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What do you consider the most boring film(s) ever made?

Mine would be (in no particular order): Dead Alive, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Annie Hall, Spinal Tap, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Blair Witch Project (and its sequel), Evil Dead (and its sequels), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and My Stepmother is an Alien.

What do you consider the most boring film(s) ever made?
The Blair Witch Project. Films are only scary if you know that in the same situations you would make the same mistakes - so how come when they found themselves back at the stream (showing that their compass wasn't working) no-one thought of following the water downstream?

Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Spinal Tap, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, Evil Dead (and its sequels), 2001: A Space Odyssey.
No no no no no and NO.

Revolver was pretty shit, but not that boring.

2001 and 2010 were pretty boring. I fell asleep watching Armageddon, and considering the fact that all the dialog seemed to consist of screaming and shouting that's saying alot.

BTW, The original texas chainsaw massacre? The evil dead movies? Monty Python films? Those are classics. I wouldn't call any of them boring.

Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Blair Witch Project (and its sequel), Evil Dead (and its sequels), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and My Stepmother is an Alien.
those are pretty good movies, maybe you didn't get the jokes? or the irony?

anyway I thought "lost in translation" was pretty bad

and I kept falling asleep trying to watch "xmen" so I don't know if it was boring or not I still fall asleep during the first 30 min.:(

most boring movie ever, xxx sucked!!!!!!!!! erm hitchikers guide to the galaxy kinda sucked...

2001 and 2010 were pretty boring. I fell asleep watching Armageddon, and considering the fact that all the dialog seemed to consist of screaming and shouting that's saying alot.

BTW, The original texas chainsaw massacre? The evil dead movies? Monty Python films? Those are classics. I wouldn't call any of them boring.

The original TCM was waaaaaaay too slow for me. The Evil Dead movies were also slow, and weren't even remotely amusing. Monty Python movies are dumb, humorless, sterile, slow, and boring, IMO.

those are pretty good movies, maybe you didn't get the jokes? or the irony?

anyway I thought "lost in translation" was pretty bad

and I kept falling asleep trying to watch "xmen" so I don't know if it was boring or not I still fall asleep during the first 30 min.:(

You're not the only one. I hated X-Men. Loved the sequel, though.

I got dragged along to see this movie called 'Blue Crush'. It's about surfing and stuff, and these three girls trying to win a surf comp. It is the only film I have ever, EVER, fallen asleep watching.

It was as boring as trying to listen to yellow.

I can't agree with Monty Python or Spinal Tap I'm afraid, but I'm completely with you regarding The Blair Witch Project. Indescribably dull from start to finish.

I'd also add just about any "rom-com".

2001: A Space Odyssey, Yes.
Watching a black screen with "preludes" printed across it for 10 minutes isn't my idea of a good time.

I can't agree with Monty Python or Spinal Tap I'm afraid, but I'm completely with you regarding The Blair Witch Project. Indescribably dull from start to finish.

I'd also add just about any "rom-com".

I hated Spinal Tap especially. It was so boring, I almost dislocated my jaw yawning.

I hated Spinal Tap especially. It was so boring, I almost dislocated my jaw yawning.
That's one I can agree with you on. There were some funny parts, but mostly it was boring.

Citizen Kane.
Any Ingmar Bergman film.

SOLARIS (the George Clooney version- I've never seen the old one). Most of the movie was pictures of empty rooms and people not talking. SO SLOW and pretentious!

I'll have to disagree with you about Holy Grail and Spinal Tap, however.

What do you consider the most boring film(s) ever made?

Mine would be (in no particular order): Dead Alive, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Annie Hall, Spinal Tap, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Blair Witch Project (and its sequel), Evil Dead (and its sequels), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and My Stepmother is an Alien.
I'm with you on Blair Witch Project, but Spinal Tap and the Python movies? WTF??!! But rather than criticize you, I'll just illustrate how boring is in the eye of the beholder -- my most boring movies of all time: Dune and The Matrix. <yawn> :rolleyes:

"Thin Red Line" by Terrance Malick. - I never thought I'd watch a war movie and get bored waiting for something to happen.

"Undead" By the Spierg Brothers. - This should have just been released in the U.S., for the love of God AVOID IT! I have never encountered such poor pacing in all my life. A movie that somehow manage to make zombies boring!!

SOLARIS (the George Clooney version- I've never seen the old one). Most of the movie was pictures of empty rooms and people not talking. SO SLOW and pretentious!

