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Boring AF - fell asleep in cinema

posted 3 years ago by drrclavan (667)
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I don't understand people's fascination with this horrible movie (and the even worse next bunch, incl. that hobbit drivel). Yes, the scenery is great, because it's New Zillund but the story is just plain boring. Two gay humans with big feet (oh no, they're 'hobbits') and some gay ring. A movie full of people walking. Enemies walking. Trees walking. If people would have had recognizable names (John, Paul, George, Richard) it would have not been so bad but all those boring fantasy names are just tiring and cumbersome. Went to see this in cinema at the time on first date with hot chick. Fell asleep. Snoring. Never even got to first base with her because of that. Peter Jackson, you ruined my future you bastard!!!

[–] PrincessTutu (76) 3 years ago

I'm not gonna respond to this with an intelligent response because it doesn't deserve one, but I would say this is B+ trolling. A bit too cliche at this point to get an A, but not bad nonetheless.

[–] drrclavan (667) 3 years ago

It's not trolling, I mean it.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 3 years ago

Happily, the feeble OP is no longer here, and no “hot chick” would have been caught dead with a dud like he. “Doctor”?😂

[–] Heisenberg (6356) 3 years ago

B+?
Why?
That's C- on a lucky day.
He ripped off Randall with the rant about walking, the bit about names is lame and off point.
He is not abrasive nor acute, he' s a shitty troll and nobody believes the story about his moviegoing experience nor that he ever had a hot girlfriend.
C- is generous.

[–] drrclavan (667) 3 years ago

Already told you: I'm not trolling. So giving me a rating for something I'm not doing is rather silly.

[–] [deleted] 3 years ago

Completely ripped me off from Clerks 2

[–] melissah1982 (883) 3 years ago

Yea, a C- is even too high for this one. no originality at all.

[–] Paedokiller (298) 3 years ago

I can see your points, but it's about personal taste.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

There are ALL KINDS of reasons why you don’t “get to first base,”
and our species is the better because of this.

You have to be an asshole to tell this story about yourself.

[–] Narwhale37 (728) 2 years ago

I have to agree. The movies sucked.

1)It should've only been 2 hours and 30 minutes as it padded too much.
2)As you said, the names are both stupid and forgettable. If you're going to do made up names, make them only 1-2 syllables.
3)Dialogue is way too dry. I don't care what they have to say and the emotion isn't there.
4)Everyone is a one note character. The villain is incredibly one dimensional.
5)The few female characters in this sausagefest are extremely boring and poorly written. Not at all attractive either when they clearly do look good in real life.
6)Predictable story. I could guess everything that would happen.

This would just be simply a bad movie, but 12 hours of this is simply torture.

[–] sslssg (28190) 2 years ago

So are you criticizing Jackson or Tolkien? Or both?

[–] Narwhale37 (728) 2 years ago

Not sure. I don't know how much was adapted from the books because I've never read them.

[–] sslssg (28190) 2 years ago

Probably both then. There are some differences, but the movies are one of the better book to film adaptations out there.

[–] [deleted] 2 years ago

STFU, Narwhale37!

[–] Leodicaprio (6426) 2 years ago

go home you are drunk

[–] Costumer (1789) 2 years ago

Well, almost all of the names Tolkien used were from history and the various legends, sonnets, and other artistic writings of northern Europe. I know its difficult to understand, but names mean something. And names aren't always one or two syllables. We have grown quite lazy in our attitudes regarding many things and words and names with history, musicality, lyricism, and historical foundation seem to have fallen out of favor. That wasn't the case when Tolkien wrote his stories. Over the decades I can confess I have never heard that his names are too difficult. To the contrary, his names tell stories on their own. They also identify family, nationality, and race. There is no mistaking Dwarvish, Elvish, Rohirrim, Ranger, and other people's names.

Perhaps do some in depth reading and research. You might actually learn to appreciate the depth and breadth of Tolkien's work.

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[–] Sparky (2344) 2 years ago

I guess it's too late to tell Led Zeppelin.