Walking out During a Movie [Archive]

alicelikesme

01-16-2009, 01:57 AM

Have you ever done it?

What was the movie?

Also, I've heard many a stories about getting a refund after being sorely disappointed in a film. Has anyone ever received a refund on a movie ticket?

esophagus

01-16-2009, 02:22 AM

I did, but not because of lack of quality. There were 4 of us, we went in and couldn't find 4 seats together. I've seen people get refunds for hating movies, though.

yssman

01-16-2009, 03:03 AM

I can't recall ever doing it personally, but I know I've been in movies that I absolutely hated before.

My solution?

Take a nap.

7h0m45

01-16-2009, 03:48 AM

the only movie i have ever walked out of was Eight Crazy Nights.

terryscss

01-16-2009, 05:42 AM

I've heard about people doing it, but I don't think I could do it myself. It goes back to being a band geek and never walking out during a performance. I think of movies as an art form that I need to see all of before I can pass judgment on it.

myketuna

01-16-2009, 05:49 AM

Only movie I've ever walked out on was Vanity Fair starring Reese Witherspoon. My family got there but we were expecting a different movie to be played, so we sat down and figured out this was definitely not the right movie (I forgot what movie we wanted to see), so we just got up and left. That was way back when I didn't have the cash to pay for my own movies and now that I think about it I don't think I can ever walk out of a movie I've paid to see.

puddlefish

01-16-2009, 06:42 AM

I walked out of Hannibal and Blast From the Past, and RRREEEEAAALLLYYY wanted to walk out of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, but I was there with friends who were enjoying it.

scoobydiesel

01-16-2009, 07:48 AM

Never walked out before. I spend money to sit down at least...

I always go with people as well and like to find the good parts of even horrible movies(maybe the lighting is good?)

ALMOST walked out of max payne becuase i went after work so i was alright tierd an not so happy.

but we stayed even tho it sucked.

skin87

01-16-2009, 08:00 AM

This wasn't because it was a bad movie, but somewhat related. 3/4 of the way through a movie at a drive-in, the power went out. As everyone filed out, they gave refunds in the form of free admission passes. Two weeks later the place went out of business. Who woulda thought an outdoor theater in Wisconsin wouldn't survive?

rweiterman

01-16-2009, 08:40 AM

I'd call myself an avid movie goer. I can sit through almost anything, but there have been 2 movies in that i have walked out on. The first would be "In the Mix" that horrible movie with usher in it. I walked out after he got shot in the shoulder, I really wish the bullet would've put the movie out of its misery. The second one i've walked out of was.... Superman the newest one. I kept falling asleep i just couldn't stay awake, it was so boring. I decided if i'm going to sleep it might as well be in my own comfortable bed and not a shitty movie theatre seat.

bobafettjm

01-16-2009, 09:42 AM

I have never walked out on a movie.

wideawakewesley

01-16-2009, 11:44 AM

I will never walk out of a movie, but I do think cinema's should allow you a no quibble refund if you leave within the first 30 mins of any movie. It might actually encourage Hollywood to make better movies.

Wes

stubadub

01-16-2009, 02:28 PM

I have never walked out on a movie, even stinkers like Loser with Jason Biggs. I feel compelled to see every movie until the end when I'm at the theater or on DVD. For some reason this conviction doesn't carry over to a movie I start on TV.

mrpopular

01-16-2009, 02:33 PM

Never done it.
I even stayed the entire time in an empty theater watching Torque

hapkido-ka

01-16-2009, 02:40 PM

The only movie that I can remember walking out of was the live action Street Fighter movie with JCVD. Oh my god. So bad...

