Why I Hate Opening Credits

Well, not all opening credits, but most I should state for the point.
You know what they are, they tell you who's in it and who made it during the first few minutes of screen time. It's not like that comes at the end of the film, nope not at all... oh wait...
To me it takes me out of the atmosphere of the film, I do prefer just a title card placed in the film, it gets straight to the point and it is simple and sometimes artful enough to really bring you through the first act of the film.
But some of you may be yelling at me, "But that's what opening credits do!" You exclaim metaphorically loudly at your screen, or maybe not.
But my question to you is, "Why do we have to sit through the same credits twice?" I came to watch a movie, not watch the credits. The reason why I say this is, if the movie was bad, like really really bad then when it's over and the credits roll I don't have to sit through the credits, I can just leave, but again if the movie is bad then I am forced to sit through the dragged out credits at least one time more than I want to. If the movie overall was good, I could decide to sit through the credits as a way to express that I really did enjoy watching the film, or maybe I really liked an effect that I saw and I want to know who was on the team that made that, or heck I might even want to see who the director was, because I might enjoy watching other films that they have worked on. Yet with opening credits, it doesn't feel like they have earned it yet. Why should I sit through you almost gloating, and sometimes praising yourself and your film, before I've decided if I even like it yet. Please just let me watch the film and decide for myself if it is worth watching the credits.
There are some good examples of opening credits though. For example, Deadpool does the opening credits really well, because... IT'S LITERALLY A JOKE!!!
I don't want to sit through some boring graphics that for some reason they thought it a good idea to put it in.
Sorry but I have had this on my mind for a bit and I wanted to say my peace on this topic within the realm of film.

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