Rantz and I tried to get through Beyond the Black Rainbow and we just couldn't do it. Slow moving, outrageously pretentious, boring, pretty much only one person speaking and when he does he's being a ridiculous creep. No possible way to understand what is going on in the plot at all atleast halfway into the movie, which is where we promptly shut it off.
Some things I did like about it, however, were the blatant combination of Lynchian and Kubrick tones and that was what originally attracked me to this film but it ended up being so dull and confusing that we just couldn't go on.
What films have you shut off halfway through? If none come to mind, what books have you had to drop in the middle because you can't continue any longer?