Films You're Embarrassed to Say You Paid to See in a Theater

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Hoop Dreams and Casino were my two worst expericences

Too young to appreciate the point of Hoop Dreams and got pulled out of Casino because the kid who drove had a curfew and didnt know the movie was long.

lipidquadcab · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:03 pm

FavreFan wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

Rock of Ages

You win.

Felt like I lost at the time...

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:04 pm

Regular Reader wrote:

Unforgiven. I was embarrassed for Clint, I was embarrassed to have convinced my now wife to go with me & I was embarrassed that I paid to watch that dull piece of shit. I was even more embarrassed to have sat through the entire 2.5 hours hoping for at least 4-5 good minutes in a row to try and salvage it despite being asked by the wife to please leave early.

And yes, I know all the arguments claiming its cinematic greatness & how it was a well acted, heavily textured film. But it bored the hell out of me.

Wow. That movie was outstanding IMHO. I loved it. It has a couple nice social messages (which more or less get undone in the last reel).

I found this flick fascinating, and just a sweet collection of great actors, Eastwood, Hackman, Harris, Freeman...
Great movie. I don't think I could disagree with you more.

Don Tiny · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:07 pm

Joe vs. the Volcano (personally the worst thing I sort of saw ... purposefully went to sleep about half hour into it to help pass the time faster ... I didn't drive to that particular movie ... never made that mistake again)

McHale's Navy (from 1997 ... I'm guessing a number of you won't even recall this was a movie ... at least it had Ernest Borgnine in it)

The Day After Tomorrow (to be fair, this was a huge bait and switch movie that I wasn't the only chump that fell for it)

Regular Reader · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:13 pm

Darkside wrote:

Wow. That movie was outstanding IMHO. I loved it. It has a couple nice social messages (which more or less get undone in the last reel).

I found this flick fascinating, and just a sweet collection of great actors, Eastwood, Hackman, Harris, Freeman...
Great movie. I don't think I could disagree with you more.

It had great actors who all brought their "A" games, agreed. The societal messages were there, but they came across ham handed to me, but I appreciated the effort and still can look beyond that.

At first I thought that I was overly influenced by the extreme boredom that the wife suffered & complained through that had me missing out the greatness of the movie. Then I've tried to watch it a couple of times over the last twenty years.

Nope, it honestly bores the hell out of me.

Darkside · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 1:21 pm

Regular Reader wrote:

It had great actors who all brought their "A" games, agreed. The societal messages were there, but they came across ham handed to me, but I appreciated the effort and still can look beyond that.

At first I thought that I was overly influenced by the extreme boredom that the wife suffered & complained through that had me missing out the greatness of the movie. Then I've tried to watch it a couple of times over the last twenty years.

Nope, it honestly bores the hell out of me.

Interesting. It's certainly no "Bourne" movie with nonstop action. It's a slow building pace with two small peaks and one major climax...

I enjoy the development of the characters. A young gun anxious to get his kill, claiming to be a killer, but once he does it he can't hardly live with himself. The descent of Will Munny, who was quite successful in changing his life, showing real remorse for his actions, and when he hears about Ned he picks up the bottle again, the source of his mean. Ned, who couldn't bring himself to pull the trigger on Davey Boy because he developed the conscience that he didn't have as a youth, or perhaps it's the influence of Sally, he saw the death and just wanted to go home, couldn't bring himself to watch them get the next kill.

And the last 5 minutes makes that movie outstanding.

Tall Midget · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:12 pm

The English Patient. Absolutely awful.

stoneroses86 · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:13 pm

Regular Reader wrote:

Unforgiven. I was embarrassed for Clint, I was embarrassed to have convinced my now wife to go with me & I was embarrassed that I paid to watch that dull piece of shit. I was even more embarrassed to have sat through the entire 2.5 hours hoping for at least 4-5 good minutes in a row to try and salvage it despite being asked by the wife to please leave early.

