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Tyrion Cheddar
12-22-2015, 08:02 PM
The Walk, which I tried to watch last night. I like Joseph Gordon-Levitt very much, and the movie even looked cute, but his attempt at a French accent was so murderous I had to bail. Mind you, I think I actually got more than five minutes into it--most movies nowadays, it's two minutes and I'm out.

Scheherazade
12-22-2015, 08:04 PM
I wish I could say "Twilight" but watched it till the credits... Same thing goes for "Sharknado 1 and 2" and "Birdemic".

Calidore
12-22-2015, 08:18 PM
Batman Returns comes to mind first, though I'm sure I'll come up with more.

YesNo
12-22-2015, 10:43 PM
I watched the first volume of the Betty Boop collection. I should have bailed in five minutes, but then I figured I needed to get cultured. I might have slept through some of it.

Scheherazade
12-23-2015, 04:06 AM
Forgot to mention that LOTR movies put me to sleep as well.

Lokasenna
12-23-2015, 05:37 AM
Mamma Mia. Oh Christ, Mamma Mia.

Emil Miller
12-23-2015, 01:49 PM
Although I seldom watch films that I'm likely to turn off in five minutes, I have noticed an increasing tendency not to watch films through to the end; this goes for books also.
Unless the film is so absurd as to compel watching anyway, e.g Fire Maidens from Outer Space, I have a fail safe way of avoiding falling asleep while watching: experience has taught me that virtually anything made post 1963 is likely to prove a regular snooze fest; especially films that rely on CGI rather than genuine camerawork and direction, or with jumped up 'superstar' actors with big muscles and poor diction, or the female variety with big you-know-whats, and who also have names like Charlize Theron or Hilary Swank. While they may win awards ( doesn't everyone nowadays?), I avoid switching them off in less than five minutes by ruling them out of court in less than five seconds.

Number 34
02-25-2016, 09:03 PM
Mad Max: Fury Road.

Why was the chase sequence, at the start, speeded up? It made it look like the Keystone Cops. It didn't improve after that.