I dissociated watching Tetsuo The Iron Man. Never again, I’m sorry.
First of all, how dare you.
(J/k, I can understand, it’s 100% not everyone’s cup of tea)
The Fountain
Oppenheimer
Tenet
The Hobbit
Never seen anyone praise the Hobbit
Sure but I wouldn’t say it’s boring. It simply didnt need to exist, it didn’t need to be a trilogy, and it sure as hell didn’t need the side story with Legolas who never even appeared in the book at all.
Yeah and they picked Tenet which is regarded as Christopher Nolan’s weakest film.
The M4 edit of The Hobbit is quite good.
For me it’s Inglorious Basterds. Jesus christ, most of the movie people are just talking complete, boring bullshit. I think I’m just too autistic to catch the tension vibes or something, so it’s just not working
Just an aside: It’s funny to read this and have an old post from someone who’s also (by their own admission) pretty autistic come to mind, where they were so taken by Inglorious Basterds that they actively refused sexy times because it was critical the other party watch this movie.
Viva la difference! Both positions are valid.
Weird that Inglorious Basterds is one of the few movies I’ve had “sexy times” while watching. Getting a BJ while watching Hitler getting machine gunned gave me a greater appreciation for the movie.
I can think of few finer things in life.
Blade Runner, which is sadly necessary viewing for Blade Runner 2049.
For sure. I got about 2/3 of the way through blade runner and realized I had no idea what the stakes were and what the goal was. Then it just, kind of, ended…
This is a strange one to me, I quite enjoyed the original blade runner.
Yeah I thought 2049 was kinda dumb. The original was thought provoking, but I guess people don’t want to think.
You have to be in it for the pretty scenes. The whole move could just be a collection of Youtube Shorts.
“In the mood for love” omg
Citizen Kane. I sat through that entire movie three times before I finally accepted it wasn’t for me. Now half the movies I start I don’t finish. Just because someone else likes something doesn’t mean I have to waste my time with it. Even if that someone is many respected film critics.
There’s actually a good reason for this! Explained in the TV Tropes page about why Seinfeld is Unfunny - basically that so many pieces of art were so revolutionary at the time, they they have been endless copied and reiterated over and over, so that modern audiences seeing the original piece of art don’t see it as anything special.
Citizen Kane is called out specifically as:
Citizen Kane, oftentimes trumpeted as “The Greatest Movie of All Time,” tends to inspire “what’s the big deal?” responses from modern viewers, especially since Post Modern movies have become the norm and the cinematography has influenced so many other films. And everyone knows what the twist at the end is.
Citizen Kane was also, in the context of Hollywood at that time, a big challenge to the cheery sugar sweet Hollywood stories. It was critical of the idea of The American Dream and the notion of “success”, namely that a man who is outwardly a public success like Kane could still be a failure in terms of personal ambitions and relationships. Its refusal to tack on an unconvincing Happy Ending similar to earlier serious films made it far harsher than other movies of that time. Subversions like this are much more common these days. The narrative structure where we see Kane at different parts of his life, all of them intercut with each other rather than following a straight chronological pattern from childhood to old age, was cited as an influence by the more radical film-makers of the 60s and 70s who enjoyed playing fast and loose with chronology.
I actually like Seinfeld. Larry David is great and the episodes and the* characters he created* give me a sense of calm and joy. It is a comfort show for me. [EDIT: Messy wording - sorry, on mobile.]
Yeah if you go to film school and learn about the context and all of the innovative filming techniques used, you’ll probably consider it the greatest of all time. Which is why it’s so highly rated by film critics.
But if you’re just a regular person, it’s not particularly interesting since you’ve seen many movies that were made later that used those same techniques and narrative structure.
I did enjoy all of the Simpson’s references in it tho.
Yep. This was that one for me, too. I actually loved the ending, but it made me feel so bitter for the middle 109 minutes I had to sit through to get there! Never again.
I actually enjoyed it. I’m not a movie buff or film snob, but I do like to include some old movies, so the very slow pacing didn’t throw me. The imagery was good and I liked the cinematography. I wouldn’t say it’s a favorite but it was ok.
Green book, best movie of the year my ass
I feel these fall into some combination of 3 categories for me:
- Glad I finally watched it
- Bizarre view into the zeitgeist of the past
- Doesn’t hold up
But I’m also hyper aware of people who can’t separate fun movies from good ones so perhaps my line up has some natural filtering
Star wars. I mean just soooo long and drug out. Get to the point!
Put it on my jellyfin crank it up to 2x every time i’m bored
I fucking hate dramas. Most boring shit ever.
Romances too. They’re too predictable.
You can like/dislike whatever you want.
I do find it amusing whenever I see how some people watch movies/tv. Barely even looking at the screen that has terrible audio quality while they consume brainrot. It’s why Netflix has characters say what they’re doing/thinking and reiterating plot points because they know most people can’t/won’t focus on the media alone.
my entire family is like this. everyone is dual-screened almost all the time.
and they consume mass-market netflix slop films and love them. they tend to hate anything more sophisticated or that requires an attention span as ‘boring’ or ‘weird’. even popular HBO sitcoms/dramas are ‘too much’ for them.
that said they still go to the movie theater and do engage there without their phones/tablets.
I’m unsure if we’re heading into idiocracy, or we’re just getting old.
perhaps both?
people are objectively stupider than they were a decade ago.
Any Christopher Nolan film, the godfather, every marvel movie, I’m sure there are more which might upset some people.
OK tenet I get, but the batman films and interstellar ??? Those are not boring.
For me it’s Inception and Momento. Interstellar I cut out early, the batman movies I’ve never seen and probably won’t.
They’re fine. Heath Ledger is great. Never saw the 3rd one.
I had that batman begins on disk as a kid, much much preferred watching Black Pearl. I’ve seen interstellar probably 3 or 4 times at other people’s houses. All I can remember is that its trite and they were trying to get home and “this little maneuver…”. Nolan is a vibes based film maker and his vibes don’t vibe with me.
Memento is one of my favorite movies ever. I wish I could erase it from my mind to watch it from scratch again
Tennet, Oppenheimer, the godfather I agree. Interstellar is a good movie but just that
Haven’t actually seen memento, maybe I will give it a try just to see if there is a Nolan film that I like.
I am upset 🤨
This is me for pretty much every movie. I recognize the art, but the medium is just not my bag. Would much rather read a novel about it.
The green knight
