Movies You've paid to 'Sleep' through.

[Fordman]

Since we're on a movie kick, what are some of the movies you've paid to see at the theater, but ended up sleeping through them because of lack of story, talent or just un-interesting?

For me, I dont go to the movies very often, but the last one I did pay for and stayed awake was 'The Simpsons Movie'.

Movies I have fallen asleep through:
Top Gun
Star Wars or Star Trek, dont know which one I was dragged to, but its been 20 some odd years ago....
Mission Impossible
She-Devil
The Never Ending Story
Harry Potter something-or-another
Lord of the Rings (this one knocked me out in 6 minutes flat!)(and was a very long nap!)

Again, I dont go to many movies, but if it doesnt 'grab me' in the first 2 minutes, I'm TOAST!

Fordman

[Ginsu Victim]

I've only fallen asleep once at the movies, and I blame it on being tired (though the movie sucked anyway). It was during "Sphere".

[SavannahLion]

I've never fallen asleep during films, the mere fact I paid any sort of money is enough to drive me to the end. My Fiance and her daughter have though. A little embarrassing since the kid snores like a chainsaw.

There are, however, a few movies I wish I got my money, my time and my life back on. As forgiving as I am when it comes to watching and rating films, some of them are just downright awful. Thankfully the absolute horror usually wipes my memory within a few weeks. If I struggle to remember, I think I can recall a few.

Hellboy. I can't figure out why this film has any sort of fanbase.
That vampire vs werewolf flick. Unparalleled levels of suckage.
That M. Night Shyamalan film about the colonial type people living in the woods. It was so predictable, I just wanted my money back 1/3 of the way through. And I missed the sneakers.

I can't really think of any others. The horror is usually too much to bear.

[shmokes]

I fell asleep the first time I saw Braveheart in the theater.  It had nothing to do with the movie's quality.  I just had just only slept like 2 hours the night before.  I was in high school back then and had friends working at three different theaters.  I never paid to see movies.

Hellboy was really good.  I wasn't a big fan of Hellboy 2, though the rest of the world seemed to like the second one considerably more.
I'm not entirely sure how predictable

The Village wasn't exactly predictable . . . everything that happened was just so ---smurfing--- unbelievably retarded.  Like how could you predict that a seemingly loving father would send his completely blind daughter out into a strange forest to hopefully make it to a world she did not know existed until that moment to hopefully obtain antibiotics (which she's never even heard of, and if I remember correctly the father doesn't even tell her what they're called) without a prescription, after which she will hopefully find someone to just drop this completely helpless girl off in the middle of nowhere so her blind ass can hopefully make her way back through a ---smurfing--- forest to find the Village again.  This is all because the dad, who is perfectly healthy and used to live in the normal world and knows perfectly well the way through the forest to and from the Village, promised himself that he'd never go back to that world.  It's not that he has sworn off the world entirely . . . he doesn't mind using prescription antibiotics . . . just so long as it's not him that fetches them.  Also the antibiotics almost surely will never be forthcoming and his daughter will almost surely get lost and starve to death trying to get them.  Also if this blind girl miraculously manages to make it to civilization alive it will almost certainly be law enforcement that returns to the Village rather than the girl.  Yeah . . . I can't say the movie was entirely predictable.  Every time I thought it couldn't possibly get any stupider, I was immediately amazed at how wrong I had been.  For example the girl goes through the forest, illegally obtains the correct medicine (for which, iirc, she didn't even know the name), gets a ride back to the middle of nowhere, makes her way a very long way back through a forest with no trail whatsoever and finds the Village, without alerting any law enforcement.  Also she is completely blind.  Too stupid for words. 

[RayB]

Star Wars episode 1. Yeah.

I WISH I fell asleep during Sphere. Oh man. What an ending.

I made out through half of Spaced Invaders, (what a turd that was) and then we left cuz there's only so much sucking face you can do at a bad movie.

[danny_galaga]

I go to a lot of movies. I have fallen asleep in one movie because it was that bad. It was something directed or produced by Nicole Kidman, it starred Mark Ruffulo and maybe Naomi Watts. It was aweful, I'm glad i don't even remember the name.

Embarrassingly, i went through a stage of going to the local deckchair cinema, watching absolute classics, and falling asleep  But this was because i was tired and should have known better. So i've slept through Blade Runner, directors cut and the original Lord of the Rings...

[Blanka]

I fall asleep in 80% of movies I go to or rent. Only the ones I don't sleep in are worth remembering. So, I cannot give titles!

[Ginsu Victim]

So i've slept through Blade Runner, directors cut

Same here, but that's because no matter how well made it is, it's a boring movie.

[Felsir]

I haven't slept through any movies I know... but I wish I hadn't wasted my time watching "Mulholland Drive".

[shmokes]

On a sort of related note (and sort of a hijack) how many movies have you walked out of (only counting movie theater, not movies that you turned off at home)?  For me there have only been two (though far more deserving of it):

Mr. Holland's Opus
Closer

[Ginsu Victim]

how many movies have you walked out of?

