Have you ever been at a movie or show where the audience booed at the end?

DirtyLarry · Jan 30, 2021

Multiple times over the years. Primarily movies, but definitely a few shows / concerts.

Most notably I was at a Bad Brains concert where HR the singer refused to sing and wore a motorcycle helmet the entire time. I never thought it my wildest dreams the Bad Brains would ever get booed, but honestly he deserved it. Little did anyone know though my man had serious mental issues, which would later be revealed in the documentary about him Finding Joseph I

Oh, another classic one is I saw Metallica on the Master of Puppets tour. It was supposed to be Cliff Burton playing, but the bus crash happened. Show was delayed like 9 months or something like that. So I got to see them with Jason Newstead on like their 5th show with him.
Not only did the opening band Metal Church get booed off of the stage completely, the fucking crowd booed Jason Newstead himself. It was wild.

Parch · Jan 30, 2021

People laughed the first time they heard the Bale Batman.

People booed at the end of Batman vs Superman.

Deleted member 8468 · Jan 30, 2021

I haven't been to many with that sort of reaction.

The notable one to me was opening night for Spider-Man 3, with a ton of comic fans in the crowd at midnight. By the dance sequence the entire theater was openly clowning on the movie. Kind of funny thinking back.

Ducarmel · Jan 30, 2021

Mortal Kombat Annihilation, mostly quiet crowd in the end, but one dude was heated he loudly said the movie sucked and wanted his money back and was telling everybody in line waiting to see it not to waste their money.

Phantom Menace was mostly stunned silence and than murmuring that I could only describe as disapproval.

Batman V Superman, got some booos from some group in the corner, everybody else was quiet mostly. My friend was pissed and loudly expressed how shit the movie is, like obnoxiously loud so everyone can hear him.

El Bombastico · Jan 30, 2021

Not booing, but after Alien Covenant my friend and I joined up with like 20 other people and spent the next 10 minutes picking apart every facet of that shitfest.

Verelios · Jan 30, 2021

Queen Vulpix said:
There's no need for that tone.

They were accused of piracy, I can understand why they'd have that tone.

Thorrgal · Jan 30, 2021

No but I've been to a couple of movies were 1/3 the cinema walked out lol...

One was Cronenberg "Crash" and it was specially bad witj Gaspart Noe's "Irreversible" (I liked them both for the record)

KAMI-SAMA · Jan 30, 2021

Brightburn, the movie about the evil superman kid.

It wasn't crazy or anything but it was in a smaller theater room. You could hear the disdain from people. Mini boo's, the sarcastic wow's and someone even said "that was the shittiest movies I ever seen" I agree.

Jencks · Jan 30, 2021

Tofer said:
Yes. The Witch.

Very awful people

Damn I forgot but this happened to me too. People laughing at the character accents.

Cogg · Jan 30, 2021

The Village, that theater was pissed and one guy was laughing like the movie broke his mind

talkingood · Jan 30, 2021

Mushroomer25 said:
The closest I got was in Rise of Skywalker, when the big kiss was mostly met with groans & uncomfortable laughter.

Our theatre had this happen:
Kylo: "You're a Palpatine."
Audience member: "Oh FUCK off!"
*audience laughter*

louiedog · Jan 30, 2021

No, but I was at Species II (bad weather and I had to kill some time waiting for someone that was delayed due to said weather) and the reel broke in the last 10 minutes. The manager informed us that they could fix it quickly and finish the screening. Out of the 10 or so people in the audience, no one stayed to find out how it ended. I wasn't even ready to go, I just wandered around the connected mall for awhile instead.

falcondoc · Jan 30, 2021

This thread just reminds me how cringe it is when people say shit during movies

Deleted member 12833 · Jan 30, 2021

Thorrgal said:
No but I've been to a couple of movies were 1/3 the cinema walked out lol...

One was Cronenberg "Crash" and it was specially bad witj Gaspart Noe's "Irreversible" (I liked them both for the record)

To be fair, irreversible was a tough watch.

