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Title: Movies that were so bad, you walked out of the movie theatre.
Post by: beet1e on April 08, 2003, 07:58:33 PM

Funked has got me started. I've seen plenty of movies on rented videos that I didn't bother to finish, but to actually go out to a movie theatre and spend money/try to make an evening of it, and THEN call it quits part way through - those are the very worst movies.

Here's a few of mine.

• Ordinary People  (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0081283)- I don't care what the reviews say, this one was like watching thin paint dry on a cold December day. 45 minutes was enough.
• Airport 80, the Concorde (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0078740) - at least that's what they called it when I went to see it. In IMDB it's Airport 79. The first of these Airport movies was OK, but they got steadily worse.
• My Dinner with André (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0082783) - Got suckered into forking out to see this piece of krap. A friend of mine described the format of the movie, but said it was worth going to see. Such was the strength of our friendship that we remained friends afterwards. The entire movie is a single scene - of two guys having dinner- LOL.
• Burnt by the Sun (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0111579) Set in Russia in 1936, the film dwells on the life of a Russian family. I was interested to see the depictions of Russian life at that time, but that was the extent of my interest. The screenplay was diabolical, with a scene which showed the family eating the first course of their meal which lasted fifteen minutes. I WOULD have walked out, but was with a girlfriend who wanted to see it. As a measure of its corniness, some people in the audience clapped as it ended - clearly most people had been bored to tears, but these people wanted everyone to know that THEY had understood it... (Just because it was Russian need not have made it boring. Dr. Zhivago was an outstanding movie. Alec Guinness had a cameo role.)

I wanted to make five, but could only think of these four. These days we can watch at home, and salvage the rest of the evening if the movie turns out to be crap. So I'll just add one more category.

Weirdest Movie I ever saw

• Eraserhead (http://us.imdb.com/Title?0074486) - there is just no other contender for the title, and nor is there ever likely to be. Quite simply the most bizarre work of cinematography I have ever seen. Same applies to anyone else I know who's seen it. But interesting! I've seen it a few times.

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Post by: SirLoin on April 08, 2003, 07:59:50 PM

The only movie I have ever walked out on was as I said in Funked's thread..Pearl Harbour.

..Lol.."My Dinner With Andre".....I saw this a long long time ago...It's in my top ten films of all time..Mezmorizing(luv it or hate it)

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Post by: Curval on April 08, 2003, 08:13:16 PM

Sexworld 2

It just didn't hold a candle to the original.

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Post by: Udie on April 08, 2003, 09:17:17 PM

The only movie I've ever walked out of was Pearlmagedon er... Pearl Harbor.  Walked out about 1/2 way through the Pearl action scene.  Watched it a year later and was glad I did when I found out that not only had Ben faught for the Eagle Squadron and in Pearl Harbor, but actually flew in the Doolittle raid :rolleyes:

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Post by: Sandman on April 08, 2003, 09:21:42 PM

I walked out of "Urban Cowboy."

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Post by: ZOSO on April 08, 2003, 10:26:14 PM

The only movie I ever walked out of was Bonfire of the Vanities.

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Post by: Hangtime on April 08, 2003, 10:29:11 PM

Old Yeller.

they shot the dog, fer chrissakes!

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Post by: NUKE on April 08, 2003, 10:41:38 PM

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
I walked out of "Urban Cowboy."

I remember, we walked out together in our cowboy costumes and you tried to get me into that liberal bookstore for a cup of Joe.

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Post by: UserName on April 08, 2003, 11:00:27 PM

Here's one..
(http://images.freyacomm.com/ShopKeeper/products/images/8774.jpg)

Not my cup of tea. More of a Dowding thing.. :D

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Post by: Saurdaukar on April 08, 2003, 11:23:03 PM

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Originally posted by UserName
Here's one..
(http://images.freyacomm.com/ShopKeeper/products/images/8774.jpg)

Not my cup of tea. More of a Dowding thing.. :D

Yeah - but Im not sure he'd be able to walk out of the theatre if he wanted to after that.

