Have You Ever Walked Out Midway Through A Movie? Movie Chat

[LeeLee]

Last night I was bombarded with texts from a friend who went to watch Joker 2 saying she was so appalled, that she walked out of the cinema 50 minutes into the film and wasn't the first to do so during the showing.

She said she's never walked out of a cinema before, and that set me off thinking as I've never actively got up and left a movie I've paid money to watch, whereas at home an awful movie simply gets turned off. I've fallen asleep several times during disinteresting movie in the cinema (which is effectively the same thing I suppose) but I've never got up and walked out.

So what about you, has anything been such an affront to your sensibilities that you've elected to leave in protest? If you have, what was the movie?

 

[Birdman]

The only reason I didn't walk out of The Happening was because I was convinced there was a punchline coming. That's the closest I've ever come to it though.

 

[Hera]

When I watched The Tree of Life I wanted to walk out, because I just couldn't bear any more of the pretentiousness. I didn't leave however, so at least I can say I have seen the film.

The only other time I have wanted to walk out was Thor: Love and Thunder and it felt like a mistake already after about 2 minutes. Again, I didn't. Absolute dross of a film.

 

[Alice]

I've never walked out. I did go and see Holmes & Watson with my friend and suffered through the entire thing.

On the way out, she goes "that was shit." It turns out we'd both sat there hating the film because we each thought the other one was enjoying it.