I'll have to disagree with you about Holy Grail and Spinal Tap, however.
The old one was boring, too. Yeah, any movie featuring empty rooms and people not talking = snooze; i.e. all of French existentialist cinema.

A Nymphoid Barbarian in Dinosaur Hell

I sat through an hour and a half worth of movie and there was only three seconds of partial nudity. And the lady bashed the guy's head in with a couple of blunt objects to get him off of her.

The title was utterly misleading :rolleyes:

Any Doris Day movie.
Most of the French cinema
Most Sylvester Stallone movies

Abraxas, Guardian of the Universe is also up there

Oh yes, I forgot one more.

"The Man With the Movie Camera" by Dziga Vertov.

I'm a film student, so I can appreciate what Vertov was doing, but that doesn't stop this move from being utterly boring. Oh look! You know how to do split screen! Big whoop.

Picnic at Hanging Rock. I know some people who think it's a masterpiece, but after my wife and I watched it, we asked each other "Did you get it?" Neither of us did. Slow (which isn't usually a problem for me), opaque, and plotless.

:rolleyes:

Robinson Crusoe On Mars :rolleyes:

Most of the French cinema Dude, I haven't seen even one fiftieth of all the films produced by France, and I'm willing to bet neither have you. I can understand not liking certain movies based on aesthetics, but you can't make silly generalisations like that.

Also, Ingmar Bergman!!!!??? Not even "Wild Strawberries"? "The Virgin Spring"? "Fanny and Alexander"?!

Dude, I haven't seen even one fiftieth of all the films produced by France, and I'm willing to bet neither have you. I can understand not liking certain movies based on aesthetics, but you can't make silly generalisations like that.

Also, Ingmar Bergman!!!!??? Not even "Wild Strawberries"? "The Virgin Spring"? "Fanny and Alexander"?!

I've seen a load of French cinematic tripe from the 1960s. Try majoring in French, and in addition to travelling there (it sucks as a country), watch endless amounts of French film - just to see if you can hack the idiomatic expressions. I also hate any Fellini film. They're pure unadulterated crap.

I have a hard time staying awake during any Bergman film. Yes, yes, they're sbutle, artsy, and pregnant with multiple levels of imagery - but turn one on, and in minutes, I'll be asleep - even if I've already slept 24 hours.

At least in a Bollywood film, it's lively and active - even though the film is crap I can't fall asleep.

"The Life Aquatic" with Bill Murray. Jesus, what the hell were they thinking when they wrote that?

I've seen a load of French cinematic tripe from the 1960s. Ah, now it makes more sense. You hate the French New Wave. I'm not too impressed with most of it myself, (Truffaut is way WAY overrated), although I love "Week End" to bits.

I also hate any Fellini film. They're pure unadulterated crap. Wow, I've never met somebody who hated all of Fellini's stuff, both his later and earlier works.

At least in a Bollywood film, it's lively and active - even though the film is crap I can't fall asleep. Man, I have yet to encounter a single Bollywood film I've liked, now those things are boring. Do they just use the same plot for every freaking movie over there?

Ah, now it makes more sense. You hate the French New Wave. I'm not too impressed with most of it myself, (Truffaut is way WAY overrated), although I love "Week End" to bits.

Wow, I've never met somebody who hated all of Fellini's stuff, both his later and earlier works.

Man, I have yet to encounter a single Bollywood film I've liked, now those things are boring. Do they just use the same plot for every freaking movie over there?

Yes, there's a formula for Bollywood films (the number of songs, the storyline, the smiling dancers who leap out from behind trees). They even have storylines that are forbidden (not by the government, but by the producers, who do not want to offend sensibilities).

Any Ingmar Bergman film.
Six months ago, I would've agreed with you. However, the last time I saw The Seventh Seal, I finally realized what people love about that movie. I think it's awesome nowadays.

Ugh, Gosford Park and The English Patient were extremely boring (though Gosford Park takes the cake).

And what's this about The Monty Python and The Holy Grail and Evil Dead being boring? They were great!

Solaris.

Andy Warhol's sleep. Watching a guy sleep for 8 hours with nothing happening whatsoever is the epitome of boring movies.

Ugh, Gosford Park and The English Patient were extremely boring (though Gosford Park takes the cake).

And what's this about The Monty Python and The Holy Grail and Evil Dead being boring? They were great!
Never saw The English Patient, but I thought Gosford Park was terrific--fast, funny and intelligent. And all I can say about Lewrockwellia's opinions on most of the films he listed is that, well, everybody's got an opinion, and I'll leave it at that.

