm in the box office etc. Rule of thumb at Loews is that if the film itself has been on for about half its runtime or less, then you can get a refund.

Of course, if its a case like The Incredibles, where we had a small mob of Star Wars feeks who demanded a refund because they only came to see the Episode III trailer, it's tricky. Technically, they didn't stay for the film, but they saw what they wanted to see. That's a manager's call. Generally, we don't give guys like that refunds.

Worse were the ones who demanded a refund because it wasn't on the print they saw! Yeah, we'll give you a refund because we didn't have a certain COMMERCIAL. Idiots. Go home and download it.

[MovieMaster11]

When i went and seen My boss's Daughter. There was about 17 other people in there and by the the end it was just me and 2 other people.

[Me007gold]

The Terance and Phillip Movie: Asses of Fire

[DonnachaOne]

The Terance and Phillip Movie: Asses of FireWell, what did you expect? They're canadian.

[zekeburger1979]

I wanted to walk out during Pearl Harbor, but since I was there with 8 other people, I just stuck it out by playing Saving Private Ryan in my head for the rest of the movie.

[Rivero]

I can't believe that you can't believe it. As a fan of but [B]The Thin Red Line is one of the most pretentious, stupid, soul-sucking films I've ever seen!

Funny, I thought it was the most beautiful and haunting movie of 1998. What exactly did you find 'stupid'?

[Rivero]

Many found Solaris painfully boring...


Many also have ADD or have no idea what science-fiction is.

[danicus007]

I wanted to leave half way through Legally Blonde 2, but my girl wouldn't let me.

Also wanted to leave during The Hulk.

[MahatmaPetey]

I never notice walkouts. But the only movie I've ever walked out on was Stuck On You.

[treszoks]

The only time I can think of right now that had noticeable walkouts was Event Horizon. I'm guessing people expected it to be more sci-fi and lest horror-ish. The whole scene where the woman was holding her eyeballs may have been a little much for some hehe.

[DRG]

Most walkouts I've personally witnessed were from the sneak preview of the Matthew Broderick Godzilla. About a fourth of the audience walked out, from what I could tell.

[Cygnet74]

The most people I've ever noticed walk out of a movie was during Hero, but it was only like maybe 5 or 6 people. I don't know if people just don't walk out of movies around here, or if I just don't notice them. I've never personally walked out of a movie.
saw House of Flying Daggers over the weekend and a handful of people walked out midway. the only film i've walked out on (and demanded my money back successfully) was 'Homegrown' starring billy bob thornton

[UAIOE]

The Terance and Phillip Movie: Asses of Fire


Now thats a movie i'd see. I'm not a huge fan of South Park, but Terance and Philip was my favorite part of the SP movie.

The only time I can think of right now that had noticeable walkouts was Event Horizon. I'm guessing people expected it to be more sci-fi and lest horror-ish. The whole scene where the woman was holding her eyeballs may have been a little much for some hehe.

The sci-fi horror thing was the best part of the movie. Damn them :(

[NestoJR]

I honestly don't pay much attention to people walking out, i mean lol, theres a movie i'm devoting my attention to. but the movies I can remember seeing groups/families w/children leaving were 2 movies I absolutely LOVE. Starship Troopers (which was hilarious but obviously others didn't think so) and Kill Bill (because obviously these parents were idiots and thought they were going to a kung fu movie w/o knowing what kind of director Quentin is). then again I also don't see too many movies, just ones I NEED to see and can't wait for dvd release.

as for MYSELF, walking out, only once. I forget the name, Very Bad Things ? friend told me bout it, supposed to be as good or funnier than Theres Something About Mary, another of my fav movies, which I saw 4X in theaters. Very Bad Things was a Very SHitty Movie, we were watching like wtf is this trash ??? about 50 minutes of utter horror I had to leave. I was also tempted to leave both of the new Star Wars, they were pretty horrid as well. First Jar Jar and the annoying kid and then some weird Shakespearan romance crap between Hayden and Natalie. I really don't get why ppl like/love Star Wars so much.

[darqleo]

Movies that I've been at were I've seen a large number of people walking out:
CABIN BOY
MARS ATTACKS
STUART SAVES HIS FAMILY

other than that, nada. I don't go to bad movies at the theater so....
:p

[QuikSilver]

Will theaters refund your money if you walk out of a film during a reasonable time? Just curious because I've never walked out of a film because I hate to waste good earned money.

[DVD Smurf]

... Irreversible ...

When I saw this film in the theater people were urghing to the fire extinguisher scene...then when the rape scene began people started to leave during the first three minutes, and the theater kept slowly emptying until the final tenth minute...

[Daytrip]

Congo

[Joe Molotov]

Many found Solaris painfully boring...

Good thing they went to see the remake and not the original.

[Matthew Chmiel]

STUART SAVES HIS FAMILY
Oh shit. So out of the four people who saw that film in theaters, at least two walked out??!?!

[BigDan]

The only movie I've ever walked out on was Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid. It just didn't click with my then-ten-year-old mind.

I've not noticed people leaving in the middle of movies I've been at (and I've seen a lot of stinkers over the years).

[LBCrazyFool]

Two movies that I noticed a bunch of people walking out of were Half Baked and Super Troopers.

[freudguy]

I have never noticed a lot of walk-outs, I guess I get too involved with the movie. I did walk out of Eraser, primarliy because the film broke but I didn't care enough for it to stick around for the rest of it when they repaired the film. I desperately wanted to walk out of Batman & Robin but I was with friends and couldn't.

Many of these movies that people claimed they walked out of are in my collection (and Thin Red Line is one of my favorite WWII flicks).

[Achtung]

The only one I remember specifically was Hero a few months back. There were at least 8-9 people who walked out... possibly because they couldn't read. I would think subtitled movies would lead to a lot of walkouts for this reason.

[AEspinoza1]

I vividly remember the screening for The Thin Red Line. It was about a week before the release and it was at the Mann Village Theatre in Westwood (one of the best theaters in the country). About 10 minutes in most of the people in the rows around me were squiriming in their seats. Another 10 minutes and people were actually whispering how much they hated the film. About 30 minutes in droves of peoples started up and leaving. For the next hour it was truly shocking to see the filled to capacity Village theater become half empty and I'm not exaggerating. I had a bad seat all the way in the back but by the time everyone was leaving I had my pick of seats.

