When I lived in Milwaukee I saw a sneak preview of "Pulp Fiction." This was before anyone had heard of it or knew what it was. A few older people walked out. (I stayed.)
Boogie Nights - way, way, WAY too slow in pacing. Also, maybe I'm insensitive, but I can't stand watching clueless people doing stupid things in their pathetic, depressing lives.
Eyes Wide Shut - well, we were actually walking out of the movie when it ended, so that might not count.
Hudson Hawk- I didn't walk out, but only because I was curious to see if it could get any worse.
Oh, and i thought Pi was pretty cool for a cheap, capuccino theater type pic. Don't think i could watch it twice, though.
As far as seeing his films, here in Pittsburgh, I have found that even if a good movie is playing at a major Ciniplex with the comfortable stadium seating it is really best to go to an out of the way theatre where the "rabble" wouldn't think to go.
I saw In The Bedroom at a Ciniplex, and because the movie has been getting good press, people came to see it that had no idea what to expect: one family brought their 9 year old kid who jumped around on the seats and stood up and talked and moaned etc throughout. Other people took cellphone calls and talked at full volume...FULL VOLUME "Yo...hey...what's up?... uh....nuthin...yeah....ok..." etc. That kind of thing. The idiots couldn't imagine that somebody might have enjoyed a movie without ubiquitous sound-track music and action action action. The same with the Tannenbaums . . .and people left in droves . . .but that was only an entertaining movie...not that great...no way comparable to Rushmore.
Now I know: if the movie is even slightly obscure then see it at an obscure theatre.
<strong>Didn't the same guy who wrote and/or directed Pi also do Pitch Black? If so, I'm even more skeptical of that movie because Pitch Black was mediocre at best. I could name 100 other movies in the same genre I liked more than it. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Nope, the director of Pi is Darren Aronofsky, and his only other feature film was REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.
PITCH BLACK was fairly mediocre but I don't think Mr. Aronofsky wants to take the blame for it!
<strong>Lost Highway is the worst movie David Lynch has done. Dune was a masterwork of epic proportions compared to that piece of garbage.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Pitch Black was mediocre, but somehow it used its genre form well and made an entertaining movie given the limitations of those conventions. I didn't expect better.. And I didn't get it.
Yes, one movie I walked out of was "Velvet Goldmine" a gay director's interpretation of the Glitter Rock scene in England. When he tried to suggest that the David Bowie character butt foocked Iggy Pop's character in the movie I split...in reality neither ever had a relationship of that nature...purely creative. I guess the director had to pursue his own wet dream...
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was way better than that tripe...
I pretty much stay away from any movie who's trailer has all the best scenes in it...
I walked out of "Lost Highway". Not because I hated it, but because I was in a small theater sitting too close to some old <ahem> person who loudly criticized it practically frame-by-frame, and told everyone who sussed her to drop dead. So rather than killing her, I walked and got my money back. I really would have enjoyed snapping the old bat's neck, though.
I lucked out on "Mulholland Dr", though. I saw it at the Vista with a really quiet, respectful crowd. Great experience, and after I went to a great David Lynchian restaurant adjacent to the theater for a drink. It was downstairs, had neon-colored sombrero's on the walls, and a really cheesy band. It was great.
Never walked out of a movie. Should have walked out of "Joe's Volacano" but I was on a first date and the fact that the movie was bad didn't hurt the direction the movie was going, if you catch my meaning, so I wasn't about to change gears on the date.
What's up with "The Lost Highway" I hated that movie. Expected much more from David Lynch.
It was almost as though he was being obscure just to be obscure. I sat and watched that movie a couple of times with a variety of people and none of us could get the point of it. I mean, yeah, there's a creepy devil guy and a few 'symbolic' characters. You can piece together a plot however you want, I guess. But what was the real 'point' of the movie. What was it really even about??
Even Space Odyssey 2001 was more interesting than Lost Highway. At least it had a plot or a point.
Was I just missing some secret code in the credits or something??
I'd never walk out on a movie. If it's really bad I stay to be amused by it's lameness.
I often fall asleep in really mediocre movies, though, and I snore LOUD!
It last happened in 13 Ghosts. My friends tell me I unleashed the first snort right at one of those cheap "quiet, tense" moments, and half the theater jumped!
Nope, the director of Pi is Darren Aronofsky, and his only other feature film was REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.
