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What do you think is the absolute worst, least entertaining, most monotonous piece of filth that's meant to pass off as a film that you've ever seen?

Lost in Translation. It was a little funny once in a while, but that was not nearly enough to save. I don't care if everyone else in the world loved it. It was boring.

The Scent of Green Papaya's.

A french film in Vietnamese. The first hour and a half drags but at least has a story. The last part of the movie changes characters and makes no sense whatsoever. It seemed like it lasted months.

There's too many to name...

2001: A Space Odysey. That movie was waaaayyyy too long.

For me, they are, in no particular order:

My Stepmother is an Alien, Annie Hall, The Blair Witch Project, The Blair Witch Project 2, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Last Tango in Paris, Spinal Tap, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, Contact, Scary Movie, The Legend of Hell House, Fright Night...

I could go on all day!

Steel Magnolias. :(

For me, they are, in no particular order:

My Stepmother is an Alien, Annie Hall, The Blair Witch Project, The Blair Witch Project 2, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Last Tango in Paris, Spinal Tap, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, Contact, Scary Movie, The Legend of Hell House, Fright Night...

I could go on all day!
Ugh, Blair Witch Project, you just reminded me. Whose idea was it to make a movie about 3 whiny people lost in the woods for two hours?

Ugh, Blair Witch Project, you just reminded me. Whose idea was it to make a movie about 3 whiny people lost in the woods for two hours?

Someone a lot dumber than me! :D

About Schmidt

The Passion of the Christ. Lost In Translation was pretty boring, but at least it had its moments. The Passion was pure boredom.

Ugh, Blair Witch Project, you just reminded me. Whose idea was it to make a movie about 3 whiny people lost in the woods for two hours?
Haha well put.
The Last Samurai is really really lame. It's just plain idioticy.

Swept Away. Yech.

Haha well put.
The Last Samurai is really really lame. It's just plain idioticy.
I have to disagree with that one. Whatever you think about the movie, it wasn't boring.

Something About Mary or The Piano.

I have to disagree with that one. Whatever you think about the movie, it wasn't boring.The last samurai was an American! OMG asians we pwn j00!!!11lol

If you thought The Last Samuri was boring, you completely missed the point of the movie......

My boyfriend loved Lost in Translation, but I fell asleep...very boring.

Someone already said it, but I have to agree, Passion of the Christ. It wasn't even in english.

Remains of the Day was also pretty brutal. As was Magnolia.

The last samurai was an American! OMG asians we pwn j00!!!11lol
I know I know, but that doesn't make it boring.

If you thought The Last Samuri was boring, you completely missed the point of the movie......
If you liked it, you are either a Samuri freak, or a guy who likes to sound all deep even though he isn't, either way... it sucked.

My father the hero

If Plan Nine From Outer Space had a bigger budget it would have been really boring, but looking for all the inconsistancies is pretty funny. It won the award for the worst movie ever.

Attack of the killer tomatoes.

and Carry on Columbus

Someone already said it, but I have to agree, Passion of the Christ. It wasn't even in english.

Remains of the Day was also pretty brutal. As was Magnolia.



HAHAH, because it wasn't in English, that adds to the boredom? English movies are some of the worst because people love to hear themselves talk and talk about random nothingness. The few foreign films I've seen are superior to most of the ones in English I've seen.

If you liked it, you are either a Samuri freak, or a guy who likes to sound all deep even though he isn't, either way... it sucked.
Brilliantly said! It was pathetic, Tom Cruise (in that movie) makes me sick.

If you liked it, you are either a Samuri freak, or a guy who likes to sound all deep even though he isn't, either way... it sucked.


And if you didn't like it, you are a typical movie gower or someone who doesn't like deep movies because they confusing and enrage him.

Airplane II.

(2001 was a little long in some places, but for 19-whatever the effects were awesome, they've held up pretty well too and the movie is rather accurate in portraying space travel. 2010 was okay).

I thought The Last Samuri was a cool film

And if you didn't like it, you are a typical movie gower or someone who doesn't like deep movies because they confusing and enrage him.
Deep?! Lol!!! Hehe, nice one. Cool joke, keep up the good humour!
Edit: Last Samurai was anything but deep.

"a day without a mexican" or perhaps "gods and generals"

Artificial Intelligence was horrible.

If you thought The Last Samuri was boring, you completely missed the point of the movie......


Hollywood garbage on the order of "the last samurai" dont have a "point" they are low entertainment.

what's the airport one with tom hanks and catharine zeta-jones? that was pretty boring. althoug h've seen a lot worse. that's just the first one to come to me.

what's the airport one with tom hanks and catharine zeta-jones? that was pretty boring. althoug h've seen a lot worse. that's just the first one to come to me.

The Terminal. I was kind of boring to be in the same spot, but it was amusing.

Open water..now thats a different story.

Daredevil

the worst movie ever put i love it so

I'm sure none of us have ever seen the most boring film ever made. It's probably something that was released in three theatres for one day, did horrendously, and was mercifully killed.

The worst movie I have ever seen has to Star Trek: The Motion Picture. Especially the directors cut. It has an extra 10 minutes of repetitive special effects that were too long in the original cut. I have yet to stay awake throught the whole thing!

