what "great" critically acclaimed films have put you to sleep?

[JtheDreamer]

God yes. I hate that pretentious pile of crap. Fans of that movie annoy the sh** out of me too. "OMG THE END OF THE MOVIE WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WHISPERED IN HER EARRRR?!!"

Hopefully it was,"This movie sucks. I'm out."

You have to like Murray's dry sense of humor and seeing it in the middle of a culture where he literally understands nothing they're saying to him.

Movies like that are more characters pieces than they are about having an actual plot to follow.

 

[Isildur´s Heir]

"OMG THE END OF THE MOVIE WHAT DO YOU THINK HE WHISPERED IN HER EARRRR?!!"

I know what he said:

Godzilla's coming.

I only watched Lost in Translation once, i liked it back in 2003.

 

[Mandon Knight]

I'll be hauled off for this as it is so revered, but I don't get the fuss over Citizen Kane.

 

[Fincher]

I know what he said:

Godzilla's coming.

I only watched Lost in Translation once, i liked it back in 2003.

"Hail Hydra."

 

[Wildcard]

Inception

Not so much fell asleep, just turned it off about thirty mins in.

 

[ehh]

I always got bored watching V for Vendetta.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

SAVING MR. BANKS
40 minutes of switching between Emma Thompson mumbling and the image of Collin Farrell talking to a young girl that feel completely unrelated was a huge turnoff.

 

[Thundarr]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Blade Runner

I don't know how critically acclaimed it is, but Guarding Tess knocked me right out.

 

[childeroland]

Inception

Not so much fell asleep, just turned it off about thirty mins in.

Are you sure that wasn't just a dream?

 

[kguillou]

Drive. Now, granted, I think I was a victim of how they advertised it as an action movie so i went in with that expectation. I want to rewatch it, but I remember being soooo bored with it. Everything just moved so sloooow. BUT. To be fair, I have a very hard time getting into movies that have introverted protagonists, I need my main characters to have charisma to them, especially if the plot is going to be slow paced, so its also a preference thing.

 

[titansupes]

It's probably been said in this thread already, but-- 2001: A Space Odyssey. It's the only time I've had to split watching a movie into two nights.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

Drive. Now, granted, I think I was a victim of how they advertised it as an action movie so i went in with that expectation. I want to rewatch it, but I remember being soooo bored with it. Everything just moved so sloooow. BUT. To be fair, I have a very hard time getting into movies that have introverted protagonists, I need my main characters to have charisma to them, especially if the plot is going to be slow paced, so its also a preference thing.

Advertising did not influence my expectation, the soundtrack is noise, and some of the dialogue is awkward talking, not to mention how dull the whole thing is.
This is one of those movies that make me think "How is it that this has good reaction?"

 

[dude stannis]

Donnie Darko can eat a bag of weiners. Requiem for a Dream wasn't that engaging to me either.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

V for Vendetta? Donnie Darko?

So much blasphemy in this thread.

 

[redhawk23]

Advertising did not influence my expectation, the soundtrack is noise, and some of the dialogue is awkward talking, not to mention how dull the whole thing is.
This is one of those movies that make me think "How is it that this has good reaction?"

 

[redhawk23]

V for Vendetta? Donnie Darko?

So much blasphemy in this thread.

Its fine that adaptations change things from their source and stand as their own thing but I think V for Vendetta, particularly its end scene, is straight up irresponsible and its real world effects have been far reaching.

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

Its fine that adaptations change things from their source and stand as their own thing but I think V for Vendetta, particularly its end scene, is straight up irresponsible and its real world effects have been far reaching.

The newer ending had a less subtle message but that's not necessarily a bad thing.


And what do you mean, real world effects? Rebels across the globe adopted the mask, if that encourages more people to watch the movie then good.

 

[Spider-Aziz]

I used this exact gif a few months back, now it's used on something I said.

 

[redhawk23]

The newer ending had a less subtle message but that's not necessarily a bad thing.


And what do you mean, real world effects? Rebels across the globe adopted the mask, if that encourages more people to watch the movie then good.

The movie doesn't just have a less subtle ending, it has an opposite one. V is not intended as a heroic figure. In the end, he doesn't care about the common people any more than the government does. He's a literal terrorist, willing to kill and torture anyone, destroy anything in support of *duh duh duh* his vendetta.

The film changes this to "Everyone can be V!" without actually changing much about V himself. Suddenly you have this terrible person as an aspirational figure.

