Let me tell you about the time I filled four airsickness bags on a family trip to Orlando.

[apocalypsos]

(I was six at the time. It was my first time on a plane. The flight attendant told my mom it was the most she'd ever seen anybody throw up. I was pretty impressed at myself.)

Is Cloverfield awesome? Well, the first half of it is.

Do you know anybody who had to leave the movie because it nauseated them so badly they couldn't take it anymore? Well, you do now.

Yes, I had to leave the movie early because I had to run to the bathroom to throw up once and wasn't about to stay if I felt the urge again. Fifteen minutes later, I picked up my bag and left. Now, I'm notoriously motion-sick by pretty much everything except boats. (So far, but then again I haven't been on a lot of boats.) But I've never really had a problem whenever movies were supposed to make you motion-sick. It's usually been a selling point afterwards -- "Oh, everything makes me throw up and I didn't feel like puking at all!"

Except this one did, and of COURSE it did, because not only should I not have spent the money I did to go see it today, but there's no way in hell I'm going to be able to afford to go back and see the ending for, well, weeks. And that's if I'm lucky. *headdesk*

Okay, now that I'm home, I think I'll go puke again.

(Oh, yeah, I also had to skip going to Panera. Today sucks. Do-over?)

Comments

[kreutzmarie.livejournal.com]

Same thing happened to me at Eternal Sunshine. The shaky camera style of it was more than I could handle, and I don't get motion sick easily. So yeah, now I'm feeling kindof leery about going to see Cloverfield.

[dark-roast.livejournal.com]

Oh, I hear ya.

I saw only part of Cloverfield last night. I made it to the scene at the Brooklyn Bridge, and then I had to leave in a hurry. I'm just gonna wait for the DVD. :(

[revenantrose.livejournal.com]

That sucks. :( I don't get motion sickness, but I still hate that kind of camera action.

I don't know what your theater's policy is, but if that happens again, if they're like mine you can go to where they sell tickets and request a refund because you had to leave early. As long as you have your ticket stub, I don't think there should be a problem, esp. since it's because you got sick. If they don't give you cash, they should at least give you a readmission ticket.

[killerweasel.livejournal.com]

You're the 4th person on my flist who got ill watching the movie.

Is it worse than Blair Witch Project? That made me dizzy as hell and I ended up fast forwarding to the end.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Well, I've never gotten sick watching Blair Witch so I've got to say yes. There's a lot more running around and flailing the camera all over the place.

[ladysorka]

...well, that pretty much seals that I'll wait. I get motion sick at the drop of a hat.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Dammit... I was worried that might happen to me... I had to lie down and not watch the screen halfway through Blair Witch for the exact same reason. I want to see this movie but argh... :(

[slrcosmos.livejournal.com]

I had to close my eyes a few times. I have a headache, but I can't tell if that's from the movie or from my sucky sinuses. I'm sorry you couldn't get to finish it. It was pretty cool.

[poisontaster]

I don't normally get sick at handheld camera shake either, but I got REALLY nauseous/vertiginous at Cloverfield, to a point where I had to close my eyes every several minutes and just listen to them talk. And I have a headache from it now.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I still have a headache from it, and the nausea's been hanging out all day. I knew it wasn't going to be pretty when I had to leave after the bridge part to run to the bathroom and stick my finger down my throat. Which ... damn it, this is SO MY SHIT. And I'm going to need to buy Dramamine before I go back. Yuck.

[wtfbrain.livejournal.com]

Well, I was thinking of going to see it, but I keep seeing the same story as yours all over the place, so I might just wait. Ick.

[katiger.livejournal.com]

Just so you know if you have to leave a movie mid way like that again cause you're motion-sick you should be able to get a refund for it.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

I had the same thing with Husbands and Wives. Then again, Woody Allen :P