The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ( extended version )
Clint took seven minutes to ride his horse up a hill getting smaller and smaller until he and the horse disappeared into the background.
' Barry Lyndon ' was right up there as well. Ryan O'Neal took twenty minutes to walk through a forest.
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears (2020)
Had to be the last film I saw on the big screen before the cinemas closed down, didn’t it? So boring I fought to stay awake and had no idea what the hell was going on by the end because my mind had wandered so much. I seriously couldn’t tell you what it was about except it involved Egypt and a cursed jewel. Or something.
The Cider House Rules
sharetinker, tailor, soldier, spy
shareThe Pelican Brief is another one
I saw it 25 years ago, still yawning!
I want to nominate Troll 2. It doesn't live up to it's reputation for me. The only genuinely funny moment is the infamous "Oh my god"-scene. The rest of the movie is a slow drug enduced lesson in how to not make a movie.
sharelast night i watched chantal akerman's 'news from home.' it's a highly regarded doc, where she recites letters she received from her mother over long shots of various streets & shops in new york city in the 70s.
it was pretty dull stuff.
i actually kinda loved akerman's 1975 film 'jeanne dielman, 23, quai du commerce 1080 bruxelles' (it has a very long title, to go with its long, 3hr20m running time). it's a challenge as much as it is a film, but i found i kinda got into its rhythm. there's a scene where the main character spends about 4 minutes kneading ground beef to prepare a meat loaf or something. but i got into it. make that meat loaf! obstacle overcome!
i could see a point to that film, is what i'm saying, i guess.
but i didn't get the point of news from home. it just anesthetized me. even though it's only 90m long, i was more bored and impatient with it than jeanne dielman.
2001: A Space Odyssey
I would rather watch paint dry than sit through that movie again.
i'm sympathetic to people who are bored by it.
sometimes i'm bored by it.
but...
if it ever plays on an imax or on a large screen with a massive soundsystem anywhere near you, i'd say give it just one more chance.
this is something that often gets said, but i don't think it's ever applied more to any film: 2001 is a very different experience on a large screen in a dark theatre.
Sandman3- LOL 2001-- One of my ex-husband's favorite movies. I tried to watch it several times and I found it to be so boring.
I was dating a guy a few years ago who wanted me to watch his favorite films. I wanted to be fair since he watched some of my favorites. But, cripes! He had the crappiest taste in movies that I ever saw. I fell asleep for every one.
"High Plains Drifter" was the worst. The other movies were a bore, but I was seriously afraid of lapsing into a coma with that one. Approximately 20 words of dialogue in the whole thing and all of it dull. He kept "explaining" to me what the plot was. I hate a movie that has to be explained to me. I think I dozed off. But I really wanted to leave while screaming, "Your taste in movies sucks!"
I have found that I am not "film compatible" with men.
"I have found that I am not "film compatible" with men."
Out of curiosity can you name 5 or 6 movies you really like?
Oh sure I can! I guess I was just exaggerating about "not being compatible".
I have loved "The Taking if Pelham, 1,2,3" ever since I saw it on TV in the seventies. Just been watching clips of it on youtube. Gotta get a copy of my own.
Others favorite are "The Odd Couple", "Biloxi Blues", "Terms of Endearment", "Annie Hall", "Alien", Aliens" and all the "Scream" movies. I have all of those on DVD