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Post by: Frogm4n on April 08, 2003, 11:43:11 PM

I wanted to walk out of AI, but i was in japan and had just paid $20 bucks to see it. So i stuck it out. Should have walked out in retrospect.

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Post by: majic on April 08, 2003, 11:43:37 PM

Battlefield Earth- damn shame they ruined what should have been a good movie.  (Very good book.)

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Post by: Frogm4n on April 08, 2003, 11:56:12 PM

anything written by hubbard/scino boy is crap.

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Post by: Sandman on April 09, 2003, 12:05:24 AM

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Originally posted by Frogm4n
anything written by hubbard/scino boy is crap.

Have to take your word for it. I refuse to read anything by Hubbard.

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Post by: majic on April 09, 2003, 12:20:38 AM

Did you actually read it or are you coloring your perception of this book by that piece of crap Dianetics he did?  Scientology is crap, but this book was not.  (And it contains no reference or hints at the Scientology philosophy.)

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Post by: Sandman on April 09, 2003, 12:25:59 AM

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Originally posted by majic
Did you actually read it or are you coloring your perception of this book by that piece of crap Dianetics he did?  Scientology is crap, but this book was not.  (And it contains no reference or hints at the Scientology philosophy.)

No... I'm coloring my perception by the fact that I don't want to fund Scientology by purchasing the book. Yeah... I guess I could go to the library... :)

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Post by: straffo on April 09, 2003, 02:15:30 AM

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Originally posted by Curval
Sexworld 2

It just didn't hold a candle to the original.

ouch ... :)
it's me or this sentence is just weird ?


@Sandman :

Battelfield hearth is not a bad scifi book and Mission Earth got some pretty hilarious part (btw I've got the book from the library ;))


The only film I've ever seen was "Adieu ma concubine" (I'll search the English tittle)


found : http://us.imdb.com/Title?0106332

and viewing this film in Madarin was pretty boring...

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Post by: funkedup on April 09, 2003, 02:18:35 AM

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
I walked out of "Urban Cowboy."

Good man.
I was too young for that one.  But I wish I had seen it so I would have had the opportunity to walk out.  Thank you for doing it for future generations.

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Post by: mjolnir on April 09, 2003, 03:11:40 AM

Walked out of Forrest Gump.  I admit I was still pretty young at the time it was in the theaters, but the first hour of it was just really damn boring.  Watched it again later on video, it got a little better, but not really enough to make me regret leaving.

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Post by: Dowding on April 09, 2003, 04:05:40 AM

American Beauty - the girl I was with had a more rewarding experience planned.

Saw it on video later. Good film.

Never walked out on a film even though I saw Titanic at the cinema. Very much a 'gonna get my money's worth' when I got to see a film.

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Post by: Animal on April 09, 2003, 04:09:23 AM

The Wedding Singer

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Post by: rpm on April 09, 2003, 05:05:05 AM

Waterworld

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Post by: StSanta on April 09, 2003, 07:06:17 AM

Pearl Harbour.

And I would have walked out of Titanic too, except I never walked in. Had it been physically possible, I would have, though.

Fortunately, I am now almost 28, which means I won't have to go see chick flicks with prospective girlfriends any more.

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Post by: Siaf__csf on April 09, 2003, 07:15:24 AM

And why is that santa, people go impotent at that young age back there? :)

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 07:27:11 AM

Pulp Fiction

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Post by: Dowding on April 09, 2003, 07:44:05 AM

Pulp Fiction? Really?

I guess the violence is gratuitous, but there is an interesting story there.

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Post by: gofaster on April 09, 2003, 08:56:06 AM

I've never walked out of a theatre - I'll sit through anything if I've paid a lot of money to see it.  But, there are videos I've rented and never finished watching - "Casino" comes to mind right off.  Two tapes and I didn't even get through the first one.  Looked like a good movie but my time is precious and I didn't have time to watch something that long.  I do plan on trying it again sometime.