As for my own most boring film, Barry Lyndon didn't do much for me. That's about the only Kubrick film I can say that about.

Conan the Barbarian. What the fuck was up with that?

As for my own most boring film, Barry Lyndon didn't do much for me. That's about the only Kubrick film I can say that about. Ha! "Barry Lyndon" rates alongside "Dr. Strangelove" and "Paths of Glory" as my Kubrick favourites. But then, I'm a sucker for Napoleonic movies.

Monty Python movies are dumb, humorless, sterile, slow, and boring, IMO.
:eek: ...you're not British are you ;)

Big Fish bored me to tears. It was so slow and dull and even thinking about it bores me.

Gods and Generals
OMG three hours of pure unadultered crap with loads of self-righteousness and 2D characters thrown in for good measure. i tried to watch it through, i really did but it was so slow after the first hour i was really bored but i kept watching coz i hate to leave movies hanging, half an hour later i gave up.

Alfie (the one with jude law in, aint seen the original)

What the fuck was i thinking? Even 3 joints before hand couldnt make that film interesting

Never saw The English Patient, but I thought Gosford Park was terrific--fast, funny and intelligent. And all I can say about Lewrockwellia's opinions on most of the films he listed is that, well, everybody's got an opinion, and I'll leave it at that.

As for my own most boring film, Barry Lyndon didn't do much for me. That's about the only Kubrick film I can say that about.

WHAT? Barry Lyndon was excellent!

Now, I'm not denying that Gosford Park wasn't funny and intelligent --- as it was --- but, it was so boring. Maybe I'll have to watch it again... My opinions often change on these things.

barry lyndon was ok nothing to rave about
english patient was quite good too

WHAT? Barry Lyndon was excellent!

Now, I'm not denying that Gosford Park wasn't funny and intelligent --- as it was --- but, it was so boring. Maybe I'll have to watch it again... My opinions often change on these things.
Sounds like we're just opposites on this stuff. :D

The original TCM was waaaaaaay too slow for me. The Evil Dead movies were also slow, and weren't even remotely amusing. Monty Python movies are dumb, humorless, sterile, slow, and boring, IMO.
Agreed on Monty Python. Monty Python is the most consistently overrated act in comedy history.

However, how the hell can you possibly say the Evil Dead films "weren't amusing?!" I don't even know where to start with this!

barry lyndon was ok nothing to rave about
english patient was quite good too

Barry Lyndon was extremely accurate in the way it portrayed the period. The screenplay was also quite good, the camerawork was outstanding, and the score was second to none. Ryan O'Neal was also perfect for the role.

Robinson Crusoe On Mars :rolleyes:


Lies :mad: That movie fucking rocks.

(That's the one with the monkey, right?)

Man on the Moon was the worst movie that I've ever seen, along with House of the Dead (worst action scenes ever.) In one of the scenes in House of the Dead, they group of teens were fighting the zombie things, and one of the girls was getting killed, and two people were standing within a few feet of her saying, "Oh no! She's gone!" and they stood there for about 15 seconds, when they could have easily saved her.

I don't know if this has been mantioned yet (i'm too damn lazy to look through the thread), but The Ring was terribly boring.

Merchant Ivory.


Does anything else need to be said?

Speed 2. Ironically, the first movie to put me to sleep had "speed" right in the title.

Remember, this is isn't a "worst movie" thread, it's a "most boring movie" thread. A movie can be an utter piece of crap and still be entertaining, and vice versa.

SOLARIS (the George Clooney version- I've never seen the old one). Most of the movie was pictures of empty rooms and people not talking. SO SLOW and pretentious!

I'll have to disagree with you about Holy Grail and Spinal Tap, however.
The original Solaris makes Clooney's version look sped up. Not any more interesting, mind you - just shorter in duration.

I despise Solaris.

"The Constant Gardener" was a boring movie.

I'd have to say the most boring film I've ever watched is The Ebony Violin, which was never released for public view, fortunately. The name is a bit of a misnomer, because the film centers on a rock. And I mean "centers". There is no plot, no dialogue, no action, no sex, nothing. Just 6 1/2 hours straight of the footage of a rock. The most exciting thing is that an ant crawls over the rock at one point. :rolleyes:

After that is the film version of the wildly unpopular novel, Fishing. I submit an excerpt from the 520-page epic so you will know what the film was like.
"I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. The water rippled slightly. I continued to wait. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. And then.............. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I was sitting there, waiting. I kept on waiting. When suddenly, I saw.............. nothing. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. I waited. " (Repeat this about 30000 times)

It's the only book I've ever fallen asleep reading, except for maybe my history textbook.