HomerSimpson-Man · Jan 30, 2021

My 30+ years of theater watching, only truly once:

The Last Air Bender

FFNB · Jan 30, 2021

I'm sure I have, but I'm mostly drawing a blank.

I remember audible groans at the end of Infinity War, but not because the audience hated the movie. Although, there was audible laughter and groans at the "Thanos Will Return" at the end of the credits.

Then, for Rise of Skywalker, there were groans and "what the fucks" at the kiss, (I was one of them), but cheers at the "Rey Skywalker." Overall, my audience seemed to enjoy the film (I honestly did too, as dumb as it can be sometimes).

I generally don't dwell on shitty movie experiences I've had, so I'm having a hard time recalling the last truly awful movie I saw where the audience was just pissed by the end lol

Baladium · Jan 30, 2021

tokkun said:
Horror movies attract a lot of groups of high school kids. Unless it is a schlocky slasher and you want to have people laughing and yelling at the screen, go to a weekday matinee.

Weekday matinees are the best.

GamerJM · Jan 30, 2021

I've seen numerable bad movies in the theaters and this has never happened. Closest were with the Last Airbender and the Last Jedi, where an excited theater was completely emotionless for most of the movie (Rise of Skywalker didn't really have the excitement the first two movies in the sequel trilogy had pre-showing, so it doesn't even really qualify).

Weltall Zero · Jan 30, 2021

purseowner said:
No, but I've witnessed a lot of mass walkouts.

I watched the South Park movie in theaters with my then-girlfriend, two decades ago. Lots of parents with their kids for a family-friendly afternoon watching an adorable cartoon movie.

Let's just say the the second song of the movie was a notable case of reality mirroring fiction in real time.

Wubby · Jan 30, 2021

One I remember is a Smashmouth concert at a county fair sometime around 1997. People started shooting laser pointers at the band as well when they were playing. They stopped playing and threatened to stop and leave and someone in the audience shouted 'Youuuu suuuuck!'.

Khanimus · Jan 30, 2021

Mushroomer25 said:
The closest I got was in Rise of Skywalker, when the big kiss was mostly met with groans & uncomfortable laughter.

Yup

I've seen bad movies with audiences, but Rise of Skywalker opening night had people rolling their eyes at everything intending to be a "cheer" moment.

Batman v Superman had similar groans of disbelief. The second little boy Bruce Wayne started being lifted by bats and the audience stated laughing, you knew "oh no... this is going to go so the wrong way."

UberTag · Jan 30, 2021

I've been booing internally after catching each of the past 3 Christopher Nolan films in theatres.
I would've joined in to audible booing had there been some.

Rapscallion · Jan 30, 2021

Cats definitely had a lot of groans and people getting up a leaving in public displays. Lot of audible laughs at moments not meant for comedic values. I think I remember people clapping when it was over, but not for how good the movie was.

Tanuki-Go · Jan 30, 2021

Once, it was when the trailer for Cowboys Vs Aliens came on at one of the last Harry Potter movies. When the title appeared at the end people were like "Are you fucking kidding me?" mixed with laughter and some groans.

smileyforall220 · Jan 30, 2021

People who boo in theaters are jackasses with no self control. Just like talking and being on your cellphone, don't come to the theater if you have so little self control

Ajax125 · Jan 30, 2021

The Last Jedi, the thread.

I would say Rise of Skywalker, but TLJ left such a pour taste in my mouth that I didn't even want to bother seeing how the series ended.

blitzblake · Jan 30, 2021

the Venn diagram for people who boo and people who catcall is a circle.

thefit · Jan 30, 2021

Phantom menace at a packed premiere and then again at Attack of the clones and flash forward to The Last Jedi. I'm also just realizing that for both the Prequels and the Sequels I gave up on both those trilogies and did not watch the third movies at the theater and have not bothered at all with rise of the skywalker.

DiipuSurotu · Jan 30, 2021

Ajax125 said:
The Last Jedi, the thread.

I would say Rise of Skywalker, but TLJ left such a pour taste in my mouth that I didn't even want to bother seeing how the series ended.

You booed at the end of TLJ?

