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Did anyone else's theatre get walk outs?

posted 9 years ago by Fishbowl-Space-Helmet
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So, news of this movie has that it's been splitting people. Some like it, some hate it. Therefore the news about theatre walk outs has been hitting the news, and my theatre certainly had them.

About 40 minutes in a family of three walked out. Then, about 30 minutes later, another two left. I've never seen that before, but I don't go to the movies a lot. I really enjoyed the film, so the intent of this thread is not to pass judgement on the movie.

Skipping page long posts for over a year now.

[–] kid6745 9 years ago

Why would you walk out? You already paid for it so might as well finish the damn thing. It's not like you're going to be in the theater for 10 hours. You know that you're going to see a movie so even before you paid, you've already allotted ~2 hours for the movie.

[–] tomholland2016 8 years ago

Time seems to be more precious than money.

[–] Gorg77 8 years ago

It's also a matter of principle...
Also, if you plan to eat a chocolate, buy it, but after you unwrap it you see that it's rotten, you wouldn't still eat it because you've already paid and you've already planed/allotted the time to eat it, right?

[–] seaninboise 9 years ago

I walk out of every movie. It gets me a refund nearly all of the time and I get to see at least half of every movie for free.

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[–] just_in_case 9 years ago

completely agree, the dystopian breakdown isnt given enough time to soak. It immediately reminds me of Lord Of the Flies which had both purpose and function built into the breakdown. For this one, literally power goes off in the first couple minutes cut to people killing each other for an hour and a half. /fin

[–] anthonylewinson 8 years ago

What is the point of seeing a movie only half way through??

[–] hectorcoles 9 years ago

Yeah almost half the cinema. It was mostly old people as well.

[–] lecrismail 9 years ago

This is hilarious. old people don't have a lot of extra time, so they're more careful with what they spend it on, lol - I think we should use them as movie critics!

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[–] l-lewinski 9 years ago

I had to stay because I was with someone who was desperate to get his money's worth. Needless to say - he never did. I inwardly checked out after the first penthouse scene and the introduction of Royal - the architect. Poor Jeremy Irons - if only he had known...

[–] bormanator 8 years ago

I have it on DVD and I fell asleep. I might not even bother to go back and see the end. Horrible acting and story.

[–] rdoyle29 8 years ago

I saw it in a theater with only 2 other people. When the movie ended, I realized they had walked out on it, leaving only me.

I liked the film. It definitely loses it's way in the last half hour, but I still admire it quite a bit.

[–] kennifer 8 years ago

I work for a cinema that is currently screening this film. I haven't noticed a single walk-out. In fact, it's been selling very well due to word-of-mouth and the audiences seem very excited as they leave. I enjoyed the film very much, but I did expect more walk-outs.

[–] boogles 8 years ago

I went to a Curzon in the UK. There were about 15 other people in there. No one walked out.

I think that it is a film that divides people. Okay, I think that perhaps it does hit people over the head a bit too much with the message that it's trying to say.

[–] Kenny_Tha_Killa 8 years ago

They were excited to finally be leaving. That's all.

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