(Beat that! :p)

Monty Python movies are dumb, humorless, sterile, slow, and boring, IMO.

As you apparently have no sense of humour, or at least a very poor one at that, it serves you right not to understand the glory of Monty Python.

That one movie that was really boring, yeah, boring as hell.

Edit: It was probably David Copperfield (which is the only "classical" book that made me want to stab myself in the leg), and the worst part was it was a cartoon David Copperfield. If a cartoon with talking cats can't make an interesting movie out of it, you know it is one boring ass book.

Napolean Dynamite: Why in holy hell was this made, and even more bothering is how did anyone find this amusing?

I can't believe no one mentioned that...

Man on the Moon was the worst movie that I've ever seen

I liked it..

Napoleon Dynamite would be my vote for worst movie. Pulp Fiction would get my Most Boring Movie prize.

Napoleon Dynamite would be my vote for worst movie. Pulp Fiction would get my Most Boring Movie prize.
Pulp Fiction is many things, perhaps even a bit overrated, but no way in hell is it boring.

Triumph of the Will by Riefenstahl
October by Eisenstein

and the potential that I might add Battleship Potemkin after class tomorrow.

Pulp Fiction is many things, perhaps even a bit overrated, but no way in hell is it boring.
After spending an hour just wishing it would end already, I fell asleep in front of the screen. And I *never* fall asleep in movies. Just another garbage Tarantino wank-fest.

Robot Jocks, if i were stonned or somthing it would have been great, but i don't smoke, drink, or drugs so it was borin'.

Ugh, Gosford Park and The English Patient were extremely boring (though Gosford Park takes the cake).

And what's this about The Monty Python and The Holy Grail and Evil Dead being boring? They were great!

I love the English Patient. I suppose I can see why some people would find it dull, but as the only living Michael Ondaatje fan, I believe the movie to be a fine capture of MO's genius. Read the book first, guys, and maybe you'll understand.

I'm amazed at the movies you guys think are boring. Spinal Tap, Evil Dead? Monthy Python?!
But hey, at least some of you have never been unfortunate enough to watch a really boring movie. Too bad about your sense of humour though.

Radio, Remember The Titans, Miracle, Napoleon Dynamite.

Titanic.

Some Bollywood movies manage to top the list for me (but that's because I'm not someone that would enjoy a three hour love movie ;) )

Solaris, no competition, which is saying something as I've seen some boring sjit!

This was the only movie that had me literally look up at the ceiling with the knowledge that the sight it would offer would be more interesting than what I was seeing on screen.

The Polar Bear King.
Little Women.
I'll probably think of others later.

Gregory's Girl. Ugh.

Oh, the OP has no sense of humour.

The Postman- Kevin Costner.

2010, "The Year we make Contact,"


ZZZZZ....

Half of Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon.

I'll have to agree with Napoleon Dynamite, The Postman, Speed 2 and The Ring

I must add The Chronicles of Riddick...both the most boring AND the worst movie ever made.

Also, "XXX: State of the Union" was quite yawn-worthy as well.

Gosford Park. Never before have I actually fallen asleep in a movie despite having been fully awake and alert and the time being 3 in the afternoon. Jesus.

Star Wars. All of them.

As far as I am concerned there is nothing redeeming in the series, just hours upon hours of utter inanity that make me wish I were somewhere else.

Star Wars. All of them.

As far as I am concerned there is nothing redeeming in the series, just hours upon hours of utter inanity that make me wish I were somewhere else.


You are clearly insane.

Even if being the greatest sci-fi stories ever made, arent enough for you to like them, with all the action that goes on, how can you possibly say that they are boring?

You must be mistaking "i dont like them", with "boring".

You must be mistaking "i dont like them", with "boring".I don't like most Bollywood films which results in me finding them boring. Honestly, the only reason you'd find something boring is because you receive no pleasure in watching it.

You are clearly insane.

Even if being the greatest sci-fi stories ever made, arent enough for you to like them, with all the action that goes on, how can you possibly say that they are boring?

You must be mistaking "i dont like them", with "boring".

Even though I don't like them, I also think they are boring.

I don't find the storylines compelling or particuarly interesting. The characters and dialogue are commonly wooden.

The action is so-so imo, but I'm not a huge fan of action films and think the majority are boring. And I am not really attracted to the bright lights and loud bangs that dominate the films.