The Village can seat between 1,000 to 1,000 people.

[cruzness]

I usually don't notice alot of walkouts but the most I remember seeing was for A.I. I'd have to say 1/3 of the theater walked out. My wife wanted to also but I made her stay. I walked out of Ice Age after my pregnant wife complained for half an hour that she could not get uncomfortable.

[majorjoe23]

I walked out of Ice Age after my pregnant wife complained for half an hour that she could not get uncomfortable.

Did you try having someone kick her seat, or giving her an indian burn?

[UAIOE]

:lol:

[Dabaomb]

Like others here, I never walk out of a movie cuz it's money wasted to me.

The only movie that I've ever really really considered walking out of was The Hunted with Tommy Lee Jones. That was one of the worst movies that I've ever seen. I saw that movie at a pre-screening and thought to myself, this was free, I can walk out of it. Then, I thought to myself again, I waited over an hour in line for this, I can't walk out.

There have been some bad movies that I've fallen asleep during but I still won't walk out.

[cruzness]

Did you try having someone kick her seat, or giving her an indian burn?

No they had a screaming baby and were talking on a cell phone.

[TomMiller]

I have never walked out of a movie. I would have walked out on a couple had friendships not dictated otherwise. I also don't seem to notice when people walk out. The one exception was when I saw Blue Velvet. I saw it a college theater in Madison, so this wasn't a weak-hearted crowd. A good fourth of the audience got up and left during Hopper's rape scene.

[Krio]

Only movie i've ever walked out of was one of the blair witch movies.. cant remember which though.... Was 2 even released in theaters?

[Dabaomb]

Only movie i've ever walked out of was one of the blair witch movies.. cant remember which though.... Was 2 even released in theaters?

unfortunately, yes.

[ChrisKnudsen]

When I worked at a theater, the most walk-outs was for Freddie Got Fingered. Maybe half the crowd or so on one showing.

[Giles]

the movie that I remember people leaving left and right was Neil LaBute's Your Friends and Neighbors

[Kevin Phillips]

I go to the theatre to watch a movie, not the other patrons, so I'm almost totally oblivious to people coming and going. However there were two movies where it was so obvious even I couldn't miss it:
Wizards
Beavis & Butthead Do America

In both cases, it was a parent quickly dragging their kid out after realizing it isn't really a child's movie.

[Draven]

I've never walked out of a movie. I don't go and see movies that I might not like. And I've never been mislead by advertising. Even if it's not a good movie, there is bound to be SOMETHING I like so I can stick it out.

I've noticed walkouts in Kill Bill, Eternal Sunshine, South Park BLU, Crouching Tiger...it's amazing that people would go see a movie without knowing anything about it.

[RichC2]

Never walked out, but was tempted to during Windtalkers and Van Helsing.

Hollowman and Highlander: End Game also come to mind, but I don't recall much outside of nearly falling asleep. Oh and lest I forget the terrible The Musketeer and The One.

I used to see a lot of shitty movies :D.

I recall seeing walk outs during I Heart Huckabees, only two (in a full theater) for Lost in Translation, The Hulk (I wish more did, little bastards wouldn't shut up), both Kill Bill movies, and numerous others. Dunno why I notice, but it seems to happen a lot.

[Bigsierra]

I've never actually left because the movie was a stinker and I've seen a few. Sgt. Pepper and the Lonely Hearts Club Band with the BeeGees comes to mind.
One night we did leave the drive-in because my daugher had to use the bathroom and she didn't think the theater restroom was clean enough. I think she was right. :)

[gmal2003]

Saw lots on youngins walk out of The Hulk early into the movie.

[iggystar]

Lots also walked out of my viewing of Hero. I've seen people walk out of all of the subtitled movies I've seen, Crouching Tiger, Dances with Wolves, Iron Monkey. Reading subtitles is kind of awkward at first, but you quickly get used to it as the story progresses. I think people think they're supposed to automatically click with the reading and walk out..if they would give it a little more time. Then again, some people might hate to read.

I've rarely been tempted to walk out of a movie because I too feel that would be wasting money and my curiosity makes me stay, just to see if it gets any better.. However, I want to walk out of Moulin Rouge so badly. I would have walked and cared less about the ending. The only reason I didn't is because my path was blocked.

[Alvis]

Because I was just reading about this movie on IMDB, I'm going to nominate Bolero.

[GuessWho]

I wouldve walked out of The Matrix and Mars Attacks if I wasn't with other people

[MGR]

A few years ago: In the Company of Men

[jaeufraser]

Two movies that I noticed a bunch of people walking out of were Half Baked and Super Troopers.

They were probably just going out to their cars to smoke a mid-movie doobie.

[scott shelton]

IRREVERSIBLE and THE MANSON FAMILY spring to mind.

The both cleared about 80% of the audience by the time the end credits rolled.

[Rivero]

I'm surprised more haven't mentioned Alexander. I saw it opening night, Sold-out show. People generally just snickered and laughed at all the glances and looks Colin Farell gave other men in the movie, but when he actually told Jared Leto that he loved him, a third of the theatre got up and quickly shuffled to the exits.

[DonnachaOne]

A lot of people have been walking out during the final act of Million Dollar Baby, a few at the showing I attended.I'm surprised more haven't mentioned Alexander. I saw it opening night, Sold-out show. People generally just snickered and laughed at all the glances and looks Colin Farell gave other men in the movie, but when he actually told Jared Leto that he loved him, a third of the theatre got up and quickly shuffled to the exits.Yeah, I remember tons of walkouts for that... not just becuae of the homosexual overtones, but a lot of people simply didn't like it.
Didn't you expect that film to be a number one, too?

[whitetigeress]

I have walked out of Wag the Dog and Fallen. I worked there so I didn't have to pay for them.