Scorpion King sucked too. Only redeeming things about that film was the babe in it and the soundtrack

HAHAH, because it wasn't in English, that adds to the boredom? English movies are some of the worst because people love to hear themselves talk and talk about random nothingness. The few foreign films I've seen are superior to most of the ones in English I've seen.
For someone who only speaks english, it is much more enjoyable if the movie is in english. That way you can actually tell the emotion in their voices, their tone, and alot of things subtitles just can't cover. And foreign films that are dubed in english... well... the people that do that should have a special little spot in hell.

And if you didn't like it, you are a typical movie gower or someone who doesn't like deep movies because they confusing and enrage him.
Typical wannabe deep guy response... and I might be missing something, but what the hell is a gower?

i'm pretty sure the most boring movie ever made was the 4-hour version of hamlet....i was forced to watch it for english class

I'm sure none of us have ever seen the most boring film ever made. It's probably something that was released in three theatres for one day, did horrendously, and was mercifully killed.
naw, because when a movie gets bad enough it gets amusing. To reach a maximum level of boredom it has to be at just the right level of stupidness.

the Friday the 13th series

Typical wannabe deep guy response... and I might be missing something, but what the hell is a gower?
Yea, "look at me, I'm emotional! I like rubbish Tom Cruise movies!!"..
Pfft. The Last Samurai was a shit movie, get over it.
Good point, a gower? Possibly a... Who knows :confused:

I'm sure none of us have ever seen the most boring film ever made. It's probably something that was released in three theatres for one day, did horrendously, and was mercifully killed.
Really, this has a lot to it. In essence the people saying things like Lost in Translation or any other of the relatively successful films means that they would rate those movies below movies like Robot Wars or lengthy Russian movies-movies that are almost boring by design. (almost, I do see what's going on in those films (and have been tested on it) but they are very very dry and very very long.)

So really, if movies like Lost in Translation is the 'worst, most boring movie you've seen,' you either a)haven't been to see enough movies to have any real point of comparison, or b)are on the riptide of posing, publicily desenting because you arrived too late to be 'one of the first' to like it.

This is not to say if you don't like Lost in Translation you are absolutely a poser, but when you list it as the most boring etc., methinks you protest too much.

For me, they are, in no particular order:

My Stepmother is an Alien, Annie Hall, The Blair Witch Project, The Blair Witch Project 2, Hellbound: Hellraiser II, Last Tango in Paris, Spinal Tap, 2001: A Space Odyssey, 2010, Contact, Scary Movie, The Legend of Hell House, Fright Night...

I could go on all day! One question for you, if Blair Witch Project was so bad why did you watch Part 2 , aglutton for punishment ;)

Meet the Parents
Me Myself and Irene
The PolarBear King
Swordfish

What do you think is the absolute worst, least entertaining, most monotonous piece of filth that's meant to pass off as a film that you've ever seen?

Fargo. A horrible movie wrapped around the novelty concept of a northern minnesotan accent. The only decent scene was when Steve Buscemi was getting stuffed into the chipper shredder.. and that was only because the other scenes sucked by comparison.

and I have seen countless B movies growing up with "Commander USA's Groovy Movies" and "USA Up All Night"

The most boring film ever made, is, definitively, "Sleep" made by Andy Warhol

The six-hour film ‹Sleep› (1963) shows poet John Giorno in various positions of sleep. Warhol elongated the ‹action,› recorded on 100-foot rolls of film, by repeating filmed segments through loop printing. The concluding image is a frozen still.

No. I have not watched more than about three minutes of it.

I find most movies boring because well, I find them boring.
:sniper: :mp5:

and I have seen countless B movies growing up with "Commander USA's Groovy Movies" and "USA Up All Night"


I remember USA Up All Night!!! It had that weird chick who was always like "UP!" all night. She always annoyed me. Ah...you have brought back strange memories my friend.

I have seen lots of boring movies, and I would agree that Lost in Translation was one of them. It simply just did not live up to the hype for me.

Yea, "look at me, I'm emotional! I like rubbish Tom Cruise movies!!"..
Pfft. The Last Samurai was a shit movie, get over it.
Good point, a gower? Possibly a... Who knows :confused:


The movie wasn't that bad. I mean, Hollywoods done much worse. And I believe a "gower" is someone who goes somewhere. Actually, it's the last name of an English poet :headbang: .

So really, if movies like Lost in Translation is the 'worst, most boring movie you've seen,' you either a)haven't been to see enough movies to have any real point of comparison

I'd say I fit into this category. To be fair though, I generally don't watch movies I think will be boring. Besides, it wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen. Thats probably something like Van Helsing, what a crap fest.

I'd say I fit into this category. To be fair though, I generally don't watch movies I think will be boring. Besides, it wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen. Thats probably something like Van Helsing, what a crap fest.

Van Helsing was pretty crappy.

What was that one where Robin Williams was a robot? Millenium Man or something like that. Boring & schmaltzy, a double kick in the nuts.

A.I. ,Open water, Chronicles of Riddick, Daredevil...

Both versions of Solaris, not too surprising considering what a bleak snoozefest the book by Stanislaw Lem was. George Clooney and all the chrome-plating money can buy don't make it any the less turgid. The one positive thing that can be said is that at least the remake doesn't last quite as long as the original...

