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Windthrop · 08-02-2008, 01:05 PM

The Iron Maiden - absolutely leaden - a feeble attempt to do Genevieve with traction engines. The whole film never gets out of first gear and plods interminably. Bland playing by a talented cast doesn't help either.

batman · 08-02-2008, 01:06 PM

I enjoyed the first the LOTR film ... but the next two were IMHO tedious in the extreme.

I found the same problem with Jackson's King Kong. The sequence on the island was far too long (just how many monkey v dinosaur battles do we need to see) and the attempt at the end to introduce some 'pathos' on the top of the Empire State Building was laughable .... and don't get me started on the 'comedy' ice skating debacle. A terrible film.

Bats.

Windthrop · 08-02-2008, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by batman

I found the same problem with Jackson's King Kong. The sequence on the island was far too long (just how many monkey v dinosaur battles do we need to see) and the attempt at the end to introduce some 'pathos' on the top of the Empire State Building was laughable .... and don't get me started on the 'comedy' ice skating debacle. A terrible film.

Bats.

They got it right the first time - a brisk pacy film that didn't outstay its welcome and trancends its technical limitations

batman · 08-02-2008, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Windthrop

They got it right the first time - a brisk pacy film that didn't outstay its welcome and trancends it technical limitations

Absolutely!

Bats.

Lord Brett · 08-02-2008, 02:58 PM

Antonioni's Blow Up - a very long, dull example of the Emporer's New Clothes.

Marky B · 08-02-2008, 03:01 PM

Psycho. The original and no doubt the remake is just as boring.
Ta Ta
Marky B

oxfam1uk · 08-02-2008, 03:20 PM

Dances with Wolves - not only long and boring, but also embarassing in its naive political correctness (and its sex scenes - or is that just me?

)

batman · 08-02-2008, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by oxfam1uk

Dances with Wolves - not only long and boring, but also embarassing in its naive political correctness (and its sex scenes - or is that just me?

)

Politically correct sex scenes ... those I'd like to see.

I enjoyed Dances with Wolves as an entertainment, however Black Robe is much better.

Bats.

Steve Crook · 08-02-2008, 03:39 PM

What about For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)?
The book and/or the film are both great cures for insomnia

But I don't think I've ever managed to finish a book by Hemmingway. I find him to be the most turgid, plodding author who ever put pen to paper

Steve

Freddy · 08-02-2008, 03:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Wee Sonny MacGregor

Have to agree. In the 30s Tolkein, C S Lewis and Charles Williams formed a club called the Inklings which met every week at a pub in Oxford. They used to read extracts from their latest literary efforts to each other. C S Lewis is supposed to have commented on one of Tolkein's readings "oh no, not another effing elf".

This scene is captured wonderfully well in Beyond Narnia which starred Anton Rodgers as C S Lewis.

christoph404 · 08-02-2008, 04:25 PM

I was dragged along to my local art house cinema to see a trilogy of "erotic' films under the collective title of "eros", which looked good on paper but turned out to be crushingly slow and boring. The second story was directed by Stephen Soderberg who is fairly boring at the best of times, and it was ten minutes into this one that I could no longer keep my eyes open and drifted into a loud snoring snooooooze, much to the shame of my female companion. I awoke to the sound of an alarm clock ringing and a huge close up of a ringing bedside clock on screen, it was very disconcerting and it took me at least 30 seconds to realise that I was not back home in bed having overslept for an appointment, very surreal.I was in fact quite dissapointed to realise I was still in the cinema with at least 40 minutes to go till the end of the film. Needless to say I managed to stay awake for the third story directed by Antonioni which was as boring and risible as the others! Ah well.....

oxfam1uk · 08-02-2008, 04:45 PM

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Politically correct sex scenes ... those I'd like to see.

Perhaps they would resemble "Stop and Search".
You do the business, then fill in 18-inch long checklist of questions ...

Moor Larkin · 08-02-2008, 05:35 PM

Anyone got the dvd of that one Andy Warhol made, of the Empire State Building? It was supposed to be 24 hours long wasn't it?

Or is that an urbane myth?

batman · 08-02-2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Moor Larkin

Anyone got the dvd of that one Andy Warhol made, of the Empire State Building? It was supposed to be 24 hours long wasn't it?

Or is that an urbane myth?

It exists! A local film club showed it many years ago over a weeked ... I didn't go.

Empire (1964)

Bats.

Moor Larkin · 08-02-2008, 05:40 PM

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Originally Posted by batman

It exists! A local film club showed it many years ago over a weekend

Surely they only needed a day........ Or did they have a lot of ice-cream to sell.........

and popcorn

08-02-2008, 01:05 PM	#16
Windthrop Senior Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: North Yorks Posts: 4,031 Country: iTrader: (0)	The Iron Maiden - absolutely leaden - a feeble attempt to do Genevieve with traction engines. The whole film never gets out of first gear and plods interminably. Bland playing by a talented cast doesn't help either. __________________ That's the joke that killed the Music Hall

08-02-2008, 01:06 PM	#17
batman Chief Member OBME Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Norwich Posts: 12,713 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (8)	I enjoyed the first the LOTR film ... but the next two were IMHO tedious in the extreme. I found the same problem with Jackson's King Kong. The sequence on the island was far too long (just how many monkey v dinosaur battles do we need to see) and the attempt at the end to introduce some 'pathos' on the top of the Empire State Building was laughable .... and don't get me started on the 'comedy' ice skating debacle. A terrible film. Bats. __________________ Bats. I am MacIntyre from the silver metal planet .... I have come to look at your beautiful countryside.

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Marky B Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Billingham,Cleveland Posts: 3,264 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (0)	Psycho. The original and no doubt the remake is just as boring. Ta Ta Marky B __________________ I once shot an elephant in my pyjamas - how he got in my pyjamas,I'll never know

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08-02-2008, 02:58 PM	#20
Lord Brett Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Bradford, West Yorkshire Posts: 782 My Mood: Country: iTrader: (2)	Antonioni's Blow Up - a very long, dull example of the Emporer's New Clothes.

08-02-2008, 03:39 PM	#24
Steve Crook Moderator Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: London Posts: 8,843 Country: iTrader: (1)	What about For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)? The book and/or the film are both great cures for insomnia But I don't think I've ever managed to finish a book by Hemmingway. I find him to be the most turgid, plodding author who ever put pen to paper Steve

08-02-2008, 04:25 PM	#26
christoph404 Moderator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: London Posts: 1,311 Country: iTrader: (0)	I was dragged along to my local art house cinema to see a trilogy of "erotic' films under the collective title of "eros", which looked good on paper but turned out to be crushingly slow and boring. The second story was directed by Stephen Soderberg who is fairly boring at the best of times, and it was ten minutes into this one that I could no longer keep my eyes open and drifted into a loud snoring snooooooze, much to the shame of my female companion. I awoke to the sound of an alarm clock ringing and a huge close up of a ringing bedside clock on screen, it was very disconcerting and it took me at least 30 seconds to realise that I was not back home in bed having overslept for an appointment, very surreal.I was in fact quite dissapointed to realise I was still in the cinema with at least 40 minutes to go till the end of the film. Needless to say I managed to stay awake for the third story directed by Antonioni which was as boring and risible as the others! Ah well.....

08-02-2008, 05:35 PM	#28
Moor Larkin Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: North West Frontier Posts: 1,539 Country: iTrader: (0)	Anyone got the dvd of that one Andy Warhol made, of the Empire State Building? It was supposed to be 24 hours long wasn't it? Or is that an urbane myth?