<p>I don’t see many movies, so these are fairly dated for what it is worth. but I find ( some) television to be better written & cast than many current movies.</p>
<p>Forest Gump. Dumb- so dumb.
Mystic River. Over acting, poor ( IMO) characterization.
The Sixth Sense. Too much foreshadowing of the ending- which was the whole plot. Whats the point when they hit you over the end with the " big secret" 10 min into the film?
Interview with the Vampire. Too Graphic.
Lair of the White Worm. Too Graphic.
To Live & Die in L.A. Graphic Violence.</p>
<p>I really fault the reviewers, because while they might mention the violence in several of these movies off hand, they don’t emphasize how graphic, & drawn out those scenes are. Not something you can get over in a second or two.</p>
<p>I am not really that picky!
For example, I have seen Highlander ( 1986) several times, in the theatre!
( Plus I love that Christophe Lambert is blind as a bat & can’t wear contacts IRL)</p>
<p>I walked out of Wild at Heart. Way too violent for me. Told my now-husband that I had to go to the restroom and waited in the lobby. He eventually came looking for me.</p>
<p>I agree that reviewers underestimate the effect of violence.</p>
<p>Last Tango in Paris…when DH and I were newly married, it was showing at an art house theater so we (with our new grown-up selves) thought it would be cool to go. We walked out before it was over.</p>
<p>EK, I read Mystic River before seeing the movie. The book was way better.</p>
<p>When Star Wars came out (1977?) my girlfriend and I sat there for the first 5 minutes, looked at each other and then promptly thought up a plan as to how we could leave and get our $$$ back (we said we left the iron on at home - genius, eh? ) To this day, I have never liked anything Star Wars!!!</p>
<p>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid- just thought it was dopey.
The Shining–great movie, it was just too damn scary. I’ve seen it all the way through since.
Heaven’s Gate (Michael Cimino)- gratuitous brutality</p>
<p>There are plenty of other movies I’ve hated over the years, but these are the only ones I walked out on.</p>
<p>When I was a freshman, our university brought in an X-rated movie that caused quite a stir. It was called “Deep Throat”. I remember going to it with an attitude of “We’re 18 and liberated.” It was sooooooo gross. I couldn’t stand it. I ended up walking out alone, leaving behind the friends that came with me.</p>
<p>I sat thru Reds, I am not sure why, I was on bedrest and supposed to be housebound but was going crazy.( we didn’t have cable or a vcr) I had read the book & for some reason the movie sounded appealing.</p>
<p>I also walked out of the Exorcist, & spent the rest of the movie in the lobby, my mother had taken me to the Cinerama but I didn’t like horror movies. ( still don’t)</p>
<p>YouDon’tSay - was that the Mel Brooks One? The only movie I ever walked out of was History of the World - I can’t remember if it was part 1 or 2, but I am a huge Mel Brooks fan and couldn’t stand that one. </p>
<p>I don’t go to horror movies or extremely violent ones ever.</p>
<p>I sat through some very stupid ones with my kids too, but I have forgotten which ones were the worst - Shark Boy and Lava Girl was pretty bad.</p>
<p>My Dinner with Andre–thought I’d die of annoyed boredom. couldn’t believe that anyone took Andre seriously. I thought the point was that he was a self-involved blowhard, but had that been the point for real, the movie would have been over before appetizers were served.</p>
<p>I walked out of Borat --too embarrassed to sit with son through that-- but loved Y tu mama tambien so I dont mind explicit but tender/funny sex in a movie but I hate cruel vulgarity. </p>
<p>Fell asleep in Annie Hall, Amelie, Mujeres al borde (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown), and The Matrix. Generally, the more self absorbed the characters, the more sleepy I get. The matrix was on dvd purchased by kids and they were so keen that we watch…husband and I tried to sit through the Matrix 2 times and we ended up disgusting our kids by falling asleep both times. Stupid movie. Ironically, I love long saga type movies (I actually liked Reds) with, back in the good ol’ days, the intermission…I am only in my late 40s but I first saw Gone with The Wind, Giant, Bridge over the River Kwai, etc at the movie theatres and having an intermission made the move so much better–more of an occassion and an event and never felt sleepy. I guess I am the last of a dying breed…</p>
<p>Dr. Zhivago, I know it’s on the top 100 list, but I found it too slow and quite boring. For a long time I thought it was because I was young and couldn’t appreciate it. I tried to watch it again on television a couple of years ago…same reaction, Oh well…</p>
<p>^^^^As far as I remember, there was only one History of the World. It was named Part 1 as a joke, I think. Perhaps they intended to make a sequel, but my impression was it was part of the joke.</p>
) To this day, I have never liked anything Star Wars!!!</p>