most boring, pointless film
Carter Lupton
Michael O'Brien,,, (mik...@charger.newhaven.edu) wrote:
: What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
: A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
: comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
: 90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
: on the writer's mind?
My wife and her mother felt that way about The Piano.
TBenton933
By a wide margin "Scenes from a Marriage." Saw it on a date and by the
end both me and my date were comotose.
Tom Benton
GARYW BW
Babette's Feast, with Chariots of Fire a close second.
Michael O'Brien,,,
What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
on the writer's mind?
My vote would be for Altman's 3 women, or Roeg's "Don't Look Now."
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lsmills
"Z", The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, Trainspotting and Three Women-
YAWN!!!!!
Kent Parks
: A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
: comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
: 90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
: on the writer's mind?
:
: My vote would be for Altman's 3 women, or Roeg's "Don't Look Now."
3 Women is brilliant, but you have to watch it about 3 times before you
realize that.
Kent Parks
"Safe" starring Julianne Moore
T.Cruise
"The Misfits" I wanted to like this film, because of of the stellar
cast, the author, the director, and the history of the production.
Unfortunately, it's ponderous, rambling, verbose, and a bore.
T.Cruise
Chris
Michael O'Brien,,, wrote:
>
> What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
> A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
> comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
> 90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
> on the writer's mind?
Forrest Gump, definitely.
Stig Oppedal
The Norwegian movie "Kristin Lavransdatter" (1995), based on the Nobel
Prize winning book by Sigrid Undset, directed by - ugh! - Liv Ullmann.
2h 45m of sheer boredom and undescribable mediocrity, before a rather
good finale that lasted 15 minutes.
A few months ago I dreamt I was in a movie theater, and upon realizing
that "Kristin Lavransdatter" was on the screen I got out of my seat and
said "There's no way I'm going to watch this again - I want another
dream!" (and the next instant I was dodging bulls in Pamplona, which was
much preferable).
---Stig
Irena Pogarcic
In article <5jjgml$90l$3...@fddinewz.oit.unc.edu>, Kent Parks
<pa...@news.unc.edu> writes
>
>"Safe" starring Julianne Moore
I personaly liked 'Safe' very much, but it isn't a film with universal
appeal.
Films that I have found most pointless were 'Zabriskie Point' and most
recently 'Beyond the Clouds', both by Michelangelo Antonioni.
Nic Roeg's 'Walkabout' also comes to mind.
--
Irena Pogarcic
Doug Milsome
How about CRASH....with all the perversity, and so-called lotsa sex, I
almost fell asleep....probably Cronenberg's point but he is no Kubrick
Mark E. Smith
In article <5jitm4$2...@babyblue.cs.yale.edu>,
mik...@charger.newhaven.edu (Michael O'Brien,,,) wrote:
> What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you
> ever saw?
I'll think of more later, but the one that leaps to mind is A
PASSAGE TO INDIA.
--
Mark E. Smith <msm...@tfs.net>
Steve Reed
mik...@charger.newhaven.edu (Michael O'Brien,,,) writes:
>What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
>A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
>comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
>90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
>on the writer's mind?
For me, it's one of the most monumental wastes of talent ever perpetrated:
"The War of the Roses," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, directed
by Danny DeVito.
A pointless exercise in nihilism. I waited, and waited, to get any kind of
focus to WHY these characters were intent on destroying each other. It finally
became clear: This was destruction for the sheer comic "value" of destruction.
It wore me out. It was such a polished, technically well-done black pearl of
nihilism that I had to stay to the end. I didn't walk out (as I've only done
with two films-in-the-cinema in my life, Jerry Lewis's "The Family Jewels" and
Chevy Chase's "Funny Farm"). It was too horrifying a waste to ignore, since
I'd sunk my $7 into it already.
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Reverie01
Cries and Whispers. Those Swedish films must lose something in the
translation.
Chris
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"Instant gratification takes too long"
Vozhd
Recent contenders would include CHAPLIN (1992), WYATT EARP
(1994), and STRIPTEASE (1996). Foreign films must go a ways to match LAST
YEAR AT MARIENBAD.
VOZHD
"Harm my flesh, and you will deal with the dead!"
- Mako, CONAN THE BARBARIAN
William Sakovich
"Wise Blood" directed by John Huston. This would probably take the
award as the most boring pointless film, directed by a famous
director, and fawned over by the critics anyway.
- Bill Sakovich (sako...@gol.com)
Gene Bohot
> >What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
>
> "The War of the Roses," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, directed
> by Danny DeVito.
