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Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#301: Nov 19th 2011 at 4:05:59 PM

I can think of movies I wanted to quit but didn't because I needed a ride home afterwards...The Village, for one.

Though in retrospect it probably wasn't THAT bad.

Unlike Meet The Fockers, which was.

Also, MacGruber. It was my birthday and I thought it would be a good idea to watch it. How very mistaken I was. That being said, the very end was HILARIOUS.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
I Am The Walrus
#302: Nov 19th 2011 at 5:38:51 PM

I doesn't understand the hate for The Village and its ending. Did people really want the exact same ending as The Sixth Sense?

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Kerrah Since: Jan, 2001
#303: Nov 20th 2011 at 5:01:51 AM

I've never walked out of a movie, but I did throw away my movie ticket after seeing Reign Of Fire, because I disliked it so much. I normally preserve all my movie tickets in my collection.

edited 20th Nov '11 5:02:00 AM by Kerrah

Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
I'm here for our date, Rose!
#304: Nov 20th 2011 at 8:27:08 AM

[up][up] My dislike of The Village had little to do with its twist...I just thought it was dull and plodding.

My reaction to the first twist was "Oh cool", the second amounted to a large pile of "I don't give a shit".

cityofmist turning and turning from Meanwhile City Since: Dec, 2010
turning and turning
#305: Nov 20th 2011 at 10:49:06 AM

Iron Man. People told me that after the Dark Knight films it was the best superhero film they'd ever seen. I did not see it.

edited 20th Nov '11 10:49:24 AM by cityofmist

Scepticism and doubt lead to study and investigation, and investigation is the beginning of wisdom. - Clarence Darrow
Shota Since: Oct, 2010 Relationship Status: Dancing with myself
#306: Nov 20th 2011 at 12:49:58 PM

[up]To this day, I can't fathom how that film trumped Speed Racer.

Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
I Am The Walrus
#307: Nov 20th 2011 at 1:27:10 PM

Because Iron Man wasn't an incoherent mess with lots of Ending Fatigue.

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joeyjojo Happy New Year! from South Sydney: go the bunnies! Since: Jan, 2001
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#308: Nov 20th 2011 at 3:44:47 PM

it's nothing fantastic but Robert Downey jr brings a sense of boyish charm to the role.

This means a lot when you remember his comio book couterpart had be derailed into running a interdimensional internment camp at the time.

edited 20th Nov '11 3:45:37 PM by joeyjojo

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Dekunobo from underground bunker Since: Aug, 2011
#309: Nov 21st 2011 at 8:22:02 PM

I've never walked out of a theater but have stopped the DVD player many a time. Recently, I gave up watching Suckerpunch after 20 minutes. I thought I might be able to stomach the ridiculous use of slow-motion and general fanboy wankery but the movie wasn't even fun. Just depressing. When I read about the ending, I thought "Glad I stopped when I did."

edited 21st Nov '11 8:22:46 PM by Dekunobo

Bananaquit Since: Jan, 2001
#310: Nov 23rd 2011 at 11:54:45 AM

To make it seasonal, a recent Netflix Streaming viewing that got cut off after the first 10 minutes was Thankskilling...or as I like to call it, “What a great idea for a joke movie poster! A shame they had to make it into an actual movie!” Phelous’ review is actually a pretty accurate distillation of what watching this movie is like.

DeviousRecital from New York Angeles Since: Nov, 2011
#311: Dec 2nd 2011 at 4:32:20 PM

The Godfather Part 2 for me. I fell asleep. I loved the first one, but I just don't know what people saw in part 2. Maybe I just really liked Marlon Brando, I dunno.

WhoNeedsSleep from the wing of this plane. Since: Aug, 2011
#312: Jan 2nd 2012 at 11:02:28 PM

I've only walked out on The Boat That Rocked, and that was because my mother decided she wanted to walk out, then asked my sister and the three of us left. Although that movie wasn't exactly one I would've seen of my own accord anyway.

I don't think I've ever walked out of a theatre like that, mostly because my tolerance is really high. And usually i'll find something tangential to think about. Like when I saw Wild Child on some highschool trip, I got into the whole Clockwork Orange aspect of the ending.

We can dance to the radio station That plays in our teeth
marston Since: Sep, 2011
#313: Jan 5th 2012 at 8:44:13 PM

I've never walked out of a movie theater, but I have just plain stopped watching movies that I rented or borrowed. Is that close enough?

Salt: I don't know why, but this movie seemed really boring to me. Story didn't grab my attention very much, had kind of an idiot plot to me, and I actully stopped watching it 20 minutes after I started watching.

Alone in the dark: Do I even need to explain this one?

Day of the dead: No, not the original! That movie is great! I'm talking about the horrible remake. Stupid movie teens having sex while the rest of the town is being rushed by the military, racial sterotipical token black guy, generic plot, bad charectors, The list would be longer if I actully watched the whole damn thing.

There are probably more, but I can't remember all of them.

Mort08 Pirate AND writer! from Oklahoma Since: Feb, 2011 Relationship Status: Shipping fictional characters
Pirate AND writer!
#314: Jan 5th 2012 at 10:29:18 PM

I was unfortunate enough to watch Salt in the theater. The minute it turned out that she really was a Russian plant, I wanted out. But because I was with my mom, I stayed for the whole damn thing. It didn't get better.

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Prowler I'm here for our date, Rose! Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#315: Jan 5th 2012 at 10:31:06 PM

I just remembered another movie I wasn't able to finish: Grandma's Boy. Painful.

DeLuman Guest-Star Party Member from Nor Cal Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: You cannot grasp the true form
#316: Jan 17th 2012 at 3:57:02 PM

I tried watching Kung Pow about a month ago and it was one of the worst movies I'd ever seen. I made it through about 30 minutes and I thought I was almost done, I thought I'd been watching it for over an hour, but no, it just felt that long.

It was a comedy only because that was how it marketed itself as, there was maybe A joke that I laughed at the entire movie. Maybe this is a really funny movie for those that love watching old kung fu movies, I'm not sure, but I just couldn't believe this kind of film was ever even greenlit or the fact that the creators weren't sued to hell and back for their lazy recyclying other movies with obvious redubs that don't hold a candle to MST 3 K or any group of friends on a couch.

Scratch the surface of a cynic and you'll find a dissapointed idealist.
Buscemi I Am The Walrus from a log cabin Since: Jul, 2010
I Am The Walrus
#317: Jan 17th 2012 at 4:28:25 PM

The movie being used was in public domain (as are many martial arts movies). This was also how the Gag Dub movies Hercules Returns and What's Up, Hideous Sun Demon? came about.

edited 17th Jan '12 4:28:37 PM by Buscemi

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