I wasn't a huge fan of "2001" when I was a kid, but I find it gripping now. Picked up the Blu-Ray version a few months back and have watched it a few times. There are no unnecessary scenes, no wasted dialog and it still looks gorgeous.
Not to derail the thread, but Kubrick influenced my turntable purchase. J.A. Michell designed the "Discovery" spacecraft in "2001" and that cool turntable in "A Clockwork Orange" is a Michell Transcriptor. So, in addition to the technical merits, I had to have a Michell deck.
Back to movies, I also enjoyed LoTR more than I expected, though I prefer the extended versions. I fault them a bit for leaving a lot of the fun stuff out and mostly having the action bits. I know there are constraints for movies and that not everything can be included. However, I like the books more because there's a rollercoaster of terror followed by the characters having a good time. The movies paint a grimmer story than it actually is.
Booyah! I love Peter Jackson's work, and although the books are undoubtably better, the movies are still grade A in my opinion. I put him down as one of my idols when I applied for film school.
I wasn't a huge fan of "2001" when I was a kid, but I find it gripping now. Picked up the Blu-Ray version a few months back and have watched it a few times. There are no unnecessary scenes, no wasted dialog and it still looks gorgeous.
Interesting to hear everyone's take on the most boring of all time. The Thin Red Line, Aliens, The Dark Night and Lord of the Rings wouldn't even be in danger of getting on my list. Boring at times, maybe, but large parts of these movies are interesting and entertaining. I didn't get all of the hype of Inception but people say it's because we're trying to make sense of a dream within a dream that has one more layer of dreams beneath that. Just accept it. Nah, but not sure why I couldn't get into it. Matrix was another movie with a lot of unbelievable plots but somehow I could suspend disbelief and enjoy it for what it was.
For me, most boring movie of all time, "What women want" with Mel Gibson and Helen Hunt. Star Wars prequels would be definitely in top 20 list of most boring of all time.
Oh, yeah, I remember now: Open Water. It was so boring, beginning with the Handsome Couple cheerfully brushing their teeth together, that by the end, it was just a relief when the woman gave herself up to the hungry sharks. Didn't care by that time, it's over, good.
Oh, yeah, I remember now: Open Water. It was so boring, beginning with the Handsome Couple cheerfully brushing their teeth together, that by the end, it was just a relief when the woman gave herself up to the hungry sharks. Didn't care by that time, it's over, good.
I saw 2001: A Space Odyssey on its opening day in NYC when I was just a kid (dragged in by adults). At the time, I thought it was the most boring movie imaginable. Now I consider it to be one of the most brilliant movies ever made. It's still ahead of its time (except for the cheesy ape suits).
Here's another: Wag the Dog. The concept was right up my alley, but I fell asleep in the theatre. Exciting movies we tend to remember, but the boring ones die a slow death on the back burners of our minds. I think of them at odd (boring?) moments.
I wonder - does any known movie have an LD50 rating from sheer boredom?
Oh, yeah, I remember now: Open Water. It was so boring, beginning with the Handsome Couple cheerfully brushing their teeth together, that by the end, it was just a relief when the woman gave herself up to the hungry sharks. Didn't care by that time, it's over, good.
I wasn't a huge fan of "2001" when I was a kid, but I find it gripping now. Picked up the Blu-Ray version a few months back and have watched it a few times. There are no unnecessary scenes, no wasted dialog and it still looks gorgeous.
Not to derail the thread, but Kubrick influenced my turntable purchase. J.A. Michell designed the "Discovery" spacecraft in "2001" and that cool turntable in "A Clockwork Orange" is a Michell Transcriptor.
Actually it was a Transcriptors Hydraulic Reference - http://www.transcriptors.net/?page_id=2 - I had the much cheaper Transcriptors Saturn myself back in 1980!
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