[DamingR]

I walked out of Team America and was so irritated by the movie that I felt like I had a moral obligation to not let them keep my money. The movie had to be 2/3rds over with. I just went up to the ticket counter and said, "I'm sorry, but Team America is a terrible movie. I wanted to like it, but it's just horribly bad and unfunny. I can't sit through another minute of it. Would it be possible to get a refund or a ticket to another movie?" They promptly said, "Yes, it's terrible. I would want my money back, too." and gave me the refund. My friends were shocked. I felt vindicated.

The moral: walk out and ask for your money back...all they can say is "no."

[Tarantino]

I've never walked out, but I know The Village and Once Upon a Time in Mexico had a lot of people walking out.

[QuiGonJosh]

I walked out of Team America and was so irritated by the movie that I felt like I had a moral obligation to not let them keep my money. The movie had to be 2/3rds over with. I just went up to the ticket counter and said, "I'm sorry, but Team America is a terrible movie. I wanted to like it, but it's just horribly bad and unfunny. I can't sit through another minute of it. Would it be possible to get a refund or a ticket to another movie?" They promptly said, "Yes, it's terrible. I would want my money back, too." and gave me the refund. My friends were shocked. I felt vindicated.

The moral: walk out and ask for your money back...all they can say is "no."

-ohbfrank-

[zekeburger1979]

When I saw Kinsey, there was about 20 people in the theater. As far as I could tell, 2 people walked out after the scene where Al and Clyde were kissing each other.

[Groucho]

I have walked out of Wag the Dog and Fallen.Wow. Those are both pretty good movies. Neither is a masterpiece, but I enjoyed them both.

[kakihara1]

I noticed a few people walking out of "Alexander" and I wish I was one of them but I was with I think five other people so I didn't want to ruin it for them or wait outside, so I sat through the torture for what seemed like days, easily one of my least favorite films of all time.

I've heard from many people that the theaters were cleared out by the end of "Irreversible", just to support what others here are saying. And I can certainly see why although I really liked that movie, it was disturbing another Monica Bellucci Film I could see people walking out on is "Malena" anyone see it in the theater?

[DRG]

I walked out of The Crying Game early. It bored me to tears, but the chick in it is pretty hot!

[fallfan]

About half the audience (granted there was only 20 people in the theatre) walked out during the Pink Flamingos re-release a few years ago (I think it was the chicken scene that did it). Lord knows what they thought the movie was about, but it was mostly older folks who probably just see whatever is playing (it was at an art house theatre, although that's probably obvious). I remember a few people leaving during Crash as well.

[Verbal Gorilla]

I walked out of The Crying Game early. It bored me to tears, but the chick in it is pretty hot!

rotfl

[naitram]

I walked out of The Crying Game early. It bored me to tears, but the chick in it is pretty hot!

LOL ya, she gets naked later, you should have stayed.

I'm pretty picky about what movies I'll go to the theater for, so I haven't been in a lot of walk-out situations. But I remember I saw Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon out in the suburbs, and when people realized it was subtitled, a good number began leaving (p*ssies).

Oh and there were some walkers when I saw Shaun of the Dead. I was with a group, or I may have been inclined to join them. :)

[d2cheer]

When the movie the Villian with Kirk Douglas came out, everyone in the theater walked out! Me and a group of friends were the last ones to leave.

Probably about 30 people but, that is 100% for that theater in walk out rate! :)

[ams]

Am I the only one here that actually enjoyed The Hulk, and own it in my collection, and have watched it a few times since buying it?

[Baron Of Hell]

I liked the The Hulk and thought about buying it but didn't. It could have been better if they went with the original story line and cut some fluff but it was still hulk.

[Rival11]

Oh and there were some walkers when I saw Shaun of the Dead. I was with a group, or I may have been inclined to join them. :)

I honestly couldn't picture anyone wanting to walk out of Shaun of the Dead unless they were easily upset by blood and guts.

[Dmacsg1]

I am like most others...I am paying attention to the movie and not the audience!!
I have never walked out on a movie. That includes Batman & Robin and Wing Commander!!! My wife was with me during Wing Commander and she was begging to leave!! She also was begging to leave during The Shadow as well!! Nowadays, I have to hear the words "Oooo, I really want to see that movie!!!" come out of her mouth before we go to see one, otherwise me and my best friend hit the theaters!!

Take care all!!

[Nabalab]

The last movie that I walked out in the middle of was Gosford Park.

[ToddSm66]

Magnolia for me. I was the only one out of about 20 that didn't end up walking out. By the time it was over, I wish I had.

[Rivero]

Magnolia for me. I was the only one out of about 20 that didn't end up walking out. By the time it was over, I wish I had.

There are stories of coincidence and chance, of intersections and strange things told, and which is which and nobody knows. And people like ToddSm66 generally say, "Well, if that was in a movie, I wouldn't believe it."

[Scotts35]

Working at a theater for the last few years I mostly watch movies with small audiences, all who haven't paid a cent to see it. Thus these numbers are small but the percentages are large. Alexander had a decent walk out rate with about 15 watching and 9 remaining at end credit. I can't remember much else except for the biggest bomb of all Marci X. 30 people gathered in a large auditorium and with each and every Lisa Kurdrow dance and song routine more and more left. As the credits rolled there sat 6 bored and pissed off employees. Ugh.

[Rypro 525]

when i saw hostel, 2 girls right in front of me got up and left during the first torture scene. i hate when these idiots don't do some kind of research. or maybe their boyfriends convinced them to go. (the guys stayed, oh and the girls were hot too)

[sugardaddy]

"Date Movie" had a huge amount of walk outs. I was one of them.. left after about 20 minutes.

[AndyCleveland]

When i saw Woody Allen's "Anything Else" (2003, Jason Biggs, Christina Ricca), the 9:30 show started with about 20 people (this was opening night and at a busy theater too). By the time we were an hour into the movie, there was me & my friend and one other couple (4 people remaining!).

[MASAMUNE2]

man theres some good movies being listed here

i dont get it

[Dr. DVD]

Talented Mr. Ripley on opening night, about fifteen people walked out of a full house. I also had a few with Magnolia and most recently The Hills Have Eyes, though in the latter it seemed to be a GF nagging her BF to do so.