Be Cool (free tickets and we still walked....terrible movie)
40 Year Old Virgin (I didn't think it was very funny and my wife HATED it, so we left)

Walked out right before the end of Hollywood Homicide, not because it was bad (it WAS bad), but because my wife got sick.

[Felsir]

Funny story about people walking away from a movie.

A friend and me went to the cinema on valentines day (our girlfriends were in France at the time). Ofcourse the cinema was crowded with young couples in romantic moods. So, most of the movies were sold out bar one "Event Horizon".
We went to the cinema specifically to see that one. Then the romantic couples filled the theatre that just bought tickets as their "romantic comedy" -of-choice was sold out; obviously totally oblivious to what type of movie Event Horizon is.
That evening I witnessed a lot of couples leaving the theatre, having the mood spoiled or even breaking up. Next time they should read the description first before they buy tickets!

I don't recall if I found the movie memorable because the movie itself or because of the audience.

[Ginsu Victim]

I think Event Horizon just broke their fragile little minds. It's not a great movie, but it's good enough because of the mindf--- alone (and Sam Neill is always good when he's crazy).

[DillonFoulds]

That vampire vs werewolf flick. Unparalleled levels of suckage.

My girlfriend LIKES twilight! :S

[Ginsu Victim]

That vampire vs werewolf flick. Unparalleled levels of suckage.

My girlfriend LIKES twilight! :S

I was thinking Underworld.

[CheffoJeffo]

I'm almost positive I fell asleep through Alice in Wonderland the other day.

I know I did.

[RayB]

Bah you ---daisies---. Alice is wonderful visually. (hahah see what I did there?)

I don't walk out of movies. I paid for it.. I stick through it like a man! (except Spaced Invaders like I already mentioned)

[Malenko]

fell asleep near the end of spawn, not cause of the movie but I had been awake for 40 or 50 hours at the time, me friend josh never lets me live it down. I fell asleep MULTIPLE times at one of the lord of the rings movies, I cant say which one, it was the one where there were battles going on for no apparent reason and 2 midgets walking and having a bromance.....that narrow it down?

I walked out of the Village and the Blair Witch. The village I figured out in like 11 minutes and the Blair Witch was ---smurfing--- stooooopid

[Ginsu Victim]

Blair Witch was ---smurfing--- stooooopid

Or brilliant, depending on who you ask.

[Ginsu Victim]

I had the chance to watch it online, but waited for the theatrical release.

Back then, video compression was kinda crappy anyway. Downloading movies was not as good as it is now.

[DillonFoulds]

idk, LOTR2 came out on the net about a week before it hit theatres, and it was crystal clear...

[Ginsu Victim]

idk, LOTR2 came out on the net about a week before it hit theatres, and it was crystal clear...

Yeah, but we're talking about Blair Witch which came out in 1999 (and if it was online two years before that, 1997). Video wasn't all that great and broadband wasn't as widespread yet, either.

[dre-w]

I've never fallen asleep in a theater during a movie..  

Although.. one time me and my fiance and some friends went to watch DOOM and it was about 3/4 into the movie and was on a really quiet/silent scene and out of nowhere my fiance says out loud "..heyy is that the rock?" and everyone turned around and started snickering and making comments and I looked at her said you got to be kidding.. what movie were you watching this whole time?  She then told me she had been asleep.. then she decided to go back to sleep again.  Now everytime we all go to the movies with that same group of friends.. someone always has to shout that out during a movie which is really annoying.

The only movie I ever walked out on because of dislike:  Vanilla Sky

[LLUncoolJ]

Be Cool (free tickets and we still walked....terrible movie)
40 Year Old Virgin (I didn't think it was very funny and my wife HATED it, so we left)

Be Cool was the worst movie I have ever seen. Wife rented it and it was so bad, I felt compelled to finish it just so I could b*tch at her for renting a turd of that magnitude. 

On the other hand, I love 40 Year Old Virgin...mainly the supporting people at the electronics store.

[Ginsu Victim]

I figured on it being an exaggeration, but went along with it anyway. The point remains that in 1999, downloaded movies didn't look great. They were improving, but it was before the DVD boom (it was here, it just hadn't taken off yet) and we didn't have such nice sources (though some of my laserdisc rips looked good).

[saint]

I have never walked out of a movie. I have slept through maybe 2, but those were kid movies I didn't have high expectations for anyway and was there for my kids...

[protokatie]

I don't "go to the movies" anymore. They are annoying venues and overly expensive. (Or maybe I am becoming more anti-social with my old old old age {one estimate puts me at 50 years old}).  There is one movie I wished I could have either slept through or walked out on; Spiderman 2. That movie sucked. For a movie that is supposed to be a Marvel/action deal, there was way too much back story and unneeded dialogue. Yes, I GET that it is based off of the "graphic novel" and those DO have a lot of story elements, but at the same time anyone who goes to see such a movie already (1) Knows the back story and wants to see Spidey kick some ass or (2) doesn't know about the story and most likely only went to see a cool action flick.

