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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are the references to walking out of the movie in these comments a figure of speech?? Once you are at the movie unless it is really disturbing it seems very dramatic to walk out in the middle.  I liked the movie but honestly didn't really see anything that would cause someone to get up and leave mid-movie[/quote]

It’s not that dramatic? I’ve left movies before when I was bored and didn’t want to waste another hour sitting there. No need to be dramatic about it, just grab stuff and leave. I’m sure plenty of people have left movies you’ve been at, you just didn’t notice.

Idk. Maybe you imagine this big flouncing scene or something? [/quote]

Do you go to movies by yourself? I can't imagine getting up and making everyone I'm with leave because I'm "bored" most people just take a nap or something.[/quote]

No, I usually go with my DH. We have a hand signal if one of us is getting bored and wants to leave. We actually usually agree but in the event that we don’t, the other person just swings back and picks up the one who wanted to stay. The entire decision is done silently. It’s not that frequent for us but we’ve certainly done it. I’ve also just left the theater and waited in the lobby.

I’m not the only person for sure, I’ve had the experience where I left a movie and ended up chatting in the lobby with someone who did the same thing. You just don’t notice the people who leave but it isn’t uncommon. [/quote]

I hope you reserve end seats so you don't disturb an entire row of people 20 minutes into the movie because you're "bored" and have the attention span of a gnat.[/quote]

Goodness. It must be hard to go through life so sensitive. [/quote]

Golly. What’s it like being so hard to please that you need special hand signals with your spouse because you can’t handle a 2 hour movie and would rather chat up strangers? [/quote]

Yes, touching my husband’s wrist and making the universal let’s go movement with my thumb is so hard to understand. Sometimes we are holding hands already and manage the entire decision without letting go. It is indeed mysterious. I suppose you are not in a happy long-term marriage and so don’t understand how long-term spouses that love each other don’t need to use words at all to communicate. But I assure you, it happens.

Sometimes I think there are posters on DCUM who are actually aliens, because they are so mystified by the idea of people who do not think and act exactly the way they do.

You don’t have to enjoy all movies and you don’t have to sit there and grimly endure movies you don’t like because you bought a ticket. It’s okay to not like a movie and it’s okay to leave. Really, I promise. [/quote]

How often do you go to the movies and how often do you leave? Just, ballpark. I love going to the movies and have only walked out a couple of times - but if this were a regular thing for me, I have to think I'd really just stop going to the movies!

Do you read reviews before you go or are you just showing up and popping into whatever happens to be playing or something? What movies do you actually like?[/quote]

I used to go to the movies all the time pre-pandemic. I didn’t leave very frequently, maybe once or twice a year at most? Post-pandemic, I go a lot less. I haven’t left a movie since the pandemic, though I contemplated it for Barbie (but in the end didn’t leave).

I leave in cases of excessive violence beyond what I expected, or if I am getting really bored. The problem with the boredom is that I have a bad back which I start to really notice if the movie isn’t engaging and it becomes really uncomfortable. I always have back issues but if I’m not engaged in the movie, I find the regular ache I have intrudes more.

I hate spoilers so try not to read much of anything before I go. I also like to reach my own opinion on movies without influence of critics, so I read the reviews after I see a movie. So I probably know less about movies than some going in, but I am willing to cut my losses. [/quote]

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