"Well, that's two hours of my life I'll never get back..."

[danzig138]

Altough there are plenty of movies I really don't like, the only ones that made me think "There goes that hour and a half" are
Doom Generation
The Turning
John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars.

 

[WayneLigon]

Movies You Walked Out Of

None. There have been movies on TV that I haven't finished, and one DVD I never bothered to watch more than the first half hour, but never an in-theater movie.

I'd give anything in the world an hour or at the very least half-hour. Walking out on something or turning it off after five to ten minutes doesn't say anything about the film; it says that you either didn't really want to be watching a movie at that time, had other problems, whatever.

 

[Chain Lightning]

some video games should Never be turned into movies. this was one of them.

True, like ...you should never do a "Pac-Man" movie or a "Burger Time" movie. But in my opinion...."Resident Evil" could've been a cool movie if the right talent had made the film. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Doesn't mean it should've been made though.

I guess it depends on your view of video games. I think most people think its about the silliest source for movie material.

I see a lot of you listing movies that ....although bad.....I don't think really count as so horrible that you actually wished you could defy the laws of time.
And the LotR movies being on that list? My gawd...how many movies have you seen? Obviously they must all be friggin awesome movies if LotR was the worst of them. Even if you hate PJ's interpretation of Tolkien's work....it can't possibly be the ranking of the WORST movies you wanted time back from seeing.

Let me give you my list of movies that I think are worthy (low budget and indie films not included):

-Spawn: the movie based off Todd McFarlane's comic book.

-Knockoff: a Jean-Claude film about the Hong Kong knock-off trade.

-Dreamcatcher: off the Stephen King book. Which I guess is about an powerful alien who lives on Earth disguised as a retarded person.

-The Medallion: and I thought Jackie couldn't make anything worse than "Accidental Spy".

-Dungeons & Dragons: although I admit, if I was forced to watch one of these movies (on this list) again, but got to pick my poison....I'd watch this again.

Now these are stinkers. And I'm sure Marcie X would be on that list too if I actually saw it. But I didn't .......

If you've seen the above and still list any of the LotR movies without also listing these....then you are suffering from some sort of mental illness. Not my opinion...but I'm sure its safe to say that would be FACT.

Now, if you're talking about sci-fi/fantasy properties that have disappointed you the most, failed to live up to hype, committed crime of not meeting the expectations of hardcore fans, etc, etc....

...then I'd totally understand if you listed one or all of the LotR movies. My opinion would disagree, but I'd understand. Heck, if I made that list it would be:

-Matrix Reloaded

-Matrix Revolutions

-Star Wars: The Phantom Menace

-Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

-Starship Troopers

-Alien 3

-Alien Resurrection

-all the Highlander films after the first one.

-Godzilla

All of these are bad films. But as bad as they are....they don't come as close to being as bad as my first list. Okay, I take that back....Highlander II does. But you know what I mean. Not bad enough to walk out bitter that I wasted about 2 hours. Man....its only 2 hours. I waste more time driving on these friggin Los Angeles highways. Now...THOSE are hours I wish I could get back. Heh heh heh.

 

[Qlippoth]

3. Face/Off

This film distinguished itself by showing how John Travolta can't play good or evil characters. Oh, and a climactic chase scene that reacquainted me with the laughter I hadn't experienced since They Live...now they're chasing each other with boats!

 

[Hypersmurf]

True, like ...you should never do a "Pac-Man" movie or a "Burger Time" movie.

Or a Super Mario Bros. movie...

-Hyp.

 

[barsoomcore]

I'd give anything in the world an hour or at the very least half-hour. Walking out on something or turning it off after five to ten minutes doesn't say anything about the film; it says that you either didn't really want to be watching a movie at that time, had other problems, whatever.

I think you're confusing posts. I didn't say anything about how long you gave the film -- the only requirement was that you walk out BEFORE the credits. I agree -- five minutes is not long enough to know where a film's going, and I'll give just about anything a go.

Heck, just to take Chain Lightning's list, I happen to quite like both Knock-Off (Van Damme's best film -- I understand that's not saying very much, but still) and Dungeons and Dragons (geez, people, it had a gigantic battle between fleets of red and gold dragons -- what more do you want? I mean, besides good acting, a quality script and costumes that don't make you burst out laughing?). I'm not a hard sell when it comes to movies -- I'll like just about anything.

But that one time, sitting in the theatre watching Red Dragon, we just said, "Why are we staying here?" We'd sat through The 13th Warrior and come out thinking, "Why did we stay there?" We'd sat through Deep Blue Sea and come out thinking "Why did we stay there?" So this time we said, "No. We don't have to sit here and endure this." And we left.

 

[Hypersmurf]

I happen to quite like both Knock-Off (Van Damme's best film -- I understand that's not saying very much, but still) and Dungeons and Dragons (geez, people, it had a gigantic battle between fleets of red and gold dragons -- what more do you want? I mean, besides good acting, a quality script and costumes that don't make you burst out laughing?).

That's the thing about the D&D movie. I really like the dragon battle sequence.

But it was on TV here a couple of weeks ago, and I spent the rest of the movie either laughing - and not at bits intended to be humorous - or yelling abuse at the television.

Apart from those few minutes that are very cool, the rest is an abomination.

We'd sat through The 13th Warrior and come out thinking, "Why did we stay there?"

When I saw 13th Warrior in the theatre, I wasn't really that grabbed by it. It was kinda disjointed.

I got the book out of the library, hoping that it would clear up a lot of the plot holes (like... what was the point of the jealous prince?), assuming that in the conversion to the film, certain details had become lost.

But because of the book's concept - a story pieced together from fragments of journals discovered hundreds of years later (apparently for a while, some academics didn't realise that Crichton had made the whole thing up, and were quite excited) - the book has the same unresolved threads of storyline.

That patchwork effect that the film gave me on first viewing, it would seem, was deliberate!

And now I own the film on DVD, and it's one of my favourite movies. I'm playing a ranger in a PbEM who I've lifted almost whole from Edgtho the Silent. I can sit and watch the "Choosing the Warriors" scene on repeat for half an hour without getting bored.

It's kinda weird, because all those annoying things that aren't properly explored are still there, and should continue to irritate me. But they don't any more, and I love the movie.

[shrug]

-Hyp.

 

[kirinke]

True, like ...you should never do a "Pac-Man" movie or a "Burger Time" movie. But in my opinion...."Resident Evil" could've been a cool movie if the right talent had made the film. Unfortunately, that didn't happen. Doesn't mean it should've been made though.
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true. i mean, the tie-in book was better than the movie, truth be told. if they had actually had a half-way decent director who stuck to the plot, then it would have been fairly good.

 

[barsoomcore]

Hyp, you and I man, I bet if we were in the same room we'd slam into each other and explode.



And reaper would find some way to make it sound like he knew it would happen all along.

 

[kirinke]

Hyp, you and I man, I bet if we were in the same room we'd slam into each other and explode.



And reaper would find some way to make it sound like he knew it would happen all along.

can i watch? I have popcorn....