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Have you ever been to a movie so terrible that you saw people leaving the theater? Which one was it? (lemmy.world)

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[–] SuddenDownpour@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

I once took my grandfather, a retired commander of the Land Army, to watch a leftist comedy. While I liked it, he was somewhat uncomfortable, but we watched it till the end.

A couple months later, he wanted to take me to watch a documentary on the life on a wooden ship over months, maintained for historical conservation. I'm not going to say it was the biggest turd I had ever seen in my entire life, but it was a serious contender, but nonetheless I had committed myself to watch it till the end because my grandpa did the same effort for me. In the end, it was him who asked me to leave early because he was bored.

[–] witty_username@feddit.nl 1 points 6 months ago

That movie Wanted where Jolie curve balls bullets and Freeman reads the future by means of textile production

[–] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Yes! Battlefield Earth.
I stayed for the whole movie because I couldn’t believe how bad it was.

[–] Trae@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

To me battlefield earth falls under the "so bad it begins to loop back around into Cheesey fun" category.

I especially love how what are essentially cave men find F16 fighter jets from the past and not only do the jets and old fuel work, but the cave men know how to start them and fly them effectively.

L Ron really outdid himself on that gem.

[–] roscoe@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not even F16s, Harriers. Notoriously hard to fly and constantly breaking down.

[–] Trae@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

That's right, Jesus. I haven't watched that movie in like 20 years so I just took a shot in the dark at what jets were really popular at the time and we were flying the shit out of F16s during the Gulf War.

Harriers were fucking nightmares for the mechanics and avionics techs that worked them.

[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 months ago

really outdid himself

You should see what he saved for the non-fiction section.

[–] S_204@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Across the universe.... like half of the theatre walked out. It truly was a piece of shit movie.

A guy in the row in front of me exasperatedly said ' I did the wrong damn drugs for this shit' as he walked out.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

My ex GF made us leave in the middle of LOTR: Return of the King.

She is my ex for unrelated reasons.

[–] johannesvanderwhales@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I saw Young Einstein on opening weekend...for some reason. No one left the theater but there were only about 4 of us in there to begin with.

[–] Adramis@midwest.social 1 points 6 months ago

Didn't walk out, but wish I had: the first Wonder Woman movie with Gal Gadot. They managed to make a Wonder Woman movie that was more about her boyfriend than Wonder Woman. Wtf.

[–] ganksy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The Dark Tower. Was so embarrassed that I brought my wife thinking someone could possibly take 8 books and boil them down to 95 minutes that I made us leave a half hour in. It trivialized everything about the books in the worst way possible.

Also, Nacho Libre. Just couldn't do it. I don't ding JB for it at all but really bad.

[–] deweydecibel@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

There are bad adaptations, and then there's the Dark Tower, which was akin to a full palm-open slap to the fans while desperately hoping they could maybe appeal to some movie goers that were unfamiliar with the books, which it failed to do spectacularly.

[–] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Most of Steven King books end up this way. It's pretty much expected at this point.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

I was escorted out of a movie once.

The movie was called Quarantine. I don't remember if there were, but I don't remember any warnings before going to see the movie or when the movie started. So anyways there's a lot of flashing in the movie and I had multiple seizures.

[–] toofpic@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not a bad movie at all, but it was so fun watching people with kids leaving the Sausage Party: what were they expecting?

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Something similar happened when I saw the Final Fantasy movie. This blue-haired old lady walked in with her 7-8 year old granddaughter. They left shortly after a demon tore a soul from a living human.

No idea why she thought it would be appropriate for a kid that age.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

An older lady and a kid were at South Park in the row in front of me. They didn't make it 10 minutes.

I think that a lot of people in the Boomer and older age ranges never really understood the idea of adult animation, so they just assume that animated shows and films are made for kids.

(But my favorite Parker/Stone walk-out was the obviously Mormon couple who sat in front of us for the first 30 minutes of The Book of Mormon. The guy had the word "Mormon" embossed on his belt. They didn't do their homework before they bought those tickets.)

[–] viking@infosec.pub 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

(But my favorite Parker/Stone walk-out was the obviously Mormon couple who sat in front of us for the first 30 minutes of The Book of Mormon. The guy had the word “Mormon” embossed on his belt. They didn’t do their homework before they bought those tickets.)

Was it released as a movie? Or do you mean the musical? If so, that's the absolute best thing I've ever seen on stage. Also the only one that was so good I went to watch it a second time :-D

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It was the musical, so it was not a cheap ticket. I don't know how they didn't know it was not going to be supportive of their worldview.

[–] viking@infosec.pub 1 points 6 months ago

That's actually a perfect analogy for what I know about their worldview.

[–] Waldowal@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Barnyard. My daughter and I used to go see EVERY kids movie when she was between 5 and 12 yrs. Let me tell you, I have learned to enjoy some shitastic movies. Then came Barnyard. 30 minutes in, it was so bad, I leaned over to my (then 6 years old) daughter and said "Sweetie, do you like this movie?" She looked at me with the most serious face and just said "No".

[–] vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 months ago

Weirdly enough the barnyard TV show was weirdly good. Like it was bad but also kinda ok in that weird way that after awhile you stop caring that its vaguely bad and it actually ends up ok.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I saw the South Park Bigger, Longer, and Uncut movie in theaters as a kid. I lived in a small town adjacent to a small city, and there weren't many other people in the theater. During the scene where the boys are watching the Terrace and Phillip movie and the theater-goers walk out, so did everyone else in our real life theater. It was surreal. We had a great time watching the rest of the movie by ourselves.

[–] Trae@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I can't imagine not loving every second of that movie. I still sing Uncle Fucker to myself.

[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 months ago

Around the time the movie was released I worked over nights stocking at a Toys R Us. As soon as the store closed I would connect my discman to the PA system and we would listen to music all night. One day we were working later than usual because of Christmas, no one told us the store had actually opened and Uncle Fucker was playing over the PA.

[–] BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It wasn't me, but Pan's Labyrinth had quite the exodus of parents with their younger kids when someone was beaten with a bottle and shot to death very early on.

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Was that the one with or without David Bowie?

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You're thinking of “Labyrinth”. Which is still a masterpiece of eccentric fantasy.