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 08:58:43 AM

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Originally posted by Dowding
Pulp Fiction? Really?

I guess the violence is gratuitous, but there is an interesting story there.

I guess I could not get past the violence long enough to see the point of it.  But then again,..I walked out of the Matrix as well.

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Post by: Dowding on April 09, 2003, 09:01:21 AM

Well, the Matrix was just action without a story. :) You didn't miss much, although the special effects were impressive.

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Post by: Curval on April 09, 2003, 09:20:12 AM

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Originally posted by Dowding
Pulp Fiction? Really?

I didn't walk out of the theatre, but when I saw it the first time on 'video' I watched about half an hour of it and turned it off.

I gave it another chance the next day and loved it.

If you are not in the mood to try and figure out the storyline then I can see why people walked out of this one.

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Post by: JimBear on April 09, 2003, 09:22:55 AM

Krull

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 09:26:25 AM

Probably quite right Curval.

When I go to the movies, it is a form of mental relief for me.  I prefer intelligent humor and movies with no bearing in reality.  I like a good action movie, but don't care for excessive violence.

Two of my favorite films (not to hijack the thread, but for perspective purposes only), Demolition Man and Galaxy Quest.

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Post by: Saurdaukar on April 09, 2003, 09:43:43 AM

No contest:  Battlefield Earth.

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Post by: narsus on April 09, 2003, 09:44:14 AM

Cool World and Shocker

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Post by: StSanta on April 09, 2003, 09:59:54 AM

Siaf: No, but at age 28 you've developed enough 'skills' to manipulate your date in subtler, more effective ways than what chick flicks can do.

Of course this doesn't happen if you're American. Your basically stop any mental development at age 2 in that case but that is ok, since it is the same for both genders

:D

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Post by: midnight Target on April 09, 2003, 10:03:40 AM

'Born Losers'...  the original Billy Jack movie.

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Post by: beet1e on April 09, 2003, 10:14:09 AM

Skuzzy

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(not to hijack the thread, but for perspective purposes only)

After the lenience you have shown me, I invite you to say whatever you like in any of my threads!  :D:D

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 10:26:19 AM

Thank you beet1e, but what's good for the goose is good for the gander.

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Post by: Mini D on April 09, 2003, 10:45:06 AM

I don't like to walk out of movies because you can really find some gems in even the worst movies.  But there was one...

Natural Born Killers.  What a horrible movie.

And Animal... I'd expect a youngun like you not to like The Wedding Singer.   Mostly because you just don't get it. ;)

MiniD

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Post by: udet on April 09, 2003, 10:48:07 AM

Came close during "Mission to Mars" Ewwww, they tried to make it realistic and failed in that AND in making it entertaining. Red Planet was better, though not the best Sci-Fi either.

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Post by: Tuomio on April 09, 2003, 11:11:10 AM

"Hidden dragon, Crouching Tiger"

I would've walked away from that one, but i had my brother with me so i couldnt.

Typical bad movie with high review rates just because its Chinese culture movie. You know, "Emperor wears no clothes" thingy. It lasted some 2½ hours, i almost died of boredom.

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Post by: Pfunk on April 09, 2003, 11:18:40 AM

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Originally posted by Skuzzy
Pulp Fiction

Saw it the day it came out and probably close to 100 times after that.  Quarantino changed cinema as we knew it with that film.

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Post by: Pfunk on April 09, 2003, 11:20:13 AM

Oh yeah I walked out of Waterworld, and uh Costners' other one where he was a post apocolyptic postman.  :rolleyes:

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Post by: majic on April 09, 2003, 11:39:03 AM

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Originally posted by Sandman_SBM
No... I'm coloring my perception by the fact that I don't want to fund Scientology by purchasing the book. Yeah... I guess I could go to the library... :)

Sorry, Sandman, my comment was directed at Frogm4n.  Shoulda been more clear.

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Post by: Frogm4n on April 09, 2003, 11:57:38 AM

i wouldnt give a penny to that organization, refuse to watch that movie or read any of that guys books.