The most boring film ever made, is, definitively, "Sleep" made by Andy Warhol

The six-hour film ‹Sleep› (1963) shows poet John Giorno in various positions of sleep. Warhol elongated the ‹action,› recorded on 100-foot rolls of film, by repeating filmed segments through loop printing. The concluding image is a frozen still.

No. I have not watched more than about three minutes of it.

This might actually take the prize.

The most boring film ever made, is, definitively, "Sleep" made by Andy Warhol

The six-hour film ‹Sleep› (1963) shows poet John Giorno in various positions of sleep. Warhol elongated the ‹action,› recorded on 100-foot rolls of film, by repeating filmed segments through loop printing. The concluding image is a frozen still.

No. I have not watched more than about three minutes of it.
How odd.
Now, I'm the sort of person that would try to watch the whole thing just to say I could.
That goes to show a lot about my sanity...

Really, this has a lot to it. In essence the people saying things like Lost in Translation or any other of the relatively successful films means that they would rate those movies below movies like Robot Wars or lengthy Russian movies-movies that are almost boring by design. (almost, I do see what's going on in those films (and have been tested on it) but they are very very dry and very very long.)

So really, if movies like Lost in Translation is the 'worst, most boring movie you've seen,' you either a)haven't been to see enough movies to have any real point of comparison, or b)are on the riptide of posing, publicily desenting because you arrived too late to be 'one of the first' to like it.

This is not to say if you don't like Lost in Translation you are absolutely a poser, but when you list it as the most boring etc., methinks you protest too much.

That is what I am trying to say. Thank you. Obviously the most boring film ever is not going to be a movie that has done well at the box office, or has even done not terrible. By lieu of all that interest, you can assume that the movie had to have something to it. People who list box office hits as the most boring film ever are most likely trying to show how "cool" they are by not "conforming" to what everyone else is saying, or watches far too few movies.

How odd.
Now, I'm the sort of person that would try to watch the whole thing just to say I could.
That goes to show a lot about my sanity...
It's not boring, it's art

I did not find Lost in Translation boring. That might be because of my company and what we were doing ;) but I thought it was fine.

I find two movies everyone seems to love utterly boring. Airplane and Excalibur. I feel asleep during both.

It's not boring, it's art

There's a topic for another thread right there.

Nothing anyone can post will beat Empire. It's an eight hour shot of the empire state building. Don't believe it exists? Look here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196530/

It's also by Andy Warhol, in case you're wondering how it could beat Sleep. It's possible he has made another film even longer and more boring that I don't know about though.

Nothing anyone can post will beat Empire. It's an eight hour shot of the empire state building. Don't believe it exists? Look here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196530/

It's also by Andy Warhol, in case you're wondering how it could beat Sleep. It's possible he has made another film even longer and more boring that I don't know about though. :eek: How could you not like Empire! It's a must see!

Nothing anyone can post will beat Empire. It's an eight hour shot of the empire state building. Don't believe it exists? Look here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196530/

It's also by Andy Warhol, in case you're wondering how it could beat Sleep. It's possible he has made another film even longer and more boring that I don't know about though.

Didn't he also make watching paint dry, or was that someone else?

Without a doubt the worst film i've ever seen is 'Dungeons and Dragons'... Imean it was a long shot to go and see it in the first place but i w as asked and so i went... waste of time. soooooo bad...

Didn't he also make watching paint dry, or was that someone else?
Tht was one of his short films

Tht was one of his short films

Content wise however, that must be pretty boring though.

Content wise however, that must be pretty boring though.
yup. Like the one where he draws a cocoon on the wall and waits for a butterfly to come out

Scorpion King sucked too. Only redeeming things about that film was the babe in it and the soundtrack
I want to know how he escaped the evil ants.

Without a doubt the worst film i've ever seen is 'Dungeons and Dragons'... Imean it was a long shot to go and see it in the first place but i w as asked and so i went... waste of time. soooooo bad...
C'mon, that was B-movie funny. Hell of a lot better than Teenage Caveman.

Dune. I couldn't stand that show let alone keep my eyes open long enough to understand it.

Dune. I couldn't stand that show let alone keep my eyes open long enough to understand it.
Blasphemer! Get him!

Blasphemer! Get him!

Did I mention The Matrix (all of 'em) was a hackney piece of plot manipulating garbage?

*runs*

Did I mention The Matrix (all of 'em) was a hackney piece of plot manipulating garbage?

*runs*
Just keep your dirty hands of Dune

Well, that movie sleep does sound preety dang boring. But I would have to say one of the most boring and frustrating movies that I have ever watched would be Evita, with Madonna. It was okay at the beginning, but then it just went on and on, and at the end I could not wait for her to die.

Did I mention The Matrix (all of 'em) was a hackney piece of plot manipulating garbage?

*runs*
I didn't like the Matrix either.

Trust

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103130/

Simple Men

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105411/

Hal Hartley is just plain awful...he makes boring, depressing movies...

Koyannisquatsi, or something like that. It means "life out of balance", and it is simply a series of still and moving images set to music. No actors, or talking, or anything. I had to watch it during Film History, and it was awful.

cube

cube 2

el shito

Waterworld is the most boring piece of junk ever made and its totaly idiotic first off they spent 300 million dollars on the film and its like 4 hours long plus kevin costner is totaly pathetic...... plus its so stinking cheesy :mad: :mp5:

Someone a lot dumber than me! :D

Don't you mean smarter? They made a movie whose production cost wasn't more than $100,000(US) and made millions of dollars on it. NO comment on whether or not it is was a good movie.

