What movies have you walked out on?

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by gkb

Blair Witch 2

So you're the person who saw this.

[thesloppy]

I'd like to get all of you who hated 'The Thin Red Line' together for a viewing of the 'Days of Heaven' extended cut.

[Sun Tzu]

Maybe they should just say "I hate Terrence Malick" and be done with it.

[remper]

Originally Posted by thesloppy

I'd like to get all of you who hated 'The Thin Red Line' together for a viewing of the 'Days of Heaven' extended cut.

They would all perform seppuku before the first hour is done.

[thesloppy]

I can certainly understand distaste for Malick and his style. I loved The Thin Red Line (and Badlands), and I'm still not sure if I made it all the way through 'Days of Heaven' (which is probably a pretty good indication that I did not), and I go back and forth on the value of 'The New World', which I very nearly stopped watching, but was visually arresting. At least he's consistent.....like, once you've figured out you don't like Malick, you can pretty much wipe all of his movies off your slate.

[Honolulu_Blue]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Maybe they should just say "I hate Terrence Malick" and be done with it.

I do not like Terrence Malick films.

They are long. They are boring. They are bloated. They are self-important and self-indulgent.

His films look amazing. He's got an incredible eye. And while I like a beautiful shot and some great cinematography as much as the next guy, I usually like it combined with, you know, some shit that's actually happening on screen, a coherent story, characters I care about. Little things and details like that.

If I just wanted beautiful scenery, I'd go on a hike.

[Greyroofoo]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

As far as whether I wanted to enlist...I assure you nothing on this earth would ever convince me to join an organization whose sole purpose is to kill.

I mean other than all the humanitarian missions the military does.

[terpkristin]

Originally Posted by molson

I'm amused by some of the movies you people are willing to pay for and then are all shocked they're not good.

I don't know if it's "shocked that they're not good" so much as "amazed that they're even worse than already low expectations." Though I admit what pissed me off about Happy Feet was the changing of the story from a cute kids movie to some Al Gore documentary, and what angered me on The Golden Compass was that they took what was an amazing story and distilled it down to its most controversial parts and highlighted them ONLY in the movie (whereas in the book they were side stories, the movie took away from the plot to emphasize the controversy).

With the Street Fighter: Chun Li movie, I wasn't disappointed. I knew it would be crap and I was OK with it, and it was a fun experience with friends to get to make fun of the movie.

But then, I didn't walk out on any of them (strongly considered walking out on both Happy Feet and Golden Compass though).

/tk

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Kevin,

I think what everybody is saying here is...

In regards to your sleeping, you're not normal...you're, you know...different. Have you ever considered Red Bull?

No Red Bull, just Tim Hortons. I can stay awake for sports, documentaries, news no problem. Movies are just so repetitive and unoriginal.

Excuse me, i must take a nap now.

[Marc Vaughan]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

So you're the person who saw this.

I fell for the hype and eventually rented the 'Blair Witch Project' about a six months after it came out on video - my wife and I lasted about 20 minutes before admitting defeat, it looked like the type of video my mates and I used to make at university for sh*ts and giggles ..... can't believe they ever managed to hype it up into something successful, was bloody awful imho.

[Sun Tzu]

In re: to Blair Witch Project, I was one of the people who saw it when it was still playing in limited theaters. We had to drive like 30 minutes to this tiny theater that had only one screen. This was before it got any press too, back when the only thing you heard about it was "there's this crazy fucking documentary out there, but they can only show it in a few theaters because of the content." It made you think you were going to see some new-age Faces of Death or something. The combination of all of those factors made it an absolutely bone chilling experience for me and everybody else who was in the theater with me. I know people who saw it around the same time as me who swore off going to a rural area for years afterward.

Anyways...what I'm basically saying is in order to get the full effect of BWP, you had to have been in the right place at the right time. It's definitely not a "watch it out on your couch" flick.

[molson]

"They're in the woods. The camera keeps moving around. I guess they're looking for some witch, I don't know, I wasn't listening. Nothing's happening...nothing's happening...something about a map. Nothing's happening...it's over. A lot of people in the audience look pissed."

[SteveMax58]

Originally Posted by Honolulu_Blue

I think we need to back off of Kevin's sleeping situation. Perhaps it's just the cool, darkness of the movie theater that makes him sleepy. It's like some sort of trigger or something.

Same thing happens to me sometimes. Odds are that if I go into some big bookstore like a "Barnes 'n Noble" or a "Borders", I'm going to have to take a dump before I leave. It's odd, but for whatever reason that's how it goes.

These things happen. People are susceptible to certain triggers sometimes. It's no me, it's science talking.

Unless I have had an atypical amount of extra sleep I will generally tend to nod off during most any movie. Even if I am enjoying it, interested, etc. Movie theaters arent much better.