And how can you walk out on pulp fiction? that movie was squealing great.

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 11:59:27 AM

Guess I just didn't get it.  Between the trite dialog and violence, it completely left me disgusted I spent money on it.

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Post by: Frogm4n on April 09, 2003, 12:02:28 PM

it wouldnt be such a powerfull movie if it wasnt for the use  violence.

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 12:06:02 PM

Different strokes there Frog.  I do not care for excessive violence.  I do not find it entertaining, and that is why I go to the movies.

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Post by: Frogm4n on April 09, 2003, 12:13:30 PM

nothing wrong with that, alot of people go to he movies to see a story(like myself). and alot of people go to get entertained(most people).

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Post by: squelch_19 on April 09, 2003, 12:16:46 PM

"Days Of Thunder". Lame.

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Post by: Samiam on April 09, 2003, 12:28:16 PM

A bad movie is one thing. A movie with marquee names and a big budget that completely misses is another. My list of walkouts (OK - turn the VCR off) includes:

The Magic Christian - (Peter Sellers and Ringo Star of all people)
Ishtar - (Waren Beaty and Dustin Hoffman)


Pulp Fiction was groundbreaking and really did have a huge impact on the industry, whether or not you personally could stomach the content.

Titanic and Pearl Harbor - I never walked in.

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Post by: SLCR on April 09, 2003, 12:51:29 PM

The one movie I walked out on was Robin Hood - Men in Tights.  Mel Brook's very disapointing movie spoof.
The worst movie EVER where I should of destroyed everything the video touched was Freddy Got Fingered with Tom Green...pure trash.



-SLICER

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Post by: Skuzzy on April 09, 2003, 12:54:22 PM

Hmmm,..Stomaching it had little to do with why I walked.  I just found it superflous, trite, boring, and overtly violent.  Overall, a rather terrible movie.
I really cannot fathom why it was considered 'ground breaking'.

Title: easy!
Post by: Saintaw on April 09, 2003, 12:55:03 PM

Any movie with Sandra Bullock
The Hidden 2
Yentl (sorry Dowding :D)
Angela's ashes
IA

I have to agree with the weirdest movie (eraserhead) I was quite "puzzled" after i saw it.

PS: "Krull" lol! :D

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Post by: Mini D on April 09, 2003, 01:00:35 PM

Ooooo... Ishtar.  Now that was truly a bad movie.  That is one I considered the worst movie ever made.  But its so bad that I am drawn to watch it.

Freddy Got Fingered is also a bad movie, but its Tom Green.  I mean... what the hell did you expect?

Others that fall into the "I can't believe how bad that was" to the point of simply having to watch them:

Ghosts of Mars
Driven
Get Carter
Behind Enemy Lines
Battlefield Earth
Hackers

Damn... there's just too many to list.

One thing is constant:  Whenever I say "That may be the worst movie ever made!" my wife will always reply "Was it worse than Ishtar?"  The only answer to that question can be "No... not that bad."

MiniD

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Post by: Sandman on April 09, 2003, 04:45:15 PM

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Originally posted by Curval
I didn't walk out of the theatre, but when I saw it the first time on 'video' I watched about half an hour of it and turned it off.

I gave it another chance the next day and loved it.

If you are not in the mood to try and figure out the storyline then I can see why people walked out of this one.

Same reaction for Natural Born Killers. Took me a viewing or two to overlook the violence and admire the satire.

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Post by: rpm on April 09, 2003, 05:27:42 PM

BioDome is saved from being the worst by being shorter than Ishtar. But pound for pound it's a goner!

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Post by: Mathman on April 09, 2003, 05:39:36 PM

I have never walked out of a movie.  I kind of approach movies the same way as MiniT.

The only one that I seriously wish I had walked out on was Boxing Helena.  That movie was complete crap.  Stupid soap opera "its all a dream" storyline.  Just a plain waste of film.

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Post by: Shuckins on April 09, 2003, 05:56:01 PM

MT,

I agree.  "Born Losers" was pretty bad.  Not as bad as "Billy Jack."