And yes, I know all the arguments claiming its cinematic greatness & how it was a well acted, heavily textured film. But it bored the hell out of me.

One time I saw a movie called "Et tu, Brute." It was about an election where one guy thought the other guy would vote for him because they liked the same ballplayer named Jeter, and the other guy did not even like tomatoes, but then the other guy voted for another guy, who has done nothing but show disdain for the club of that ballplayer who they admired.

W_Z · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:40 pm

FavreFan wrote:

lipidquadcab wrote:

Rock of Ages

You win.

hear, hear.

i seriously can't believe anyone would be "embarrassed" to say they paid to see stuff like "gangs"; oscar nominated films--unless they were like TM mentioned, "the english patient". "gangs of new york" and "unforgiven" are arguable movies, but i don't think anyone would say out loud that they were embarrassed that they saw them in the theatre. maybe they regretted seeing it or paying the money but...embarrassed? for what?

Telegram Sam · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 7:59 pm

It's not that I regret seeing The Notebook at the theater, per se. I just felt like kind of a sucker for popping the few extra bucks to see it on the 3D IMAX screen.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:11 pm

leashyourkids wrote:

For the record, there are plenty of places in the suburbs that serve fresh, authentic food. Not as many as the city, but still a lot.

That's mine, too.

Mrs. Dr. Ken and I were traveling and decided to take a driving break and stop at this small-town cinema midday on Friday. We were literally the only people in the theatre.

When I bought the tickets, I heard them radio to the guy that he actually had to play the movie. We were the only ones in the theatre. That part was pretty cool. We could just talk to each other like we were in our living room. I wondered if I had to hit the can if they would pause it for me.

Movie was horrible.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater · **Posted:** Fri Mar 21, 2014 8:16 pm

Don Tiny wrote:

Joe vs. the Volcano (personally the worst thing I sort of saw ... purposefully went to sleep about half hour into it to help pass the time faster ... I didn't drive to that particular movie ... never made that mistake again

I hate you. The first 2/3 of that movie is brilliant. The ending is horrible.

And Reader's thoughts on Unforgiven are ridiculous even by his standards.

City of Fools · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:00 am

8 Crazy Nights is right up there.

Spies like Us is a great movie! Until about halfway through...

Don Tiny · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 12:40 am

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

Don Tiny wrote:

Joe vs. the Volcano (personally the worst thing I sort of saw ... purposefully went to sleep about half hour into it to help pass the time faster ... I didn't drive to that particular movie ... never made that mistake again

I hate you. The first 2/3 of that movie is brilliant. The ending is horrible.

And Reader's thoughts on Unforgiven are ridiculous even by his standards.

What was the old NBC tagline ...... your lips, my ass - Be There! ...... something like that.

Colonel Angus · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:41 am

Never regretted any movie I've seen in the theatre, & I've paid to see both Pearl Harbor & the Aqua Teen movie.

Psycory · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 8:45 am

Sigh. I hate to admit this:
Freddy got fingered.

I lost a bet and the other guy picked the movie we saw.

W_Z · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 10:55 am

Colonel Angus wrote:

Never regretted any movie I've seen in the theatre, & I've paid to see both Pearl Harbor & the Aqua Teen movie.

aqua teen was unfortunate. i think it was just a prime example that material like that cannot go beyond a half hour span. same thing with tim & eric's billion dollar movie.

pearl harbor was hilarious times. my friend, sister, and i had a blast making fun of it. but then we got angry once it finally got to the actual battle because it was basically "die hard" but...this really happened.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Psycory wrote:

Sigh. I hate to admit this:
Freddy got fingered.

I lost a bet and the other guy picked the movie we saw.

Worst movie ever. Broke up with a girl partially because she liked it

veganfan21 · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 1:55 pm

W_Z wrote:

Colonel Angus wrote:

Never regretted any movie I've seen in the theatre, & I've paid to see both Pearl Harbor & the Aqua Teen movie.

aqua teen was unfortunate. i think it was just a prime example that material like that cannot go beyond a half hour span. same thing with tim & eric's billion dollar movie.

pearl harbor was hilarious times. my friend, sister, and i had a blast making fun of it. but then we got angry once it finally got to the actual battle because it was basically "die hard" but...this really happened.

