Movies You Turned Off Within 5 Minutes? - General Discussion Discussion

flipping through channels when I stopped on this, thought it was supposed to be romcom, didnt expect ryan goesling to be in a musical
this review seems to echo my opinion - For a film that starts with a slightly campy musical number that could alienate viewers just as easily as charm them, this romance sure makes the leap to greatness quickly.

maybe I should have given it 8 mins then, but again - its my opinion of the first 5 mins

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[–] spacecomedy (1955) 3 years ago

Right? I was like...this movie is trying way too hard. I enjoy some classic musicals, but this opening just made me roll my eyes.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

The BFG (2016)
Actually it's my 5yo son at the time that said it's looks boring why don't we just turn it off. And I agreed, it indeed felt very slow and boring in the first 5 minutes so I turned it off.

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[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 3 years ago

It isn't all that bad. Gets better quickly. 6/10

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

6/10 is not convincing me enough to watch it again.

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[–] AnubisRaydeen (7897) 3 years ago

I would never go as far as recommending it. It just wasn't that bad. 6/10 feels generous.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

For a Spielberg's movie, it's very disappointing.

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[–] KvlhokVjequs (286) 3 years ago

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[–] DoctorThirteen (10136) 3 years ago

I’ve never turned off a movie within 5 minutes.

Ditto. I usually give it at least 20 mins.

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[–] chilone (17251) 3 years ago

Me neither, except for Zoolander.

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[–] chilidoggg (13005) 3 years ago

Mer-MAN!

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[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

there are a lot of no-budget horror films on tubi i've bailed on after a minute or so, because they looked a little too rough or dull or the sound was too wretched - bad sound is a show stopper for me when it comes to low budget affairs.

i can't think of a mainstream big studio film i've given up on that quickly. if i hit play on something like that, i'm generally gonna see it through to the end.

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[–] ShogunofYonkers (71429) 3 years ago

I agree with the entirety of your first paragraph
Tubi has some good ones but a ton of stinkers

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[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

Fast and Furious. It was an unbelievable opening sequence and I gave up immediately.

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[–] actionkamen (23176) 3 years ago

I don't understand. You played a Fast and Furious movie expecting believable scenes?

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[–] beantown23 (1438) 3 years ago

It was the first movie and had no expectations of any scenes.

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[–] Moonglum9 (10699) 3 years ago

Roundhay Garden Scene.

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[–] nyctc7 (41182) 3 years ago

The Shape of Water
Most superhero movies

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[–] samoanjoes (50747) 3 years ago

I've never turned off a film after 5 minutes. I usually stick around for at least half an hour. But even that is rare. I hate not finishing a movie I started.

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[–] BillHicksFan (10087) 3 years ago

I used to be like that, but I tell myself that I could pick a better movie to watch in that time-frame.

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[–] Octo (213) 3 years ago

If I don't finish it I can't in good conscience tick it off on imdb so it's extremely rare that I don't finish a movie.
At worst I'll semi watch it while doing something else so I at least get a grasp of its totality.

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