Also, I find the sentiment that they are "the greatest sci-fi stories ever made" laughable.

Even though I don't like them, I also think they are boring.

I don't find the storylines compelling or particuarly interesting. The characters and dialogue are commonly wooden.

The action is so-so imo, but I'm not a huge fan of action films and think the majority are boring. And I am not really attracted to the bright lights and loud bangs that dominate the films.

Also, I find the sentiment that they are "the greatest sci-fi stories ever made" laughable.

Well, there really is no accounting for taste, I suppose, but, I gotta ask ya:

You dont find an epic struggle between good and evil entertaining?

You dont find one mans journey to evil, and his ultimate redemption by his son, compelling?

You find, what many critics agree to be the greatest cliff-hanger of all time, (That being The Empire Strikes Back) , boring, and stiff?

I guess I really, really, dont understand your taste in movies.

I've got you all beat hands-down, I think.

Manos: The Hand of Fate.



When MST3K, pot, and beer can't make a movie worth watching, nothing can.

Santa vs. the Martians was better than that one.

Well, there really is no accounting for taste, I suppose, but, I gotta ask ya:

You dont find an epic struggle between good and evil entertaining?

I do, but SW seems to present a very basic and manichean view of it. Anyway, there are other stories out there that do it better. imo

You dont find one mans journey to evil, and his ultimate redemption by his son, compelling?

As above, I find it an interesting storyline but the way it is done doesn't interest me.

And even though I admit these are certainly interesting concepts, I find the delivery boring in the extreme.

You find, what many critics agree to be the greatest cliff-hanger of all time, (That being The Empire Strikes Back) , boring, and stiff?

Hardly, maybe the critics are just are just defending there childhood, even the end of The Italian Job had a better cliff hanger

Star Wars for me is just hours upon hours of terrible script, wooden characters (even the usually great Alec Guiness was lack lustre) and more often than not, mediocre directing (yes, I appreciate Lucas didn't direct eps V & VI, and they were better) and not particuarly great pacing. Maybe in the hands of someone other than Lucas, I may have enjoyed it, but I'm not a fan of his way of storytelling.


Admittedly, space opera isn't my favorite genre or sub-genre, both in films and novels. For films I tend to prefer Horror and SF.

However, I have thought of a more boring film; John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars which I was disappointed with as I quite enjoyed Assault on Precint 13

Well, there really is no accounting for taste, I suppose, but, I gotta ask ya:

You dont find an epic struggle between good and evil entertaining?

You dont find one mans journey to evil, and his ultimate redemption by his son, compelling?

You find, what many critics agree to be the greatest cliff-hanger of all time, (That being The Empire Strikes Back) , boring, and stiff?

I guess I really, really, dont understand your taste in movies.

hahahahaha

And this coming from a guy who calls half of Crouching Tiger/Hidden Dragon 'boring.'

Seriously entertaining to next see you question someone's taste in movies because they find Star Wars boring. :)

I mean, I gotta agree with A.C. on this, the Star Wars series, probably the most overrated movies ever made, is a seriously pretentious piece of crap whose popularity will most likely remain a mystery for some time to come. But hey, like you said, there is no accounting for taste. :D

Remember, this is isn't a "worst movie" thread, it's a "most boring movie" thread. A movie can be an utter piece of crap and still be entertaining, and vice versa.
Agreed.

There has never been a Merchant Ivory film (http://www.merchantivory.com/filmography.html)made that wasn't deadly boring. Well made, but deadly boring.

Donnie Darko is... something... I think it might be boring but I'm not quite sure..:confused:

As you apparently have no sense of humour, or at least a very poor one at that, it serves you right not to understand the glory of Monty Python.

I liked Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl, but their movies suck like a Hoover.

Wow... either some of you are hyperactive or you misunderstood boring. Matrix boring? Those action scenes? I can agree on 2001, though. It's boring and everybody thinks so, even those who love it.

But action movies are never "boring". "Bad", sure. "Repetitive" too. But at least things happen, unlike, say, "Red Zone Cuba". Look it up at IMDb but NEVER, NEVER see it. It's not only boring, it is painful.

All time worst: The Hours


Chronicles of riddick was really disappointing. I don't know how (or even if) it ends.

Tried to watch revenge of the sith 3 times. Fell asleep every time.

What do you consider the most boring film(s) ever made?