Robot Vs. Aztec Mummy.

I'm not even making this shit up. Look on the IMDB.

the titanic.

The first hour or so of 2001:odyssey, plus that 70's flick Omega Man.

It had some plot, but was really hard to follow.

i dont watch that many movies anyways. Omega Man was free on the internet for 24 hours, as the site advertised. Otherwise i wouldnt have seen it.

I'm listening to Led Zeppelin's Kashmir. So cool.
:mp5:

Listed as "boring:"
Lost in Translation
2001: A Space Odyssey
Annie Hall
Remains of the Day
The Terminal
Fargo
Koyannisquatsi

Each and every one of these films is terrific. If you think these movies are boring there is the distinct possibility that you do not like movies at all.

Ogiek, perhaps they should describe their favourite movies of all time. You'll have a much better understanding of how they regard film when you have that piece of the jigsaw puzzle.

I said earlier (much earlier) that both versions of Solaris rank highly on my list of pre-eminent snoozefests. I've thought it over, and I honestly can't top it. It remains.

Listed as "boring":

Lost in Translation - not boring like Solaris.

2001: A Space Odyssey - the film Solaris wanted to be, but wasn't, no matter how much actual orbital footage they cut into it. Only boring if you can't appreciate dedication, innovation, and workmanship. Oh wait, that's most of you. Never miind...

Annie Hall - What's with you people? Do you laugh at 'Friends', or something? Sheesh.

Remains of the Day - Haven't seen it. I'll bet it's not half as stupefyingly dull as either version of Solaris, though.

The Terminal - Well, I've never been able to watch Tom Hanks since 'Joe Vs. The Volcano', but this just isn't close to being the most boring film ever made.

Fargo - Honestly, what's with you people?

Koyannisquatsi - I feel like I'm having heart palpitations when the Philip Glass Orchestra really gets into full swing. Pull your head out of your ass. This is sheer sensory overload. How is that boring? Now, a film that forces you to stare at cloud formations shot from Soyuz capsule over and over again, that's tedium.

Attack of the killer tomatoes.
HERETIC!!!!! How dare you? This is a masterpiece!

The most boring movie EVER? That's a tough call.

2001: a Space Odyssey is, indeed, unutterably boring. It's the only movie I played a gameboy through. The book, the story, they were interesting. The presentation of the story in the movie, though, made it into something I did just to say I'd done it.

On the other hand, Suicide Club was an incredible waste of my life, too. Life Aquatic suffered from the same pointlessness and lack of direction that its main character endured. Light Years made me doubt the genius of Isaac Asimov, and the original Dune was atrocious. Dune made me cry. It's not even remotely faithful to the book, and Patrick Stuart was WAY overcast for his role. I never want to see Sting in speedos again.

Napoleon Dynamite, Absolutely Horrible Boring no-plot piece of...
That and lost in translation

2001: a Space Odyssey is, indeed, unutterably boring. It's the only movie I played a gameboy through.

You find a two-inch screen and a controller pad to be of greater interest than Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece?

You deserve to endure Solaris. Only then you will know boredom.

You find a two-inch screen and a controller pad to be of greater interest than Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece?

You deserve to endure Solaris. Only then you will know boredom.

I've found Kubrick's movies to be vastly overrated self-important claptrap. I was unimpressed to find his presentation of 2001: A Space Odessey continued in that vein.

Mulholland drive. One of two movies i couldn't sit through. Absolutly horrible!

I've found Kubrick's movies to be vastly overrated self-important claptrap. I was unimpressed to find his presentation of 2001: A Space Odessey continued in that vein.

Hmmm.

So what's your idea of an extraordinarily good film from the same time period, then?

I'm curious.

Dungeons & Dragons.

Orange County

Just Married

Dude Where's My Car

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen

The Two Matrix sequels.

Pirates of the Carribean (well, the parts without Depp in anyway)

And a few others that I cannot remember the names of.

Spice World (I'm ashamed to admit I watched this, I was forced by my parents to take my sisters to see it)

*snip*

And a few others that I cannot remember the names of.

I thought this was supposed to be the most boring film of all time, not the last five years...unless your sense of 'all time' is rather short...

2001: a Space Odyssey is, indeed, unutterably boring. It's the only movie I played a gameboy through.
I've found Kubrick's movies to be vastly overrated self-important claptrap. I was unimpressed to find his presentation of 2001: A Space Odessey continued in that vein.
"Continued in that vein?"

You are both obviously too young to have seen 2001 when it first appeared. At that point in his career Kubrick's "vein" included Spartacus, Lolita, and Dr. Strangelove (more overrated self-important claptrap?).

I do agree that 2001 is much too cerebral a film for one whose mind tends toward hand-held video games.

By far Modern Vampires takes this prize. Not even Joel and the robots could make that movie entertaining. Casper Van Dean is the worst actor EVAR!!!

Hmmm.

So what's your idea of an extraordinarily good film from the same time period, then?

I'm curious.

I'm not terribly familiar with films from that time period. I'm not even really sure what time period, exactly, 2001 was produced in.