[Alan Smithee]

When "Mom and Dad Save The World" was out, there were two nights in a row where the show had started to about 15 people or so, and they were all gone about an hour into it. That one probably holds the record, though I remember lots of walkouts during "Cape Fear" as well, and Pulp Fiction usually when they brought out the Gimp.

[mndtrp]

House of 1000 Corpses had the most that I can remember. I guess about half of the theater walked out on opening night.

Hostel had quite a few as well. During the first half, most of the older couples left. During the second half, several girls took off, boyfriends in tow.

[gotrice487]

I remember being at <b>Man in the Iron Mask</b> and really not enjoying it so I walked out. I noticed about half of the crowd exiting after me.

[Josh H]

Crouching Tiger....I think most of the morons weren't expecting to have to read. -rolleyes-

[mllefoo]

When Battlefield Earth came out some friends and I decided to see it opening night just to heckle it. I arrived at the theater early and a bunch of people were not only walking out before the end of the movie, but they were demanding their money back. The manager finally came outside and told people buying tickets that it would be fine with him if they theater-hopped. In fact, he was actively trying to get people NOT to buy tickets to Battlefield Earth, probably to make his own life easier.

I managed to stay through the entire movie, but heckling it was like making teenagers depressed. Just no sport in it.

[RichC2]

The last I remember was the re-release of Alien, had a few groups pick up and leave.

[mllefoo]

I go to the theatre to watch a movie, not the other patrons, so I'm almost totally oblivious to people coming and going. However there were two movies where it was so obvious even I couldn't miss it:
Wizards
Beavis & Butthead Do America

In both cases, it was a parent quickly dragging their kid out after realizing it isn't really a child's movie.

So what was their clue Wizards isn't a children's movie? The fairy's huge barely contained knockers or the bulge in Weehawk's pants?

[cactusoly]

The last movie I ever walked out of was "She's All That". I went to see it with my wife and left about 40 min into it. I left her in there and spent the rest of the film talking to the theatre manager who was a friend of mine.

[mllefoo]

I almost walked out on the Libertine last night.

[brainee]

Crouching Tiger....I think most of the morons weren't expecting to have to read. -rolleyes-

This is the top commercial one I've witnessed too, sadly. I even heard people muttering on the way out "No one warned us we'd have to read", sounding all angry.

The biggest walk-out I've even seen (and participated in) is for a movie you probably haven't heard of: Peter Greenaway's 1980 movie "The Falls". It was during a screening as part of an elective (non-major) film class I took. The professor was beaming before the movie about how much he loved this movie, and how lucky we were to be seeing a print of it (this was about 15 years ago). People began sneaking out minutes into the movie. I thought I'd tough it out, at one point feeling like it had to be almost finished. To my horror, my watch said that I was only 30 minutes into the 3+ hour running time -- and made my escape. Out of about 50 people, besides the professor only about 5 remained at the end. At that was only because they fell asleep.

[QuikSilver]

When I saw Syriana last fall, at least 6 people walked out. This is the most I've seen ever walk out of movie. The movie was confusing but I would stick it out.

[Damed]

3 movies I was at that had a huge walkout rate:

The Marrying Man (I walked out too)
8MM
Eyes Wide Shut

[raven56706]

Solaris.... everyone walked out....

[crazyronin]

Evil Dead. About half the theater walked out. Funny thing was, they were all women (some dragging their dates :lol:.)

[awmurray]

I noticed a lot of walk outs during The New World.

I also saw The Thin Red Line mentioned in this thread. I have not seen Thin Red Line, but I remember it being the butt of a lot of late night talk show jokes.

I guess Terrence Malick has a knack for making movies that not everyone appreciates.

[kvrdave]

Hmmm, I find that I can't bring myself to walk out of a movie....with one exception.

I went to see the crapfest that was Toys with Robin Williams. I only regret that I stayed as long as I did. I wished I had been one of the early people out. :(

[mike7162]

I saw a lot of women walk out of Blue Velvet at the Fine Arts theatre in Chicago back in the 80's during the "don't you fucking look at me!" scene.
I almost walked out of Madea's BlackManHating Family Reunion.

[bsktballDude1]

The only movie I've seen with a substantial number of walk outs is Solaris. I myself have never walked out of a theatre.

[Joe Molotov]

I noticed about 5 or 6 people leave during Hero. That was the only time I ever really noticed people leaving.

[Puzznic]

I have never walked out but came pretty close with Ultraviolet.

[Gunde]

I've never walked out myself but damn I felt lonely when 'The Aristocrats' ended.
It was a surprise premiere so no one knew what movie would be shown.
It really pissed off a lot of people - some were even threatening to sue.

[brizz]

only time i ever saw people walk out of a movie was Showgirls. And i was seeing it with 4 women :lol:


I've never walked out of a movie...i might have left Thin Red Line - if I had been awake.

[cross]

Could someone briefly summarize what the general public finds so distasteful about in Magnolia?

I haven't seen it, but I'm mildly curious.

[iggystar]

I also saw the most walkouts during Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (and a few at Hero). People obviously don't know how to multi-task or will feel that reading subtitles will take away from the movie.

I've never walked out but was sorely tempted during Blankman and I would've walked out on Moulin Rouge if my way wasn't blocked (oh how I hated that movie).

[mllefoo]

Re: Crouching Tiger, etc.

When I saw this movie, the theater was packed and I got there late. Unfortunately the only seats available were in the front row. Not only was I looking straight up just to see the distorted view of the screen, but with all the wire fu action making things dizzying and blurred, throwing subtitles into the mix made for a migraine the size of Philadelphia.

The only reason I didn't walk was because I was with a large group of coworkers.

I spent most of the movie with my eyes shut because I was getting nauseous.

I don't mind subtitles, but I can't read them from that close up if there's a lot of spinning action. It hurts.

[mllefoo]

I've never walked out but was sorely tempted during Blankman and I would've walked out on Moulin Rouge if my way wasn't blocked (oh how I hated that movie).

I caught Moulin Rouge on TV not too long ago and nearly walked out on that, but then I remembered I was at home and simply changed the channel. I couldn't get past the opening credits.

[grunter]

Could someone briefly summarize what the general public finds so distasteful about in Magnolia?