Mine would be (in no particular order): Dead Alive, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Annie Hall, Spinal Tap, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Monty Python's The Meaning of Life, The Blair Witch Project (and its sequel), Evil Dead (and its sequels), 2001: A Space Odyssey, and My Stepmother is an Alien.

Annie Hall?

Monty Python?

Spinal Tap?

I guess any movie can be boring if you have the attention span of a circus monkey.

I found both versions of Solaris mind-numbingly boring. And yet I know there was a good story buried in there somewhere.

Also boring: Lost in Translation I can't fathom why the critics loved this movie - I want them to repay the price of admission, since that's why I went.

SOLARIS (the George Clooney version- I've never seen the old one). Most of the movie was pictures of empty rooms and people not talking. SO SLOW and pretentious!

"Lost in Translation"

They hyped it up so much, but it truly, truly sucked!

Ugh, Gosford Park and The English Patient were extremely boring (though Gosford Park takes the cake).

I enjoyed both those movies - hell, I loved Gosford Park!

Also boring: Lost in Translation I can't fathom why the critics loved this movie - I want them to repay the price of admission, since that's why I went.

Just for the record, I did not read your answer before I posted..lol I hit reply from the first page.. ;)

I've got you all beat hands-down, I think.

Manos: The Hand of Fate.



When MST3K, pot, and beer can't make a movie worth watching, nothing can.

Santa vs. the Martians was better than that one.
Are you insane??!! How could you not be utterly gripped by the pathos of the silent Torgo subplot??!!! (Will he make it across the room ....??)

EDIT: Catalina Caper was way more boring than Manos. Catalina Caper was arguably the single crappiest movie on a show devoted to crappy movies.

Dungeons & Dragons

Agreed.

There has never been a Merchant Ivory film (http://www.merchantivory.com/filmography.html)made that wasn't deadly boring. Well made, but deadly boring.
I thought A Room with a View had good pacing and good enough acting to keep up interest in the mild story. Mildness doesn't automatically equal boring, imo.

EDIT: Maybe I was just fascinated by Julian Sands and Daniel Day Lewis (like a cat watching two mice...;) ).

I found both versions of Solaris mind-numbingly boring. And yet I know there was a good story buried in there somewhere.

Also boring: Lost in Translation I can't fathom why the critics loved this movie - I want them to repay the price of admission, since that's why I went.
The novel Solaris is very good, if you like very well written existential musings on the nature of physical vs intellectual existence told in the context of personal grief by a Polish mathematician. What possessed two studios to try to make a movie of this, I have no idea.

I mean, I gotta agree with A.C. on this, the Star Wars series, probably the most overrated movies ever made, is a seriously pretentious piece of crap whose popularity will most likely remain a mystery for some time to come. But hey, like you said, there is no accounting for taste. :D
I agree. Star Wars is overrated by far.

Wow... either some of you are hyperactive or you misunderstood boring. Matrix boring? Those action scenes? I can agree on 2001, though. It's boring and everybody thinks so, even those who love it.

But action movies are never "boring". "Bad", sure. "Repetitive" too. But at least things happen, unlike, say, "Red Zone Cuba". Look it up at IMDb but NEVER, NEVER see it. It's not only boring, it is painful.
I will go to my grave saying The Matrix was dead dull, despite all that so-called action. It was a one-trick pony -- they just kept using that same special "action" effect over and over and over, until all the action sequences looked alike and had the same intensity no matter where we were in the ill-defined, trite, hackneyed plot. Character development was minimal, at best. Neither plot nor characters gave the audience any reason to care how things worked out. There was nothing new in the visuals at all; every set, including the ones that were supposed to be in the real world, looked like they'd been pinched from other movies -- no futuristic vision. The script was flat. The colors were so dull, it could have been in sepiatone. It was like they dulled down the whole thing to match Keanu Reeves' flat, monotone voice.

One more note: I think it is counter-productive to create an action effect that actually slows the action down to a dead stop. It turns out it does the same for the whole freaking movie.

Dogville was stupefyingly boring.

But action movies are never "boring".

Yes they are. Just because a lot is going on doesn't stop that

Bah, none of you have obviously seen An Ideal Husband. I didn't last 10 minutes, and of the 9 people watching it, male and female, ranging from 73 to 14, the longest person only made it through the first hour.

As for worst movie, that award goes to Teenage Caveman. I wanted to claw my eyes out by the end of that movie.

As for worst movie, that award goes to Teenage Caveman. I wanted to claw my eyes out by the end of that movie.