On the "Things that make you go, 'Hmm...'" level of films, though, I'll have to consider. It's easier to hate something than like it.

I've found Kubrick's movies to be vastly overrated self-important claptrap. I was unimpressed to find his presentation of 2001: A Space Odessey continued in that vein.
It is kind of overrated, but it still is a great movie. I don´t want to get into "oh, mtv and james bond movies made you into a disposable teen that can´t support to look into a screen for more then 2 seconds without explosions", but 2001 is really a beautiful movie, very well done, with great story, I can´t remember one moment where I wasn´t glued to the screen waiting to know what would happen next.
It´s only like... the guy takes his time you know... movies are not a one-sided experience (we tell the story, you shut up), you have to be interested, you have to "connect" with the movie, the movie gives you a great and unique experience if you give him your atention. Now, you went to see the movie with a gameboy in your hand, sounds like you weren´t willing to give the movie a chance to begin with.
It´s like music, people can´t stand anything that lasts more then 2 minutes anymore, it´s like "download, listen, k, next, download, listen, k, next".
Gee, sit back, relax, enjoy, let the movie/music get into you and make you a part of the experience, this is art, not a big mac.

Edit: actually, even big macs taste better when you take your time to experience it, instead of swalloing with one bite. :p

"Continued in that vein?"

You are both obviously too young to have seen 2001 when it first appeared. At that point in his career Kubrick's "vein" included Spartacus, Lolita, and Dr. Strangelove (more overrated self-important claptrap?).

I do agree that 2001 is much too cerebral a film for one whose mind tends toward hand-held video games.

Drop the holier-than-thou attitude. I've seen a number of Kubrick movies (2001 and Clockwork Orange being among them), and didn't care of any of them. Just because I like video games and happen to be a member of Generation Y doesn't make me an attention-deficit and drooling script kiddie.

It's your kind of arrogant prickwaving that turned me off Kubrick's movies. You're not better than I am. Sit down.

I'm not terribly familiar with films from that time period. I'm not even really sure what time period, exactly, 2001 was produced in.

On the "Things that make you go, 'Hmm...'" level of films, though, I'll have to consider. It's easier to hate something than like it.

All right then. What film, from an era of film-making that you are familiar with, would you characterize as having qualities that would, in your opinion, make it undeniably, the single greatest film you've ever seen?

There's no wrong answer, Raem - and I'm not judging you, or being snotty. I am just curious.

Triumph of the Will. Awful.

2001: A Space Odyssey was kind of dull, but you had to see it to understand 2010, which was pretty good. That sais, I recall reading 2001 and it was better than the movie...the 2010 book was just the movie in more detail, or rather, the movie was the book in less detail with some information changed (in the book they went to Saturn; in the movie they went to Jupiter, for example.)

The first part of The Matrix was really hard to understand, but it was pretty good once i caught on. I had a sociology professor who showed us The Matrix in class...then he cut it short by 10 minutes.

Sugar and Spice was one of the worst movies I have ever seen...God only knows what possessed me to see it.

That said, the most BORING movie of all time is a first-place tie between Envy and Jurassic Park. Envy had no plotline whatsoever and Jurassic Park's plotline consisted of large dinosaurs mauling people, and they didn't even do that well.

All right then. What film, from an era of film-making that you are familiar with, would you characterize as having qualities that would, in your opinion, make it undeniably, the single greatest film you've ever seen?

There's no wrong answer, Raem - and I'm not judging you, or being snotty. I am just curious.

A few easy answers jump to mind - Star Wars, Matrix, etc. I think one of my favorites, though, is Field of Dreams. It wasn't about snazzy FX, sex or violence, yet it was a good movie anyway.

Drop the holier-than-thou attitude. I've seen a number of Kubrick movies (2001 and Clockwork Orange being among them), and didn't care of any of them. Just because I like video games and happen to be a member of Generation Y doesn't make me an attention-deficit and drooling script kiddie.

It's your kind of arrogant prickwaving that turned me off Kubrick's movies. You're not better than I am. Sit down.
Can't sit through a movie without picking up the gameboy, but you aren't attention deficit.

Naw.

Just judgmental and thin skinned.

Can't sit through a movie without picking up the gameboy, but you aren't attention deficit.

Naw.

Just judgemental and thin skinned.

Take the log from out of thine own eye, first.

Take the log from out of thine own eye, first.
...and shove it up your ass?

I thought this was supposed to be the most boring film of all time, not the last five years...unless your sense of 'all time' is rather short...
I've been up for a while and they were the first to leap into my mind.

*Any film made by Richard Curtiss.

*Lawnmower Man 2

*The Phantom

*Police Academy, all of them

*Nearly any film based on a computer game

*The Tempest (nothing against the play, just the film version I watched sapped all life out of it. I think it was made in the 70's)

*Amadeus

*The Pit and The Pendulum

*Johnny Mnenomic

Edit: actually, even big macs taste better when you take your time to experience it, instead of swalloing with one bite. :p

I ate a McDick's burger today on the streetcar home while carefully reading an old paperback by Fred Hoyle. For the first time in many years, it actually tasted like something. Go figure.

BTW, I've been in the habit of calling it 'McDick's' for well over twenty years. I can't recall just why I started calling it that, but a few days ago on NS I saw someone refer to it as 'Mickey Dee's' and I tried to remember the 'McDick' connection, but drew a total blank.