Steve; I hate to disagree with you, but I was surprised you did not care
for three of the funniest movies I have seen. I guess my taste in movies
may be a little warped, but I would nominate for "worst waste of time";
a) Most movies that have won an Academy Award.
b) Most 'art' or foreign movies.
c) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" with Taylor and Burton.
Anyway, I guess differences of opinion are what makes for good horse
races. I happen to like mindless slapstick; hang the depth of meaning.
"Bring on more of the Marx Brothers".
Gene Bohot
vjmorton
Much as I dislike The Piano (already named), and Blue Velvet and
Natural-Born Killers, I don't think these are boring and pointless
exactly, just smug, arbitrary, ill-thought-out and other faults. Among
English-language films, I pick the film I saw last night -- The
Daytrippers. A tortured conceit leading to a weary slog through tiresome
characters in pointless episodes; a "surprise" twist ending that I saw
coming in the first reel; several scenes left out of the third act; an
ending so chic in its pointed pointlessness; and an overall unhealthy
attitude toward life. To turn Gene Siskel's phrase, I don't expect to
see a worse film this year.
For non-English films, I have to go with my favorite art-house frauds --
Robert Bresson's L'Argent and Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror.
And finally, a POX on those who named Cries and Whispers, Scenes From A
Marriage and Babette's Feast earlier in this thread!!! ;-)
Union Films
Weekend, the French film by whoever (was it Godard???) A twenty minute
pan downa traffic jam is not my idea of fun.
Calender. Egan Atomyan (not spelt right that I think) Something to do
with a man going on lots of dates in Canada and shooting some photos in
some ex-Russian republic. It might have meant something to the director
but left me baffled.
Geraint
FireMagik
> >comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
> >90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
> >on the writer's mind?
>
> "The War of the Roses," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, directed
> by Danny DeVito.
>
> focus to WHY these characters were intent on destroying each other. It finally
> became clear: This was destruction for the sheer comic "value" of destruction.
>
> It wore me out. It was such a polished, technically well-done black pearl of
> nihilism that I had to stay to the end.
I completely agree with you about this film. It was painful to watch,
yet I stayed to the end.
F
Christina Stanley
On Thu, 24 Apr 1997 02:27:04 -0700, Gene Bohot <gbcu...@aviastar.net>
wrote:
>> >What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
>>
>> For me, it's one of the most monumental wastes of talent ever perpetrated:
>> "The War of the Roses," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, directed
>> by Danny DeVito.
>
>c) "Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe?" with Taylor and Burton.
>
Hi--I just wanna point out that these two movies are essentially the
same--both of the screen duos are infamous for their self-absorbtion,
and these movies are exercises in scenery shredding...this is your
standard "Look at the scope of my acting abilities" role for all of
them.
I do think De Vito's directing in "War..." was passable.
Christina
50% Mary, 50% Rhoda
Mesmer
Michael O'Brien,,, (mik...@charger.newhaven.edu) wrote:
: What is the most boring, pointless and unwatchable film you ever saw?
: A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
: comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
: 90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
: on the writer's mind?
: My vote would be for Altman's 3 women, or Roeg's "Don't Look Now."
Beyond a shadow of a doubt: Four Rooms with Tim Roth, utterly putrid BS!
.....just bumping along...
Mesmer....docile, loyal and prone to skittishness....
DBCx
"My Dinner with Andre" certainly ought to rate up there at the top of this
list. Where was the dessert?
sd...@netcom.ca
Steve Reed wrote:
> For me, it's one of the most monumental wastes of talent ever perpetrated:
> "The War of the Roses," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, directed
> by Danny DeVito.
>
> focus to WHY these characters were intent on destroying each other. It finally
> became clear: This was destruction for the sheer comic "value" of destruction.
>
> It wore me out. It was such a polished, technically well-done black pearl of
> with two films-in-the-cinema in my life, Jerry Lewis's "The Family Jewels" and
> Chevy Chase's "Funny Farm"). It was too horrifying a waste to ignore, since
> I'd sunk my $7 into it already.
It's called "black comedy" and/or satire.
And don't worry, many people just don't 'get it'. Personally, I loved
"Roses". So dark, so funny. But I hated (really, really, REALLY hated)
"Mars Attacks!". But usually when I reveal this, some people insist
that I just don't 'get it'. Hmmm...
And I have only walked out of one movie: "Oscar" with Sylvester
Stallone. Well, technically, I drove out, since it was the second
feature at a drive-in. (I should have known. When I read that Sly
Stallone and eminent auteur John Landis were collaborating on a remake
of a French bedroom farce, I thought to myself, "Must see cinema!" But
I have almost always disappointed when two geniuses collide.)
