Films you couldn't bear to finish watching

would it really make a difference if one just finishes the film? I just don't understand why ppl bail on a movie...me personally I have to finish it no matter how much it may suck...then I feel I can give an opinion...that's just me.

 

I have Toys on my to watch list...I do not remember anything about this movie even after reading the synopsis...

 

Really? The unrated DVD was absolutely hysterical...I am not a fan of the writer, but he killed with this one!

 

Actually on that one I started to fast forward a lot and stop in different scenes to try and find anything redeeming, rather than just totally shut it off mid-watch. Life is way too short to waste even two hours on unnecessary viewing when there are so many other more worthy ways to spend that same time. IMO of course.

We watched the unrated DVD of Ted... didn't find it hysterical in the least. Maybe a couple weak chuckles at best, another time-waster IMO.

 

I guess Ted didn't strike the laughter chord...it was quite crass! LOL!

I do understand where you are coming from, but if one bails without watching it until the end really cannot give a credible opinion...I am NOT referring to you, but it happens quite often.

 

Yeah, the last 10 minutes of Napoleon Dynamite was the cherry on top for me. If it had ended a different way, I may not have enjoyed the movie as a whole.

 

No offense taken Michael.

 

there ya go!

 

OK, that's cool...

 

Nymphomaniac, volume 1. Even more pretentious nonsense than Melancholia.

 

Thinking more about this whole subject in general, I might actually be more prone to just falling asleep during films that hold no interest to me. It's a pretty close split between sleep and bailing out... sometimes the sleep just overpowers me before I get the energy to stand up and walk away from the screen.

 

My wife and I both hardly ever walk out or stop a movie. The last one we did turn off was a documentary called Earthlings, an animal rights propaganda piece consisting of clip after clip of examples of animal cruelty. It was relentless and the footage was given no context. Almost animal death porn. We made it through about 15 minutes.

Many of the films listed on this thread I enjoyed. Lost in Translation is one of my favorite movies, though I can understand how some people don't get it. I love how it doesn't go the usual Hollywood route with an affair. Instead, two lonely people find each other for a little while. And that's enough. I fell in love with Scarlett here.

 

I'm a sucker for movie scenes that have very emotional music scores playing during a very emotional scene, I always tear up all the time..

 

It's fair to say that pretty much everything by Lars von Trier should be abandoned.

 

Maybe you weren't supposed to.

 

I kind of liked Melancholia for its weirdness and unconventionality. It certainly isn't a movie for the popcorn set and you definitely have to be in a certain mood to fully appreciate it. I think if I was in the mood for popcorn and had seen this, I probably wouldn't have liked it.

 

You know what? It actually got kinda clever at the end, but the viewer certainly earns that reward. No doubt about it. It can be a slog, but I actually was happy with it overall (storywise...cinematically is another story...)

 

You could say the same for Terry Gilliam films-ESPECIALLY Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (my all time fav , by the way)

 

I never walk out of films...but I do ignore some of them.

 

Personal rule of thumb is to see a film through. There's always something to learn. Or it may come together at the end. I didn't think I'd make it through Irreversible simply because of the "camerawork" at the beginning but it turned out to be an understandable part of the narrative I suppose. But the only one I think I literally was tempted to was Lynch's Dune. So ugly (i.e. bland) and boring. And confusing. That's three strikes. (To me the film actually has four strikes but I don't want to incriminate myself on this forum about disliking a certain musician .)

 

That's a rough film, but it's worth watching once. There's a lot of well-made films that have serial killers, torture, and terrible cruelty that I think are tolerable when it's done in context, when it's brief, and when the movie has a greater plot beyond that. Seven is one of those. But... I'm not sure if I could watch it again. I'm also not gonna watch Schindler's List again, though I concede it's a very good film. Very hard to sit through. I was just about sobbing by the end -- though I'm not Jewish, I had family members executed by the Nazis in Holland when they took over in 1940.

Generally the only movies I've ever walked out on were boring films, which to me is the worst thing you can do to the audience. Even if the film is obnoxious and violent, at least that holds your interest -- even if it repels you. Boredom is the worst possible offense.

 

+ 1 (EDIT: I don't walk out on films, but I agree with the sentiment.)

Also films where I can only see the filmmaker's ego, or behind-the-scenes decision making on screen. Craps on immersion and takes me out of the story. I know the medium is all about ego and back stage antics, but if I notice it on-screen, forget it.

 

A few movies I just can't watch, most famous being Black Hawk Down and Flight 93. Instead I donated to the memorial site in Pennsylvania.

I've ejected a few movies when I got Netflix in the mail that some consider exceptional, but either from way too many unnecessary f-bombs, unending violence, or plain old lousy script.

 

The only movie I ever fell asleep at was The Avengers. Snooze central.