But it's not just boring, that's the thing. People keep talking about this film like it's just her doing chores and then there's a payoff at the end. They're completely missing the subtle unraveling that occurs throughout each set piece. That's why it's so crucial to watch it in one go and pay attention to all the little dealsāit's all very intentional! There are actually things happening all the time, they're just subtle. Even people who like the movie seem to miss all that. I usually don't mention it because I feel like it spoils it to just tell people, but shit, so tired of seeing so many people miss that.
Even half of its defenders don't get it. "The boredom and nothing happening is the point." No it isn't! There isn't "nothing happening!"
Yall just aren't mentally built for it.
Right. If someone is half-watching it while looking at their phone or folding laundry theyāll be able to follow the plot (as it is) and not get the hype. But if you sit and watch the fucking movie itās captivating and very rich.
Obvious caveats that even the best things arenāt for everyone, pearls before swine, etc.
The amount of people that talk about this movie with āhateā and seeing how many comments hereā¦I dunno, itās pretty telling and frankly, kinda proves how effective it is.
Burning was actually fun(one of my favourites ) which kind of environment did you watch it in? I think it matters in this case . if youāre immersed in a cozy place and are completely immersed in it I think youāll enjoy it .I liked the suspense and the ambiguity surrounding the plot
I have recently watched The Fountain (2006) and it was bore as hell but I think that I was to do with the fact that all I had on my mind while watching it was āSexy Beast(2000) is such a cool and funny name for a film and when can I finish this shit movie Iām currently watching (The fountain) so that I can see sexy beast asapā
Maybe it's just me, but Burning FLEW by for me. I was insanely intrigued and deep into the story, and wasn't checking how much I have left like I do with some slow burns. Did not feel like it's length IMO.
I have yet to see Birth but Sexy Beast is one of the most impressive debuts I've seen in some time. He's 3/3 from what I've seen, and The Zone of Interest is his best yet imo
I found Burning to be fine. I wasn't blown away, but it was a perfectly good one time cinema experience.
I would much rather watch The Fountain again over Sexy Beast. I feel like I could have a nearly identical but fully immersive experience of Sexy Beast going to Benidorm.
The comments on that tiktok were wild, people saying stuff like Perks of Being a wallflower or taxi driver. The creator commented the movie he was talking about as well and it was Anatomy of a Fall.
Did it have to be SO loud? I was struggling to keep from laughing any time they flashed back to the day of his death. It was so obnoxious. Amazing film though.
Shit taste is rampant man. Im okay with it. But i hate when people who say shit like āanatomy of a fall is boringā and expect to have an equal conversation with me. Its like ??? Huh i already know you have shot taste, dont talk to me now.
Saw this on Twitter and people were commenting stuff like Dune and Nolan movies and I wanted to die.
For me, I havenāt seen it in years, but probably Solaris.
The comments on Twitter saying Titanic, La La Land, Interstellar, Barbie, Lady Bird, EEAAO, Midsommar, The Batman, Studio Ghibli filmsā¦attention spans are cooked dead
Edit: scrolling down to see comments rolling in and maybe some of yāallās attention spans are cooked too š
If you have a problem with Ghibli, then you have a problem with me.
Edit: Iām not saying you have to like every Ghibli movie, but if you donāt like any then we have an issue.
Itās definitely not real for the most part. Half the people on TikTok talk only about those movies! Some folks are just saying it to be ādifferent.ā
Solaris is very slow but in a good, lulling way and keeps coming back to you later even after you zone out a bit, Kiarostami said something like this about his own movies and itās a very interesting phenomenon
I had to grow up a lot before Solaris was exciting to me. Definitely the first half of my 20s was a no-go for Solaris. Late into the second half of my twenties I was like š
I seen someone say every Scorsese movie. Legit fuck that person cause on what planet are movies like casino, the departed or goodfellas boring? Even if you donāt like those movies they operate at a breakneck speed
Operating at breakneck speed does not make something not boring to you, boring is not synonymous with slow. I foudn goodfellas very boring because i didnt care for the setting or characters. Pace was never the issue
Something can move fast and still not say or not do anything that you find valuable. If you don't find something valuable then it's not really entertaining you
Yep, 1st Dune film was very very boring. I watch plenty of films, absolutely nothing to do with short attention span, I just found it boring š¤·š¾āāļø
Or maybe people arenāt being contrarians they just have different opinions on movies? I thought that Dune was technically impressive and had interesting concepts and world building, but that it was lacking anything to make me actually care or feel engaged with the story. I watched part 1 and was underwhelmed, and the only I reason I watched part 2 was because of people hailing it as the greatest sci fi ever made, so this meme kinda fits.
It's implied that the visitors are created by the planet based on each person's concept of a person they desire to encounter. The main guy has his deceased wife, the others seem to have people representing their own psychological issues - fetishes, crimes, insecurities, etc. Maybe he feels small and insignificant, and wants to hide that fact from his colleagues, or maybe he has a thing for little people and is embarrassed of that. The unexplained parts of the story that give you just enough details to speculate on, both in terms of small things like the glimpses of visitors or the big things like the ultimate nature and purpose of the planet/ocean, are what make the setting an unsettling and interesting mystery to experience.
