▲ 395 ▼ Have you ever been to a movie so terrible that you saw people leaving the theater? Which one was it? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by Trae@lemmy.world to c/movies@lemmy.world 573 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] livus@kbin.social 27 points 2 years ago (2 children) Weirdly enough the movies I've been to with the most audible walk-outs were all good films: Exotica Salo Schindler's list I think two of them just got too much for people and the other one had them worried they'd wind up on a list. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I didn't even know Salo had been theatrically released permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] livus@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago @HawlSera oh, yeah but its initial run in Italy was less than a month before it got banned. Same thing happened a few times elsewhere. It had a run in the US. Some countries preemptively banned it. In my country it was banned until 1997 which is when I saw it on the big screen, but we didn't get legal distribution for DVDs until this century. permalink fedilink source parent [–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) I've seen Salo but I really wouldn't call it good. I nearly did walk out, and I sat through Battlefield Earth (although admittedly I was drunk, which helped a lot) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nomous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Salo was tryhard trash IMO, it had even less artistic merit than Serbian Film and that was tryhard trash as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You say that, but supposedly the film has quite the anti fascist leaning that eventually got the director Pier Paolo Pasolini killed by Italian fascists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough. It's not good if your criteria for "good" includes being enjoyable, that's for sure. I think it's very good and hope to never see it again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) I didn't even know Salo had been theatrically released permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] livus@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago @HawlSera oh, yeah but its initial run in Italy was less than a month before it got banned. Same thing happened a few times elsewhere. It had a run in the US. Some countries preemptively banned it. In my country it was banned until 1997 which is when I saw it on the big screen, but we didn't get legal distribution for DVDs until this century. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago @HawlSera oh, yeah but its initial run in Italy was less than a month before it got banned. Same thing happened a few times elsewhere. It had a run in the US. Some countries preemptively banned it. In my country it was banned until 1997 which is when I saw it on the big screen, but we didn't get legal distribution for DVDs until this century. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hydroptic@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago (2 children) I've seen Salo but I really wouldn't call it good. I nearly did walk out, and I sat through Battlefield Earth (although admittedly I was drunk, which helped a lot) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] nomous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Salo was tryhard trash IMO, it had even less artistic merit than Serbian Film and that was tryhard trash as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You say that, but supposedly the film has quite the anti fascist leaning that eventually got the director Pier Paolo Pasolini killed by Italian fascists. permalink fedilink source parent [–] livus@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough. It's not good if your criteria for "good" includes being enjoyable, that's for sure. I think it's very good and hope to never see it again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nomous@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Salo was tryhard trash IMO, it had even less artistic merit than Serbian Film and that was tryhard trash as well. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You say that, but supposedly the film has quite the anti fascist leaning that eventually got the director Pier Paolo Pasolini killed by Italian fascists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gigasser@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago You say that, but supposedly the film has quite the anti fascist leaning that eventually got the director Pier Paolo Pasolini killed by Italian fascists. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] livus@kbin.social 1 point 2 years ago Fair enough. It's not good if your criteria for "good" includes being enjoyable, that's for sure. I think it's very good and hope to never see it again. permalink fedilink source parent
