tec Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Where do you draw the line? I've picked a few bad movies recently; Honeymoon, Monsters: Dark Continent and Spring, each I hated almost from the start but I persevered until the credits as my loathing continued. I can't think of many films that I thought were shit but grew on me so why waste the time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 No. I dont watch rubbish films. Even films that I want to watch I skim pointless dialogue or non plot momentum related drama. I don't watch much film though so I'm not a good sample for your question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schlitze Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 Over the last couple of months theres been so many films I've started watching and lost interest in on the 20 minute mark (most recently San Andreas last night but that was more to do with the 3d glasses being annoying), I vow to go back to them but they're mounting. I sometimes go back and watch the rest but watching a film in bitesize is chunks detracts. I think its more my attention span rather than the quality of the film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KovalainenFanBoy Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Never, mostly cause I always do some basic research before watching a movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 it depends. I've never walked out of a cinema movie, not even the Michael Bay TMNT torturefest. if any movie deserves to be walked out on, it's that utterly irredeemable, depressing pile of shite. but I was with friends and they'd covered me and it would've been rude to just leave them. god did I give them an earful about how shitty it was afterwards though. I was literally depressed, it ruined my night. if I'm at home, I will probably skip forward in the hope that there's better stuff ahead. there is a maximum tolerance level however beyond which I will write it off. Never, mostly cause I always do some basic research before watching a movie yeah but like Snowpiercer has a 90+% rating and I nearly killed that one in the middle of watching it. you get blindsided with unexpectedly awful movies sometimes. me and my sis thought Dreamcatcher would be good and that was just laugh after laugh. that's still the worst modern movie I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 If you're at the cinema or with the gf or something, sometimes you have to see it through to the shitty end, although it can actually be kind of satisfying just ranting about how shite the film was. Kind of like getting home from a really awful day at work and there's some part of you that's actually quite enjoying being able to moan so much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chim Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I'm sensing a Michael Bay theme here, I walked out on Transformers 3 in the cinema but I didn't do it alone. It rarely happens at home, I try not to watch anything I'm not really interested in, but sure, I've turned off movies. Bangkok Dangerous is the last one I clearly remember not having seen beyond the first 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bitroast Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 only movie i walked out on ... from the director of donnie darko !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
data Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) a movie would have to be really, really bad in order for me to not watch until the end. can't even remember the last one i didn't finish. probably transformers 2. edit: someone mentioned snowpiercer, so yeah, that one. Edited January 28, 2016 by data Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaggerMcGuirk Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 only movie i walked out on ... from the director of donnie darko !!! This is probably my favorite stoned movie. That said, I can see why people hate on it. I couldn't get into Inherent Vice, so I shut it off at like half an hour last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eugene Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 yeah, i do ditch films, but after various durations. depends on how was i realize it's not gonna be worth my time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublename Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Maybe back in the rental days, but now I tend to stream/DL a ton of random shit that's got very little time to draw me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Bangkok Dangerous is the last one I clearly remember not having seen beyond the first 20 minutes. lol I watched this on a plane. nowhere to walk out to. I remember absolutely nothing from it except it has Nic Cage and is set in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braintree Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I've never walked out of a movie, but I stop Netflix movies all the time. If I'm not digging it in like 15 minutes, I'll just try something else. I also use my friend's account, so it costs me nothing but time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) yes it happens, though rarely. movies are chosen, not randomly clicked. I never skip ahead anything - similar to music albums. Whenever I start skipping stuff it's just cmd+w a few seconds later usually. Edited January 28, 2016 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I usually fall asleep around the 40 minute mark and wake up filled with regret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nebraska Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Over the last couple of months theres been so many films I've started watching and lost interest in on the 20 minute mark (most recently San Andreas last night but that was more to do with the 3d glasses being annoying), I vow to go back to them but they're mounting. I sometimes go back and watch the rest but watching a film in bitesize is chunks detracts. I think its more my attention span rather than the quality of the film. i'd be really curious how far you can get with this film or this film Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delet... Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 If you're at the cinema or with the gf or something, sometimes you have to see it through to the shitty end, although it can actually be kind of satisfying just ranting about how shite the film was. Kind of like getting home from a really awful day at work and there's some part of you that's actually quite enjoying being able to moan so much. Nothing like a cup of lady grey and a good moan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tec Posted January 28, 2016 Author Share Posted January 28, 2016 Never, mostly cause I always do some basic research before watching a movie I don't know what this means. I have never walked out of a cinema early actually, I did once watch Transformer 2 and was twenty minutes in before I realised I'd already seen it but erased it from my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) i walked out of Once Upon a Time in Mexico to have sex, no regrets edit: I walked out of the Da Vinci Code for the same reason, plus more Edited January 28, 2016 by luke viia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luke viia Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 sat through all of the newer version of Willy Wonka just to get some play on acid btw, worth it, even the drive home, you only yolo once Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokoon Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 Never walked out in cinema, but I did quit a few movies at home. Snowpiercer, for instance. "Trudno byt bogom" was a real challenge to endure in cinema though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreOceans Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I've never walked out of a movie, but I stop Netflix movies all the time. If I'm not digging it in like 15 minutes, I'll just try something else. I am exactly the same. Most recent venture was About Time. I saw "Time Travel" and was intrigued. I turned it off after five minutes when it was painfully obvious it was a Richard Curtis movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan C Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 I only really watch awful films, so maybe if one is too good I would stop after 20 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usagi Posted January 28, 2016 Share Posted January 28, 2016 (edited) you mischievous contrarian you. bastard page break Edited January 28, 2016 by usagi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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