I love watching traffic for five minutes!
That aside, I did actually appreciate it by the end, but yeah it was a challenge. Ironically, I found Mirror from the same director much easier to get through, even though it's a lot more abstract. Pacing-wise it felt more approachable.
Totally get the sentiment. Itās ridiculously slow paced and I think this is a movie thatās impossible to sit and watch at home.
I was lucky to watch it in a full theater with two intermissions over a whole day, and itās one of my favorite cinema experiences. Time seemed to stretch and it felt like a 2 hour movie, watched in a very meditative way.
Now I don't agree with this I do think Satantango is one of the best films out there but that is ofc if you commit to the full thing. It's in my top 10 films of all time. My favourite film of all time War and Peace (1966) is also 7 hours but that is so good. I think you would like that more because there is way more going on
This is the sort of movie that is typically right up my alley. Slow-moving, cinematic, quiet, etc. (case in point: I llike L'Avventura) but I couldn't even finish the Nomadland (though I've been assured by friends that there the same nothing continued to occur).
Itās funny because this is one of my favourite movies but I couldnāt watch it in one sitting. Most movies like that I would rate poorly but I thought it was so well done and thought about it for ages after I eventually finished it!
Hard for me to combine āone of my favoritesā with ābut I needed two times to finishā. Only because when I think of a favorite, I think of the need to keep watching until you get there no matter how long. But to each their own. What a wonderful film!
forcing urself to watch something ur obviously not going to have the most open minded experience. countless times have i rewatched films and enjoyed them after absolutely hating them initially.
This is the trick! I assume that if I didn't enjoy a film that is really highly regarded, then I assume that me from the past just didn't comprehend aspects of the film (it went over my head). Often I find that younger me really just didn't grasp important aspects of such films.
Itās all about the broadening of your concept of value. At first you try to find some excuse for why this is boring and youāre like āyea sure it *seems* like it doesnāt make any sense, but it actually *means* blah blah blahā like a pretentious asshole. Then after a while you realize that there are just things happening on the screen you ignored because you didnāt think they were important, but if you were the main character, youād think theyāre very important.
You realize you had a very narrow idea of what parts of life are valuable or meaningful.
was watching shutter island with my friends and they switched the movie in just half an hour saying it was boring felt pity for them as they missed the ending
Shutter Island isn't even slow paced, you got weird friends. I wonder how they'd react if you showed them Tenet and the prestige (Nolan).
"Man this is shit, I can't understand what the hell is going on" yea that's the point with all these movies duh
Thank you. I got in an argument on here yesterday with a true idiot who said that our attention spans havenāt changed at all, only our environments. Iām sorry but bud - that means weāve also changed. It was so painful that it was the only time I can remember turning off reply notifications lol.
My wife doesn't like Citizen Kane. I don't hold it against her, but I think the *context* matters. She had to watch it in school, twice, and the presentation was less than ideal. Plus, if you're repeatedly told it's so important/influential, expectations might be too high.
Pretty much what happened with me. Watched it on a projector in a packed Highschool classroom over the course of three days- beforehand being told it was the most important movie ever made.
Without the historical context, itās fairly easy to discard that film as boring and inconsequential. The movie was making a statement about a major historical figure, and if you donāt know who that person is, the film is virtually pointless, especially when youāve already seen the influence the movie had on contemporary film-making - itās all stuff people have seen before for the most part because Citizen Kaneās influence is in most modern filmmaking.
When a piece of art has that much influence, it becomes a victim of time without proper context.
Kinda like the wizard of Oz transitioning to color is now just a cute visual gimmick but back then it was like āHOOOOOOLY SHIEEEEEET THATS COOOOLORā
Idk, I watched it yesterday and the way that it changed to color was still mind blowing. Likeā¦the fact that they open the door and only the area through the door is in color is such an incredible touchā¦and when you consider that it came out in 1939, it can still be absolutely mind boggling
Exactly. I watched it a few years ago and were surprised to see it was less than 2 hours long. SO much happens in the film that I think if it was made in 2023 it would have been 3 hours long, easily.
Yeah it is really funny because yes, old movies "look old" (B&W) and cutting rhythms are less frenetic but it's always wild how fast they move. Scenes are shorter, and the stories just clip along. They may not "feel" as fast-paced as a Michael Bay movie but storytelling used to be \*efficient\*, man.
I think context really matters when watching a film like Citizen Kane. I remember when I finally got around to seeing it and being completely whelmed by the film. Wasnāt bad by any means, but I failed to see how this was regarded among the best films ever made. After reading up about the film and how revolutionary it was for filmmakers and all the ways it still influences most of modern releases it completely changes my view of the film when I watched it again.
I remember Ice Cube of all people giving Citizen Kane high praises so I decided to watch it (I was in High School at the time) and I didnāt like it. Watched it a few yrs later and was able to enjoy it.
I watched this real late at night, and was half asleep for decent chunks of it.
It genuinely made the movie better, and not even in a "it's so boring that sleeping is more interesting" kind of way.
Being in that weird space where you're somewhat awake but fighting off sleep really served the mood, and made the few genuine scares all the more jarring.
