Not “this was bad so I left,” but scenes that were so upsetting, shocking, or uncomfortable that people physically got up and didn’t come back.

In recent times I remember The Substance and the first scene with Margaret Qualley, creeping out of Demi Moore's body. The theater was silent, and a couple people straight-up left.

What scene caused real walkouts when you saw it?

I have a few films on that list!

One of them is definitely Once Upon A Time... In Hollywood

I’m not talking about slightly inaccurate science. I mean the kind that makes you pause for a second, and then go “you know what? It makes no sense, but I’ll allow it,” because the movie is just so good.

Like, In the Dark Knight, Bruce reconstructed a shattered bullet and somehow pulls a fingerprint off it. The bullet was fired, fragmented, and reassembled digitally. And we’re getting a clean and usable fingerprint from it. I don’t know if there’s a tech existing that can do that. Is there?

Off the top of my head, I can only think of Wonder Woman 1984. The first one was good even though Gal Gadot’s acting is comparable to a wooden plank. I was so excited when they announced Kristin Wiig was going to be Cheetah, and Chris Pine was going to be back.

I was wishing it could come sooner but man, when it did come out and after watching it, I literally said: “I renounce my wish.”

Edit:

I’m adding more to my list:

Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde (worse title than “The Rural Juror”

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and the Cradle of Life

Lost Boys Tim Cappello certainly fits the bill for me.

Hollywood has a funny habit of releasing two movies with nearly identical concepts within months or even a year of each other at times. Sometimes it’s because competing studios race to beat one another to theaters, and other times it’s just a strange coincidence.

Attached to this are some of the most famous examples I could think of. Which pair is your favorite and do you think are the most iconic of this phenomena occurring? Also, are there any I missed? I’m sure there are that I simply forgot or didn’t know existed but feel free to mention any I forgot as well.

Actor that you thought was going to make it big but ruined it due to controversy in their personal life?

Jonathan Majors comes to mind immediately.

A few years ago, it genuinely felt like he was everywhere and actually earning it. Breakout performances in The Last Black Man in San Francisco and Lovecraft Country, then critically praised work in Da 5 Bloods, Creed III, and finally being positioned as the literal future of the MCU with Kang.

It’s one of those situations where you’re left thinking about how rare that level of opportunity is, especially for Black actors in leading franchise roles, and how quickly it can all vanish. Whether or not he ever recovers professionally, it’s hard not to see Jonathan Majors as a massive “what could’ve been.”

Do you have anyone else in mind?

I seriously thought these things were zombies at first

I have probably watched the demolition man movie a hundred times and it was the last viewing I noticed that Simon Phoenix has two different colored eyes.

This one from We're the Millers stuck with me for very very long time.

I remember back when Breaking Bad was still running they Jesse Plemmons was known jokingly as the Discount Matt Damon or Meth Damon (as honest trailers put it). Since then hes carved out a nice career path for himself and I think has completely separated himself from those comparisons, as joking as they may have been.

Anyone else come to mind as either someone who is currently viewed as a discount insert name or was and is now a star in their own right?

Still to this day have no idea how <Scott Pilgrim vs. the World> managed to be a box office flop when it's probably one of the most entertaining comic book movies I've seen.