I haven't seen it, but I'm mildly curious.

They're threatened by the severity by which Cruise's starved-to-within-an-inch-of-their-lives African urchin ribs contrast with his shockingly robust "package."

[awmurray]

I also saw the most walkouts during Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (and a few at Hero). People obviously don't know how to multi-task or will feel that reading subtitles will take away from the movie.


I think it's because people can't simultaneously talk on their cell phone and read subtitles.

[The Bus]

Whatever movie that was that had the first Star Wars Episode I trailer was supposed to have massive walkouts afterwards.

Meet Joe Black.

That would be my guess too.

[mllefoo]

They're threatened by the severity by which Cruise's starved-to-within-an-inch-of-their-lives African urchin ribs contrast with his shockingly robust "package."

...and possibly by his single front tooth.

[raven56706]

Wing Commander-........ everyone came to see the Episode 1 preview and then just said "this movie is gonna suck ass... lets bounce" rotfl

[zekeburger1979]

Am I the only one here that actually enjoyed The Hulk, and own it in my collection, and have watched it a few times since buying it?

I realize this quote is 14 months old, but bear with me. I enjoyed the Hulk and bought the DVD.

[zekeburger1979]

I even heard people muttering on the way out "No one warned us we'd have to read", sounding all angry.

Sadly, the local theaters will put up signs telling people if a certain movie has subtitles on it.

[tdirgins]

I have never walked out of a movie, but came mighty close during Lost in Space--I was the last one left in the theater. :lol:

[brainee]

Sadly, the local theaters will put up signs telling people if a certain movie has subtitles on it.

Oddly enough, the walkouts and complaints for CTHD still occurred despite these signs. Not surprisingly, many of those people didn't bother to read the signs :)

[Matthew Chmiel]

Speaking of films with subtitles, the only two films I have seen that have had subtitles and zero walk-outs was Tykwer's Heaven and Pang Brothers' The Eye. Granted, there were less than ten people at each showing, I'm just saying there were no walk-outs.

:)

Every other film with subtitles I have seen, there were walk-outs every few minutes (I remember a lot of people walking out of Hero and Kung Fu Hustle).

[kitkat]

I remember a few people walking out during Heathers, after Heather Chandler crashed through the coffee table. Most of the (packed) theater was cracking up, though. One guy yelled at us as he was leaving, "You guys are SICK! We live in a sick society!" :lol:

[freshticles]

'Dude, where's my car' made me and the two people i was with leave...I also wanted badly to leave during the Chronicles Of Narnia but i was with people so I just went to sleep...

[UAIOE]

Oddly enough, the walkouts and complaints for CTHD still occurred despite these signs. Not surprisingly, many of those people didn't bother to read the signs :)

This explains alot.

[movieguru]

Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. My friends and I walked out on that one after a number of others left.

[Rypro 525]

Could someone briefly summarize what the general public finds so distasteful about in Magnolia?

I haven't seen it, but I'm mildly curious.
it mainly has to do with the seminar that tom cruise gives at the begining of the movie respect the cock, tame the c**talso the fact that the movie is very slow moving, 3 hours long, and a what the fuck type ending. (even though now its one of my favorites)

[JJ. Micelli]

I noticed a few (all women) run out of The Devil's Rejects and The Hills Have Eyes!

It was pretty funny. :D

[scott1598]

Re: Crouching Tiger, etc.

When I saw this movie, the theater was packed and I got there late. Unfortunately the only seats available were in the front row. Not only was I looking straight up just to see the distorted view of the screen, but with all the wire fu action making things dizzying and blurred, throwing subtitles into the mix made for a migraine the size of Philadelphia.

The only reason I didn't walk was because I was with a large group of coworkers.

I spent most of the movie with my eyes shut because I was getting nauseous.

I don't mind subtitles, but I can't read them from that close up if there's a lot of spinning action. It hurts.
i don't blame you not enjoying that way. did you garner a better respect for it on a more comfortable 2nd viewing, subtitles and all?

[ScandalUMD]

If I ran a theater chain, I think I would only offer refunds for films that weren't screened for critics.

But then, if you're dumb enough to go to a film that wasn't screened for critics, you don't deserve to have money, so I probably wouldn't give people refunds for those either.

I really wish audiences were more discerning about what they went to see. Even with stuff like "Benchwarmers," where you're expecting a dumb comedy, we could have good dumb comedies instead of bad dumb comedies if the audience could learn to tell the difference.

Unfortunately, actors are the draw that gets people into the theaters, and nobody knows screenwriters or directors, and the actors, particularly comedians can be enticed into crummy movies with big paychecks.

If the audience could tell the difference between something like "The 40 Year Old Virgin" and something like "Benchwarmers," maybe we'd have better choices across the board.

[Travis Bickle]

I lived in a pretty small area in Louisiana back when "Pulp Fiction" was originally released. I watched it twice within a week because I just new the theater would pull it. Sure enough, it ran for 10 days (the minimum, I believe for carrying a film) and then it was gone. A buddy of mine worked for the theater and said a ton of people were walking out and demanding refunds. Just too many F-bombs, sex talk, drug use, and rape for the bible belt. One of my all-time favorite movies!

[Baron Of Hell]

Am I the only one here that actually enjoyed The Hulk, and own it in my collection, and have watched it a few times since buying it?

The start was slow and they should have kept the original origin but other than that I liked it. Hell it was worth it just watching hulk toss tanks, run super fast, jump in the air and smash planes. I thought it was one of those movies that you have to watch on the big screen to get the full effect.

[mllefoo]

i don't blame you not enjoying that way. did you garner a better respect for it on a more comfortable 2nd viewing, subtitles and all?

I haven't tried watching it again, mainly because I don't really like wire-fu movies. I only went to see it because my coworkers all dragged me to see it.

I don't have a problem with subtitles, though I only own one subtitled movie: City of Lost Children. I don't like the dubbed version. It's just a little "off".

[LilDears]

I have never walked out of a movie... but I would have walked out of Bad Santa. I was in the middle of a full row and did not want to disturb the other folks to get out. Watching a grown man repeatedly wet himself became absolutely painful. I enjoy dark humor (the Coen and Ferrelly bros), but that movie just put me off. I know lots of people found it very funny.