[danny_galaga]

Haven't walked out of a movie yet. Like Ray said 'I paid for it' 

I did see an 'arty' movie at a Dutch film festival with my mum once, where everyone one else walked out, leaving only us! It was some arty Dutch movie, but with french dialog. I can't recall at all what it was called, or about. On the bright side, we saw a brilliant comedy called Abel 

[Ginsu Victim]

I don't "go to the movies" anymore. They are annoying venues and overly expensive. (Or maybe I am becoming more anti-social with my old old old age {one estimate puts me at 50 years old}).  There is one movie I wished I could have either slept through or walked out on; Spiderman 2. That movie sucked. For a movie that is supposed to be a Marvel/action deal, there was way too much back story and unneeded dialogue. Yes, I GET that it is based off of the "graphic novel" and those DO have a lot of story elements, but at the same time anyone who goes to see such a movie already (1) Knows the back story and wants to see Spidey kick some ass or (2) doesn't know about the story and most likely only went to see a cool action flick.

Did you mean to say Spider-man 3? Spidey 2 was AWESOME.

[shmokes]

Not only that, but Spiderman 2 was an enormous success, both critically and commercially, which detracts from your "most people" argument.  Maybe it's simply not a movie targeted at 50-year-olds.   

[Malenko]

I don't "go to the movies" anymore. They are annoying venues and overly expensive. (Or maybe I am becoming more anti-social with my old old old age {one estimate puts me at 50 years old}).  There is one movie I wished I could have either slept through or walked out on; Spiderman 2. That movie sucked. For a movie that is supposed to be a Marvel/action deal, there was way too much back story and unneeded dialogue. Yes, I GET that it is based off of the "graphic novel" and those DO have a lot of story elements, but at the same time anyone who goes to see such a movie already (1) Knows the back story and wants to see Spidey kick some ass or (2) doesn't know about the story and most likely only went to see a cool action flick.

Did you mean to say Spider-man 3? Spidey 2 was AWESOME.

+1

[CheffoJeffo]

Not only that, but Spiderman 2 was an enormous success, both critically and commercially, which detracts from your "most people" argument.  Maybe it's simply not a movie targeted at 50-year-olds.   

She should probably stick to Kubrick films ... 

[shmokes]

Haven't walked out of a movie yet. Like Ray said 'I paid for it' 

Sunk costs.   

[shmokes]

Not only that, but Spiderman 2 was an enormous success, both critically and commercially, which detracts from your "most people" argument.  Maybe it's simply not a movie targeted at 50-year-olds.   

She should probably stick to Kubrick films ... 

Yeah, for someone looking for an action film I can't imagine a better choice than 2001 . . .   

[Ginsu Victim]

I've heard of plenty of people walking out and getting their money back. Just talk to management.

[shmokes]

You've got that backward.  The ticket is a sunk cost.  Every minute of the movie is a prospective cost, or future cost.  

[shmokes]

It's a sunk cost the moment you hand your money to the person at the ticket counter.  You misunderstand the concept.

[shmokes]

If you can get a refund it's not a sunk cost.  Usually you cannot get a refund and anybody who refunds a movie because you didn't like it is sort of a moron.  Movie theaters don't guarantee that all the movies they show will be good.

The fact that you can watch another movie is the same as the fact that you can go to sleep or leave.  It doesn't change the fact that the movie ticket is a sunk cost.  It just illustrates the concept of basing economic decisions on future costs rather than sunk costs, i.e., don't stay in this movie just because you paid for it, that just increases the loss on your investment.

To make my point especially clear, even if you buy a ticket for The Bounty Hunter, but then you realize your mistake early enough to change theaters and watch How to Train Your Dragon, and you leave the theater perfectly ecstatic about your moviegoing experience, the ticket was still a sunk cost all along.  Or even if you never even went to The Bounty Hunter, but rather walked up, bought a ticket for HtTYD, watched the movie, loved it, left, the ticket was STILL a sunk cost.

[Xiaou2]

 Ive never fallen asleep during a film.

 Ive known a few people that cant watch movies or TV without falling
asleep... and from what I speculate, is that they have ADD.

 

[shmokes]

When movie tickets are used as examples of sunk costs, why do you think they make it explicitly clear that you cannot get a refund or use watch another movie with the same ticket?  

Type all you want, you misused the term.

LMAO . . . Being kind of a spaz today?  I've never seen movie tickets used as an example of sunk costs before I used it as an example today.  I don't exactly find myself in the position of having someone explain to me what sunk costs are on a regular basis, though.  Anyway, from BusinessDictionary.com:

Money already spent and permanently lost. Sunk costs are past opportunity costs that are partially (as salvage, if any) or totally irretrievable and, therefore, should be considered irrelevant to future decision making. This term is from the oil industry where the decision to abandon or operate an oil well is made on the basis of its expected cash flows and not on how much money was spent in drilling it. Also called embedded cost, prior year cost, stranded cost, or sunk capital.