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Meh. I got bored and walked out to be honest. We all have our own tastes.

vasco 3y ago
The phenomenon of walking out of a show I paid to watch, even if I'm not enjoying that much is so alien to me. The first thought I might have is "what am I missing", and throughout I'll be trying to either find something good in it or start joking about it in my head. Maybe it'll turn good, maybe it'll be so bad it's good. Maybe the way they tell the story is bad but I still want to know how the story ends. I feel like I have so many reasons to stay there that it hasn't ever ocurred to walk out. Do you walk out of stuff often?
- wheels 3y ago
  I don't watch enough movies in a theater to measure walk outs there (though I would have walked out of the latest Avatar had I not been there with my son; so boring and long...), but I do stop maybe 1/5 novels without finishing and maybe 1/20 movies without finishing them. There's more interesting stuff I could be doing with my time, and if they are completely not my taste, I'd rather be ding those things.
- worrycue 3y ago
  Not him but I have video games I didn't complete and books I stop reading midway. You already wasted your money, why compound the loss further by wasting your time on things you don’t care for.
- throw_pm23 3y ago
  Walked out once of a movie people convinced me to go to. I found it childish and boring, kept thinking it is a nice sunny weather outside, what am I doing wasting my life in this darkness watching this commercial crap. It felt great being outside. I wish I had used my time similarly wisely in the years that followed :)
- devoutsalsa 3y ago
  If I’m falling asleep during a movie or I’ve watched 50% and have no idea what’s happening, I don’t much see the point in staying :)
- guerrilla 3y ago
  You're just a victim of the sunk-cost fallacy.
  - CoastalCoder 3y ago
    Come on, Titanic wasn't that bad. :)
    - guerrilla 3y ago
      Maybe not... but your joke on the other hand... ;)
      - CoastalCoder 3y ago
        I completely agree. I posted it in a moment of weakness. Undoubtedly "inspired" by recently watching [0] :) [0] https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/A_Flight_to_Remember https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/A_Flight_to_Remember
- flagrant_taco 3y ago
  I've done this once in 30+ years. Little Nicky was a terrible movie, no clue what Adam Sandler was thinking with that one.
- mtalantikite 3y ago
  I watched it at home, so I didn't walk out technically, but I also turned off "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". The only movies I've physically walked out of have been "The Departed" and "Tree of Life". I don't think it's a big deal to bail on something you're not enjoying, but have given a best effort to get into.
  - voidfunc 3y ago
    When you start consistently walking out of Oscar nominated or winning films I know immediately your opinion on films is probably not worth much.
    - jterrys 3y ago
      I really wouldn't go that far. Oscar nominations are industry nominated movies. There's no real bar of quality aside from what the committee deems worthwhile. The committee famously doesn't care about animated movies, so the generally the only animated films that wins Oscars are Disney films, despite strong international presence.
- fragmede 3y ago
  Time is worth more than money. It could turn around, but it could also not, and if it doesn't, you're not getting those two hours of your life back. You have a very limited amount of time allotted to you on Earth, choose what you do with it wisely. You'll get more money, you won't get more time.
- borroka 3y ago
  I once walked out of a picture, for Ermanno Olmi's Il mestiere delle armi (The Profession of Arms). I was not ready for what I later discovered was a masterpiece about the last days of Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere. If you are interested in the life of the most famous " Capitano di Ventura " of the Renaissance, I recommend the magisterial biography of Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere written by Cesare Marchi.

The phenomenon of walking out of a show I paid to watch, even if I'm not enjoying that much is so alien to me. The first thought I might have is "what am I missing", and throughout I'll be trying to either find something good in it or start joking about it in my head. Maybe it'll turn good, maybe it'll be so bad it's good. Maybe the way they tell the story is bad but I still want to know how the story ends. I feel like I have so many reasons to stay there that it hasn't ever ocurred to walk out. Do you walk out of stuff often?

wheels 3y ago
I don't watch enough movies in a theater to measure walk outs there (though I would have walked out of the latest Avatar had I not been there with my son; so boring and long...), but I do stop maybe 1/5 novels without finishing and maybe 1/20 movies without finishing them. There's more interesting stuff I could be doing with my time, and if they are completely not my taste, I'd rather be ding those things.
worrycue 3y ago
Not him but I have video games I didn't complete and books I stop reading midway. You already wasted your money, why compound the loss further by wasting your time on things you don’t care for.
throw_pm23 3y ago
Walked out once of a movie people convinced me to go to. I found it childish and boring, kept thinking it is a nice sunny weather outside, what am I doing wasting my life in this darkness watching this commercial crap. It felt great being outside. I wish I had used my time similarly wisely in the years that followed :)
devoutsalsa 3y ago
If I’m falling asleep during a movie or I’ve watched 50% and have no idea what’s happening, I don’t much see the point in staying :)
guerrilla 3y ago
You're just a victim of the sunk-cost fallacy.
- CoastalCoder 3y ago
  Come on, Titanic wasn't that bad. :)
  - guerrilla 3y ago
    Maybe not... but your joke on the other hand... ;)
    - CoastalCoder 3y ago
      I completely agree. I posted it in a moment of weakness. Undoubtedly "inspired" by recently watching [0] :) [0] https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/A_Flight_to_Remember https://futurama.fandom.com/wiki/A_Flight_to_Remember
flagrant_taco 3y ago
I've done this once in 30+ years. Little Nicky was a terrible movie, no clue what Adam Sandler was thinking with that one.
mtalantikite 3y ago
I watched it at home, so I didn't walk out technically, but I also turned off "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood". The only movies I've physically walked out of have been "The Departed" and "Tree of Life". I don't think it's a big deal to bail on something you're not enjoying, but have given a best effort to get into.
- voidfunc 3y ago
  When you start consistently walking out of Oscar nominated or winning films I know immediately your opinion on films is probably not worth much.
  - jterrys 3y ago
    I really wouldn't go that far. Oscar nominations are industry nominated movies. There's no real bar of quality aside from what the committee deems worthwhile. The committee famously doesn't care about animated movies, so the generally the only animated films that wins Oscars are Disney films, despite strong international presence.
fragmede 3y ago
Time is worth more than money. It could turn around, but it could also not, and if it doesn't, you're not getting those two hours of your life back. You have a very limited amount of time allotted to you on Earth, choose what you do with it wisely. You'll get more money, you won't get more time.
borroka 3y ago
I once walked out of a picture, for Ermanno Olmi's Il mestiere delle armi (The Profession of Arms). I was not ready for what I later discovered was a masterpiece about the last days of Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere. If you are interested in the life of the most famous " Capitano di Ventura " of the Renaissance, I recommend the magisterial biography of Giovanni Dalle Bande Nere written by Cesare Marchi.