[maingon]

The only movie i noticed was Sin City, an old man walked out

[darkshadowdog]

Most walkouts ive seen was during The Devils Rejects, I really don't get why anyone would got to that film if they weren't expecting gore and violence... Only film ive ever walked out of was Spy Kids 2... God that was bad.

[sixerb]

i was a child when "action jackson" came out, and my mom was dying to see it, and my dad grabbed me and my little sister out of it and left mom to watch it and eat all of the popcorn.... but not until i was able to see my boobs for the first time in my life.... lol

[ChefWinduAZ]

Two movies come to mind when I think about people walking out during the film. The first one was Clive Barker's Nightbreed. The film had just started and the title of the film was scrolling across the screen in huge letters. And you could scenes of weird creatures and people getting killed in the letters. A couple popped up out of their seats and bolted out of the theater with their son who looked to be 5 or 6 at the most. At the time I was 12 or 13 and all my mother kept telling me throughout the film was that I owed her big time.

The next film was Rising Sun. Again right at the beginning during the sex/murder scene two older couples in their 60's jumped up and took off out of the theater.

[JP5683]

Never walked out myself because as others say, it's wasting my money. I hardly go to any movies in theaters anymore, maybe once a year, but in the summer of 1996, a friend of mine and I saw 23 movies and he didn't walk either.

But we did talk over and make fun of The Great White Hype.

[Autumn]

The most walkouts I witnessed were during Natural Born Killers and Boogie Nights.

[GrimTangent]

i was a child when "action jackson" came out, and my mom was dying to see it, and my dad grabbed me and my little sister out of it and left mom to watch it and eat all of the popcorn.... but not until i was able to see my boobs for the first time in my life.... lol
:wacko:

[Deadpool]

Eddie Murphy: RAW

I guess people were expecting corny SNL stuff :shrug:

[JaxComet]

In much the same vein as the Amish situation, how could so many people go to see South Park BL&U and not expect the film to be what it was? Maybe they were expecting a Disney film because it was animation. :D


I think some people just go to the movies without checking listings and just pick something out. These same people aren't reading about films and know nothing in advance.

There are also people who still think they can go to Blockbuster and rent King Kong the same day it's released in theaters.

[DVDHO]

Walked out of TeenWolf 2,on it's Fri.night opening and I was the only one there.

[johnnysd]

I have never walked out of a movie... but I would have walked out of Bad Santa. I was in the middle of a full row and did not want to disturb the other folks to get out. Watching a grown man repeatedly wet himself became absolutely painful. I enjoy dark humor (the Coen and Ferrelly bros), but that movie just put me off. I know lots of people found it very funny.

I LOVE that movie.

[Rypro 525]

I remeber No Country For Old Men having alot of walkouts opening night. It was about half full, and about 6 people throughout the movie got up and left. Another one was City of God. Alright, not really but funny story. A dad and 4 or 5 kids came into the theater. During the final trailer, someone sitting next to them, leaned over and said something to the likes of "You realize this is city of god, and not" whatever kiddie movie was playing next door. And they all got up and left. Oh, and about 5 minutes into superbad, a black guy took what looked like his 7 or 8 year old daughter by the hand and walked out. I think it was a combination of the non stop sexual content and the nudity on the porn mag. Why people dont do research and or at least check the rating before taking their kid to an r rated movie. That reminds me too, a guy with what looked like a 5 or 6 year old, bought tickets to Bad Boys 2, and with the kid singing the theme song too. Kind of wonder how long they lasted in the theater. :lol:

[Charlie Goose]

Wow, a resurrection two years to the day!

Anyway, I've walked out on three movies in my life, Dynamite Chicken and The Year of Living Dangerously.

Also had to walk out on Transformers, but not due to quality. There was an emergency at work.

[AndyCleveland]

Moulin Rouge

[The Bus]

The only one that comes to mind is The Fountain. Everyone that walked out looked like they had come in expecting a date movie. :lol:

[chris_sc77]

The New World

[Demontooth]

We RAN out of Robin Hood: Men In Tights.

[celmendo]

walked out of U-Turn, Oscar (Stallone), The Lady In The Water. Also wanted to walk out of The Village but my friend made me stay.

[mcfly]

I've seen a few stinkers I've been tempted to walk out on, but never actually did. I figure'd if I paid to see it, might as well suffer (although I guess if you leave before half the movies over some theaters will let you see something else? I didn't know this until recently..)

Anyway, I saw EdTV opening weekend. Had I been able to drive then I would have left without a doubt.. but with that one I even had a free ticket!

I saw 28 Weeks Later last year (which I loved) and movie-hopped into Georgia Rule.. I never saw so many people leave a theater in such a short span of time. They marketed the movie as a feel-good mother's day movie.. I guess a lot of moms and daughters weren't expecting the content. I was forced to see it because of my girlfriend at the time, but I swear.. I should have done everything in my power to leave.

Hmm, I realize I just gave examples of movies where I didn't have to pay.. I know there's more though. :lol:

[Artman]

Quite a few during the last stretch of A:I....

[starseed1981]

The Musketeer (the early 2000's version with Wire-Fu).

[jmanlakerfan]

I just saw Pathology. I thought it looked ok. Peter Patrelli and Alyssa Milano - you could do worse right?. I was actually wasting time until the Forgetting Sarah Marshall showing. We had nothing else to do or we may have walked out too. There were three couples that walked out at the exact same time. It was humorous.

I think the women lost it when they killed the molester and then started having sex right next to him. Ah, fun times

That movie was pretty gross.

[Kal-El]

Only movie I ever walked out on, and the one I've seen the most walk-outs as well was The Crappy Thin Red Line.

[Panda Phil]

Only time I ever even considered walking was South Park. Specifically when Saddam started waving his junk around.

I don't know, I have a hard time resisiting a loud 'Oh fuck you!' to people who walk out of films because they're old, it offends their poor middle-American sensibilities, or they're too damn stupid to read subtitles.
Jebus, read a freakin review for cryin' out loud!