I can't remember what other movies were playing, but I ended up screen hopping to 1 or 2 different movies that were showing in the same cinema. I would say that I still got my money's worth.

jimi_treo

01-16-2009, 03:33 PM

Never walked out of a movie. However I almost walked out of the Dark Knight. Yes! That's right, the mother rippin' Dark Knight. Not because the movie sucked though. Because the lady sitting next to me was screaming at the screen the whole time and she had 4 little kids that were running up and down the aisles spilling popcorn everywhere. It really ruined the movie for me and in retrospect I should have walked out. Just recently, with the film's release to DVD, I finally enjoyed The Dark Knight in peace. I haven't gone back to the movie theater since and have no plans too (well, maybe Watchmen). But I'd much rather watch at home. The only thing that sucks is you have to wait so much longer for the DVD release.

alicelikesme

01-16-2009, 03:51 PM

mmrosek

01-16-2009, 07:02 PM

msmags

01-16-2009, 07:45 PM

I think I've mentioned this in a previous post - I walked out of 'Jury Duty' which starred Pauly Shore. Holy shit, what a horrible movie. I also fell asleep in the theatre during 'The Fast and the Furious', although I've since watched it at home several times and enjoyed it (Paul Walker /swoon).

I've requested (and received) refunds a couple of times while at the theatres because there were no good seats left.

aaronmt_

01-16-2009, 08:23 PM

The theaters here in Toronto allow you to get a refund within the first thirty minutes. With that being said, I recently walked out of Passchendaele, and the only other movie I can remember walking out of was Battlefield Earth.

mebe

01-16-2009, 08:43 PM

I was having a weird day and decided to goto the movies

I went into wedding crashers for 3 mins then walked out and went to march of the penguins....then after 5 minutes I went back to crashers and I enjoyed it. The intro wedding montage made it feel like a crappy movie.

babnert

01-16-2009, 08:52 PM

the new star wars clone wars animated movie, it was just so boring and terrible.
and when i went with like 6 other people to see the newest pirates of the caribbean movie i was one of 2 people that actually stayed awake (the theater was hot as hell though).

lordstandley

01-16-2009, 09:57 PM

I wanted to walk out of The Thin Red Line, but didn't. I can't walk out of a movie even if it sucks.

esophagus

01-16-2009, 10:00 PM

rokov

01-16-2009, 10:24 PM

I've done it several times (Patch Adams, The Cell, The Fantastic Four, Batman and Robin, Men in Black 2, Ricochet ...). I wish I could have done it during a few others (especially The Haunting), but I saw them with friends and that would have just been awkward. The way I see it, my time is far more valuable to me than the $5-$10 I spent on the ticket.

-jedibitch-

01-16-2009, 11:24 PM

The only movie I walked out on was Primeval. I don't even know why we went to see it...

There are two other occasions where I wanted to walk out...

One was when I was with my dad who has a sensitivity to perfumes (as do I) and we were watching Eight Below (which I thought was kinda cute/entertaining) and there was a woman who I swear was wearing at least half a bottle of cheap perfume and I could just tell my dad was in agony the entire time. I asked him if he wanted to leave but he said no. If he would have said yes I would have left.

The other time was when I was seeing brokeback mountain with my grandmother and there was young (like 6 or younger) kids there. It was really uncomfortable come the sex scenes....both with my grandmother and the small children...

But honestly, I can mostly sit through everything once.

gm_wil

01-16-2009, 11:42 PM

Only one - pulp fiction. My GF at the time said "let's go" and I wasn't enjoying it enough to say otherwise.

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aerodash84

01-16-2009, 11:53 PM

I wanted to walk out of the Ring 2. I didn't wanna see it, but was with friends and cheap ticket prices.

One movie I could've gotten a refund, but on the principles of loving it didn't. The Dark Knight. It was a midnight showing and it took them 45 minutes to get 8 screens to run. But I loved Dark Knight so much it was worth the wait and money.

stubadub I gotta agree about sitting through a movie I pay for. I generally enjoy most movies I see in theaters, but I find it a waste of my time to get a refund and leave.

