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Aeriq

Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 11, 2018 - 07:04pm PT
1. Caligula: I didn't do my research on a first date in college, and things went bad FAST. I thought it was a simple story of a crazy emperor! Needless to say, there wasn't a second date. Note to self: check the director (not that I would've necessarily recognized Bob as a porn guy).

2. Eraserhead: I know, it's all cool, vogue noir art, but I was alone and it was just fukking depressing and huge in front of me. Out.
L

climber
Just livin' the dream
Nov 11, 2018 - 07:30pm PT
Night Of The Living Dead
I was seven. I was terrified. I was crying with my hands clenched over my eyes. So were my younger brothers and sisters. We left within the first 20 minutes. What could my mom have been thinking to take us to such a film?
rottingjohnny

Sport climber
Sands Motel , Las Vegas
Nov 11, 2018 - 07:35pm PT
Wild at Heart...Left after the first stabbing scene....
Brian in SLC

Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
Nov 11, 2018 - 08:18pm PT
The Devil in Miss Jones. Was the second movie in a double feature. Opening scene kinda killed the mood (ha ha).

Was underage, but, a friend worked the window.
hooblie

climber
from out where the anecdotes roam
Nov 11, 2018 - 08:22pm PT
repost:
i arrived way too early for construction season in fairbanks one year. parked and proceeded to frost up a bivy van big time. trudged around all day in arctic gear on less of a budget than a self respecting street person would settle for. finally pawned something and treated myself to what i anticipated would be couple of hours of indoor heat across town watching whatever movie might be playing that night. half way through TOWERING INFERNO i bundled up and marched back to the van. other than flame, all i remember of that movie was loud stressed up music, screaming, shouting, hollering and more screaming, most of it in a stairwell with hoses and some more screaming
McHale's Navy

Trad climber
From Panorama City, CA
Nov 11, 2018 - 08:37pm PT
I walked out on Caligula too! LOL. That was a long time ago. I can't remember if I have since seen the entire thing.
10b4me

Social climber
Lida Junction
Nov 11, 2018 - 08:45pm PT
First Star Wars, and I never went back.
Ghost

climber
A long way from where I started
Nov 11, 2018 - 08:52pm PT
Cliffhanger.

I thought it would have a bunch of silly climbing scenes that I could laugh at (and it probably did), but it pretty soon became clear it was just a celebration of mindless violence set against a background of climbing, made for no other reason than to give people who enjoy watching mindless violence something to watch.

And a couple of others, for the same reason.
apogee

climber
Technically expert, safe belayer, can lead if easy
Nov 11, 2018 - 09:03pm PT
Vertical Limit.

No explanation needed as to why.
Darwin

Trad climber
Seattle, WA
Nov 11, 2018 - 09:21pm PT

Blade Runner.

I actually walked out twice. So many respected close friends raved about it, and I gave it a second chance to no avail. I read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep before seeing the movie. That's what I wanted and expected, with all its subtle nuance. Not!
ß Î Ø T Ç H

Boulder climber
ne'er–do–well
Nov 11, 2018 - 09:30pm PT
In this case I drove out of the "drive-in".
Reilly

Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
Nov 11, 2018 - 09:42pm PT
A Boy And His Dog. After 5 or 10 minutes La Femme thought it was gonna turn out
badly for the girl. Dunno if it did or didn’t and don’t much care about post-apocalypse
films anyway as they are so ludicrous.

Watched Blade Runner at home - pretty banal but haven’t told my neighbor that.
He thinks it’s the greatest. Still trying to get him to watch El Topo. Told him its
like Like Water For Chocolate, but deeper and rougher, but he hasn’t seen that either.
ionlyski

Trad climber
Polebridge, Montana
Nov 11, 2018 - 09:49pm PT
A few but I can't remember which ones. That's the point.
Arne
Mungeclimber

Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
Nov 11, 2018 - 10:16pm PT
Does having your mom and her friend kick you out of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Dolly Parton count?


asking for a friend


on the upside I got to see the Secret of Nimh
Aeriq

Social climber
Location: It's a MisterE
Topic Author's Reply - Nov 12, 2018 - 06:02am PT
Does having your mom and her friend kick you out of the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas with Dolly Parton count?

If you did't leave voluntarily, it doesn't count!
Gary

Social climber
Desolation Basin, Calif.
Nov 12, 2018 - 06:09am PT
The Firm. After what seemed hours it was still going no where. I was glancing at my date. Out of the corner of my eye I could see her glancing at me. "Want to leave?" Yes!"

Reilly, it didn't end well for the girl friend, but it ended OK for the dog. It's a good read, typical Harlan Ellison.
stevep

Boulder climber
Salt Lake, UT
Nov 12, 2018 - 06:13am PT
We Were Soldiers about the battle of Ia Drang with Mel Gibson.

I don't mind war movies, and Gibson has done some good ones. But this one was very violent, and the sound in the theater was wayyyy loud. After about 20 minutes it was just overwhelming, so I left.
clinker

Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
Nov 12, 2018 - 06:37am PT

Does falling asleep count?

Blade Runner
justthemaid

climber
Jim Henson's Basement
Nov 12, 2018 - 07:07am PT
@ Steve- yeah I'm with you on too loud, too gratuitously " action packed" + absolutely no plot driving me to walk out of at least two movies. "Gremlins 2" & one of the latter "Bourne" movies ( can't remember which one)

I also walked out of " Dead Ringers" - boring evil gynecologist twins not being my thing.

donini

Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
Nov 12, 2018 - 07:16am PT
I don’t walk into theaters enough to set up the ocassion to walk out on a movie.
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