IPhoto went full screen, took over entirely and wouldn't forcequit

I pressed the play button (F8) on my mac book pro yesterday. Iphoto began playing a fullscreen slideshow that I was not able to stop by any means. I hit the key for force quit and it appeared on the screen but was not able to be clicked. I pressed the power button for 5 seconds then for the first time ever on macbook pro that was so expensive... Any suggestion? Are there people switching back to snow leopard, which is less iPaddy?

I meant. Are there people switching back to snow leopard, which is more stable and less iPaddy than this Lion? I am not liking Lion.. It does not really look like an actual improvement of snow leopard.

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