Wes - I think you can get a refund within a certain time frame at some movies. If you walk out by a certain point like maybe 30 minutes into a movie. I feel if you sit through a movie and then demand a refund after watching it all should not happen. It's like ordering food, eating it all, then asking for your money back when your done. If there's an issue like sound/picture going out or what not then I think you should be entitled to like a movie pass or something.

terryscss

01-17-2009, 04:25 AM

It's like ordering food, eating it all, then asking for your money back when your done.

As a fast food worker, you'd be surprised how many times this happens.

aerodash84

01-17-2009, 04:59 AM

As a fast food worker, you'd be surprised how many times this happens.

Probably right. I worked in a fast food place. Usually we never got asked for money back after it was eaten. But we've had more weird requests to make changes to our food. A lot came from the Atkins diet.... but that's for a different thread. But really how can we tell that a person truly didn't like food/movie well after the fact. Just have heard of people taking advantage of a company by scamming them somehow, so always a bad thing to hear of that. Which makes me a skeptic quite a bit. I also think some people should have to live with their decisions. If the establishment is at fault for a bad experience/product then I think a customer is in the right for compensation.

damnedeyez

01-17-2009, 05:16 AM

I also think some people should have to live with their decisions. If the establishment is at fault for a bad experience/product then I think a customer is in the right for compensation.

If there was something wrong with the food or movie, I can understand the money back (although if you sat through/ate the hole thing...seriously? if there's something wrong, complain immediately). I can't get my head around getting money back because you didn't like a movie...particularly if you sat in there for more than a few minutes.

aerodash84

01-17-2009, 05:26 AM

If there was something wrong with the food or movie, I can understand the money back (although if you sat through/ate the hole thing...seriously? if there's something wrong, complain immediately). I can't get my head around getting money back because you didn't like a movie...particularly if you sat in there for more than a few minutes.

Exactly. That's why I think if you sit through a meal/movie start to finish. Then decide you didn't like it and ask for money back I think is rediculous. I meant more like if the audio/video goes out during a movie (has happened to me) then you should be right to get something. I was talking more of a theater. With food, I think you should mention something right away. But when a restaurant screws up and speak up ASAP. Was at a restaurant and there was a paperclip in my mom's dessert. Inside carrot cake which she didn't eat it, but could've choked. I think you're in the right for your food they messed up should be free in a case like that. But people should just speak up right away, get it taken care of and everyone is the happier.

rkolegendkiller91

01-17-2009, 10:45 AM

Only 2 Movies i Really wanted to walk out on.
1. The Happening -_-
2. The Golden Compass, Movie was lame, until i saw the polar bears Jaw get like ripped off

mrbook

01-17-2009, 03:56 PM

I've had that happen countless times. When I went to see "Ray", there were literally 5 of us in the theatre...me and a family of 4. And the kids were dancing in my aisle.

Does anyone have a "No Kids Allowed" theatre in their area? Or at least a No Kids screening...sadly I haven't found one around here (Charlotte, NC).

I believe the Arclight in CA has 21+ screenings. You might even be allowed to drink during the movie (or at least at the bar, in the lobby).

In terms of walking out on a movie, I've never done it. I try to give every movie its fair shot. There have been a few cases where the end made the movie. That doesn't mean I haven't come close:

Johnny Mnemonic
Batman & Robin

jordanm85

01-17-2009, 10:35 PM

I've seen some really terrible movies. But I've never once walked out. I will say that opening night, midnight showing of Superman Returns. If I was not in the very center of a sold out theater, I would have left.

wakuseibaka

01-17-2009, 11:13 PM

Almost walked out of Resident Evil 3

iccanui

01-18-2009, 01:53 AM

Ive come close, but i dont think i have yet. I almost did during pathfinder i think, but i hung in there like a champ ;)

fancyburrito

01-18-2009, 04:28 AM

Walked out of I am Legend in the IMAX, movie wasn't even a minute in before we left. We really went to see The Dark Knight intro but got there really late and literally had the last two seats in the very front so we just left after that and got our money back. After seeing I am Legend on HBO months later, I'm glad we did.

ariastar

01-18-2009, 05:07 AM

I walked out during Grind House. About 45 minutes in.

