joytime365

When you go to the movies, and wind up watching a really lame/boring/stupid/tl:dw movie, how long do you stay before you cut your losses and just leave? I've only ever once left the cinema in the middle of a bad movie - during the new Indiana Jones, after it's revealed the whole stupid plot is about aliens, I said to myself "if there is a flying saucer, I'm outta here", so I was committed to leaving.

But aside from that, I've sat through a lot of really bad movies. I never want to leave because I just coughed up $15 to see this ****, and what if it gets better? What if something epic happens right after I leave? On the other hand, what is that hour or whatever or my life worth?

Thoughts please.

American Zombie

^^^^
yep

ElementalDragon

don't recall ever leaving a bad movie, myself.... but i have to wonder.... where the HELL are you watching $15 movies? Hell, i went to a really, REALLY nice theater to see The Final Destination in RealD 3D, and even that ticket was only $10. think that theater's usual ticket prices for non-3D movies is like $8.

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BouncingSoul

I don't know why people can't trust critics. Go to Metacritic or Rotten Tomatoes before seeing something questionable. I've saved a ton of cash with those sites. If it's not on there the first weeks its released that means it wasn't screened for critics. Which always .. ALWAYS means its a ****ty movie. I guess that's the reason I've never left a movie early. I know what I'm getting when I go in. I've been disappointed, but never enough to leave. Even horrid movies like Transformers 2 kept me in my seat until the end. Of course that was largely due to how hot Megan Fox is.

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perris

far as I'm concerned a movie has an obligation to keep my interest, I give them one, possibly two scenes, I don't care if it might have gotten better, the movie did not fill it's obligation as far as I am concerned

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ElementalDragon

Bouncing: i can't see why everyone thinks RotF was so horrible. i thought it was good. Not quite as good as the first i don't think.... but still good. Also like how they had the guy who did the voiceover for Dr. Claw from Inspector Gadget do the voice for Soundwave. freaking epic..... and no, i RARELY say something is "epic"..... but that just kinda sparked something of a classic sorts when i heard Soundwave speak.

As for the reason a lot of people don't trust critics..... people have different tastes. Some movies my friends think sucked, i thought weren't bad. some i thought were bad, my friends thought were alright. Just like with games. You can read all the reviews you want, but the only way you'll know how the game looks, or how much YOU like the game, is by playing it..... which is what's irritating about the fact that the vast majority of game devs NEVER put out demo's.

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Aprox

I've never walked out of a movie that I felt was bad. I figure I just spent the money to be here, I might as well make it worthwhile. Unless something is a truly awful awful film I'll likely not walk out on it.

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Electronic Punk

I tend to learn a bit about movies before I go and see them

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LeeJend

Until the popcorn runs out...

Go to multiscreen theatres. If one sucks go to another one.

Plan B, if it's that bad ask for your money back. The least you will get is a pass to another movie.

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ElementalDragon

Uuh.... LeeJend..... i think that's more of a "Best case scenario" than a "Least you can get". There isn't much more that can possibly be done if you ask for your money back and either get said money back, or get a ticket to another movie.

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SysProg

I haven't walked out of a movie yet. Syriana is the only one I came close to walking out on. When it was over, my wife and I asked "what was that movie about???". Everyone in the theater was saying the same thing. Unfortunately, I didn't find out what Ebert & Roeper said about it until after I went.

The trick is to find a critic that you either agree/disagree with most of the time and base your movie-going decision on that. If Ebert & Roeper give a movie two thumbs up, I won't see it as it will suck (my opinion). If they give it two thumbs down, I'll be highly entertained.

If you can't already tell - I go to movies to be entertained, not get a message out of it.

Bman

I don't get to go see many movies in theatre, yet when I do I have yet to walk out. I think that is because I know when I go see one its already an amazing film. Yet I also watch every movie, classic or new on dvd/blu-ray because I love to review and talk about films, so I put myself through each movie if it's good or bad.

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Johnny

15.00 to see movie and 60.00 for the food. That would be huge loss. Either way, I fell asleep after about the first five minutes of Edward Scissor Hands and didn't wake up till it was over .. To this day, I will not watch that movie ..

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Dark Atheist

if the film is too hyped up i wont even go and see it as you know it will be crap

chaos945

I'd probably stay until the end generally. I have watched a few movies that I suspected were bad and waited until they were on DVD.

If it is aweful from the beginning only about 10 minuites in, if it has some potential maybe half-way before I give up.

Sometimes I will give a movie another chance. For instance the new terminater. I hated the 3rd movie and had to start the latest one about 4 times before finally commiting to sitting through it and it turned out to be pretty good! Right now I am trying to commit to the new GI Joe movie, as I grew up with GI Joe it is sentimental, but the movie just seems like it is going to be so so terribly bad. Basically I start watching it, about 5-10 minuites later I think of something better to do and it gets turned off again.

Actor selection pretty much says if a movie is going to be good or not. You get those popstar types in it and you know just to walk the other way.

Steevo

Blue penis flopping around, weird characters, a odd sex scene, and horrible cinematography.


I have returned the favor by taking my friend who dragged me into that movie by making him watch no country for old men while ****ed up, and freaked out. He was almost ready to cry in some parts I think.


I might have to try it, as that movie was awsome and weird already. Add in a special mixture, and I might cry.

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