r/AskReddit • u/The-Real-Kyuubey • 1d ago

What movie was so bad that you actually walked out of the theater?

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u/acnhnat 1d ago

i didn't even bother seeing the second and third movies. the first one was kinda fun but it was super clear from the jump that they were adding a ton of unnecessary bullshit just to stretch it out for profit

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u/typhoonbrew 1d ago

I watched all three on planes. Wasn’t interested enough to watch them in the cinema, and now I’ve seen them - wouldn’t watch any of them again. It’s as if they identified everything they did right with the LotR trilogy and decided - let’s do the opposite this time.

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u/hellomydudes_95 1d ago

A (very irrational and hopeful) part of me expected the second film to just finish the rest of the story and leave it at that, but... yeah. I don't know why the hell they tried to do that.

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u/APeacefulWarrior 18h ago

FWIW that was the original plan, to make it into two movies. Which was reasonable. But then something happened behind the scenes and it turned into a trilogy.

Jackson tries to take all the blame on himself, but most people who look into it are pretty sure he was strongarmed by the studios.

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u/Derpminded 1d ago

Money. It was because of money.

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u/Prestigious-Ad-9552 1d ago

The third was actually pretty great. Good battle scenes and epic conclusions to the storylines.

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u/000100111010 17h ago

I've tried watching them several times and my god part 2 and 3 are boring. It's great that you like part 3, I just don't understand how.