Anybody else call it 'McDick's'? Should I start a new thread, maybe?

Drop the holier-than-thou attitude. I've seen a number of Kubrick movies (2001 and Clockwork Orange being among them), and didn't care of any of them. Just because I like video games and happen to be a member of Generation Y doesn't make me an attention-deficit and drooling script kiddie.

It's your kind of arrogant prickwaving that turned me off Kubrick's movies. You're not better than I am. Sit down.

It's not about being "better" than anyone. Why be all nasty and defensive as a reflex?

It's about your apparently flippant argument, that seems to be entirely based on your obviously young age, that a movie, widely regarded as one of the top 100 of all time, sucks when you openly admit that you didn't watch it.

Try WATCHING it... all the way through, before passing judegement. That's all

It's not about being "better" than anyone. Why be all nasty and defensive as a reflex?

It's about your apparently flippant argument, that seems to be entirely based on your obviously young age, that a movie, widely regarded as one of the top 100 of all time, sucks when you openly admit that you didn't watch it.

Try WATCHING it... all the way through, before passing judegement. That's all

I watched it, all the way through. One of the perks of my obviously young age is often being able to multitask. I don't happen to think that hearing nothing but a man breathing heavily for three minutes is interesting, nor was a five-minute acid trip. Both scenes are indicative of the tone of much of the movie. It did way too little with material it could have done a lot more with.

As to being nasty, I give as good as I receive. I don't take kindly to having my intelligence insulted.

Have any of you seen 'Diva'? The french film?

(no, it's not boring. Well, it shouldn't be thought of that way, IMO. I suppose if you're intent on rapid cuts and linear narrative, well...)

I watched it, all the way through. One of the perks of my obviously young age is often being able to multitask. I don't happen to think that hearing nothing but a man breathing heavily for three minutes is interesting, nor was a five-minute acid trip. Both scenes are indicative of the tone of much of the movie. It did way too little with material it could have done a lot more with.

As to being nasty, I give as good as I receive. I don't take kindly to having my intelligence insulted.

Sorry if I offend, but this "multitask" thing is BS.

Sorry if I offend, but this "multitask" thing is BS.

Believe whatever you like. I know that I'm watching this, http://www.kubrick2001.com/2001.html , chatting with you, and on IRC all at once. It's not hard, if you try.

Believe whatever you like. I know that I'm watching this, http://www.kubrick2001.com/2001.html , chatting with you, and on IRC all at once. It's not hard, if you try.

Cynical.

Oscar Wilde described the cynic as knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Yes, you can engage in multi-tasking - to an extent, that is. But by not giving your full attention to one form of sensory input, you cheapen the experience.

So.

Cynical.

Oscar Wilde described the cynic as knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Yes, you can engage in multi-tasking - to an extent, that is. But by not giving your full attention to one form of sensory input, you cheapen the experience.

So.

Yes, I do happen to be terribly cynical, and I don't consider needless optimism to be a virtue. But neither that, nor my ability to do more than one thing at once, is on topic.

But neither that, nor my ability to do more than one thing at once, is on topic.

Well, no it's not on-topic, but it's like 3 in the morning here and I'm sure there'll be other posters to keep this thread on an even keel later on, so...

Why do you refer to this multi-tasking jazz as your 'ability', like you're some kinda mutant. Lemme tell yah, you're not. You're just 'burning the candle at both ends', and yeah - it's well within your abilities...for now, anyway... but you might want to reconsider that strategy at some point. Before you eventually suffer an aneurysim.

I thought I was gonna kill myself when watching Hellboy, I felt like smashing the T.V to pieces by the end of that movie

see?

Well, no it's not on-topic, but it's like 3 in the morning here and I'm sure there'll be other posters to keep this thread on an even keel later on, so...

Why do you refer to this multi-tasking jazz as your 'ability', like you're some kinda mutant. Lemme tell yah, you're not. You're just 'burning the candle at both ends', and yeah - it's well within your abilities...for now, anyway... but you might want to reconsider that strategy at some point. Before you eventually suffer an aneurysim.

I just referred to it as "my ability", an ability I possess. You're reading way too much into that.

Yeah perhaps, but it's retained your interest. So, have you ever seen 'Diva'?

Diva? No. What's it like?

I watched it, all the way through. One of the perks of my obviously young age is often being able to multitask. I don't happen to think that hearing nothing but a man breathing heavily for three minutes is interesting, nor was a five-minute acid trip. Both scenes are indicative of the tone of much of the movie. It did way too little with material it could have done a lot more with.

As to being nasty, I give as good as I receive. I don't take kindly to having my intelligence insulted.

I go to film school and I've stayed out of this discussion but you are a complete freaking idiot that doesn't know jack about movies. You obviously have no grasp of intelligent analysis and should just settle for watching the Ashlee Simpson show instead of wasting you time not understanding great movies.

It's a melding of European and American sensibilities where film is concerned. It has an extremely intricate and subtle plot which frankly demands 100% of the viewer's attention. Glance down at your gameboy at the wrong moment and you've blown it, you won't be able to follow along.

