I've walked out of two films.
To be fair, they were both very, very bad films. And I should've known better than to spend money to go watch them 😀
I haven't walked out of a movie but I have seen some painfully awful ones and stayed, in the vain hope it'd get better. Boy, was I wrong. By far the worst were:
Batman And Robin - indescribably bad in almost every possible way. I believe it almost killed Clooney's movie career, too.
Alien Resurrection - More holes than Swiss cheese, a sleepwalking cast, totally unconvincing CGI and the worst Alien ever.
Of the two, Resurrection is, IMO, the worst because it had more to lose in terms of movie cred. The Batman franchise, by that time, was looking pretty threadbare anyhow.
...I'm curious Randy Bowser, if you have always watched every series you've started the entire way through or have you given up on any of those? (honest question, not a challenge or critique) 🙂
Good question, Brandy - Thanks for asking!
No, I haven't always followed TV series all the way through. The never-ending mainstream shows with self-contained episodes are one thing, like the original C.S.I. - I may enjoy watching something like that, but I don't feel obligated to faithfully see all the episodes.
Limited series are something else. If I'm interested enough to try one, I always watch the first episode. I've never given up in the middle of a first episode. But I may not necessarily stick with it. If the first ep didn't grab me - that's it.
But I've been grabbed by so many good limited series "events," or single-season shows which may or may not later have more seasons added. This year's The Handmaid's Tale is a good example of something I eagerly lived entirely through. My wife and I just finished the engrossing Z: The Beginning of Everything, the bio series about Zelda Fitzgerald. We went through all of Westworld this year also, though we were growing impatient with some episodes which seemed to just tread water instead of move forward.
- Actually, I can't think of a cable series of this sort that I gave up on - hmmm, must be some--but I've forgotten because I found them forgettable at the time!
So - thanks for the interesting question.
Been dieing to see The Handmaid's Tale. Read it a long time ago and left a very lasting impression on me to the degree that I quote it and refer to it periodically (if not often), almost as much as Animal Farm. Alas, I do not have Hulu, but now that TP is over, I will find a way. 🙂
I guess it was an unfair question to some degree since there are a few shows I have been avidly loyal to but eventually reached boredom and/or burnout. Last season of American Horror Story I gave up on half way through because that season's story just held no interest for me. But I am trying it again with this season that just started. What I like about that show is that each season is it's own story/legend thus each season we get to start anew, although not worthy of true escapism.
To be perfectly honest, once upon a time in a land far far away, I gave up for a minute on season 2 of Twin Peaks. All that Evelyn Marsh, Dick Tremaine, who's Donna's daddy, generic nighttime soap opera stuff that it seemed to be becoming. Plus, Windom Earle was just not a compelling villain to inspire me to care about what happened. (whatever DID happen to Leo)
But I came back (of course I did). And I fell in love all over again, and again, and again over a quarter of a century and now here we are.
I've walked out of two films.
To be fair, they were both very, very bad films. And I should've known better than to spend money to go watch them 😀
I haven't walked out of a movie but I have seen some painfully awful ones and stayed, in the vain hope it'd get better. Boy, was I wrong. By far the worst were:
Batman And Robin - indescribably bad in almost every possible way. I believe it almost killed Clooney's movie career, too.
Alien Resurrection - More holes than Swiss cheese, a sleepwalking cast, totally unconvincing CGI and the worst Alien ever.
Of the two, Resurrection is, IMO, the worst because it had more to lose in terms of movie cred. The Batman franchise, by that time, was looking pretty threadbare anyhow.
Mine were The House On Haunted Hill, and Transformers (the Michael Bay movie).
I think I had good reason to walk out and go to the pub instead!
Mine were The House On Haunted Hill...
----I calmly ask, the 1999 remake, or the 1959 Vincent Price original?
Mine were The House On Haunted Hill...
----I calmly ask, the 1999 remake, or the 1959 Vincent Price original?
The remake 🙂
Mine were The House On Haunted Hill...
----I calmly ask, the 1999 remake, or the 1959 Vincent Price original?
The remake 🙂
Major catastrophe and possible war narrowly averted.
Major catastrophe and possible war narrowly averted.
lol - um, you're probably correct, Brandy. - Myn0k - I didn't even know there Was a remake, hence my initial alarm. I quickly Googled, saw the 1999 release - figured that Had to be it. I'm breathing again now that all of that's cleared up. 😎
Major catastrophe and possible war narrowly averted.
lol - um, you're probably correct, Brandy. - Myn0k - I didn't even know there Was a remake, hence my initial alarm. I quickly Googled, saw the 1999 release - figured that Had to be it. I'm breathing again now that all of that's cleared up. 😎
Called that one as soon as I saw it. 😀
I'm wishing I lied now and said the original, just to see what would happen 😀
I'm wishing I lied now and said the original, just to see what would happen 😀
hehehehehe - Red curtains may have materialized all around you and you would have felt compelled to walk through them - and then...
I've walked out of two films.
To be fair, they were both very, very bad films. And I should've known better than to spend money to go watch them 😀
I haven't walked out of a movie but I have seen some painfully awful ones and stayed, in the vain hope it'd get better. Boy, was I wrong. By far the worst were:
Batman And Robin - indescribably bad in almost every possible way. I believe it almost killed Clooney's movie career, too.
Alien Resurrection - More holes than Swiss cheese, a sleepwalking cast, totally unconvincing CGI and the worst Alien ever.
Of the two, Resurrection is, IMO, the worst because it had more to lose in terms of movie cred. The Batman franchise, by that time, was looking pretty threadbare anyhow.
Mine were The House On Haunted Hill, and Transformers (the Michael Bay movie).
I think I had good reason to walk out and go to the pub instead!
Ah well, there's yer problem. I wouldn't have walked in to see either. Remakes generally suck and anything with Transformers in the title (unless it involves Lou Reed) is bound to be shite. 😉
I've watched Batman and Robin several times. I just take it for what it is, cheesy, cartoonish fun, guilty pleasure film. I actually like Arnie's one liners there.
Alien Resurrection sucks. The only good Alien flicks are Alien and Aliens (if we expand definition, I'll include Prometheus too).
I can't recall the last movie I walked out of. Even if it's bad I usually finish it, or catch it later on TV.
I love the Transformers films too. I guess I just have a thing for big budget summer films.
I love the Transformers films too. I guess I just have a thing for big budget summer films.
No shame in that. I have a thing for fun, mindless entertainment. It nicely offsets things like TPTR.
I've walked out of two films.
To be fair, they were both very, very bad films. And I should've known better than to spend money to go watch them 😀
I haven't walked out of a movie but I have seen some painfully awful ones and stayed, in the vain hope it'd get better. Boy, was I wrong. By far the worst were:
Batman And Robin - indescribably bad in almost every possible way. I believe it almost killed Clooney's movie career, too.
Alien Resurrection - More holes than Swiss cheese, a sleepwalking cast, totally unconvincing CGI and the worst Alien ever.
Of the two, Resurrection is, IMO, the worst because it had more to lose in terms of movie cred. The Batman franchise, by that time, was looking pretty threadbare anyhow.
Batman and Robin is the only movie that I've ever walked out on.
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