Oh my fucking god, I'm not the only one who's seen that? It's just a thinly-veiled soft porn flick, and it's so fucking awful that the porn bits don't redeem it at all.

Oh my fucking god, I'm not the only one who's seen that? It's just a thinly-veiled soft porn flick, and it's so fucking awful that the porn bits don't redeem it at all.

Wow...sounds pretty bad! :p

I cant agree with your opinions of the Monty Python movies. They were hysterical-still are.
Now- "Spamalot" on Broadway was a let down to me... But most shit on Broadway is the same for me.

Wow...sounds pretty bad! :p
Try "Battle Queen 2020" sometime... :headbang:

I do, but SW seems to present a very basic and manichean view of it. Anyway, there are other stories out there that do it better. imo



As above, I find it an interesting storyline but the way it is done doesn't interest me.

And even though I admit these are certainly interesting concepts, I find the delivery boring in the extreme.



Hardly, maybe the critics are just are just defending there childhood, even the end of The Italian Job had a better cliff hanger

Star Wars for me is just hours upon hours of terrible script, wooden characters (even the usually great Alec Guiness was lack lustre) and more often than not, mediocre directing (yes, I appreciate Lucas didn't direct eps V & VI, and they were better) and not particuarly great pacing. Maybe in the hands of someone other than Lucas, I may have enjoyed it, but I'm not a fan of his way of storytelling.


Admittedly, space opera isn't my favorite genre or sub-genre, both in films and novels. For films I tend to prefer Horror and SF.

However, I have thought of a more boring film; John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars which I was disappointed with as I quite enjoyed Assault on Precint 13


Ah, so while you may not have enjoyed them as much as I do, you agree that they are NOT the most boring film ever.

That was my point all along.

As for Carpenter...

His movies are either brilliant...or horrid crap.

The Thing...awesome.
Halloween...awesome.'
The Fog....awesome...(Adrienne Barbeau..mmmm.)

Ghost of Mars....crap.

This thread so far has told me 2 things:

1) That people have different tastes (OMFG! Call CNN!!!)
2) That people have difficulty distinguishing "I don't like" and "boring".

Many movies mentioned here I love:

Holy Grail
The Ring
Star Wars (except Ep. 1, though it still wasn't boring)
2001

Though there are a few films I found downright boring:

- For whatever reason, I found Gladiator to be extremely boring
- Any American romantic comedy, because they usually are so cliché and predictable
- The Mighty Ducks II - IMO the most predictable movie in existance
- Oh, and Anacondas - I ended up fast-forwarding through most of it.

I have to say i have seen too many boring movies to accurately list but..

Dune, i've got the book beside me and WILL read it someday but the movie was just too boring its memory is putting me off.

2010, perhaps this meant less to me becuase i hadnt seen the previous movie, but i watched every second of it and was left with the inescaoable feeling that the film never justified its own existance at all.

OK mind broken thats it for now :D

I fell asleep through "Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King".

Oh my fucking god, I'm not the only one who's seen that? It's just a thinly-veiled soft porn flick, and it's so fucking awful that the porn bits don't redeem it at all.

Not really even soft porn, just the odd boob here and there.

But yeah, it was aweful.

Gosford Park was hilarious, you are all insane.

Gosford Park was hilarious, you are all insane.
No, Not Another Teen Movie was hilarious.

The first Star Trek film was absolutely tedious. Gladiator is really boring too, as is Legend, that film seems to go absolutely nowhere.

I agree with whoever said Big Fish earlier, Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow was also pretty dull.

The Deer Hunter was boring as Hell while Heaven's Gate made me want to die. I was bored stiff by Enter The Dragon, save for the action sequences, same goes for Blade and the Matrix. Donnie Darko didn't get me interested at all.

As for the "classics", was rolling around restlessly on my couch watching the Birdman of Alcatraz, was total crap. I couldn't get into the 400 Blows at all (I enjoyed Jules et Jim though) overall Truffaut was no match for his friend Godard.

I don't mean to digress, but the most offensive films I've seen are Judgement at Nuremburg and Schindler's List. Nobody should try to make a film abnout the holocaust unless they're really REALLY up to it. I felt these films cheapened it. Nuremburg, because it portrayed the SS monsters as really okay guys with good intentions and Schindler's List because they turned the atrocity into an excuse for a hero worship story.

Not really even soft porn, just the odd boob here and there.

But yeah, it was aweful.

Are you kidding me? What about that living room scene, and the one near the end?