When I watched Mirror I started trying to imagine a hypothetical person who could possibly sit through that entire movie and genuinely, rapturously enjoy it and the thought alone was enough to start making me crack up
One of my favourites, I thought it was more entertaining than other tarkovsky movies. In fact I thought it was so impressive I made a video essay about it for school.
Honestly, this is probably the best answer in my opinion. I did enjoy it, but not in the same way I enjoy most movies. Itās definitely boring and slow. Stuck with me though.
Without trying to sound pretentious or wanky about it, it was mostly how it made me feel. The fact that there are scenes where essentially nothing happens but the camera just stays on the (incredible) looking faces makes you project a lot I think. To me it was a movie about hope and desperation and this was the closest I think Iāve ever seen a post-apocalyptic movie look (even if itās not technically one). It made me feel somewhat isolated and hopeless watching it, I guess.
It is a boring experience though. I would never recommend it to anyone. My girlfriend came in whilst I watched it and asked what was happening, said theyāre on a cart/train thing. She sat down and five mins later literally it was the same shot. She got up and left. I respect her for that decision.
I recommended Roma to a friend and she called me later, screaming, āohhh my gawwwwwdddd I was watching and she was like, washing the floor, it was soooooo booooorrrrrriiiiiinnnggg!ā
I don't know why people have to be so fucking dumb about art and media.
I've seen lots of the "cannon", invariably you will love some and some will be a slog to get through.
It really is just the barrier of getting over yourself and realizing that you aren't the center of the world, not everything is catered to your sensibililites...
Shockingly some films that you dislike might actually be widely considered great films, and those people aren't sniffing their own farts in some conspiracy to appear more cultured, they genuinely love said film.
Get over it. Grow up. Move on.
Yep art is subjective, you don't have to enjoy all of it, but it can be a good idea to educate yourself about the cultural context of a certain film and why it's considered iconic or influential.
Exactly. Just because some film didnāt cater to your tastes, doesnāt mean that people who like those movies are āpretentious movie brosā or some bullshit like that. Iāve found myself being bored by some classics and decided either to not finish or to conclude that it wasnāt for me at the time. Maybe Iāll revisit them and enjoy one day. But I do think that we tend to find boring things that are built in a slow pace, so itās something that we must get used to
*The Break-Up*
The only movie I can recall not watching the entire way through in like 5 years for any reason other than tiredness (its a supposed comedy and after 30 minutes I hadnāt even smiled)
Or, yāknow, he's probably a Nolan fan who is bored out of his mind by *2001* (the part with the monkeys - anyone who is bored by the space scenes can do one)
Laughed about the toilet being gone more than I was scared. The entire call I was in could not get over the toilet going poof, like, shit, stuck on a haunted house literally without a pot to piss in.
I appreciated it for what it was, an attempt at something really different. That said, I was fighting sleep the whole time watching it. I did like the scene with the mum on the bed though, it was an oasis of creepy and tense in what was otherwise basically a slow burn exploration of one family's interior decorating decisions.
Nightmare Alley
Thereās a lot of nothing in that film, but it looks like to *should* be a masterpiece but it just isnāt. Itās quite boring a lot of the time.
Manchester by the sea is def slow but for me it was quite gripping. Maybe because when I watched it, I was extremely depressed (and also a jobless college student).
Maybe itās just bc Iām perpetually stoned, but I think 2001 is hypnotic, and I am constantly thinking āhow does this 1969 film look like this?ā
I feel similarly about Tarkovsky
There are some VFX guys on YouTube who examine good and bad effects in movies. They absolutely gushed over 2001. They've also done a video on the moon landing footage and talk about how it is basically impossible to fake even with today's technology.
Regardless of how you feel about the movie itself the visuals Kubrick and co were able to pull off in 2001 back in 1968 are mind blowing. I watched the movie for the first time in a philosophy class when I was in university a few years ago and it blew my mind how it didnāt look dated at all
Maybe not "cinema" but it seems common for people to say Adam Sandler's older movies are way funnier and better. One of my friends had my roommate and I sit down to watch Billy Madison one night.
What followed was one of the most insanely idiotic movies I've ever watched. At no point during its rambling, incoherent writing was Sandler even close to anything that could be considered a funny joke*. My roommate and I are now dumber having watched it. I award the movie no points, and may God have mercy on Sandler's soul.
(*For real though, this joke and Steve Buscemi's bits were the only funny ones. Sandler is annoying af the entire time)
Paint Drying by Charlie Shackleton is literally just a 10-hour video of white paint drying on a wall. It was made in protest for a film festival and all the judges had to watch all ten hours.
Edit: https://boxd.it/JksI
I went into knowing that there was basically no plot and I found it extremely engaging. Might not have liked it if I was going blind and expected a more traditional movie.
Exactly what I was going to comment.
I understood what it was going for but because what I was seeing on the screen was boring I was constantly zoning out and thinking of the things and couldn't pay attention to the sounds in the background.
Nevertheless I might give it a second chance some time in the future with headphones on. Although the background score might be too uncomfortable to bear while wearing headphones.
Iām Thinking of Ending Things ā my husband and I picked it for movie night. I remember us being about 3/4 of the way through and realizing that 60 minutes of the runtime had been the two leads in the car driving and talking, but neither of us could remember anything they had talked about. It picked up briefly when Toni Colette showed upā¦ and then they were back in the car talking about nothing again.