When everyone's V, you get Anonymous, acting autonomously to inflict whatever view of justice they see fit. Crowdsourced vigilantism. We can cheer when they go after child pornographers but its less great when they are targeting our government agencies or even the governments of our allies like Israel. They'll go after targets like ISIS but the turn around to harass PBS. The film is obviously not the direct cause for the group itself but it is a major proponent in our popular culture for the kind of philosophies that underlie it.

But I guess we can find a better thread for this.

My thematic qualms aside, I'm not sure how you can put to sleep by it.

On another note, I've long had my suspicions that the Wachowski's may have had a bigger role in the actual production and directing of the film than they let on, much like the longstanding rumors of Spielberg's involvement with Poltergeist.

 

[Dr.]

About Citizen Kane and 2001...

It’s not so surprising that many art films (films that make the top ranks of “best of all time” lists) tend to be slow-paced, challenging or “boring” by modern/mainstream standards. Analogously - re: the best in literature - War and Peace and In Search of Lost Time are not exactly easy reading.

IMO, critiques of Citizen Kane or 2001 really need to be in the context of other, similarly artistic and/or “difficult” movies - like Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Renoir’s Rules of the Game, Fellini’s 8½ or pretty much anything by Ingmar Bergman. Now, if 2001 put you to sleep but you were highly engaged by Persona then fair enough. Obviously, slow pacing isn’t the issue; it’s the specific movie. But if you find all of these movies to be a snore, then it seems clear that an entire class/type of movie is the problem. Again, fair enough. But this is a much broader complaint - which would apply to a long list of distinguished films.

 

[JKKS085]

you must be over 40 cuz only that generation remembers that episode 4 was originally just called...star warst:t:

I'm just past 30 actually
In France the film was called "La Guerre des Etoiles" (which is a literal translation for Star Wars) up until 2000 when it was changed to "Star Wars Episode IV: Un Nouvel Espoir" (again a literal translation for A New Hope).

 

[MessiahDecoy123]

The movie doesn't just have a less subtle ending, it has an opposite one. V is not intended as a heroic figure. In the end, he doesn't care about the common people any more than the government does. He's a literal terrorist, willing to kill and torture anyone, destroy anything in support of *duh duh duh* his vendetta.

The film changes this to "Everyone can be V!" without actually changing much about V himself. Suddenly you have this terrible person as an aspirational figure.

When everyone's V, you get Anonymous, acting autonomously to inflict whatever view of justice they see fit. Crowdsourced vigilantism. We can cheer when they go after child pornographers but its less great when they are targeting our government agencies or even the governments of our allies like Israel. They'll go after targets like ISIS but the turn around to harass PBS. The film is obviously not the direct cause for the group itself but it is a major proponent in our popular culture for the kind of philosophies that underlie it.

But I guess we can find a better thread for this.

My thematic qualms aside, I'm not sure how you can put to sleep by it.

On another note, I've long had my suspicions that the Wachowski's may have had a bigger role in the actual production and directing of the film than they let on, much like the longstanding rumors of Spielberg's involvement with Poltergeist.

V was always the hero.

He fought a genocidal, bigoted and authoritarian government because they tortured and victimized not only himself but countless others.

If you see him as the villain then I can see why you disliked the movie.

Anonymous is inconsistent because it has no centralized authority. And just because they challenge authority doesn't mean they're a terrible group. Sometimes authority needs to be challenged.

Having said that there's no proof groups like anonymous would cease to exist without the Guy Fawkes mask.

 

[psylockolussus]

No Country for Old Men
Frost/Nixon

 

[hellified]

About Citizen Kane and 2001...

It’s not so surprising that many art films (films that make the top ranks of “best of all time” lists) tend to be slow-paced, challenging or “boring” by modern/mainstream standards. Analogously - re: the best in literature - War and Peace and In Search of Lost Time are not exactly easy reading.

IMO, critiques of Citizen Kane or 2001 really need to be in the context of other, similarly artistic and/or “difficult” movies - like Ozu’s Tokyo Story, Renoir’s Rules of the Game, Fellini’s 8½ or pretty much anything by Ingmar Bergman. Now, if 2001 put you to sleep but you were highly engaged by Persona then fair enough. Obviously, slow pacing isn’t the issue; it’s the specific movie. But if you find all of these movies to be a snore, then it seems clear that an entire class/type of movie is the problem. Again, fair enough. But this is a much broader complaint - which would apply to a long list of distinguished films.

 

[Flint Marko]

The Martian.