Napoleon Dynamite would be my vote for worst movie. Pulp Fiction would get my Most Boring Movie prize.

I loved pulp fiction, it had some slow parts but there were other parts that made up for it.

"Ah man, I think I just shot Marvin in the face"
"I wore this uncomfortable hunk of metal in my ass..."

Difference in taste I suppose. I have yet to see Anacondas 2, simply because I pass out before getting halfway through it. Maybe it's just me but I can't watch Planet of the Apes without falling asleep either.

Are you kidding me? What about that living room scene, and the one near the end?

Meh, maybe I slept through them.

"Chariots of Fire" has to be the worst film to win "Best Picture".

I fell asleep through "Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King".


Blasphemy! Burn him at the stake!

Did you take a bottle of sleeping pills or something?


The most boring film ever made would have to be Monster's Ball. Not only did I fall asleep, but I also nearly threw up.

The most boring film I've never seen is Cannibal Holocaust.

The most boring film I've seen is Napolean Dynamite...why the fuck was it so popular?

The most boring film I've seen is Napolean Dynamite

Seconded. That flick had about 5 minutes of decent comedy spread over about an hour of nothingness. I've never watched a movie that was more of a waste of time.

Blasphemy! Burn him at the stake!

Did you take a bottle of sleeping pills or something?


You have to admit the last 20 minutes or so weren't exactly thrilling.

Ive seen a lot of crap in my time, but Ill mention a few that stand out.

Life (starring Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy). This one was really bad. I just couldnt wait for it to be over. The entire time I was in the theater I was wishing it would end.

Cool World. Thankfully, I no longer remember much about this movie. I saw it once at the theaters and never again. It was a terrible, terrible movie.

A Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton's worst.

8 1/2. An Academy Award winning movie by a writer/director so renowned that he has an airport named after him. How could it suck this bad?

Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf). No wonder Ingmar Bergman never made any more horror movies. This was total crap. WTF is up with the cliff scene? Expertly directed crap.

Dude Where's My Car?. How the heck did this ever get released? It shouldve gone straight to video. This was so bad that the trailers didnt dare tell you what the movie is really about (aliens and other such crap).

I have to say i have seen too many boring movies to accurately list but..

Dune, i've got the book beside me and WILL read it someday but the movie was just too boring its memory is putting me off.

2010, perhaps this meant less to me becuase i hadnt seen the previous movie, but i watched every second of it and was left with the inescaoable feeling that the film never justified its own existance at all.

OK mind broken thats it for now :D

Which Dune? The Sci fi channel Dune or the David Lynch Dune?

The most boring film I've never seen is Cannibal Holocaust.

The most boring film I've seen is Napolean Dynamite...why the fuck was it so popular?


I'll bet the two of us are the only people who have seen Cannibal Holocuast, on this forum.

Its a bad movie, but the good parts...those being the mutilations, killing of real animals, rape scenes, murder by blunt force trauma with a stone idol....and finally, the attack and dismemberment of a fictitious film crew....are wonderfully disturbing.

I give it a c+

Recently, i'd have say The Interpreter, a total waste of $8.55 for the matinee ticket, was the most boring film I saw this summer.

As for most boring of all time... that's a tough one. Let me get back to you on that.

Most boring anime i've ever seen? Wings of Honneamise.

I fell asleep through "Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King".


Good...I wasn't the only one

Ive seen a lot of crap in my time, but Ill mention a few that stand out.

Life (starring Martin Lawrence and Eddie Murphy). This one was really bad. I just couldnt wait for it to be over. The entire time I was in the theater I was wishing it would end.

Cool World. Thankfully, I no longer remember much about this movie. I saw it once at the theaters and never again. It was a terrible, terrible movie.

A Nightmare Before Christmas. Tim Burton's worst.

8 1/2. An Academy Award winning movie by a writer/director so renowned that he has an airport named after him. How could it suck this bad?

Vargtimmen (Hour of the Wolf). No wonder Ingmar Bergman never made any more horror movies. This was total crap. WTF is up with the cliff scene? Expertly directed crap.

Dude Where's My Car?. How the heck did this ever get released? It shouldve gone straight to video. This was so bad that the trailers didnt dare tell you what the movie is really about (aliens and other such crap).

Dude.... A Nightmare before Christmas was awesome

seriously good stuff

Dude Where's My Car?. How the heck did this ever get released? It shouldve gone straight to video. This was so bad that the trailers didnt dare tell you what the movie is really about (aliens and other such crap).
Would that not have ruined what little plot there was?

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