Major boredom

Have you ever walked out on a movie?  I have.  The ones that infuriate me most are those that have been hyped up as important movie events but turn out to be major duds.  Yawners.  It’s wasteful enough to spend two hundred pesos or more on a ticket.  Mustn’t let an awful, boring film steal more, from your precious time.

Here are the ones you should see if you have trouble sleeping:

 Dances with Wolves.    In the most atrocious of Oscar moments, Kevin Costner’s direction was adjudged better than Martin Scorsese’s work for Goodfellas. 

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.   Loved the book because of the ensemble of oddball characters.  In the movie, everyone was lifeless.

 A.I.  Spielberg didn’t know where he was going.  Pinocchio was far more enjoyable, even without CGI.

I’ve asked some opinionated friends on their choices for the ‘most anticipated movies that turned out to be most boring’.  Here are their answers:

Sockie F, director:  “Recently, The Tourist”.

Jessica Z, writer/blogger:  “Hiroshima mon amour by Alain Resnais.  Classic daw yon.  Zzzzz.”

Mark M, director:  “A Thai film called Tropical Malady, Batang Westside, and a French film called Sorrow and Pity.”

Don B, ad exec:  “Batang Westside”

Madonna T, film producer: “New Moon.  Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.”

Noel O, creative director:  “Sakada”

Carlo D, director:  "Twilight"

Candice M, writer:  “Titanic.  Nakatulog ako, ate.”

Steve V, producer:  “Rosario”

Marilyn V, songwriter/agency COO:  “I actually got bored with I ♥ Huckabees.  I tried to like it, but it really sucked for me.”

Margaret S, creative director: “Marami!  Prince of Persia, Valentine’s Day, Superman Returns, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull.”

Marc C, PR manager:  Time Traveller’s Wife, Narnia Chronicles, all of M. Night’s films after the one with Mel Gibson, and my greatest disappointment The Golden Compass because I loved the book so much.”

Dennis L, fashion designer:  “Most recently, it’s the last Narnia”.

Angel A, actress:  “Goodbye, America”

Chuck N, strategic planner:  “Rosario”

Ricky V, director:  Harry Potter movies.  Oh, Pathfinder was boring.  The only reason I stayed was because of Karl Urban.”

What sayeth thou?