One word describes this movie
Boring.
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Clueless!
shareWell this movie's not for everybody.
I LOVE "... Roan Inish"!
MovieChat Forums > The Secret of Roan Inish (1995) Discussion > One word describes this movie
<begin sarcasm> Well, not everybody can sit through a movie that doesn't have car chases and explosions, toilet humor, strings of creative murders, wise-cracking animals, or zippy teen choreography. Sometimes a well-acted and directed and engaging story that requires the ability to sit still and listen is just not enough. <end sarcasm>
Sheesh.
Used to be, people would complain that kids didn't use their imaginations when watching TV. Now you can't even expect people to watch something without non-stop "in-your-face" action. Pardon me, I have to go throw up.
"Boring"...That is the shortest autobiography I've ever seen.
share^^Autobiography. Ha! Good one.
I've always loved this movie, but a lot of that might just be nostalgia since it's one of the movies I saw when I was really young, like 3 or 4 and then again when I was maybe 5 or 6 so it's always had this mystical air about it for me.
I'm about to watch it again (I'm in my late 20s) and I hope it's still wonderful... The main complaint I"m seeing on here is that it's "boring", and I don't easily bore when it comes to movies - except for action movies that are just constant cuts and action and no plot, characters, substance, etc. That's what's boring to me.
I thought it was boring when I was, say, 10 or so...but I grew to like it when I got older and my attention span started getting longer. Haha...but no, it's probably not for everyone. I like this movie though. =)
shareMy opinion exactly. When I was a kid, I couldn't get through even the first 20 minutes. I was bored stiff. But I gave it another chance a few years later and absolutely loved it. I have friends though that I'm sure still couldn't sit through it. It just kind of depends on the person watching the movie.
shareI first saw this when it came out. My parents took me to a movie theater in NYC to see it. I was no older then 5 but I loved it. And I still do. I randomly saw a book version in a used book store a couple years ago and I was shocked (I now live in NC and when I saw it first we lived in NJ. I was shocked because I did not expect it to appear in the south because it's not the kind of thing most people around here would appreciate). I had to buy it.
Yea, it's not Transformers 2 or Saw 5437 or another Seth Rogen comedy, but this movie has it's own magic.
You may think it's boring but maybe you aren't the type of person who enjoys simplicity. Maybe if it had aliens fighting with playboy bunnies you would deem it more interesting.
But I wouldn't change a thing about it.
As I posted above, I like movies with substance. I'm not into action movies, explosions or even aliens fighting with playboy bunnies.
But I found this particular movie to be boring. And exercised my right of expression to convey that.
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And I exercise my right to try and satisfy my inquisitive nature by carefully enquiring what you would give the honour to be titled "substance"?
I really am sorry you didn't enjoy this film, though. I think you're missing out. I thought it was grasping, magical and beautifully photoraphed with some wonderful music. The film isn't really *about* anything (substance?), it's an exercise in tale-telling and myth, and should be taken as that. Tom Hanks didn't die of AIDS in it and Sean Penn wasn't facing challenges of a mentally retarded single parent of that creepy Dakota Fanning. But it does send you somewhere emotional. It does me, anyway.
i agree, this movie is beautiful and it has DOES have substance. Im 19 and ive been watching it since i was little. I love the landscapes and the music makes you want to cry cuz its so beautiful. The story is slow-paced but flawless and The acting is wonderful. This isnt an IN YOUR FACE movie....its a soothing tale that allows you to sit back and be lulled into a blissful peace....
shareMaybe it's just that it's an Irish thing. A lot of it is atmospheric, and it helps if you like the music (I'm Irish, and I do like it...have played it, in fact, with two different traditional bands and in session) and if you know something of the legend of the selkies, the history of the communities on the Aran Islands and other islands like them, etc.
To each his own, I guess...but it does seem rather useless to post a one-word pan of the film when such a strong majority love it. It seems that if the thread's going to be worth it, something other than your personal emotional reaction to it (or lack thereof) would be in order. Nothing personal about that; I just don't see the point in threads where somebody that nobody knows rings in to say "Hated it, worst movie in history." Then somebody else posts, "You're an idiot. It's the best movie ever." "No it's not." "Well, your mother's a tramp." And so on. What's the use in that sort of thing?
I know this is an old thread, but,for me one word describes this movie, "magical". I'm not Irish, (Italian-Portuguese-Spanish)), but I love this mystical movie and the sprightly Irish music; I love Irish music. Maybe it's the Celtic part of the Portuguese me. There was a Celtic presence in ancient Portugal (Lusitania). Viriathus, the hero who fought the Romans was a Celtiberian. Someone once told me that the freckles in my olive skin are proof of Celtic blood.
"..sure you won't change your mind? Why, is there something wrong with the one I have?"
Forgive him guys. One of those annoying signature retards. Pay them no mind. The movie per almost every critic is a masterpiece.
Don't feed trolls! They just get dumber and fatter
Actually, one word describes anyone who needs to be spoon fed dumbed down films or else... and it's the same word
shareWay to make assumptions because I didn't like this film. I just returned Schultze Gets The Blues. Loved it...and it had subtitles and everything.
Boy I sure was surprised that I could read them!
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This film was boring. I did not like it. I wanted to but I didn't.
I don't like Michael Bay flicks either...so you haters are gonna have to do better than "oh, you must be dumb & only like Hollywood drivel if you didn't like this film".
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Why did so many people respond to this idiot that wanted car crashes, and boobs?
shareSo what does it say about your intelligence level when you 1) resort to name calling because I didn't like this movie? 2) respond to me by asking why so many people responded to me? and 3) ignored my previous comments about what I look for in movies, which isn't what you indicated?
Thank you for your intelligent discourse. Lol.
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