PITCH BLACK was fairly mediocre but I don't think Mr. Aronofsky wants to take the blame for it!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh good, because I was quite impressed with Requiem for a Dream. I've seen it 3x and every time I watch it I feel ill because it's SO well done! They should show it to high school kids to deter them from becoming junkies.
If I, in any way, paid to see a movie, I wouldn't walk out on it, no matter how bad. Plus, I'd want to see how bad it could really get.
The last HORRIBLE movie I saw was "Haunted Honeymoon" with Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. I thought, when selecting it at Blockbuster, "Gee, it has two funny people in it, it should be pretty good. Kind of like Clue or something!"
I don't think so. I *almost* stopped it about 25 minutes into the movie, but thought that since I paid the $4 to rent it, I should finish it. It never got any better.
The last really bad movie before that was "Beverly Hills Ninja."
<strong>Of course my opinion has nothing to do with the fact Vin Diesel is in Pitch Black. No sir.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ahh, yes. Vin Diesel. The great thespian of our age. [trying to suppress sarcastic laughter at this point] I think all those years studying classical English drama at Oxford have really helped. Oh wait, we're talking about Vin Diesel here. He just rants off his lines in monotone and poses for creepy Hannibal Lecter-style glare-shots at the camera! Okay, I'm exaggerating and being harsh, but I've seen him in 3 movies so far (Fast and the Furious, Boiler Room & Pitch Black) and for all I could tell, he was playing the same character.
[quote]<strong>Last movie I walked out of was a preview screening of Crossroads, the Britney Spears thing.
I didn't pay to get in, but I'd have paid to get out.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh my GOD that's horrible! I hope the second you say the words "Britney Sp--" you ran like a bat out of hell to get out of there. No good can come from a Britney movie. None. Even her Pepsi ads make me want to drink Coke, and I prefer the taste of Pepsi!
I went to that movie with a few friends and we all nearly walked out... but I took a different mindset and stayed...
the movie was chocked full of korny general scary movie type scenes... way too many... it was pathetic...
It was one of those movie where you know everything that will happen two minutes before it does...
But I actually stayed and enjoyed the corny-ness of it...
when the audience startled, I laughed... I laughed soo much during that movie...
Was I the only one?
what did you think of that movie???
becuase it was pathetic, but pathetic in a good, funny way...
that movie cracked me up... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
If I took that movie seriously I would have walked out...
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Looking at the trailer for Jeepers Creepers, it looked like a predictable teen horror movie. So I avoided seeing it like the plague. I have a list of movies that I just never, ever want to see. #1 on that list is Titanic.
<strong>Ahh, yes. Vin Diesel. The great thespian of our age. [trying to suppress sarcastic laughter at this point] I think all those years studying classical English drama at Oxford have really helped. Oh wait, we're talking about Vin Diesel here. He just rants off his lines in monotone and poses for creepy Hannibal Lecter-style glare-shots at the camera! Okay, I'm exaggerating and being harsh, but I've seen him in 3 movies so far (Fast and the Furious, Boiler Room & Pitch Black) and for all I could tell, he was playing the same character.</strong><hr></blockquote>
And your point is?
Show me a classically trained thesp who looks that good in a vest, and maybe we can talk some more.
[quote]<strong>Oh my GOD that's horrible! I hope the second you say the words "Britney Sp--" you ran like a bat out of hell to get out of there. No good can come from a Britney movie. None. Even her Pepsi ads make me want to drink Coke, and I prefer the taste of Pepsi! </strong><hr></blockquote>
I knew Britney was in it when I agreed to go along, but I really didn't expect it to be that bad. Okay, maybe I did. It was so awful. I think we lasted around twenty minutes. Got free drinks, though.
I'm just happy they've stopped showing those awful, awful Pepsi ads before the previews.
Show me a classically trained thesp who looks that good in a vest, and maybe we can talk some more.<hr></blockquote></strong>
You must be one his gajillion female fans, swayed by looks and blinded to the lack of talent. Just kidding, there's tons of bimbo actresses who's movies I've sat through just because they were in it. *cough*Reese Whiterspoon*cough*. She was awful in American Psycho, but at least she was in it!
[quote]Originally posted by Belle:
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I knew Britney was in it when I agreed to go along, but I really didn't expect it to be that bad. Okay, maybe I did. It was so awful. I think we lasted around twenty minutes. Got free drinks, though.
I'm just happy they've stopped showing those awful, awful Pepsi ads before the previews.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You knew she was in it and still went?! Creepy. But only staying 20 minutes makes up for the blasphemy of going in the first place...I think.
