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I Asked For A Refund

posted 13 years ago by LMScully
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I have been an avid movie goer for nearly 30 years and today was the first time in my life that I felt so ripped off I actually asked for my ticket to be refunded. I tried to get past the nauseating shaky camera and blurry actors. The only scenes that were in focus were the never ending cleavage shots of Elizabeth Olsen. I guess the gratuitous shots of her perky assets were intended to distract the audience from what a steaming pile they were watching. I feel bad for Elizabeth because she deserves better than this film.

I'm not certain how the comparison started with this film and the 'Paranormal Activity' films. While these movies certainly weren't great, they were Merchant Ivory quality compared to this. I've read some of the comments here and several posts nailed it. If you think you are going to see a haunted house, ghost, or scary movie, you have been trolled. 'Silent House' received an F from CinemaScore for a reason.

This movie is...

'High Tension' + 'An American Haunting' + scenes from 'The Butterfly Effect'. There aren't any ghosts, demons or scary neighbor folk. There is a psychotic young woman, mild gore and heavy-handed child sexual abuse scenes and imagery. Sex acts with her father while her uncle watched and photographed. A continuous scene where you see a bed filling up with blood, a naked girl sitting in a bathtub full of beer bottles, the water red with her virgin blood, the reflection of a toilet in the bathroom mirror with a constant stream of blood coming out of it that starts gushing. I went in to see a horror movie, not kiddie porn.

[–] Ginsu Victim 12 years ago

"This message has been hidden because the poster is in your ignore list"

They were already on mine!

[–] viciouslove 12 years ago

I personally hate it when people go and ask for refunds....there have been movies that ended up not really liking but I never went and asked for my money back. It's not the theaters fault that you didn't like the movie. You are the one that chose to go to it. I'm guessing you didn't read any reviews beforehand so it's pretty much your fault that you went expecting something else. If you would have read up on the movie a little then you would have had a better understanding of what it was about.

[–] ZaZeus 12 years ago

I would never ask for a refund for a movie I sat all the way through until the end. It is very easy to check out reviews and opinions about the movie online before going to see it, and in the end whether or not you read that stuff it is your decision to go see it. I have gotten my money back for movies before, but it was because I realized early on that they were dreadful and I left a quarter to half way through; either that or I just walk into another movie and watch that one instead. Getting your money back for a movie you watched until the end is like asking to not have to pay for your meal at a restaurant that you thought wasn't that great, even though you ate the whole thing.

[–] lockon_stratos 12 years ago

It's wrong to ask for money back for a movie.

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[–] livan063 12 years ago

This movie went so far over your head, it's difficult to explain. You will never understand how magnificent this movie is, because you are most likely under the age of 15. You are closed-minded, and do not understand innovation and storytelling.

Go watch some predictable, Hollywood, piece of *beep* horror movie while the intelligent people appreciate art.

[–] Natural11001001 12 years ago

Who sits through an entire movie and then asks for a refund? Says a lot about you. It's not the cinema's fault that the movie didn't meet your expectations. If you didn't like the movie, walk out and ask for a voucher for another. If you sat through it all, suck it up and move on.

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[–] Movie-Bandit 12 years ago

While I can appreciate your sentiment, I believe buying a movie ticket is no different than buying anything else where a refund or exchange is allowed. You state those requesting refunds are cheap bastards. I disagree, I say the more society continues forward with product refunds the sooner the decision makers will start to realize that we will no longer accept crappy products. If you wish to argue the point of reading reviews before seeing a flick, then how do you account for the diametrically opposed views. 10 say great, 10 say crap. As a society we need to put our foot down and quit accepting some of the crap being marketed.

BTW, I am only on this review page as I was looking to grasp a general opinion on the flick before I rented it. Lastly, "not the theaters fault," actually it is. It is their corporate offices which decide which flicks to show. Maybe corporate should read the reviews before releasing crappy movies.

[–] Eve_of_Destruction 12 years ago

But didn't he stay until the end, which he didn't like, and then want a refund? He couldn't tell 15 minutes in that it wasn't his kind of film? If $10-$15 is that precious to him, then he should wait for the DVD.

Movies have always been a gamble. It's just how it is. Don't play if you don't want to pay.

[–] digiteen999 12 years ago

The way I see it going to a movie is like gambling if you lose you don't get your money back. Then it would not be gambling