What's the Last Movie you Didn't See?

[Shell]

Holy shit some very hot takes here ..especially Godfather. One of the greatest of all time! Wire one of the great shows. Not a bash ..respect everyone has different opinions

Yeah I was the same ..I didn’t walk out but gees it was tough going. I’m a big fan of Tennenbaums and Grand Budapest but his last few films have lost me

Rewatched The Offer last week for the second time.

Think I'm due for another Godfather trilogy rewatch shortly. Or maybe just 1 & 2

 

[Shell]

Only walked out of two.

A French film, Smoking / No Smoking, years ago at a festival in Cambridge (so, pretty clue audience), which had a steady stream of people leaving from about 15 minutes in.

Lord of the Rings - went for Jaffas at the intermission and as I stood in line, just turned around and walked out into the sunshine. Realised I'd outgrown fantasy films.

Given up on plenty of TV series as my Continue Watching constantly reminds me on the various streaming services.

I wish I had gone for Jaffas too. And I hate Jaffas.

Not as much as LOTR tho. I still cannot believe I sat thru that first one at the movies.

 

[BlakeyNoFlakey]

Wicked. I'm never going to watch it cos I hate musicals.

 

[Shell]

Wicked. I'm never going to watch it cos I hate musicals.

Yep, that and Joker 2

 

[Ry009]

I'm a massive DC tragic, huge fan of Momoa and Wilson....but lasted about 15 minutes into the last film. I think the fact the old DCEU was put to bed probably didn't help.

Not movies, but low-brow reality TV cant bring myself to watch anymore, mystery shows like Lost that never really go anywhere.

Why I can't bring myself to watch From. Lasted 6 episodes into Lost season and after seeing the full series recap glad I didn't waste my time with it.

Sounds very similar to shows like Persons Unknown and Wayward Pines that tried but couldn't nail it and got canned pretty early.

 

[Shell]

Reality TV is very much same old same old. I love MAFS (or in particular the MAFS thread on BF) but always tap out for the final few weeks.

Reality shows I don't watch: any related with singing and cooking.
Getting married, surviving, building a house and hopefully if they bring back the original- living in a house- yes.

 

[phantom13]

I'm a massive DC tragic, huge fan of Momoa and Wilson....but lasted about 15 minutes into the last film. I think the fact the old DCEU was put to bed probably didn't help.

Not movies, but low-brow reality TV cant bring myself to watch anymore, mystery shows like Lost that never really go anywhere.

Why I can't bring myself to watch From. Lasted 6 episodes into Lost season and after seeing the full series recap glad I didn't waste my time with it.

Sounds very similar to shows like Persons Unknown and Wayward Pines that tried but couldn't nail it and got canned pretty early.

I finished the last Aquaman but it honestly felt like pure obligation rather than enjoyment.

I’m not sure on from, I’m still enjoying it but I fear they won’t stick the landing on it.

 

[emuboy]

Wicked. I'm never going to watch it cos I hate musicals.

I personally like musicals - not all obviously but that's true with pretty much any genre - and really enjoyed seeing Wicked on stage in Melbourne's Regent Theatre years ago. IIRC Lucy Durack and Jenna Rix played the two girls, and the late Rob Guest the Wizard.

But this new Wicked movie looks like an absolute nightmare in every way possible not least the promotion of the film, and even if some guy like Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek came to my house in the middle of the night, pointed a shotgun at me and told me that if I didn't go to my local cinema to see Wicked he would shoot me dead, I would respond by telling him to pull the trigger. Falling into an open sewer, injuring myself in the process so I couldn't get out and dying a slow and painful death literally drowning in shit sounds like a more pleasurable experience than going to see the Wicked movie.

And WTF is it with only releasing half the movie, i.e. what audiences at the stage show would see up until intermission, and the ****ing movie to this point is over 2 hours 40 minutes. The stage show is 2 hours and 45 minutes for the whole story plus a 20 minute intermission. What could possibly be so important to add to the plot that you have to double the length of the stage show for your movie?

Worse still, fans of the stage musical note that the first half is stronger, with better songs, dialogue and more action. So if you did like the first half of the Wicked movie, you now have to wait until about December 2025 to see the less exciting second half? That is insane. Imagine if in 1939 and 1952 audiences were only given half of 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Singin in the Rain'? Or 1965 with The Sound of Music, 1978 with Grease or 2007 with Hairspray? And were told to come back in 1940, 1953, 1966, 1979 or 2008 to see the completion of these movies.

 

[phantom13]

I personally like musicals - not all obviously but that's true with pretty much any genre - and really enjoyed seeing Wicked on stage in Melbourne's Regent Theatre years ago. IIRC Lucy Durack and Jenna Rix played the two girls, and the late Rob Guest the Wizard.

But this new Wicked movie looks like an absolute nightmare in every way possible not least the promotion of the film, and even if some guy like Mick Taylor from Wolf Creek came to my house in the middle of the night, pointed a shotgun at me and told me that if I didn't go to my local cinema to see Wicked he would shoot me dead, I would respond by telling him to pull the trigger. Falling into an open sewer, injuring myself in the process so I couldn't get out and dying a slow and painful death literally drowning in shit sounds like a more pleasurable experience than going to see the Wicked movie.

And WTF is it with only releasing half the movie, i.e. what audiences at the stage show would see up until intermission, and the ****ing movie to this point is over 2 hours 40 minutes. The stage show is 2 hours and 45 minutes for the whole story plus a 20 minute intermission. What could possibly be so important to add to the plot that you have to double the length of the stage show for your movie?

Worse still, fans of the stage musical note that the first half is stronger, with better songs, dialogue and more action. So if you did like the first half of the Wicked movie, you now have to wait until about December 2025 to see the less exciting second half? That is insane. Imagine if in 1939 and 1952 audiences were only given half of 'The Wizard of Oz' and 'Singin in the Rain'? Or 1965 with The Sound of Music, 1978 with Grease or 2007 with Hairspray? And were told to come back in 1940, 1953, 1966, 1979 or 2008 to see the completion of these movies.

Is the last bit correct? I thought the movie was the same as the stage show and the next movie installment is actually from the books? (I would note I am absolutely not an expert in this).

The movie finishes with the defying gravity song/set piece, I think that’s what the show finishes with is it not?