Recently viewed films

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Mon Jun 19, 2006 9:57 pm

Walked out of A Prairie Home Companion tonight. I don't know why I thought I would like it, when I can't take more than a few minutes of the radio show.

There is something deeply satisfying about walking out of a movie...

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:32 pm

How can there be? You've wasted your money, your time, and had your hopes dashed. I don't think I've ever done it and never want to.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:53 pm

I walked out of after the first few minutes of "the Wrath of Khan" because I couldnt get over the fact the Klingons had blown up a complete planet. I was extremely extremely stoned though.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 6:09 pm

Well that sounds pretty legitimate, I think I would have broken the habit of a lifetime if that had been me. Did you protest loudly as you left?

Emotional Toothpaste · Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:30 am

Took the fam to see CARS the other night. Reallly enjoyed it. I can't stomach the cable guy's stand-up bits, but with just his voice used in this movie, it was fine.

mood swung · Post by **mood swung** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:23 am

Name's Mater. Like tuh-mater, only without the tuh.

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:36 am

I enjoyed Cars, but found it wasn't up to the standard of previous Pixar films. Visually, the film was stunning - but I didn't find the humour as clever as usual. Good movie though.

Toothpaste, I hope you stuck around until after the credits - otherwise you will have missed the best part of the film.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:30 am

miss buenos aires wrote:Walked out of A Prairie Home Companion tonight. I don't know why I thought I would like it, when I can't take more than a few minutes of the radio show.

There is something deeply satisfying about walking out of a movie...

Otis Westinghouse wrote:How can there be? You've wasted your money, your time, and had your hopes dashed. I don't think I've ever done it and never want to.

But why sit there and suffer through something you don't like? I can relate to the time and energy value affirming act of cutting my losses by walking out. Same reason i refuse to line up in a long queue for some club -- any club -- and I suggest moving on. And why I hardly watch commercial tv in real time anymore, why cop ads... I record if anything seems worthwhile and then fast-forward a lot.

Emotional Toothpaste · Thu Jun 22, 2006 1:12 pm

Blue Chair - I agree. I tried to tell my wife the same thing, that I didn't think it was quite as funny as say The Incredibles or Monsters. Just didn't seem to have as much of that wit going on 2 levels - the inside jokes for the moms and dads w/ the kid humor. It had plenty, but just not as much. I didn't stick around past the credits, what happened? was there enough one of those Pixar mini movies? I liked the coin fountain one in the beginning.

Post by **BlueChair** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 2:00 pm

This article talks about it, in the section under "Credit in the credits"

http://edition.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Mov ... index.html

I'd advise anybody who plans on seeing Cars not to read this article until after seeing it

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:29 pm

bambooneedle wrote:But why sit there and suffer through something you don't like? I can relate to the time and energy value affirming act of cutting my losses by walking out.

I go to the cinema rarely ebnough to only pick films that seem really good/interesting and almost certainly worth staying till the end of. And a bad film might get better, too.

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:47 am

Otis Westinghouse wrote:And a bad film might get better, too.

I'm all for staying until the end unless you're utterly offended. Even if you're going to hate the film, better to be righteous and hate it in its entirety!

I only walked out of one film, and that was because of the audience as much as the film (plus I was 19 and more prone than I am now, if that is possible, to melodrama). The film was Swept Away (the original) and the audience was more upset by the killing of a bunny than by the rape of the protagonist. That and the whole business of a socio-political allegeory having to of course cast a woman as the oppressor so she could then be victimized and taken down a peg, well, it made my head spin at the time and I couldn't deal with being part of the alleged humanity in the theater and portrayed on screen. Like I said, I was 19!

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 8:51 am

Otis, are you still irked at me about that Fall comment? You were right, he sacked them all and had new ones in!

Perhaps I shouldn't have said "satisfying" so much as "liberating." It's like declaring, "I am not a slave to the bad decision I made an hour ago! I can still change the course of this evening! I may have wasted my money, but I don't have to waste my time!"

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:01 am

Fair enough. Now, why DID you decide to go in the first place?

Your role as arbiter of good taste nearly slipped there!

I must say the ability to sit through utter dreck is boosted when one starts taking kids to the movies. Worst three I've had to suffer through, in order of crapitude:

1. The Magic Roundabout
2. The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl 3-D
3. Home on the Range

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:02 am

I'd have to put the Garfield picture up there near the top of my list, the cleavage maybe saving it from being worst ever.

I once sat through a double-bill at a drive-in of "Congo" and "Drop Zone".

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:03 am

I am living in rural Vermont! My entertainment options are limited! It was that or The Lake House!

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 9:07 am

miss buenos aires wrote:I am living in rural Vermont!

Who knew! Dude, that's what Netflix is for. But I absolutely understand the urge to get into a theater, especially on a hot summer day.

Sam, that was a truly dire double feature! The drive-in can be so good. I saw Alien at the Wellfleet Drive-In when it first came out. Perfect!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Jun 23, 2006 7:03 pm

That Pokemon movie was wince-inducing. Actually, it was just sleep-inducing. It was so cheap though! Just bad TV shown at the cinema.

MBA: irked, moi? No, I accept your youth and irreverence before a walking cultural landmark.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:07 am

I've been becoming more ruthless about my entertainment choices of late. That's why I can't listen to pretentious Radiohead. I like a lot of stuff that's got soul. I stopped watching Jesus' Son after enduring 20 minutes of unbearably bad acting, really amateurish cinematography... it just had nothing holding it together. Same with Jarhead.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:10 am

Did you write a carefully worded letter to Thom Yorke explaining your decision?

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:15 am

To whom...?

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:16 am

And they say Americans' attention spans are bad...

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 9:18 am

Yeah well they tend to generalize, and be generalized about, don't they?

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 1:23 pm

Radiohead has lots of soul. Modern soul music.

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 6:35 pm

Thank You For Smoking - excellent!