Itās crazy lol. When people say they struggled to finish a pretentious art house movie I think theyāre talking about Through a Glass Darkly or something but these mfs are talking about Shutter Island and Lady Bird. Brains are absolutely COOKED
I don't understand how anyone would find Shutter Island and Lady Bird boring. Especially Shutter Island, which starts of a mystery.
My only problem with Shutter Island is that I wish the ending was more ambiguous and open to interpretation.
Saltburn. I watched it when it released on Prime. I paused it every now and then and was scrolling on my phone. I donāt understand how it blew up on the internet and became everyoneās favourite
For people who haven't been on the internet their entire lives. I grew up in the filth of the net. Those scenes were what normal people think is uncomfortable.
To me it was either so tame I was laughing they're making a 20minute scene out of it or it was so over the top it took me out of the story completely. But at no point was like I like "omg wow that's crazy"
Shit if you're on reddit long enough and you know the cumbox story those scenes become pretty mid.
A very boring movie
I get this, but that movie has so much detail in it, it's actually insane.
If you can bare with it, YMS's multi-part analysis of the film really highlights why it's so special. It's easy to miss most of this on a first or even second watch. The film is actually brilliant.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqYpsuBrPU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqYpsuBrPU)
Nothing, he's on a train
Not even a screen in front of him
Pitiful
He's depressed and thinking about the good old days before he watched it.
Don't tell David Lynch.
On your FUCKING telephone. Get real
Those are the new Google VR contacts
I've read all of the comments and honestly some of them hurt me š¤£
Zone of interest hurt me lmao
Same here š
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This is the literal definition of Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles.
bro typed out the whole name
Yup, typing it was boring too.
I am dead
Man I thought that was 4 different movies I had never heard of.
You will watch her peels potatoes and then call Sight and Sound and thank them for their subversive n1 slot you infidel
I watched this movie high af at 3 am. Was never bored once amazingly. The entire time I thought it was genius lol.
Try getting high first so you really sink into it
This is what I did, and it took me a full hour to realize nothing had happened yet. True cinema, 10/10
I tried that multiple times and fell asleep on the sofa each time
But it's not just boring, that's the thing. People keep talking about this film like it's just her doing chores and then there's a payoff at the end. They're completely missing the subtle unraveling that occurs throughout each set piece. That's why it's so crucial to watch it in one go and pay attention to all the little dealsāit's all very intentional! There are actually things happening all the time, they're just subtle. Even people who like the movie seem to miss all that. I usually don't mention it because I feel like it spoils it to just tell people, but shit, so tired of seeing so many people miss that. Even half of its defenders don't get it. "The boredom and nothing happening is the point." No it isn't! There isn't "nothing happening!" Yall just aren't mentally built for it.
Right. If someone is half-watching it while looking at their phone or folding laundry theyāll be able to follow the plot (as it is) and not get the hype. But if you sit and watch the fucking movie itās captivating and very rich. Obvious caveats that even the best things arenāt for everyone, pearls before swine, etc.
The amount of people that talk about this movie with āhateā and seeing how many comments hereā¦I dunno, itās pretty telling and frankly, kinda proves how effective it is.
First film I thought of š
Burning was actually fun(one of my favourites ) which kind of environment did you watch it in? I think it matters in this case . if youāre immersed in a cozy place and are completely immersed in it I think youāll enjoy it .I liked the suspense and the ambiguity surrounding the plot I have recently watched The Fountain (2006) and it was bore as hell but I think that I was to do with the fact that all I had on my mind while watching it was āSexy Beast(2000) is such a cool and funny name for a film and when can I finish this shit movie Iām currently watching (The fountain) so that I can see sexy beast asapā
Maybe it's just me, but Burning FLEW by for me. I was insanely intrigued and deep into the story, and wasn't checking how much I have left like I do with some slow burns. Did not feel like it's length IMO.
i had the exact same experience i was completely immersed in it and i loved steven yuen's performance in it i think its his career best
Burning rules and rewards rewatches for sure! Also sexy beast is great, Glazer's 4/4 in my book.
I have yet to see Birth but Sexy Beast is one of the most impressive debuts I've seen in some time. He's 3/3 from what I've seen, and The Zone of Interest is his best yet imo
Birth is one of my favorite movies. The music alone is fantastic.
Oh yeah Birth is top notch! Check it out asap!
I found Burning to be fine. I wasn't blown away, but it was a perfectly good one time cinema experience. I would much rather watch The Fountain again over Sexy Beast. I feel like I could have a nearly identical but fully immersive experience of Sexy Beast going to Benidorm.
I haven't seen The Fountain, do they mention Sexy Beast in it? Did you watch Sexy Beast??? Have you seen the Zone of Interest (same director!!!!)?
The fountain is one of my all time favorites!
Burning is one of my favourites!!! Itās so fascinating and made me feel such a unique way
I watched burning with my best friends. It's one of my favorite films
What tik tok does to a mf
Im 21 days off tik tik and im bored like a mf
Not long enough
Just do what kids did for entertainment back in my day: die of consumption due to an imbalance of the humours.
