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Jay
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 03/28/2006 : 12:07:10 AM
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It took all the will power I could muster to sit through the Mr. Bean movie.
But not nearly the amount of will power it took to sit through "Drop Dead Fred" (my ex-wife loved it - is it any wonder we're not married?).
Inane ramblings - http://www.blahdityblahblah.blogspot.com |
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Prankster
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
727 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 12:51:14 AM
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Originally posted by jackspencerjr
And I should have walked out of Fargo. Man, what anti-entertainment.
Report for re-education in the morning.
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Freschel
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
150 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 02:06:24 AM
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I never walked out from a movie before. I can't afford to.
It's Coacoa Puffs, Bob. I have no idea why, but it fits the equation. |
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Cannon Fodder
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Australia
176 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 05:43:48 AM
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| Never walked out on a movie in the actual cinema and rarely, rarely do so whilst watching at home, no matter how bad the movie is. In recent memory the only movie myself and my bad movie watching friends could not get through was 'Wizard of Speed and time.' Simply painful to watch. If I had been watching on my own I might have soldiered on through to the end but when everyone else demanded it be shut off I didn't protest at all. |
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
749 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 07:28:44 AM
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I, too, have never walked out on a movie, but have
come close on a number of occasions:
SOMETHING WILD:
When Ray Liotta's character came in about halfway through,
and the movie came to a complete stop & spun 180 degrees
from quirky comedy to deadly psychological thriller, I
nearly walked out,
GROOVE TUBE:
The biggest argument that 'comedic improv' should be
banned: absolutely unfunny, uninspired and completely
mired in its time. Having seen KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE
first, and hearing that 'Groove Tube was JUST LIKE
THAT', I was very.... disappointed.
HITCH:
Didn't walk out on it, but when the DVD my wife and
I were watching stopped working about 2/3's of the
way through, we never got around to getting a fresh
copy to watch.
LOVE MONKEY:
Not a movie, but a TV show on CBS from this past
season. Tried to watch 30 minutes because I'm a
fan of Tom Cavanaugh from ED, and am sometimes
homesick for NY. This show cured me of both
fixations.
UNAN1MOUS:
Gets a special mention: I lasted less than 5
minutes watching this one, and my reality TV
loving wife was sick of it even quicker. The
absolute worst piece of drek in TV history.
This week, anyway.
MikeC |
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nshumate
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
464 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 07:35:03 AM
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Here's a helpful hint, guys: When you leave a movie in a theater before the end, you're entitled to get your money back. The theater owner will ask you why (he has to); you can simply say, "It wasn't what I expected," and that's good enough. ("Flaming bag of poo" works too.)
You will have wasted an hour of your life or more, but at least your money will be back in your pocket.
Nathan Shumate
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andy80
Diocesan Ecclesiarch of the Sacred Order of Jabootu
81 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 08:48:36 AM
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Originally posted by nshumate
Here's a helpful hint, guys: When you leave a movie in a theater before the end, you're entitled to get your money back. The theater owner will ask you why (he has to); you can simply say, "It wasn't what I expected," and that's good enough. ("Flaming bag of poo" works too.)
You will have wasted an hour of your life or more, but at least your money will be back in your pocket.
Nathan Shumate
http://www.coldfusionvideo.com
That sounds like an urban legend to me, but if it works, it works.
I've never walked out either but came close with Sargent Bilko and The Man Who Knew Too Little. |
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AnnGora
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
252 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 09:28:35 AM
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While I never could stage a walk-out during the movies that I took my small son and his friends to, I did take many a cigarette break. I remember two particularly wretched "kid's" movies:
1. Something called Jungle to Jungle with Tim Allen. I hot-boxed a whole pack during that one.
2. Richie Rich with an awkward bordering-on-adolescence McCauley Caulkin. Yech... Another pack bogied. The only thing I remember from this piece of dreck was Richie Rich wore too much red lipstick.