[DonnachaOne]

Did I mention how the seniors couldn't manage a half hour of Closer?

EDIT: Guess I did, on page one. Wow, old thread.

[GoldenJCJ]

Can't say I've ever walked out of a movie. I usually know exactly what I'm walking in to see when I go to the movies. The only exception is going to the movies on a whim with friends and seeing whichever movie is starting next, but even then I have never walked out.


That being said, I did want to walk out on Desperado when I saw it with my Mom, I couldn't stand that movie!

And if I can sit through 1999's The Haunting, I think I can sit through pretty much anything!

[Boba Fett]

I walked out of Jackie Chan's Twin Dragons. It's bad enough Miramax routinely cut 10-30 mins from his film and redubbed them on a regular basis, but this movie was just awful and unfunny.

[Libby]

Whoa crazy to see this thread revisited 4 years later. I have come close to walking out of a lot but a couple years ago I finally walked on my first one "the brothers grim" most recently walked out on "Notes on a Scandal" it was getting to my psychologically

[Dave7393]

I didn't read through all nine pages of this thread, so I don't know if this was mentioned, but my buddy and I almost both walked out of Natural Born Killers. I have nothing against Stone or any of the actors, or even the violence, but Christ that movie was just an over-the-top POS.

I've never actually walked out of a movie, but that's probably the closest it came. If I expect a film to possibly be complete crap, I'll usually wait to see it on cable instead of putting down $10 to see it in a theater, thus lowering my walkout ratio to zero-- so far.

edit: I have stopped a few DVDs and never put them back in, but that's probably for a different thread. :)

[SledHeavy]

This, I hope will blow some minds.

I went and watched There Will Be Blood with a friend of mine, who ironically enough is the biggest radiohead fan I know. So idk if it's the fact that glendale az has 5 theaters on the 101 loop (consistently over 8 miles) or the fact that the movie had a bad turn out opening night (to this I really don't know).

But we're sitting in the theater, opening night, with 7 other people and we're all LOAO that this must be thought of as being the worst movie off all time, and soon enough, after it starts the 7 dwindles to 4, and then to us.

Don't get me wrong I'm not about to dog the movie, I kind of liked it really. Has a very kubrick-esque quality to it. The only reason we stayed was apparently so that at the end I could hear about this friend of mine's wanting to go out and get the soundtrack....lol.

And for the record, I've only ever walked out of the matrix sequels and alpha dog. Don't get me started.

[calhoun07]

I can't think of one movie I've walked out on. Maybe that's because I rarely go see movies so when I finally go out to see one, it is a movie I KNOW I want to watch.

I have, however, stopped a few DVDs before they reached their end. The last one I just could not finish was Southland Tales. 60 excruciating minutes into the movie, I thought there must only be thirty minutes left to this, then I turned over the DVD case and saw no, actually there was a full HOUR and TWENTY MINUTES left to this crap fest. There was no way I could carry on. The movie already took an hour of my life I will not get back.

[riotinmyskull]

This, I hope will blow some minds.

I went and watched There Will Be Blood with a friend of mine, who ironically enough is the biggest radiohead fan I know. So idk if it's the fact that glendale az has 5 theaters on the 101 loop (consistently over 8 miles) or the fact that the movie had a bad turn out opening night (to this I really don't know).

But we're sitting in the theater, opening night, with 7 other people and we're all LOAO that this must be thought of as being the worst movie off all time, and soon enough, after it starts the 7 dwindles to 4, and then to us.

Don't get me wrong I'm not about to dog the movie, I kind of liked it really. Has a very kubrick-esque quality to it. The only reason we stayed was apparently so that at the end I could hear about this friend of mine's wanting to go out and get the soundtrack....lol.

And for the record, I've only ever walked out of the matrix sequels and alpha dog. Don't get me started.


i have my doubts you've ever seen a kubrick film. LOLZ!!@!@&!!@(*&@

[Apone]

Vantage Point. I saw about 7 people glaring at the screen before walking out.

[missingtoof]

I saw quite a few people walk out of "The Thin Red Line." They were probably expecting a star-studded action-packed extravaganza, but instead got a philosophical and very humanistic look at war -- which is why I liked it.

[Seantn]

Funny Games.

It started with about 40 people in the theater. About 15 people got up and left at various points in the film. One young guy yelled out "Producers suck!" as he left. Yup. Real clever guy he was.

[mcfly]

. And for the record, I've only ever walked out of the matrix sequels and alpha dog. Don't get me started.So you walked out of Reloaded.. and didn't finish it, not knowing how it ended. You didn't like. I can understand that.

But then why on earth would you pay money to see Revolutions, if you don't know how Reloaded left off and if you didn't like it? I don't understand the logic.

[SledHeavy]

i have my doubts you've ever seen a kubrick film. LOLZ!!@!@&!!@(*&@

Ha! Ya, I've been here a week and I can already tell most of you sleep next to your kubrick collections at night so I shouldn't have mentioned. The still shots of characters that zoom in under that haunting 'music' reminded me of 2001, that was pretty much it.

-I got tickets to revolutions for free....well...I take that back. Someone payed to get me in after I complained like a baby all the way there. After I left I felt bad, so I bought the guy some in n' out burger later.

[Double_Oh_7]

The one and only movie I ever walked out on was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin Smith is woefully overrated. Worst. Director. Ever.

[DonnachaOne]

Funny Games.

It started with about 40 people in the theater. About 15 people got up and left at various points in the film. One young guy yelled out "Producers suck!" as he left. Yup. Real clever guy he was.
As Michael Haneke put it:
"It’s a film you come to if you need to see it. If you don’t need this movie, you will walk out before it’s over."

[nateman]

This, I hope will blow some minds.

I went and watched There Will Be Blood with a friend of mine, who ironically enough is the biggest radiohead fan I know. So idk if it's the fact that glendale az has 5 theaters on the 101 loop (consistently over 8 miles) or the fact that the movie had a bad turn out opening night (to this I really don't know).

But we're sitting in the theater, opening night, with 7 other people and we're all LOAO that this must be thought of as being the worst movie off all time, and soon enough, after it starts the 7 dwindles to 4, and then to us.