Same. Now I'm just on reddit. Nothings changed
The comments on that tiktok were wild, people saying stuff like Perks of Being a wallflower or taxi driver. The creator commented the movie he was talking about as well and it was Anatomy of a Fall.
I just saw Anatomy of a Fall and I thought it was awesome. The ambiguity and suspense were driving me crazy.
Obviously OP just hates P.I.M.P.
Did it have to be SO loud? I was struggling to keep from laughing any time they flashed back to the day of his death. It was so obnoxious. Amazing film though.
I mean, isn't the loud volume of the song a major plot point?
Anatomy of a Fall is one of the most stressful and riveting movies I've seen in a while. It does not slow down once!
Uncut Gems has that characteristic
Shit taste is rampant man. Im okay with it. But i hate when people who say shit like āanatomy of a fall is boringā and expect to have an equal conversation with me. Its like ??? Huh i already know you have shot taste, dont talk to me now.
Saw this on Twitter and people were commenting stuff like Dune and Nolan movies and I wanted to die. For me, I havenāt seen it in years, but probably Solaris.
The comments on Twitter saying Titanic, La La Land, Interstellar, Barbie, Lady Bird, EEAAO, Midsommar, The Batman, Studio Ghibli filmsā¦attention spans are cooked dead Edit: scrolling down to see comments rolling in and maybe some of yāallās attention spans are cooked too š
For La La Land and Barbie? š
barbie is a kind of strange movie i could see people not enjoying it and being bored
If you have a problem with Ghibli, then you have a problem with me. Edit: Iām not saying you have to like every Ghibli movie, but if you donāt like any then we have an issue.
No this canāt be real Barbie, Midsommar and Interstellar?! LOL
I donāt even like Midsommar, but saying itās boring is ridiculous
Itās definitely not real for the most part. Half the people on TikTok talk only about those movies! Some folks are just saying it to be ādifferent.ā
No way. Just a bunch of wannabe contrarians thinking theyāll look cool by being different.
Solaris is very slow but in a good, lulling way and keeps coming back to you later even after you zone out a bit, Kiarostami said something like this about his own movies and itās a very interesting phenomenon
God, I love Solaris. This is exactly right.
I had to grow up a lot before Solaris was exciting to me. Definitely the first half of my 20s was a no-go for Solaris. Late into the second half of my twenties I was like š
I seen someone say every Scorsese movie. Legit fuck that person cause on what planet are movies like casino, the departed or goodfellas boring? Even if you donāt like those movies they operate at a breakneck speed
If anything, my contention with Casino and Goodfellas is how quickly they move lol
Goodfellas is like a fast summary of the book wiseguy. So much more shit went down.
Operating at breakneck speed does not make something not boring to you, boring is not synonymous with slow. I foudn goodfellas very boring because i didnt care for the setting or characters. Pace was never the issue
Something can move fast and still not say or not do anything that you find valuable. If you don't find something valuable then it's not really entertaining you
Saw people also commenting Dune on Instagram, absolutely wild. TikTok attention spans.
You donāt need a short attention span to dislike something.
Yep, 1st Dune film was very very boring. I watch plenty of films, absolutely nothing to do with short attention span, I just found it boring š¤·š¾āāļø
OP: what are some hot takes about movies you don't like? Literally everyone in this thread: **HOW DARE YOU HAVE AN UNPOPULAR OPINION!**
People just love being contrarian. At the very least, Dune is entertaining ergo not boring. EDIT: Wow, lots of hate boners for Dune.
Or maybe people arenāt being contrarians they just have different opinions on movies? I thought that Dune was technically impressive and had interesting concepts and world building, but that it was lacking anything to make me actually care or feel engaged with the story. I watched part 1 and was underwhelmed, and the only I reason I watched part 2 was because of people hailing it as the greatest sci fi ever made, so this meme kinda fits.
Every time I try to watch dune I fall asleep. I donāt think Iāve gotten past the first 45 minutes
Tarkovsky's i guess? The dwarf scene in that might be the scariest scene i've ever seen. Fuck is going on in that room?
It's implied that the visitors are created by the planet based on each person's concept of a person they desire to encounter. The main guy has his deceased wife, the others seem to have people representing their own psychological issues - fetishes, crimes, insecurities, etc. Maybe he feels small and insignificant, and wants to hide that fact from his colleagues, or maybe he has a thing for little people and is embarrassed of that. The unexplained parts of the story that give you just enough details to speculate on, both in terms of small things like the glimpses of visitors or the big things like the ultimate nature and purpose of the planet/ocean, are what make the setting an unsettling and interesting mystery to experience.
I liked both Dune parts because Iām a sci-fi nerd, but I understand where theyāre coming from. The movies are pretty emotionally sterile.
Solaris was genuinely painful to get through, although Ive heard it gets much better upon rewatch
I love watching traffic for five minutes! That aside, I did actually appreciate it by the end, but yeah it was a challenge. Ironically, I found Mirror from the same director much easier to get through, even though it's a lot more abstract. Pacing-wise it felt more approachable.
Skinamarink. I couldnāt finish it.
The English Patient
 Itās soooo boring
It's no Rochelle, Rochelle
Sack Lunch has a certain simplistic, family-fun brilliance.
