Ever walked out of a film at the cinema or slept through it?

When we were visiting my late MIL we were discussing what to go and see, the film Shampoo was mentioned and she went crazy, 'No child of mine is going to see that filth!' (We were about 30 at the time)
Apparently she and friend had been into town, had a cheap pensioners lunch and the gone to the cinema, pensioners prices, and they were disgusted with Shampoo! When we asked how long they'd stayed she said 'We'd paid to go in so we stayed to the end'. Bless a Yorkshire woman!

I have fallen asleep during Les Mis, Hamilton and The Greatest Showman when they were on streaming, I also had to really force myself to go back after the interval of Phantom, it was so hot up in the gods and my drink was so cool, standing outside! I'm not a musicals fan.
I walked out of Unforgiven many years ago, I went and sat in a pub while OH watched it.

Cars 3
The Moshi Monster movie
At least 2 of the smurf films 😀

The box trolls bord me stiff.
Transporter I could not take the cringe of hard man act.
Barbie load of rubbish.
Les miserables I lasted a whole 30 minutes.
And loads more.

The Langoliers was a great novella but a terrible film.

It was very faithful to the story, right down to chunks of dialogue which oddly never seems to work. Lines said in a book always sound ok but the same lines in a film always sound ridiculously clunky.

Of course the fact that the acting was dire didn’t help. Or is it that even the best actors can’t act if the dialogue is terrible? Who knows.

Yes with Star Wars lol

I walked out of Barbie. Total crap

I fell asleep in Manchester by the sea, not realising that I'd slept for over half an hour. I had no sympathy for the lead character ( played by Casey Affleck) and was surprised that the people I was with were very understanding about him. I saw it again on my own and completely got it. I also fell asleep in Donnie Darko and, when it was over, wondered why it was such a short film. I saw it again on my own and realised it was longer and much more complicated than I'd thought.

I went to see Message in a Bottle last night. It was absolutely mesmerising.
I nodded off because I'm so tired. It was only for a few minutes. There wasn't an interval so I couldn't have a caffeine shot to sort me out.
I do need to prioritise sleep more, I think.

The remake of Dune. H and DS2 left about halfway through. DS1 and I managed till about half an hour before the end. God it was tedious. I did watch the end on now tv, and I'll probably watch the second film on there as well, so I can fast forward it.

I saw the first Lord of the rings on a wet afternoon in NZ when it first came out. Front row was mums and babies in carriers (I’d never seen that before) and they were remarkably quiet (maybe they were bored too!).

I walked out of the first Lord Of The Rings film. Good grief, it was so boring and I didn't give a shit who got the ring. Nome of the characters were relatable and I couldn't invest even a cell of my brain into any of them. I sat in the bar instead.

I also left about 20 minutes into Waking Life. I love Richard Linklater and I'm a complete film snob, but this was too pretentious even for a knob like me.

I wanted to walk out of Alien Resurrection, but the cinema was rammed and I would have had to squeeze past my ex and his girlfriend who were seated at the far end of the aisle (very small town), so I tried to work out how many seconds I had left to live if I live an average life span and what percentage of those seconds I had wasted sitting watching this utter shite.

I loved Evita. I still have the soundtrack on CD.

There must be something about Evita (Madonna movie). It was garbage, but I did manage to stay awake, however, the guy in the row in front of us slept with his head completely back resting in my friends lap for the whole move, and there were other people asleep too. Terrible.

I loved Evita, have seen the film several times, love the soundtrack and also saw it in the West End. I recall people walking out of the cinema though. I think they didn't realise it was a musical and were waiting for the actors to speak! Have never walked out or fallen asleep in anything but remember being bored to tears by Superman, not my cup of tea at all!

I hardly ever sleep in cinemas, but always, always in theatres and concerts. I've come to accept it and know that if I just give in and snooze for about ten minutes, then I'll be fine for the rest of the play/concert/opera. Giving in and accepting is much more effective than trying to fight it. I don't know why it happens for live performances and not for films, maybe because the sound is more pervasive in cinemas. But dark, warm, comfy seats are a deadly soporific combo.

I would have walked out of 'Wall Street' but I was in the exact middle of a very, very long row, I'd have had to push past at least twenty people. And I would have wanted to fall asleep in the middle of a very, very dull and pretentious Eric Rohmer film, but I couldn't, so I just had to be as bored as it is humanly possible for one person to be.

@BFE, thank you for granting the gift of the phrase 'stoned as a badger'. I will treasure it always.

Just got home from the theatre - excellent play
I did drift off for a few minutes - friend slept for at least half an hour, and snored audibly.
Didn't admit to it when I asked if she'd enjoyed the play😁

it was very warm in the theatre, and we'd eaten a really carby meal before hand.

I am terrible for falling asleep in the cinema. I fall asleep during most of the films I watch with the kids. One time particular that sticks in my mind is when I went to watch a James Bond film, I drifted and woke to find my head resting on a random man sat next to me

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Fell asleep during a Harry Potter film & during a brass band concert in a theatre that I taken my elderley parents to.”

We took our then 4 year old to a classical music concert (not torturing her, she wanted to go 😁). Towards the end, she nodded off, to be woken at the end by the applause around her. She sat bolt upright, looked about and immediately joined in the clapping. A very sweet memory.

I fell asleep during a James Bond (not the last one which would have bored me to death, but sleep). I missed loads of explosions and guns apparently.

Fell asleep during Thor: Ragnarok despite it being very loud. It was just after lunch. I think my husband has slept through at least three Harry Potters.

I go to the theatre a lot but have to restrict it to matinees. If I go in the evening I fall asleep. I sleep so much during films I count it a triumph if I stay awake all the way through!

I've never walked out of a film but occasionally I'll leave a play during the interval. A really boring intergenerational family drama with the (brilliant) Maureen Lipman springs to mind. Also a touring performance of The Crucible where the cast substituted shouting for acting. And a performance of Of Mice and Men that was so distressing I couldn't face the second act. I can still recall the feeling of absolute relief when I walked out on to a sunny street and didn't have to think about the awfulness that was coming up! The theatre was full of school parties and I don't know how they sat through it.

And I tried to leave Wicked! during the interval but we had paid a lot for the seats so DH insisted on staying.

Also fell asleep in the cinema when I went to see Hunt For Red October. Also fell asleep when it came out on home video and also fell asleep when it was shown on TV.

I love Jackie Brown - but it's definitely not a kid's film!

I've fallen asleep in the cinema when I've had a couple of drinks beforehand - years ago, we used to go most weeks in the 90s. Don't really go now .

The Emoji Movie! Snores my head off.

I've never actually walked out (I'm a skinflint and like to get my money's worth - sunk costs fallacy, anyone?) But was very close to it during Die Hard. It was sooooo boring and my friend i was with agreed afterwards. I am always surprised when I hear how many people love it.

Ditto with Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I went to see it with my mum and we were both bored and baffled.

I fell asleep in one of the old Star Wars films. A male friend had persuaded me to go to an anniversary showing special. I didn't see much of it.

Also fell asleep for 30 mins during the Lego Movie (son enjoyed it though!) I was very very pregnant though and that's my excuse. However it did mean I completely missed the bit that explains the missing lego piece they need to find is the lid for the superglue so the plot didn't make much sense until explained to me afterwards.

My husband slept through almost all of Moulin Rouge (deliberately) as he realised 10 mins in this wasn't something he'd enjoy. We'd gone to a late showing and our row was otherwise empty so he flipped up the seat arm rests and laid right down. I persevered but admitted later he had the better idea!