Doctor_Thomas · Jan 30, 2021

Not booed, but Be Kind Rewind was so bad that no one moved at the end and it all felt very awkward.

onadesertedisland · Jan 30, 2021

I fell asleep during Under Siege 2 at the dollar theater.

mbpm · Jan 30, 2021

This thread is reminding me I don't see a lot of movies in theater. Maybe when things get better here

Operations · Jan 30, 2021

Mushroomer25 said:
The closest I got was in Rise of Skywalker, when the big kiss was mostly met with groans & uncomfortable laughter.

The Leía scene produced generalized laughter in my theatre.

DiipuSurotu · Jan 30, 2021

Mushroomer25 said:
The closest I got was

Joeyjoejoeshabadoo said:
Not boo'd but

Doggg said:
I don't remember if there were boos at the end, but

Revali said:
Never outright boos, but

purseowner said:
No, but

Antrax said:
Nah. Seventh Son was close, but

FaceHugger said:
The closest was

LazyLain said:
Booed? Nah, but

EdibleKnife said:
No but

Platy said:
Not exactly booed at the end, but

Jencks said:
No one booing, but

chickenandrofls said:
Can't recall any where ppl booed but

The Unsent said:
Not a boo, but

sladeums said:
not booooooed

but

Skade said:
Not that i remember.

TAJ said:
Not really, but

PurpleMoustache said:
The closest I can really recall wasn't for a movie but for a trailer:

TSM said:
No, but

Hound said:
I don't recall if they were outright boos but

Earvin x Hunter said:
People didn't boo at the end of Midsommar at my packed screening, but

Jessi77 said:
Movies no, though I

HylianSeven said:
Not at the actual movie, but

Lukes said:
Not boos but

JustinBB7 said:
Not sure about actual boos because

lunarworks said:
Nope, but

bonesawisready5 said:
We didn't boo, but

Grimm Fandango said:
Don't think anyone booed loudly at the end but

Grunge_Hamster said:
I've never experienced booing but

Hoa said:
Haven't experienced booing at the end, but

Hewlett said:
No boos, the but

mddover said:
I can't recall if anyone actually booed it, but

The Albatross said:
Never seen boos. But

riboflavinrobot said:
Episode 3 didn't end with boos, but

El Bombastico said:
Not booing, but

Thorrgal said:
No but

louiedog said:
No, but

GamerJM said:
Closest were

Doctor_Thomas said:
Not booed, but

This is where I'm at.

People groaning, laughing? Sure.

But legit, dramatic, loud-ass booing at a theater screen? Does that ever actually happen??

Kid Night · Jan 30, 2021

There were laughy boos a few times at my Rise of Skywalker screening as well. The kiss (of course) someone literally yelled out "that's so stupid!" Rey Skywalker was another. A full theater was almost totally quiet when it was over.

The Unsent · Jan 30, 2021

DiipuSurotu said:
This is where I'm at.

People groaning, laughing? Sure.

But legit, dramatic, loud-ass booing at a theater screen? Does that ever actually happen??

Hobbit 2 ending was the only one for me. I saw Nutty Proffesor 2, audience hated that and kept walking out (especially the part where the giant hamster has sex with the dean), but still didn't boo.

Meg Cherry · Jan 30, 2021

Ajax125 said:
The Last Jedi, the thread.

I would say Rise of Skywalker, but TLJ left such a pour taste in my mouth that I didn't even want to bother seeing how the series ended.

literally one person max said TLJ

Most people thought that film was fine/good, despite was the enlightened dorks of the world say.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · Jan 30, 2021

Aurongel said:
The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug.

Nothing else IMO comes close to the immediate disdain my packed theater expressed when it smash cut to credits with Smaug flying to Lake Town.

Desolation was still a decent movie (thanks to Smaug) compared to Battle of the Five Armies, which was watchable at best.

The Unsent · Jan 30, 2021

Mushroomer25 said:
literally one person max said TLJ

Most people thought that film was fine/good, despite was the enlightened dorks of the world say.