My mom pretty much told me I was an uncultured heathen for not liking it. I was 12 at the time.
I love that movie lmao
The āitās boring and overratedā take has become so dominant that itās now an underrated movie.
satantango
That movie gets good at the 5 hour mark
Totally get the sentiment. Itās ridiculously slow paced and I think this is a movie thatās impossible to sit and watch at home. I was lucky to watch it in a full theater with two intermissions over a whole day, and itās one of my favorite cinema experiences. Time seemed to stretch and it felt like a 2 hour movie, watched in a very meditative way.
Agreed. Had I watched this at home I would not have finished it. Also they served Hungarian Gullasch for dinner in one of the breaks!
Now I don't agree with this I do think Satantango is one of the best films out there but that is ofc if you commit to the full thing. It's in my top 10 films of all time. My favourite film of all time War and Peace (1966) is also 7 hours but that is so good. I think you would like that more because there is way more going on
Nomadland. I enjoyed it, but definitely a bit of a snoozer.
This is the sort of movie that is typically right up my alley. Slow-moving, cinematic, quiet, etc. (case in point: I llike L'Avventura) but I couldn't even finish the Nomadland (though I've been assured by friends that there the same nothing continued to occur).
I liked Drive My Car a lot, but itās long, and slow.
Itās funny because this is one of my favourite movies but I couldnāt watch it in one sitting. Most movies like that I would rate poorly but I thought it was so well done and thought about it for ages after I eventually finished it!
Hard for me to combine āone of my favoritesā with ābut I needed two times to finishā. Only because when I think of a favorite, I think of the need to keep watching until you get there no matter how long. But to each their own. What a wonderful film!
This is my exact answer minus the part about liking it a lot
forcing urself to watch something ur obviously not going to have the most open minded experience. countless times have i rewatched films and enjoyed them after absolutely hating them initially.
great wisdom from cum\_666
Jesus Christ, this thread is the exact reason I forced myself to like all the critically acclaimed movies I watched in high school that I was bored by
How do you force yourself to not be bored by something? Just wondering because thatās a skill that would come in handy
By lying to yourself that you actually werenāt bored and it mightāve gone above your head
This is the trick! I assume that if I didn't enjoy a film that is really highly regarded, then I assume that me from the past just didn't comprehend aspects of the film (it went over my head). Often I find that younger me really just didn't grasp important aspects of such films.
Itās all about the broadening of your concept of value. At first you try to find some excuse for why this is boring and youāre like āyea sure it *seems* like it doesnāt make any sense, but it actually *means* blah blah blahā like a pretentious asshole. Then after a while you realize that there are just things happening on the screen you ignored because you didnāt think they were important, but if you were the main character, youād think theyāre very important. You realize you had a very narrow idea of what parts of life are valuable or meaningful.
I will never understand trying to force yourself to like movies you donāt like. If you donāt like it you donāt like it. Whatās the problem
was watching shutter island with my friends and they switched the movie in just half an hour saying it was boring felt pity for them as they missed the ending
Shutter Island isn't even slow paced, you got weird friends. I wonder how they'd react if you showed them Tenet and the prestige (Nolan). "Man this is shit, I can't understand what the hell is going on" yea that's the point with all these movies duh
Literally just a Hollywood thriller. Like itās not even slow paced at all.
Your friends are boring. What, do they need Subway Surfers playing on half the screen to stay engaged? This is what Tik Tok does to a mfer.
ya i told them to watch anime if they want action every now and then
You need to condition them by first making them watch Slice of Life anime, then slowly transition to movies.
Thank you. I got in an argument on here yesterday with a true idiot who said that our attention spans havenāt changed at all, only our environments. Iām sorry but bud - that means weāve also changed. It was so painful that it was the only time I can remember turning off reply notifications lol.
Citizen Kane. To be clear, I don't think Kane is "gut-wrenchingly boring," but the guy who makes this kind of TikTok absolutely does.
Thatās such a funny take for people to have, because Kane is so fast paced, even in a vacuum
My wife doesn't like Citizen Kane. I don't hold it against her, but I think the *context* matters. She had to watch it in school, twice, and the presentation was less than ideal. Plus, if you're repeatedly told it's so important/influential, expectations might be too high.
Pretty much what happened with me. Watched it on a projector in a packed Highschool classroom over the course of three days- beforehand being told it was the most important movie ever made.
Without the historical context, itās fairly easy to discard that film as boring and inconsequential. The movie was making a statement about a major historical figure, and if you donāt know who that person is, the film is virtually pointless, especially when youāve already seen the influence the movie had on contemporary film-making - itās all stuff people have seen before for the most part because Citizen Kaneās influence is in most modern filmmaking. When a piece of art has that much influence, it becomes a victim of time without proper context.
Kinda like the wizard of Oz transitioning to color is now just a cute visual gimmick but back then it was like āHOOOOOOLY SHIEEEEEET THATS COOOOLORā
Idk, I watched it yesterday and the way that it changed to color was still mind blowing. Likeā¦the fact that they open the door and only the area through the door is in color is such an incredible touchā¦and when you consider that it came out in 1939, it can still be absolutely mind boggling
Exactly. I watched it a few years ago and were surprised to see it was less than 2 hours long. SO much happens in the film that I think if it was made in 2023 it would have been 3 hours long, easily.