But the really funny part is the "trigger"...my wife has now resorted to asking me (like I'm a little kid) if I have to go to the bathroom before we go to a department store. I dont know why...but something about the smell, or the air inside, or something...just gets the bowels firing on all cylinders.

Yeah...that's why I dont go shopping often.

[SackAttack]

I can stay awake in a movie theater just fine.

Put me in a classroom and dim the lights for an educational reel, though...I pass out every time.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by Kevin

No Red Bull, just Tim Hortons. I can stay awake for sports, documentaries, news no problem. Movies are just so repetitive and unoriginal.

Excuse me, i must take a nap now.

How would you know? You sleep through most of them.

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

How would you know? You sleep through most of them.

Zing!

[Warhammer]

Originally Posted by terpkristin

I don't know if it's "shocked that they're not good" so much as "amazed that they're even worse than already low expectations." Though I admit what pissed me off about Happy Feet was the changing of the story from a cute kids movie to some Al Gore documentary, /tk

AMEN! We rented this and I turned it off.

[DanGarion]

Natural Born Killers.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

How can you turn off The Thin Red Line? It's like Saving Private Ryan but without a soul...which is the entire point of war right? It has no soul? Plus there's that cast...Penn, Nolte, Brody, Harrelson, Cusak, Caviezel, Travolta, Clooney, etc...

SNOREFEST!

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

As far as whether I wanted to enlist...I assure you nothing on this earth would ever convince me to join an organization whose sole purpose is to kill.

Really? That's the military's purpose? I always thought it was to defend... But that's just me.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Really? That's the military's purpose? I always thought it was to defend... But that's just me.

Militarism exists to defend? Against whom then? If every countries military only existed to defend...are we just on the lookout for Aliens? Zombies? Small bands of thugs?

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Militarism exists to defend? Against whom then? If every countries military only existed to defend...are we just on the lookout for Aliens? Zombies? Small bands of thugs?

That's a very simplistic view. Yes if all military didn't exist there would be no need for the military... Just like if no crime existed there would be no need for police. But we live in the real world where there are some people that want more power and more toys, so we have to protect ourselves from them. It's an unfortunate aspect of civilization.

Call me once everyone else has got rid of their military and I'll suggest we don't need ours then.

[Sun Tzu]

What's funny is that the gov't has successfully brainwashed millions of people into believing what you just said.

No wonder everyone hates us.

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

What's funny is that the gov't has successfully brainwashed millions of people into believing what you just said.

No wonder everyone hates us.

"Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the peacemakers for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any country."

When you say us, you mean all of humankind right? Since just about every civilization that I know of has some sort of concept of protection.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

When you say us, you mean all of humankind right? Since just about every civilization that I know of has some sort of concept of protection.

I guess I know what that whooshing sound was now.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

What threads have you walked out on?

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by Ronnie Dobbs2

What threads have you walked out on?

Well...I know at least one.

[DanGarion]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

I guess I know what that whooshing sound was now.

Whatever dude. I'm just saying it's not that simple. Anyway, you and I agree on a lot of other things, so let's just agree to disagree. Back to the topic of the thread.

I fell asleep watching Napoleon Dynamite in the theater.

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by DanGarion

Whatever dude. I'm just saying it's not that simple. Anyway, you and I agree on a lot of other things, so let's just agree to disagree. Back to the topic of the thread.

I fell asleep watching Napoleon Dynamite in the theater.

Works for me.

I found Dynamite was one of those "the more you watch it, the funnier it gets" films. I make references to it all the time now, two lines in particular get regular use.

"Large talons"

"Why don't you get out of my life and shutup"

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Militarism exists to defend? Against whom then? If every countries military only existed to defend...are we just on the lookout for Aliens? Zombies? Small bands of thugs?

Haha, aliens and zombies would have made it A LOT more interesting when I was in.

I wish we lived in a world where we didn't need a military, but, we do. But, I also think there'd be a lot less wars and fighting if the politicians and the Osama Bin Ladens of the world had to do the fighting.



Wait a minute, your screen name is Sun Tzu...I see what you're doing here.

[Sun Tzu]

Heheh, there's a reason I have that quote in my sig. It's not just because I think it's catchy

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

Heheh, there's a reason I have that quote in my sig. It's not just because I think it's catchy

But how do you get zombies to submit?

[Sun Tzu]

Originally Posted by JediKooter

But how do you get zombies to submit?

You train them...like this

[JediKooter]

Originally Posted by Sun Tzu

You train them...like this

Good reference there.

[Sun Tzu]

Thank you sir

[Sgran]

My best friend and I walked out of Hannah and her Sisters, but we were teenagers. I still haven't gotten back to it.
My wife walked out of Blood Simple when they re-released the director's cut, so I followed since I'd seen it back in the early 90s. She made it to the scene where *spolier* he has to bury the guy alive and the mound of dirt is still moving.