Dullest Film Ever
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Reno
The In Kraut
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Oh, I loved that. Big epic film, set in a dessert and lovely Ralph and Kristin. Not to mention lovely Juliette and Naveen. One of the great romantic films of our time.
spliff
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bi0boy
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What's 'daf'?
Citizen Kane is ace. It says on the poster "It's Terrific" and it is.
Dull as fuck. Tabloid owner gets rich has an affair and dies lonely. He should just get over himself already. Yawn.
Reno
The In Kraut
You are watching it wrong.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
It's about the corrupting nature of wealth and power on idealism and the loss of childhood innocence. How can you find it dull?
Reno
The In Kraut
Citizen Kane is the rare film entirely thought through in how to tell a story in visual terms, it's endlessly inventive in how it employs the camera, editing and special effects. Any one-sentence synopsis as a reason to dismiss it is genuinely missing the point of a film which invented its own visual language. I find the film endlessly watchable because I still discover new details all the time. I can't imagine anybody genuinely interested in film getting bored by it. If that makes me condescending again, fuck it and "fuck you" in advance.
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bi0boy
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Ah yes, my mistake. I'm sure I will realise how wrong I am once I receive proper instruction in watching films appropriately so as to align my opinion with apparent critical consensus.
Reno
The In Kraut
Instructions above and fuck you !Ah yes, my mistake. I'm sure I will realise how wrong I am once I receive proper instruction in watching films appropriately so as to align my opinion with apparent critical consensus.
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
I'd agree that Citizen Kane offers something new with every viewing. It's a wonderful film in many ways and deserves all the accolades it receives....
....I have no idea if I've been watching it the right way though.
....I have no idea if I've been watching it the right way though.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
TDH has it's flaws; the patriotism angle, the misogyny and the depiction of Vietnamese but it's still an epic watch.
Anything with Woody? Even Annie Hall? The Front (which he didn't direct)?
Nanker Phelge
Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.
Broadway Danny Rose is great fun...
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Absolutely.
The presence of the supremely untalented WA as an actor has fucked up some otherwise decent films.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is watching them wrong.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
I saw my first WA film as a kid, back in the 70s. "Take the Money and Run" - always loved his stuff. Mind you, I haven't seen anything he's done since Blue Jasmine. Which he wasn't in, iirc.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
2001 the book is a different experience to 2001 the film. One is C Clarke telling you a story, a good one. The other is really kubrik telling it. I don't know how either could bore anyone.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
bi0boy
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Reno
The In Kraut
I didn't find it dull, just daft.
Reno
The In Kraut
That's deep, man.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
It's too derivative. Escape from Alcatraz, Birdman of Alcatraz, Papillon etc all do it much better.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
It is possible to just disagree with the story being told though. I hated the film and disliked the book. Sorry.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
Am wondering; did you find it a bit cold/clinical? That's a charge often levelled at Kubrick's films...
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
No, I disliked the premise at the start of 2001 for idealogical reasons. The film was still massively dull though.
krtek a houby
Anger is Hi-NRG
That the arrival of the monolith co-incided with a momentous step in the evolutionary development of humankind?
I could have misinterpreted that - I'm sure Reno will set me straight.
Epona
Sonic: 1 Nov 2006 - 8 Jan 2022
No, more that the first tool use was for violence for very little reason, I find that premise more disturbing than a Western with cowboys shooting at one another.
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