It tells the story of a celebrated American opera singer, a diva, at the peak of her career - a woman who refuses to record her singing voice, lest her performance not be as perfect as she would wish. While touring in France, she performs a string of dates in Paris, where her most ardent fan, a motor-scooter riding courier, plans to surreptiously record her voice on audiocassette, for his own private collection.
What the courier doesn't realize is that in the same audience, there is another group making their own pirate recording - a south Asian organized crime ring. I won't tell you anymore (that's just the intro, really) in case you do decide to watch it some day, but it's beautifully filmed - nice interiors, nice location shooting - the cinematography and editing are moderately paced, the story - well, let's say we start with a dozen little branches that come together right toward the end of the film.
It's got chases, too. And gunplay. And jiggling chinese nymphettes on roller skates. Well, one anyway. I recommend it.

I go to film school

And? I've been to film school myself. It doesn't qualify you for anything.


and I've stayed out of this discussion but you are a complete freaking idiot


Nothing says "intellectually superior" like calling someone names. I'm rubber and you're glue.


that doesn't know jack about movies. You obviously have no grasp of intelligent analysis and should just settle for watching the Ashlee Simpson show instead of wasting you time not understanding great movies.

You need to take a step back, and stop assuming things about anyone. Just because I don't agree with you doesn't make you an "idiot that doesn't know jack about movies."

Once again, I happen to appreciate the story of 2001, and its implied message. I simply happen to think the movie took ecessive liberties that were little more than a salve to Kubrick's ego.

I go to film school and I've stayed out of this discussion but you are a complete freaking idiot that doesn't know jack about movies. You obviously have no grasp of intelligent analysis and should just settle for watching the Ashlee Simpson show instead of wasting you time not understanding great movies.

It should be pointed out that you are not any more of an expert on movies by virtue of simply attending film school than I am an expert on politics by virtue of being a poli sci major. "I go to film school" ought to be a statement of humility, not an attempt to claim any sort of credentials.

It's a melding of European and American sensibilities where film is concerned. It has an extremely intricate and subtle plot which frankly demands 100% of the viewer's attention. Glance down at your gameboy at the wrong moment and you've blown it, you won't be able to follow along.

The only reason I was playing my gameboy was that after the monkey scene, the movie managed to so totally lose my interest it was the only way I was going to finish it. As I said, it's the ONLY movie I've ever done anything but watch while it was on.


It tells the story of a celebrated American opera singer, a diva, at the peak of her career - a woman who refuses to record her singing voice, lest her performance not be as perfect as she would wish. While touring in France, she performs a string of dates in Paris, where her most ardent fan, a motor-scooter riding courier, plans to surreptiously record her voice on audiocassette, for his own private collection.
What the courier doesn't realize is that in the same audience, there is another group making their own pirate recording - a south Asian organized crime ring. I won't tell you anymore (that's just the intro, really) in case you do decide to watch it some day, but it's beautifully filmed - nice interiors, nice location shooting - the cinematography and editing are moderately paced, the story - well, let's say we start with a dozen little branches that come together right toward the end of the film.
It's got chases, too. And gunplay. And jiggling chinese nymphettes on roller skates. Well, one anyway. I recommend it.

I'll put it on my list of movies to keep an eye out for. I don't often rent movies, and Blockbuster rarely carries foreign films of nearly any stripe (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and DBZ don't count), but if I see it, I'll pick it up.

It should be pointed out that you are not any more of an expert on movies by virtue of simply attending film school than I am an expert on politics by virtue of being a poli sci major. "I go to film school" ought to be a statement of humility, not an attempt to claim any sort of credentials.

Hee hee hee. I hate what the classroom environment does to media...

The only reason I was playing my gameboy was that after the monkey scene, the movie managed to so totally lose my interest it was the only way I was going to finish it. As I said, it's the ONLY movie I've ever done anything but watch while it was on.



I'll put it on my list of movies to keep an eye out for. I don't often rent movies, and Blockbuster rarely carries foreign films of nearly any stripe (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and DBZ don't count), but if I see it, I'll pick it up.

Make sure to watch it subtitled, not dubbed. Sorry, just thought of that. Dubbing is...best left unmentioned.

Make sure to watch it subtitled, not dubbed. Sorry, just thought of that. Dubbing is...best left unmentioned.

As a fan of anime, I've learned to hate dubbing. Subtitles are your friends. Again, going back to more than one thing at once... ;)

The only reason I was playing my gameboy was that after the monkey scene, the movie managed to so totally lose my interest it was the only way I was going to finish it. As I said, it's the ONLY movie I've ever done anything but watch while it was on.



I'll put it on my list of movies to keep an eye out for. I don't often rent movies, and Blockbuster rarely carries foreign films of nearly any stripe (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and DBZ don't count), but if I see it, I'll pick it up.

Staying away of blockbuster is a nice start............. plus you save some cash.

Eh. My options are limited. I don't have cable, nevermind pay-per-view or movie channels, and it's more expensive to buy the movies outright... so my options are pretty much Blockbuster or Kazaa, and I wouldn't want to steal a movie I thought was good, or waste bandwidth on a bad one.

Yeah but in a lot of places, it's Blockbuster or nothing. Scratch another one up to the big-box stores that have gutted competition and made the local neighbourhood video store a thing of memory.