summx

01-18-2009, 07:58 AM

I walked out during Grind House. About 45 minutes in.

death proof or planet terror? planet terror was amazingly bad ass

taozoo4u

01-18-2009, 08:21 AM

Ive come close, but i dont think i have yet. I almost did during pathfinder i think, but i hung in there like a champ ;)

you're a better man then me

joedubbs

01-18-2009, 04:04 PM

The only movie that I can remember considering leaving the theater was Will Smith's latest 'Hancock'. I don't know why I wanted to see it in retrospect. But I was with a friend that was enjoying it so I didn't say anything. I found Jason Bateman's performance to be quite good but the rest of the movie was rubbish.

I recently rented 'Elizabethtown' on Netflix and wanted to walk out of my own place that's how little I enjoyed it. But it was a movie that I wanted to enjoy so bad that I think I was trying to will the movie to save itself but alas, it did not.

When it comes to seeing films in the theater I have to really be compelled. With that I also try and go midweek and to late screenings to deal with as few people as possible.

aerodash84

01-18-2009, 06:28 PM

I think one reason I feel less inclined to walk out is I go to less movies lately. Mostly due to lack of money to go to a $10 movie at night. So when I go I am at least interested in going. When movies were cheaper, I'd go almost all the time and didn't really care. After seeing Redemption? (Jake Gyllenhal & Reese Whitherspoon forgot movie name), I'm more cautious about going for the sake of going.

gummo

01-18-2009, 07:54 PM

I walked out of Fear Dot Com.

anthony_gamer20

01-18-2009, 08:59 PM

I've almost done it twice.

1.) Spirit

2.) El Topo - my friend dragged me to it. Ridiculously bad.

I didn't walk out of either. They were both pretty terrible, but Spirit was an Oscar winner by comparison to El Topo. The only reason I stayed at El Topo was because my friend drove me to it and I needed him for the ride home. To give you a sense of how bad it was, I ended up TEXTING MY GIRLFRIEND IN THE THEATER underneath my coat. I'm a huge movie guy, and that's like blasphemic to me, but I had to do it to keep my sanity because it was terrible and the film didn't deserve the attention or respect.

EDIT: Oh, and a movie called Ashes of Time Redux was pretty bad too.

jimbobuk

01-19-2009, 08:56 PM

I've walked out on 2.

1st was Mystery Men. With hindsight, it was probably a harsh move, as i now appreciate it a bit more. Back then however, it felt like the biggest pile of tosh ever. I remember sitting outside waitng for my friends to finish.

2nd was The Notebook. Enough said.

The only time I ever felt like getting a refund was when the fold-down part of my seat completely broke off and fell on the floor. This was halfway through the movie, with a packed house. I would complained afterwards but because I was with a bunch of friends, one of which being a girl I quite liked, I kept myself up by just balancing myself on my elbows and pushing back hard. Complaining afterwards would have exposed all that hard work to conceal the act. (and no, I dont weigh 300lb).

jim

mega-man

01-19-2009, 11:24 PM

The only movie i've ever walked out on was Alexander. The only reason I went to see if in the first place was because my GF at the time had a thing for Colin Ferrell and really wanted to see it. Halfway through we had enough and couldn't bare to stay any longer...

panna

01-20-2009, 07:45 AM

I walked out of Battlefield Earth, I was 16 then so...I don't think my brain was ready for scientology, :P

That was before I had respect for performances and not actors and their personal lives.

poltah

01-20-2009, 05:20 PM

I've walked out of tons of movies. I attended a film school last year in Denmark where you stayed at the place for 8 months.
Never walked out for the movies I paid for, but I fell a sleep and walked out of at least 10-20 movies.
Citizen Kane, AvP2 and Disney's Junglebook are the ones I can remember walking out of.

Outside of that school I almost walked out of Mission to Mars and Spider-Man 2.

Side note: In Denmark if you walk out within the first 30 minutes of the movie, you can get your money back.