I was thinking that the Disney films of my childhood starring Kurt Russell were vastly superior, but I wonder what my parents really thought? (Hmmmm...I think Ma was really addicted to tobacco in those days...)
She was bred in old Kentucky, but she's just a crumb up here. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 11:50:25 AM
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Originally posted by nshumate
Here's a helpful hint, guys: When you leave a movie in a theater before the end, you're entitled to get your money back. The theater owner will ask you why (he has to); you can simply say, "It wasn't what I expected," and that's good enough. ("Flaming bag of poo" works too.)
You will have wasted an hour of your life or more, but at least your money will be back in your pocket.
Nathan Shumate
http://www.coldfusionvideo.com
Or better, just complain that the print was scratched, the projector bulb was too dim, the picture was out of focus and framed wrong, a speaker was out and the assistant manager was clearly visible jerking off in the booth and you're never coming back to this lousy theater in your life. You'll get your money back because unless you have a miraculously nice theater most if not all of these things will be true.
(BTW that last thing really happened once too, at a theater I was working at.) |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 5:24:19 PM
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As much praise that has been heaped on "Silence Of The Lambs", I found it to be just another splatter movie (Check it against Ken's movie glossery if you don't believe me). I tuned in to it on TV after it started, rolled my eyes with a groan and tuned into something else. I gave it another chance about fifteen minutes later, pointed, laughed and changed the channel. ONE MORE CHANCE ten minutes later, mocked, laughed, gave up.
Total viewing time: less than twenty minutes.
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 7:35:03 PM
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| Edit- sorry, double posted by accident and I don't see a delete option |
Edited by - Sardu on 03/28/2006 7:43:09 PM |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 7:40:55 PM
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Originally posted by Greenhornet
I tuned in to it on TV after it started, rolled my eyes with a groan and tuned into something else.
Do you think if you actually saw the movie instead of whatever edited joke they showed on TV you might have enjoyed it more?? I can see someone not thinking silence is the greatest thriller ever but I surprised anyone would think it worthy of a walkout. Now I admit the movie is a pack of cliches, and I enjoyed Brian Cox's portrayal of Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter more than Anthony Hopkins. But silence is so well executed that it holds my interest far more than most thrillers. |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 8:17:32 PM
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Originally posted by Sardu
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Originally posted by Greenhornet
I tuned in to it on TV after it started, rolled my eyes with a groan and tuned into something else.
Do you think if you actually saw the movie instead of whatever edited joke they showed on TV you might have enjoyed it more?? I can see someone not thinking silence is the greatest thriller ever but I surprised anyone would think it worthy of a walkout. Now I admit the movie is a pack of cliches, and I enjoyed Brian Cox's portrayal of Hannibal Lecktor in Manhunter more than Anthony Hopkins. But silence is so well executed that it holds my interest far more than most thrillers.
As far as I'm concerned, Hannibal uses the same tricks as Jason, Freddy and the rest, that takes it out of the "thriller" catagory and plops it firmly in the "horror" territory. Remember his "brilliant" excape from the cell? How did he string up that cop, change clothes, hide the body and change FACES in just five minutes? Then there is the fact that they checked "the cop's" body but didn't notice that he was wearing another face? ("Idiot Movie") AND they started artificial resperation meaning that Hannibal could stop his heart at will!
"The killer's dead, NO HE'S NOT!" anyone?
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 9:24:19 PM
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Funny, I thought the escape scene was the only good thing about Lambs. It woke me up, anyway.
(At least while wearing the dead guy's face Hopkins changed expressions more frequently than Jodie Foster.) |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 03/28/2006 : 9:28:51 PM
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| I agree, taken by itself that scene is weak. But in the context of the movie it doesn't really matter- you're along for the ride. Hannibal is not the main focus of the film anyway, any more than he was in Manhunter. That's why Hannibal was a real disaster, IMO. Don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to argue you into liking Silence. I'm not trying to defend it as a great movie, either, but it's at least a good one. |
Edited by - Sardu on 03/28/2006 9:30:47 PM |
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