Eh. My options are limited. I don't have cable, nevermind pay-per-view or movie channels, and it's more expensive to buy the movies outright... so my options are pretty much Blockbuster or Kazaa, and I wouldn't want to steal a movie I thought was good, or waste bandwidth on a bad one.

And I shudder at the thought of seeing good movies inside a quicktime window. as limited as your options are, and as prone to multi-tasking as you may be, please for the love of (fill in blank here) don't watch good flicks on your computer. If you must, at least make sure to shut down messenger first. You owe it to yourself.

And I shudder at the thought of seeing good movies inside a quicktime window. as limited as your options are, and as prone to multi-tasking as you may be, please for the love of (fill in blank here) don't watch good flicks on your computer. If you must, at least make sure to shut down messenger first. You owe it to yourself.

I used to think the same thing, but then I downloaded donnie darko (thinking it wouldnt be a big deal) and cried like a 10 year old girlie in the ending. Of course, it was full screen without any messenger on and stuff like, only me and the full screen movie. But the much I enjoyed the movie, even in the computer, erased that worry to me (that I wouldn´t enjoy completely a movie in the computer)

As a fan of anime, I've learned to hate dubbing. Subtitles are your friends. Again, going back to more than one thing at once... ;)

Hurrah for Anime...Boo for Green Card, and anything with Julia Roberts in....SNORE!

I like to think of myself as someone who can, with a little effort, wrap his head around almost any exotic or difficult concept, but Donnie Darko baffled me.

I like to think of myself as someone who can, with a little effort, wrap his head around almost any exotic or difficult concept, but Donnie Darko baffled me.
I don´t even try to think about time travelling and god´s objects or stuff to that effect, it´s really complicated, but there´s something about the loneliness of that boy and that thing he does in the ending (don´t want to spoil it for those who haven´t seen the movie) that really got me, you know?
Like, he´s not a victim of society or anything, he´s just don´t belong to that place, he have a good loving family, a girlfriend, good buddies and still, don´t matter, he simply don´t belong. That movie REALLY affected me.

EDIT: Thanks to this movie, I like Echo and The Bunnymen. :D

Well, the human element, the character, I understand. They did a good job of creating a sympathetic character. The time-travel stuff and the bunny, that's what boggled me.

2001: A Space Odysey. That movie was waaaayyyy too long.

Uhm, you must read the book first, and then see the movie. There are too things in it expicable only with Clark's words.

Yeah but in a lot of places, it's Blockbuster or nothing. Scratch another one up to the big-box stores that have gutted competition and made the local neighbourhood video store a thing of memory.
Stop bitching. Those big-box stores are saving you money on movie rentals. Ever hear of buying in bulk? Look it up sometime.

i'm going to say Portrait of a Lady...i loooove nicole kidman but this movie...i actually thought i was going to kill myself by the time it ended :gundge:

What do you think is the absolute worst, least entertaining, most monotonous piece of filth that's meant to pass off as a film that you've ever seen?
I don't even have to think about it -- Napoleon Dynamite. It was utterly offal (yes, I mean that in its literal sense and as a rhyme for "awful").

I think someone's mentioned it, but I went to see Hellboy with my girlfriend, and that was pretty damn boring. Unfortunately she enjoyed it (she was a fan of the comics I believe), so I had to sit through it in agony without complaining :(

Hmm.....Dances With Wolves lags at times, but I'd never call such a great film boring.....umm......The Girl Next Door was as boring as sin save for the only reason anyone watched it: perfection in female human form, also known as Elisha Cuthbert. That's about it for boring films.....if they're boring to me, I just stop watching and then I forget all about them usually...=)

Uhm, you must read the book first, and then see the movie. There are too things in it expicable only with Clark's words.

Clarke started a very bad habit of not properly ending his stories after writing 2001. What's better than either of the two is the short story that prompted Kubrick to get in touch with Clarke in the first place - "The Sentinel", which was the basis for both.

Stop bitching. Those big-box stores are saving you money on movie rentals. Ever hear of buying in bulk? Look it up sometime.

I don't rent from them. I prefer to help out the Korean family who run the local convenience store, who have taken a big chance by opening a surprisingly good little video store inside of their own shop. Yup, I pay slightly more, and yup, there's a chance they might run out of copies, but it's worth it in my opinion.

Besides, I can also pick up bread, milk, smokes and lottery tickets if I want. All in one place, two short blocks north from where I'm typing this. If I want to go to a Blockbuster I'd have to take the bus to get there. Feh.

I don't even have to think about it -- Napoleon Dynamite. It was utterly offal (yes, I mean that in its literal sense and as a rhyme for "awful").
Yes, the dull stupid humor was a snoozefest. A great example of this generation.

I don't rent from them. I prefer to help out the Korean family who run the local convenience store, who have taken a big chance by opening a surprisingly good little video store inside of their own shop. Yup, I pay slightly more, and yup, there's a chance they might run out of copies, but it's worth it in my opinion.

Besides, I can also pick up bread, milk, smokes and lottery tickets if I want. All in one place, two short blocks north from where I'm typing this. If I want to go to a Blockbuster I'd have to take the bus to get there. Feh.
That is no reason to be mad at the big companies "overshadowing" the small guys. They too started out small, and worked hard to make their way to the top. That little shop may keep that Korean family alive, but the big companies employ quite a few more people and most likely pay better.