Don't get me wrong I'm not about to dog the movie, I kind of liked it really. Has a very kubrick-esque quality to it. The only reason we stayed was apparently so that at the end I could hear about this friend of mine's wanting to go out and get the soundtrack....lol.

And for the record, I've only ever walked out of the matrix sequels and alpha dog. Don't get me started.
I know a lot of these Oscar, Academy, Golden Globe winning and nominated films don't do well at the theatres, but, and it wasn't a horrible film by any means, "There Will Be Blood" was a major disappointment. Up until where Plainview abandoned his son, H.W. Plainview, on the train, it was interesting, but it lost a lot of steam and became pretty boring until the end.

I thought the ending was very Kubrick-esque, "A Clockwork Orange" type ending for TWBB. People who didn't think the ending was a little Kubrick-esque hasn't seen a Kubrick film before.

I haven't gone to the theatres in years, and I buy all the movies I want to see on Blu-ray or DVD, and It took me two days to get through "Cloverfield". The only person who was likable and had some charisma was T.J. Miller's character, Hudson "Hud" Platt. I liked the monster, however, and I really enjoyed the helicopter scene closer to the end. I'm a huge J.J. Abrams fan, and although this isn't "Lost", it was good theatrical showing for him.

[Panda Phil]

The one and only movie I ever walked out on was Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back. Kevin Smith is woefully overrated. Worst. Director. Ever.

Awww, don't be a hater. I enjoy KS's work, but even I thought JaSBSB ghad at best about 15 minutes worth of entertainment. Thing just ground to a hault once the girls showed up.

[SledHeavy]

I know a lot of these Oscar, Academy, Golden Globe winning and nominated films don't do well at the theatres, but, and it wasn't a horrible film by any means, "There Will Be Blood" was a major disappointment. Up until where Plainview abandoned his son, H.W. Plainview, on the train, it was interesting, but it lost a lot of steam and became pretty boring until the end.

I thought the ending was very Kubrick-esque, "A Clockwork Orange" type ending for TWBB. People who didn't think the ending was a little Kubrick-esque hasn't seen a Kubrick film before.

I haven't gone to the theatres in years, and I buy all the movies I want to see on Blu-ray or DVD, and It took me two days to get through "Cloverfield". The only person who was likable and had some charisma was T.J. Miller's character, Hudson "Hud" Platt. I liked the monster, however, and I really enjoyed the helicopter scene closer to the end. I'm a huge J.J. Abrams fan, and although this isn't "Lost", it was good theatrical showing for him.

Ya I lost interest at the exact same point too. All that building up, it just seemed to ride out the same bland feeling the rest of the movie.

OH! LOL, I get it, you're using kubrick-esque as a cliche. I think I just got some double entendre pwnage.

Cloverfield is now on the list, thanks

[Brack]

I saw about 4 people walk out of Freddy Got Fingered in an already almost empty theater. Definitely one movie that probably deserved walking out on, but I powered through.

[Boba Fett]

I just remembered a few classic walk out moments from other people.

I've had the pleasure of seeing a number of Takashi Miike films, uncut theatrically.

My first was the infamous 'Ichi the Killer;' a woman vomitted in her popcorn at the tongue scene, ran out of the theater and her party was close on her heels. A couple of people had walked out during the 'hooks' scene without incident already. The final incident occured during the nipple slicing scene: one woman started to cry and was led out by her date; another quickly rushed past and looked like she might be visibly shaking.

During 'Dead or Alive' eight people or so filed out during the 'poo pool' scene, the highlight of which, a girl standing up, slapping her date and calling him a pervert for taking her to such a film. That got a huge laugh from the crowd that was left.

[Mondo Kane]

My first was the infamous 'Ichi the Killer;' a woman vomitted in her popcorn at the tongue scene, ran out of the theater and her party was close on her heels. A couple of people had walked out during the 'hooks' scene without incident already. The final incident occured during the nipple slicing scene: one woman started to cry and was led out by her date; another quickly rushed past and looked like she might be visibly shaking.

During 'Dead or Alive' eight people or so filed out during the 'poo pool' scene, the highlight of which, a girl standing up, slapping her date and calling him a pervert for taking her to such a film. That got a huge laugh from the crowd that was left.

Name of theater, please.

[jPoD_TGN]

Vantage Point. I saw about 7 people glaring at the screen before walking out.

I really wanted to. Movie was an absolute piece of shit. One of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I've seen some shitty movies. I just stayed with my friends, and we made fun of the movie out loud. My friends never walk out of movies, so I've endured my share of garbage.

[Geofferson]

I recall quite a few walk-outs during Starship Troopers -- mostly parents with children because they did not anticipate the level of violence/gore.

[MrE]

Most: Salo -- Yes, I'm one of the few folks who actually saw this at a screening. It started with a full auditorium -- there were only three of us left (and perhaps the projectionist) by the time it ended.

Funniest walkout was at a sneak of Red Dawn -- the guy behind me started laughing and within 15 minutes was unable to contain himself. He apologized, still laughing, and left the theater.

[KillerCannibal]

The only movie I've walked out of was The Crow 2. I went into Tin Cup instead. Maybe the bad taste Crow 2 left in my mouth biased me, but I enjoyed it.

The only other movie I've considered walking out of was Juno. Once it ended, I wish I had.

[nateman]

OH! LOL, I get it, you're using kubrick-esque as a cliche. I think I just got some double entendre pwnage.
WTF??!!

I'm Canadian, please dumb it down for me a little. :hscratch:

I did think the ending was Kubrick-esque.

[E. Honda]

Only movie I ever walked out of was Hoodwinked. Total crap. When Xzibit showed up as one of the voices, I was done. I made it all the way through Catwoman, Baby Geniouses 2, and Pearl Harbor, but Hoodwinked was just torture.

[True_Story1011]

we walked out on 'Bug' and 'Drowning Mona'

[Zen Peckinpah]

Four people were in the theater for a weekday showing of Be Kind Rewind, including myself. I was the last man standing at the end.

I also saw the Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie on a Friday afternoon, and my friend and I were the only people in the entire theater. Other than those I'm hard pressed to notice walkouts in a movie.