Can't say anymore...my...my...gorge is beginning to rise.

Regards, Shuckins

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Post by: JB73 on April 09, 2003, 06:01:32 PM

back in HS girlfriend took me to "Beaches"... wouldnt let me leave...

I dumped her in the theater and went home.

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Post by: Kick on April 09, 2003, 07:00:48 PM

"2001- A Space Odessey" I expected an episode of "Star Trek"
Did'nt get it....still dont.

If you hated "Pulp Fiction" (or loved it) , Try "Resevoir Dogs" also by Quentin Tarentino.  Those movies are like Train wrecks..I just have to keep looking..but can't figure out why.

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Post by: Major_Hans on April 09, 2003, 07:22:10 PM

Kick, you nailed it.  That is a Terentino description that fits.

As for me I nearly walked out of Very Bad Things with Christian Slater and Camerion Diaz.

It was dull, and dull.  I did like it's ending, but getting to it was painful.  It also had a cameo by real life pornstar Kobe Tai, which isn't a bad thing!

(http://www.kobetai.org/images/kobetaipage%20copy.jpg)

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Post by: Pfunk on April 09, 2003, 07:39:45 PM

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Originally posted by Skuzzy

I really cannot fathom why it was considered 'ground breaking'.

His directing style...borrowed from some japanese guy...was groundbreaking for hollywood in the fact that no movie prior to pulp fiction of resevoir dogs can hold a candle to the dialog in either of those movies.  Not to mention Pulp Fiction was the 1st "hit" movie that was no longer linear.  Starting with the diner scene, moving around to other scenes out of order, and the everything coming back to where it started.  This truely changed Hollywood's idea about how movies should be made.  Yes it was violent, but the violence believe it or not was actually comical.  Dark humor i guess you could say.

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Post by: vorticon on April 09, 2003, 08:21:53 PM

i walked out on the last 3 james bond movies pearl harbour  titanic and i actually threw out a tape i rented i acnt remember the name but when it had a messersschmidt outturning a spitfire...i screamed bloody murder and took a bloody sledghammer to it...half way through i remembered it was a rental and screamed some more

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Post by: Thorns on April 09, 2003, 08:23:25 PM

The wife and I are at the movies......(she is very happy, I might get some tonight), movie starts.........eating my popcorn......10 mins later I'm done with my popcorn.........10 mins later I'm in dreamland, dreaming of one of my flying adventures.........movie over, lights come on.........my wife pokes me, and I wake up.......she asks(every movie), "how did you like the movie?", and I reply, "I couldn't wait for it to be over", "thought I might have to wait in the lobby".   We have never walked out on a movie, and I get some that night too. :D

Thorns ;)

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Post by: Fridaddy on April 09, 2003, 10:56:44 PM

Love at First Bite

I tried to walk out, but I saw it on a L-1011. Kinda hard to walk out at 35,000 feet.

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Post by: -tronski- on April 09, 2003, 11:30:43 PM

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Originally posted by JimBear
Krull

Bahhh...philistine!

 The only one I've walked outa was A Night at the Roxbury

 Tronsky

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Post by: -tronski- on April 09, 2003, 11:35:06 PM

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Originally posted by Pfunk
His directing style...borrowed from some japanese guy...was groundbreaking for hollywood in the fact that no movie prior to pulp fiction of resevoir dogs can hold a candle to the dialog in either of those movies.  Not to mention Pulp Fiction was the 1st "hit" movie that was no longer linear.  Starting with the diner scene, moving around to other scenes out of order, and the everything coming back to where it started.  This truely changed Hollywood's idea about how movies should be made.  Yes it was violent, but the violence believe it or not was actually comical.  Dark humor i guess you could say.

Tarantino basically ripped off the Hong Kong action genre for True Romance and Resevoir Dogs.

Thats how real groundbreakers like John Woo, and Chow Yun-Fat made it in Hollywood.

 Tronsky