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When I lived in Milwaukee I saw a sneak preview of "Pulp Fiction." This was before anyone had heard of it or knew what it was. A few older people walked out. (I stayed.)
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Eyes Wide Shut - well, we were actually walking out of the movie when it ended, so that might not count.
Hudson Hawk- I didn't walk out, but only because I was curious to see if it could get any worse.
Oh, and i thought Pi was pretty cool for a cheap, capuccino theater type pic. Don't think i could watch it twice, though.
As far as seeing his films, here in Pittsburgh, I have found that even if a good movie is playing at a major Ciniplex with the comfortable stadium seating it is really best to go to an out of the way theatre where the "rabble" wouldn't think to go.
I saw In The Bedroom at a Ciniplex, and because the movie has been getting good press, people came to see it that had no idea what to expect: one family brought their 9 year old kid who jumped around on the seats and stood up and talked and moaned etc throughout. Other people took cellphone calls and talked at full volume...FULL VOLUME "Yo...hey...what's up?... uh....nuthin...yeah....ok..." etc. That kind of thing. The idiots couldn't imagine that somebody might have enjoyed a movie without ubiquitous sound-track music and action action action. The same with the Tannenbaums . . .and people left in droves . . .but that was only an entertaining movie...not that great...no way comparable to Rushmore.
Now I know: if the movie is even slightly obscure then see it at an obscure theatre.
I walked out of Antonia's Line.
<strong>Didn't the same guy who wrote and/or directed Pi also do Pitch Black? If so, I'm even more skeptical of that movie because Pitch Black was mediocre at best. I could name 100 other movies in the same genre I liked more than it. </strong><hr></blockquote>
Nope, the director of Pi is Darren Aronofsky, and his only other feature film was REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.
PITCH BLACK was fairly mediocre but I don't think Mr. Aronofsky wants to take the blame for it!
<strong>Lost Highway is the worst movie David Lynch has done. Dune was a masterwork of epic proportions compared to that piece of garbage.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Geez, mix in an IMHO, would you?
The crash scene was good though.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch was way better than that tripe...
I pretty much stay away from any movie who's trailer has all the best scenes in it...
I lucked out on "Mulholland Dr", though. I saw it at the Vista with a really quiet, respectful crowd. Great experience, and after I went to a great David Lynchian restaurant adjacent to the theater for a drink. It was downstairs, had neon-colored sombrero's on the walls, and a really cheesy band. It was great.
Did anyone see Ghosts of Mars? Same story, but that was just so awful.
Of course my opinion has nothing to do with the fact Vin Diesel is in Pitch Black. No sir.
Last movie I walked out of was a preview screening of Crossroads, the Britney Spears thing.
I didn't pay to get in, but I'd have paid to get out.
What's up with "The Lost Highway" I hated that movie. Expected much more from David Lynch.
It was almost as though he was being obscure just to be obscure. I sat and watched that movie a couple of times with a variety of people and none of us could get the point of it. I mean, yeah, there's a creepy devil guy and a few 'symbolic' characters. You can piece together a plot however you want, I guess. But what was the real 'point' of the movie. What was it really even about??
Even Space Odyssey 2001 was more interesting than Lost Highway. At least it had a plot or a point.
Was I just missing some secret code in the credits or something??
I often fall asleep in really mediocre movies, though, and I snore LOUD!
It last happened in 13 Ghosts. My friends tell me I unleashed the first snort right at one of those cheap "quiet, tense" moments, and half the theater jumped!
Jeff
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Nope, the director of Pi is Darren Aronofsky, and his only other feature film was REQUIEM FOR A DREAM.
PITCH BLACK was fairly mediocre but I don't think Mr. Aronofsky wants to take the blame for it!</strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh good, because I was quite impressed with Requiem for a Dream. I've seen it 3x and every time I watch it I feel ill because it's SO well done! They should show it to high school kids to deter them from becoming junkies.
-Y
The last HORRIBLE movie I saw was "Haunted Honeymoon" with Gene Wilder and Gilda Radner. I thought, when selecting it at Blockbuster, "Gee, it has two funny people in it, it should be pretty good. Kind of like Clue or something!"
I don't think so. I *almost* stopped it about 25 minutes into the movie, but thought that since I paid the $4 to rent it, I should finish it. It never got any better.
The last really bad movie before that was "Beverly Hills Ninja."
