Have you noticed how most of the films that win the Oscar for "Best Film" are the ones that bore you to death?
I did rent "Million Dollar Baby" from NetFlix but haven't as yet watched it (this weekend). It's Ebert's best film of the year but I'm defintely not a fan of boxing and especially female (?) boxing. Just want to see it as I always watch the Oscar winners. What particular Oscar winners bored you (please don't put down "The English Patient" as it is a dead horse on these threads).
I think those both are already posted and I agreed.
Gee, is there something in the air today?
Around The Bend. "I hate KFC."
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2. "Made me sleepy."
I sat down and watched "Million Dollar Baby" last evening. I immediately found myself fidgeting and mainly because of that damn, infernal over-narration. Many filmmakers have stated that narration is a crutch and should be avoided (witness the theatrical release of "Blade Runner" and then the director's cut sans the narration). I'm afraid it hasn't changed. I don't believe, other than it is a successful tear jerker and has some superb dramatic moments, and a noble theme that it deserved the Oscar. It was not particularly entertaining to me and I found myself compelled to open the laptop and surf the web! Great acting but I always find the acting to be the highpoint of any of Eastwood's films so that's a given. The acting in "Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil" was top notch but he lost something in the continuity of the story (not to mention a gross distortion of the actual case). I would likely watch "Midnight" again in the future but this film would have been one I would have buyer's remorse if I had purchased it (I usually do buy the Oscar winner). I can see why it generally was not a crowd pleaser and I'm going to have to go along with the crowd on this one and against the critics who overly praised this movie (including Ebert).
Then again, it could be because I just dislike boxing.
Lightwizard wrote:Not even my favorite Scorcese and I never could understand what he's got agains the classics.
....And therein lies a theme for another great thread of favorite Scorsese movies of which there are so many to me, but I would definitely list "The Last Waltz", "The King of Comedy" and "Gangs of New York" at, or near the top of my personal list.
There's been several Scorcese favorites posted in the past.
"Gangs of New York" was worth one watch but I was put-off as usual by the gross distortions of history, including actually cleaning up the evironment of Five Points. It was a far grosser stain on the pristine image the U.S. wishes to proliferate.
Gangs of New York was worth watching for Daniel Day-Lewis but as for the rest it was a second rate costume drama. Merchant-Ivory were much better at those.
Even they could stumble and falter with "Jefferson In Paris," woefully miscasting Nick Nolte as Jefferson. Jefferson on a very bad day.
Talk to Jeff's "wife" Sally. She could probably give you an earful.
I'm sure some of Nick's wives could also give me an earful.
kaylee8 wrote:TROY, Could hardly wait for the heel to get it
Whoaaaaa! I may be a little late with this one. Sorry this is my first day on the websight. But, I must say I DO NOT see how someone would say that "Troy" was boring! Ok...carry on.
"Troy" was a yawner but not nearly as bad as some really boring movies. I had the most difficulty with distorting "The Iliad" to make what is essentially a standard sword-and-sandle epic not that much different than the old Steve Reeves potboiler epics. Better production design and state-of-the-art CGI do not a better movie make. Much of it was kitschy, campy teeny-booper oriented.
to me the most boring films r the indian ones coz at the end they all turned to be brothers,and the blind can see at the end and they r so0o0o0 long
I just watched "Alexander" recently and I found that movie to be pretty boring. Is anyone else with me on this one?
Welcome both to A2K but, bluebaby, I'm not sure if you mean films about American Indians as the aforementioned "Dances With Wolves" or films from Bollywood.
"Alexander" has not made me rush to put it into my NetFlix queue but I might eventually watch it despite the poor critical response and the even more dreadful box office (although it did fairly well internationally). How does one produce one of these movie without it being a sword-and-sandal potboiler? I like "Gladiator" -- the production design plus a good script and great acting saved it even though the actual story was not really that original. It looked to me like "Alexander" did not have a particularly good script, the production design was from the 1950's CinemaScope variety and the actors didn't really believe in the movie.
Another contender for a Razzie (IMO): Without a Paddle (2004), supposedly a comedy version of Deliverance (1972), but thoroughly unfunny, infantile and insipid.
The Haunted Mainson = SNOOZEVILLE!