Although I did not walk out of it, I know that I fell asleep during
"Gandhi", because I missed World War 2. I wasn't even aware that I had
slept until somebody in the film mentioned the war ending two years
earlier and I thought (once again, to myself), "What war?!?"
Steve Wellington
OptechForklift Training, Inc.
> >A movie where you spent 2 hours waiting for something interesting or
> >comprehensible to happen, and it never did? A movie that went nowhere for
> >90 minutes or longer, and then just left you hanging, wondering what was
> >on the writer's mind?
>
_Duel_, definitely. One of (or maybe the) Stephen Spielberg's first.
What could he have been thinking? Worse yet, we saw it in school, with
no prior explanation of what would appear on the screen.
A close second, _The 'Burbs_.
FireMagik
sd...@netcom.ca wrote:
>
> Steve Reed wrote:
> > For me, it's one of the most monumental wastes of talent ever perpetrated:
> > "The War of the Roses," starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, directed
> > by Danny DeVito.
> >
> > A pointless exercise in nihilism. I waited, and waited, to get any kind of
> > focus to WHY these characters were intent on destroying each other. It finally
> > became clear: This was destruction for the sheer comic "value" of destruction.
> >
> > It wore me out. It was such a polished, technically well-done black pearl of
> > nihilism that I had to stay to the end.
<snip>
> It's called "black comedy" and/or satire.
>
> And don't worry, many people just don't 'get it'. Personally, I loved
> "Roses". So dark, so funny. But I hated (really, really, REALLY hated)
> "Mars Attacks!". But usually when I reveal this, some people insist
> that I just don't 'get it'. Hmmm...
> Steve Wellington
Actually, I did 'get it'. I just didn't think 'it' was funny. Just a
matter of personal taste.
F
Vincent G. Macek
OptechForklift Training wrote:
<<..._Duel_, definitely. One of (or maybe the) Stephen Spielberg's
school, with no prior explanation of what would appear on the
screen.>>
I dunno; I got into this film quickly. One of those horror stories
that are scary because they're realistic. I'm living in a city where
people get shot because they're blocking traffic.
VMacek
Philip Tone
Vozhd wrote:
>
> Recent contenders would include CHAPLIN (1992), WYATT EARP
> (1994), and STRIPTEASE (1996). Foreign films must go a ways to match LAST
> YEAR AT MARIENBAD.
any film must go a long way to match LYAM. the quintessential boring
film.
the toner
reese
i nominate "bed of roses." while all the flowers were nice to look at,
the movie was in desperate need of a real plot.
vjmorton
Union Films <u...@soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>Weekend, the French film by whoever (was it Godard???) A twenty minute
>pan downa traffic jam is not my idea of fun.
Wow ... coming to the defense of Godard and Resnais in the same thread.
I'm not sure why Geraint thought the traffic jam was supposed to be
"fun." First of all, as a technical exercise it's breathtaking (although
it is "only" about 7 minutes), like watching a man walk a tightrope, "he
can't go on like this ... can he?" Second, it universalizes the satire
of car ownership that the film follows from the beginning. In that
single take, we see all the classes of society, all the uses and
diversions of cars, of life and their casual cruelty. We also see the
couple push their way to the front of the jam. Lastly, if there was any
Godard film that was any fun, it was this one. I laughed out loud at the
fight between the two bourgeois and their cars that becomes a gunfight.
It was surreal. The plot to bump off grandma was preposterous and theior
seriousness meant you laughed twice. Godard's speechifying didn't start
until near the end and by that time, he's undercut it all with this
surreal satire. All in all, this was a marvelous picture, and this
confirming from a dyed-in-the-wool Godard loather.
Victor
vjmorton
ST YEAR AT MARIENBAD.
>
>any film must go a long way to match LYAM. the quintessential boring
>film.
>
>the toner
Actually, much as I hate to say this, Last Year at Marienbad is not Alain Resnais' most boring, most pointless film. I will give tha=
t title to Hiroshima, Mon Amour. LYAM, though it is a bad film, one of the most preposterous ever and anyone who takes it seriously =
is a fool, I've almost started to love to hate it. By the third time I saw it, I had learned to laugh at its subject matter, solemn =
pretensions and style and almost to admire the cinematography and art direction just for themselves. Seeing it drunk (but not fit-sh=
aced) also helps.
Think of it as the art-house post-modern masterpiece ... the Plan 9 From Outer Space for intellectuals. ;-)
Victor
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Superman III
and
Rocky Mountain
were pointless.
Ricky Cheatwood
dam...@panix.com (dam...@panix.com) wrote:
>Superman III
>and
>Rocky Mountain
Sister Act 2 - absolutely worthless
Ricky Cheatwood
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