I went to that movie with a few friends and we all nearly walked out... but I took a different mindset and stayed...
the movie was chocked full of korny general scary movie type scenes... way too many... it was pathetic...
It was one of those movie where you know everything that will happen two minutes before it does...
But I actually stayed and enjoyed the corny-ness of it...
when the audience startled, I laughed... I laughed soo much during that movie...
Was I the only one?
what did you think of that movie???
becuase it was pathetic, but pathetic in a good, funny way...
that movie cracked me up... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
If I took that movie seriously I would have walked out...
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<strong>Of course my opinion has nothing to do with the fact Vin Diesel is in Pitch Black. No sir.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Ahh, yes. Vin Diesel. The great thespian of our age. [trying to suppress sarcastic laughter at this point] I think all those years studying classical English drama at Oxford have really helped. Oh wait, we're talking about Vin Diesel here. He just rants off his lines in monotone and poses for creepy Hannibal Lecter-style glare-shots at the camera! Okay, I'm exaggerating and being harsh, but I've seen him in 3 movies so far (Fast and the Furious, Boiler Room & Pitch Black) and for all I could tell, he was playing the same character.
[quote]<strong>Last movie I walked out of was a preview screening of Crossroads, the Britney Spears thing.
I didn't pay to get in, but I'd have paid to get out.</strong><hr></blockquote>
Oh my GOD that's horrible! I hope the second you say the words "Britney Sp--" you ran like a bat out of hell to get out of there. No good can come from a Britney movie. None. Even her Pepsi ads make me want to drink Coke, and I prefer the taste of Pepsi!
-Y
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<strong>- "Jeepers Creepers"
I went to that movie with a few friends and we all nearly walked out... but I took a different mindset and stayed...
the movie was chocked full of korny general scary movie type scenes... way too many... it was pathetic...
It was one of those movie where you know everything that will happen two minutes before it does...
But I actually stayed and enjoyed the corny-ness of it...
when the audience startled, I laughed... I laughed soo much during that movie...
Was I the only one?
what did you think of that movie???
becuase it was pathetic, but pathetic in a good, funny way...
that movie cracked me up... <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" /> <img src="graemlins/lol.gif" border="0" alt="[Laughing]" />
If I took that movie seriously I would have walked out...
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Looking at the trailer for Jeepers Creepers, it looked like a predictable teen horror movie. So I avoided seeing it like the plague. I have a list of movies that I just never, ever want to see. #1 on that list is Titanic.
<strong>Ahh, yes. Vin Diesel. The great thespian of our age. [trying to suppress sarcastic laughter at this point] I think all those years studying classical English drama at Oxford have really helped. Oh wait, we're talking about Vin Diesel here. He just rants off his lines in monotone and poses for creepy Hannibal Lecter-style glare-shots at the camera! Okay, I'm exaggerating and being harsh, but I've seen him in 3 movies so far (Fast and the Furious, Boiler Room & Pitch Black) and for all I could tell, he was playing the same character.</strong><hr></blockquote>
And your point is?
Show me a classically trained thesp who looks that good in a vest, and maybe we can talk some more.
[quote]<strong>Oh my GOD that's horrible! I hope the second you say the words "Britney Sp--" you ran like a bat out of hell to get out of there. No good can come from a Britney movie. None. Even her Pepsi ads make me want to drink Coke, and I prefer the taste of Pepsi! </strong><hr></blockquote>
I knew Britney was in it when I agreed to go along, but I really didn't expect it to be that bad. Okay, maybe I did. It was so awful. I think we lasted around twenty minutes. Got free drinks, though.
I'm just happy they've stopped showing those awful, awful Pepsi ads before the previews.
Show me a classically trained thesp who looks that good in a vest, and maybe we can talk some more.<hr></blockquote></strong>
You must be one his gajillion female fans, swayed by looks and blinded to the lack of talent. Just kidding, there's tons of bimbo actresses who's movies I've sat through just because they were in it. *cough*Reese Whiterspoon*cough*. She was awful in American Psycho, but at least she was in it!
[quote]Originally posted by Belle:
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I knew Britney was in it when I agreed to go along, but I really didn't expect it to be that bad. Okay, maybe I did. It was so awful. I think we lasted around twenty minutes. Got free drinks, though.
I'm just happy they've stopped showing those awful, awful Pepsi ads before the previews.</strong><hr></blockquote>
You knew she was in it and still went?! Creepy. But only staying 20 minutes makes up for the blasphemy of going in the first place...I think.
-Y