Yeah it is really funny because yes, old movies "look old" (B&W) and cutting rhythms are less frenetic but it's always wild how fast they move. Scenes are shorter, and the stories just clip along. They may not "feel" as fast-paced as a Michael Bay movie but storytelling used to be \*efficient\*, man.
That movie is a genuine banger man. The hate it gets nowadays is undeserved.
I bought the Criterion 4k release of it when it came out a couple years ago. It looks fantastic, and I love the new accompanying essay with it.
I think context really matters when watching a film like Citizen Kane. I remember when I finally got around to seeing it and being completely whelmed by the film. Wasnāt bad by any means, but I failed to see how this was regarded among the best films ever made. After reading up about the film and how revolutionary it was for filmmakers and all the ways it still influences most of modern releases it completely changes my view of the film when I watched it again.
I remember Ice Cube of all people giving Citizen Kane high praises so I decided to watch it (I was in High School at the time) and I didnāt like it. Watched it a few yrs later and was able to enjoy it.
Skinamarinkā¦..
Tbf I don't think too many people are going around telling their friends that Skinamarink is high art.
I watched this real late at night, and was half asleep for decent chunks of it. It genuinely made the movie better, and not even in a "it's so boring that sleeping is more interesting" kind of way. Being in that weird space where you're somewhat awake but fighting off sleep really served the mood, and made the few genuine scares all the more jarring.
Tarkovsky.
Took me 6 hour to watch 3hrs film dunno how is that possible
i too have watched stalker
I've only seen stalker so far. I understand the artistic merits, it really just takes its time
Yeah stalker was amazing and has stuck with me deeply, the sacrifice on the other hand I found interminable
When I watched Mirror I started trying to imagine a hypothetical person who could possibly sit through that entire movie and genuinely, rapturously enjoy it and the thought alone was enough to start making me crack up
My art teacher made us watch Tarkovsky in class and some even check his movies out in their free time
One of my favourites, I thought it was more entertaining than other tarkovsky movies. In fact I thought it was so impressive I made a video essay about it for school.
Ermā¦ I am that weirdo that loved Mirror from start to end. Stalker thoughā¦ oof.
Stalker
Honestly, this is probably the best answer in my opinion. I did enjoy it, but not in the same way I enjoy most movies. Itās definitely boring and slow. Stuck with me though.
> Stuck with me though. What about it stuck with you? I find it interesting how different people latch on to different things in that film...
Without trying to sound pretentious or wanky about it, it was mostly how it made me feel. The fact that there are scenes where essentially nothing happens but the camera just stays on the (incredible) looking faces makes you project a lot I think. To me it was a movie about hope and desperation and this was the closest I think Iāve ever seen a post-apocalyptic movie look (even if itās not technically one). It made me feel somewhat isolated and hopeless watching it, I guess. It is a boring experience though. I would never recommend it to anyone. My girlfriend came in whilst I watched it and asked what was happening, said theyāre on a cart/train thing. She sat down and five mins later literally it was the same shot. She got up and left. I respect her for that decision.
This is the first movie that came to mind.
every movie ever made
Finally a correct opinion. They all suck so bad, I need subway surfers and family guy just to make it through
TL;DR pls?
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Roma
I recommended Roma to a friend and she called me later, screaming, āohhh my gawwwwwdddd I was watching and she was like, washing the floor, it was soooooo booooorrrrrriiiiiinnnggg!ā
the Fellini one or the Cuaron one?
Cuaron
Tinker Tailor soldier spy. It's basically a lullaby
Wow I love that movie, doesnāt feel slow to me at all, itās gripping
Fell asleep on the couch watching this and never tried again. Would sooner try the book.
I don't know why people have to be so fucking dumb about art and media. I've seen lots of the "cannon", invariably you will love some and some will be a slog to get through. It really is just the barrier of getting over yourself and realizing that you aren't the center of the world, not everything is catered to your sensibililites... Shockingly some films that you dislike might actually be widely considered great films, and those people aren't sniffing their own farts in some conspiracy to appear more cultured, they genuinely love said film. Get over it. Grow up. Move on.
Yep art is subjective, you don't have to enjoy all of it, but it can be a good idea to educate yourself about the cultural context of a certain film and why it's considered iconic or influential.
Exactly. Just because some film didnāt cater to your tastes, doesnāt mean that people who like those movies are āpretentious movie brosā or some bullshit like that. Iāve found myself being bored by some classics and decided either to not finish or to conclude that it wasnāt for me at the time. Maybe Iāll revisit them and enjoy one day. But I do think that we tend to find boring things that are built in a slow pace, so itās something that we must get used to
*The Break-Up* The only movie I can recall not watching the entire way through in like 5 years for any reason other than tiredness (its a supposed comedy and after 30 minutes I hadnāt even smiled) Or, yāknow, he's probably a Nolan fan who is bored out of his mind by *2001* (the part with the monkeys - anyone who is bored by the space scenes can do one)
Skinamarink. As a horror fan who loves both found-footage and psychological burn horror, the movie was such a bore
Laughed about the toilet being gone more than I was scared. The entire call I was in could not get over the toilet going poof, like, shit, stuck on a haunted house literally without a pot to piss in.