I enjoyed TLJ, the audience was very quiet compared to TFA and had awkward laughs at hobo Luke, but no boos. There was an amusing "eh.." when Snoke died.

WhatATimeToBeAlive said:
Desolation was still a decent movie (thanks to Smaug) compared to Battle of the Five Armies, which was watchable at best.

I agree, the audience seem to quite like the film at the time, it was more the cliffhanger.

KillstealWolf · Jan 30, 2021

I remember audible confusion with a few boos coming out of The Crimes of Grindelwald and it's reveal that Credence was a Dumbledore (Somehow?)

Also, my local cinema sometimes do mystery screenings, idea is it's a £5 ticket and the film could as secret screening of something (Normally an upcoming film to gauge interest) there's been some good stuff here with Battle of the Sexes, Ford VS Ferrari and even Incredibles 2 at one point. But the time it turned out to be Book Club? That was the most "Awwgh" I heard in a cinema ever, with a mass leaving of people using the leave in 5 minutes to get a refund system.

julia crawford · Jan 30, 2021

Nah. But I didn't watch the kinds of movies there this would happen I guess.

Adventureracing · Jan 30, 2021

WhatATimeToBeAlive said:
Desolation was still a decent movie (thanks to Smaug) compared to Battle of the Five Armies, which was watchable at best.

The ending was the problem. I came to post the same thing, I had never experienced an entire theatre audibly groan and start complaining like the end of desolation of Smaug.

Mewzard · Jan 30, 2021

The Unsent said:
I enjoyed TLJ, the audience was very quiet compared to TFA and had awkward laughs at hobo Luke, but no boos. There was an amusing "eh.." when Snoke died.

I agree, the audience seem to quite like the film at the time, it was more the cliffhanger.

I had a very different experience with TLJ when I saw it, it ended with the audience applauding, which was cool.

Now, TROS was a dead silent theater leaving it.

DiipuSurotu · Jan 30, 2021

Mewzard said:
Now, TROS was a dead silent theater leaving it.

Ironic... Movie started with "The dead speak!" and ended with dead silence

WhatATimeToBeAlive · Jan 30, 2021

The Unsent said:
I enjoyed TLJ, the audience was very quiet compared to TFA and had awkward laughs at hobo Luke, but no boos. There was an amusing "eh.." when Snoke died.

I agree, the audience seem to quite like the film at the time, it was more the cliffhanger.

Benedict smashed it (and WETA Digital).

WhatATimeToBeAlive · Jan 30, 2021

The Unsent said:
I enjoyed TLJ, the audience was very quiet compared to TFA and had awkward laughs at hobo Luke, but no boos. There was an amusing "eh.." when Snoke died.

I agree, the audience seem to quite like the film at the time, it was more the cliffhanger.

Snoke's throne room fight was still (imo) one of the best fight scenes ever. The coechocraphy and the (guards) visual design was dope.

KillstealWolf · Jan 30, 2021

Adventureracing said:
The ending was the problem. I came to post the same thing, I had never experienced an entire theatre audibly groan and start complaining like the end of desolation of Smaug.

Also knowing the book, there wasn't more of Smaug left from it, you know Lake Town was the end of Smaug when Bard harpoons it's weak point.

You think with how it ended, they were going to expand on Smaug for the final film, but nope, he's literally out before even the title shows up.

WhatATimeToBeAlive · Jan 30, 2021

Adventureracing said:
The ending was the problem. I came to post the same thing, I had never experienced an entire theatre audibly groan and start complaining like the end of desolation of Smaug.

Yeah, the ending sucked. There was only the quick destruction of the town and the quick death of Smaug left. Though, it probably was a quite good cliffhanger for those who haven't read the book.

Sign My Guestbook! · Jan 30, 2021

Mushroomer25 said:
The closest I got was in Rise of Skywalker, when the big kiss was mostly met with groans & uncomfortable laughter.

Yup! Lots of unhappy feelings.

Desi · Jan 30, 2021

The front row was loud booing when Leonidas missed the javelin throw at Xerxes in 300. Didn't stop heckling for the rest of the movie.

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