Did any of you walk out of the theatre for any of the Star Wars prequels?

Nope.

I've never walked out of the theater for any film, prequel or otherwise, no matter how bad. Don't get the reasoning behind such a decision.

I've never walked out of a movie, including the prequels. However, I have given up watching a movie on DVD because (one of the Nolan Batman films - it was awful, and about 1.5 hours too long). I'd probably have walked out of the cinema if I had been watching it there (probably not when I was younger, but I have a much lower tolerance of super-serious yet inane crap these days; also, my time is worth a lot more than my money - when I was younger, it was the other way around).

If the sequels turn out to be as bad as the prequels, I'll certainly walk out (after giving them a decent chance) - I'm not going to kid myself they must be good like I did with TPM. This is partly for the sake of anyone I'm with - I won't be able to resist quietly dissing them if I stay in the cinema, and that's not fair to anyone I'm with.

SilverWook said:

I would ask for a refund if I did walk because of a bad movie. I've noticed people seldom think they have the right to do so though.

Doesn't surprise me. People seem to accept bad movies. Mark Kermode's book The Good, the Bad and the Multiplex argues that it's almost impossible for bad films to lose money. Even if the film tanks at the box office (Waterworld), it eventually recoups it losses, and then turns a profit, on rentals and sell-through (Waterworld). I think an exception was comedies that aren't funny, but pretty much any serious film eventually turns a profit, even if it takes a decade. Not sure how true that will continue to be in an on-demand future, but it's an interesting phenomenon.

I've never walked out on any film.

Of course, that's 'cause I've never walked in on any film, either.

Gosh, some people really hated Batman Begins, didn't they?

Here I thought it was just my walking comic book encyclopedia of a friend and pretty much no one else.

EDIT: Wow, nevermind. I read "Year One" and immediately thought of Batman. Now I'm also curious which Nolan movie is being referenced.

As for walking out and asking for a refund, well, that theater showing Tree of Life might've said it best in their note on the box office window: "you're paying to watch the movie, not to like it."

Funny enough, Twilight 2 is the only movie I can remember walking out of. The cousins voted it the Thanksgiving night movie but it started at 11 and I had to work the Black Friday midnight madness shift. I probably just shouldn't have bothered although at least I didn't pay for my ticket. The scenes I did see were so godawful I probably would've wanted to walk out anyway.

The Dark Knight Rises is the only Nolan Batman film I've seen, and it was one of the worst films I've ever seen. Can't even begin to comprehend how someone would like that one.

I walk out on movies constantly.  So many good ideas, so little good execution.  My last walk-out was Batman 3.  Getting coffee and talking about how boring it was was a _much_ better way to spend the time.

It was Batman Begins. I'm not a Batman Fan (except for the Adam West series), and it's the only Nolan Batman film I've seen. I don't like superheroes, and don't watch superhero movies; I was given the DVD and me and my partner were bored one evening decided to watch it. We didn't notice it was longer than War and Peace when we started the movie up.

A summary of our reactions, in no particular order:

• "Here's an armoured car we were working on, but the military didn't want, so you can have it - oh, and here's a unique combat suit that they also didn't want, that will make you the toughest fighter on the planet... you can have that too". "Gee, thanks tech guy". "Don't mention it, Mr. Wayne. Even though I thought you were dead for years, I kept them for you." I think was the gist of it).
• Board-room scene - yeah, he really told those suits! Way to go, Batman!
• Michael Caine is terrible in this; his dialog sounds like an American taking the piss out of an English accent.
• It's ugly and style-less (I realise it's widely regarded as a good-looking movie but... just no; maybe compared to other superhero movies, but I wouldn't know). I'm ugly and style-less, but no one spent $30000000 dollars making me look "good", and no-one says I'm the best-looking action movie ever made.
• Huge, silly pomposity (Batman just isn't remotely scary, just a miserable git in black, but the villains are all scared of him cos he wears black, lurks about a bit, and is a bit like a bat).
• Nothing to say except angst angsty dark dark.
• Stupid ninja training concept and execution. "He's good at fighting... because ninjas".
• Stupid ninja explosion scene - he blew the building up and killed them all, seconds after going on about not killing people... er, because it looks cool.
• I'm actually laughing at this film now; it's like a satire of bad Hollywood films (I freely admit I don't normally watch many Hollywood action films, so for all I know it could be the best one of its kind, but it's bad enough to be pretty much beyond parody).
• "He's stopped the bad guy - oh good, this over-long movie is about to end - what? there's another villain for him to stop now? [checks DVD pause menu] 45 more minutes to go!!!!??!!! Screw this".
• [Goes online to see how much other people hate it]. "What? It's regarded as the best Nolan Batman film?".

I actually haven't walked out on any of the Prequels, or really any movie for that matter; although my dad walked out of 300 once.

*facepalm*

Not only does this thread not manage to stay on topic, it has inexplicably turned into an excuse for bashing Nolan's Batman films.  Since they are actually awesome movies, I declare this thread to be an abysmal failure and shall waste no more time on it.

hairy_hen said:

*facepalm*

Not only does this thread not manage to stay on topic, it has inexplicably turned into an excuse for bashing Nolan's Batman films.  Since they are actually awesome movies, I declare this thread to be an abysmal failure and shall waste no more time on it.

 I agree, at least the first two were good movies, and TDKR will be better than BVS:DOJ.

Alderaan said:

The Dark Knight Rises is the only Nolan Batman film I've seen, and it was one of the worst films I've ever seen. Can't even begin to comprehend how someone would like that one.

Why would you choose to watch TDKR if you haven't seen the first two?

I haven't seen the movie myself (and likely won't -- Nolan's Batman is not my Batman), but as far as I know, it's the conclusion to a three-part storyline; you can't exactly go into it and get a complete, standalone story from it.