That's because it was directed by Michael freaking Bay. PH was obviously different, but that dude is so wedded to the brain dead summer blockbuster formula that he'd find a way to include prolonged machine gun battles in a biopic about Mother Theresa.

Regular Reader · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:46 pm

stoneroses86 wrote:

One time I saw a movie called "Et tu, Brute." It was about an election where one guy thought the other guy would vote for him because they liked the same ballplayer named Jeter, and the other guy did not even like tomatoes, but then the other guy voted for another guy, who has done nothing but show disdain for the club of that ballplayer who they admired.

Since when were New Yorkers so touchy? Wait. Connecticut? Really? Oh, that explains it.

Nevermind.

Regular Reader · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 2:48 pm

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater wrote:

And Reader's thoughts on Unforgiven are ridiculous even by his standards.

I bet you are the type that actually enjoyed reading Beowulf and Paradise Lost, right?

W_Z · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:33 pm

veganfan21 wrote:

W_Z wrote:

Colonel Angus wrote:

Never regretted any movie I've seen in the theatre, & I've paid to see both Pearl Harbor & the Aqua Teen movie.

aqua teen was unfortunate. i think it was just a prime example that material like that cannot go beyond a half hour span. same thing with tim & eric's billion dollar movie.

pearl harbor was hilarious times. my friend, sister, and i had a blast making fun of it. but then we got angry once it finally got to the actual battle because it was basically "die hard" but...this really happened.

That's because it was directed by Michael freaking Bay. PH was obviously different, but that dude is so wedded to the brain dead summer blockbuster formula that he'd find a way to include prolonged machine gun battles in a biopic about Mother Theresa.

for sure. michael bay's good with what he knows but he crossed the line with "pearl harbor". i don't even care that he'll butcher TMNT because we'll always have the classic 1990 film. fuck this generation...if they don't get a good ninja turtles movie. did they need one? let them have their own heroes.

W_Z · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 3:38 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

Psycory wrote:

Sigh. I hate to admit this:
Freddy got fingered.

I lost a bet and the other guy picked the movie we saw.

Worst movie ever. Broke up with a girl partially because she liked it

yuupp...

http://score670.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=85927

Zizou · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 4:55 pm

Forgot about The Crow sequel. I also paid to see that pile of shit. I'm feeling dirty all over again thinking about it.

lipidquadcab · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:05 pm

I could say Real Steel, but that was all on Chris' dime.

W_Z · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:07 pm

Zizou wrote:

Forgot about The Crow sequel.

i wish i could...

NearWessSideHussra · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:14 pm

What was that David Lynch film where some old dude drives his lawnmower from like Iowa to Wisconsin. Took a college girlfriend who was way into Lynch films to a matinee showing of that with the intention of messing around in what we correctly predicted would be an empty theater. The fucking movie was so annoying we ended up watching the whole damn thing. Old dudes on lawnmowers = bad for the libido.

W_Z · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:18 pm

"the straight story". hm...innuendo...

NearWessSideHussra · **Posted:** Sat Mar 22, 2014 6:33 pm

Yeah, for some reason I was thinking 'Magnolia' but that was another movie I went to see with the same girlfriend.

I think Straight was the lawnmower jockey's name, possibly based on a true story. Maybe Lynch saw it as a modern take on Homer's Odyssey, or some never-read Euripides play; the way Mulholland Drive is Lynch's version of Virgil from Dante's Inferno.

"You drivin' dat dere lawn machine all the way to Wessconsun?"
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"Yep."
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"Dey got dat cheese up dere."
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"Yep."
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Quadrophenia · **Joined:** Mon Jun 26, 2006 3:35 am **Posts:** 447

Pay it Forward. Need I type more...

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