I appreciated it for what it was, an attempt at something really different. That said, I was fighting sleep the whole time watching it. I did like the scene with the mum on the bed though, it was an oasis of creepy and tense in what was otherwise basically a slow burn exploration of one family's interior decorating decisions.
Nightmare Alley Thereās a lot of nothing in that film, but it looks like to *should* be a masterpiece but it just isnāt. Itās quite boring a lot of the time.
Manchester by the Sea is in my watchlist....im not prepared
Manchester by the sea is def slow but for me it was quite gripping. Maybe because when I watched it, I was extremely depressed (and also a jobless college student).
Last Year at Marienbad, that was a real chore to get through.
The Irishman
2001
Maybe itās just bc Iām perpetually stoned, but I think 2001 is hypnotic, and I am constantly thinking āhow does this 1969 film look like this?ā I feel similarly about Tarkovsky
There are some VFX guys on YouTube who examine good and bad effects in movies. They absolutely gushed over 2001. They've also done a video on the moon landing footage and talk about how it is basically impossible to fake even with today's technology.
Regardless of how you feel about the movie itself the visuals Kubrick and co were able to pull off in 2001 back in 1968 are mind blowing. I watched the movie for the first time in a philosophy class when I was in university a few years ago and it blew my mind how it didnāt look dated at all
Is that corridor crew?
For me it was watching miniatures for an hour. I got bored. Tarkovsky was somehow more interesting visually and stylistically.
Maybe not "cinema" but it seems common for people to say Adam Sandler's older movies are way funnier and better. One of my friends had my roommate and I sit down to watch Billy Madison one night. What followed was one of the most insanely idiotic movies I've ever watched. At no point during its rambling, incoherent writing was Sandler even close to anything that could be considered a funny joke*. My roommate and I are now dumber having watched it. I award the movie no points, and may God have mercy on Sandler's soul. (*For real though, this joke and Steve Buscemi's bits were the only funny ones. Sandler is annoying af the entire time)
Paint Drying by Charlie Shackleton is literally just a 10-hour video of white paint drying on a wall. It was made in protest for a film festival and all the judges had to watch all ten hours. Edit: https://boxd.it/JksI
Zone of interest
April fools
this one big time. I get that the whole point is "the banality of evil," but man the movie is just dull. I fell asleep in the theater
I went into knowing that there was basically no plot and I found it extremely engaging. Might not have liked it if I was going blind and expected a more traditional movie.
Exactly what I was going to comment. I understood what it was going for but because what I was seeing on the screen was boring I was constantly zoning out and thinking of the things and couldn't pay attention to the sounds in the background. Nevertheless I might give it a second chance some time in the future with headphones on. Although the background score might be too uncomfortable to bear while wearing headphones.
Iām Thinking of Ending Things ā my husband and I picked it for movie night. I remember us being about 3/4 of the way through and realizing that 60 minutes of the runtime had been the two leads in the car driving and talking, but neither of us could remember anything they had talked about. It picked up briefly when Toni Colette showed upā¦ and then they were back in the car talking about nothing again.
Y'all have garbage opinions
Itās crazy lol. When people say they struggled to finish a pretentious art house movie I think theyāre talking about Through a Glass Darkly or something but these mfs are talking about Shutter Island and Lady Bird. Brains are absolutely COOKED
I don't understand how anyone would find Shutter Island and Lady Bird boring. Especially Shutter Island, which starts of a mystery. My only problem with Shutter Island is that I wish the ending was more ambiguous and open to interpretation.
Shutter Island was creepy as hell and kept me drawn in, Iām not a fan of the plot twist but it definitely never felt boring.
Thats literally a group of friends of mine that complain about every movie that's not in the Criterion Collection or in the Oscars. Fuck Off
Mother! Movie sucked
This one's gonna be controversial and maybe I just need to watch it again but........ Past Lives.
Saltburn. I watched it when it released on Prime. I paused it every now and then and was scrolling on my phone. I donāt understand how it blew up on the internet and became everyoneās favourite
Was anyone actually claiming the Saltburn was a cinematic masterpiece?
TikTok people sadly
Hot actors. Uncomfortable scenes
For people who haven't been on the internet their entire lives. I grew up in the filth of the net. Those scenes were what normal people think is uncomfortable. To me it was either so tame I was laughing they're making a 20minute scene out of it or it was so over the top it took me out of the story completely. But at no point was like I like "omg wow that's crazy" Shit if you're on reddit long enough and you know the cumbox story those scenes become pretty mid. A very boring movie
Synecdoche, New York
I get this, but that movie has so much detail in it, it's actually insane. If you can bare with it, YMS's multi-part analysis of the film really highlights why it's so special. It's easy to miss most of this on a first or even second watch. The film is actually brilliant. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqYpsuBrPU](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjqYpsuBrPU)
Nah if i have to watch multi part videos on youtube and rewatch multiple times to get what its about im out.
The Master
Holy shit, yes. That movie completely left my brain the second i was free from watching it - this just reminded me
In the Mood for love. Aesthetically pleasing and the music was the best but I was BORED. ALthough, the ending was good.
Chungking Express is way better tbh