12 January 2011

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 MoonMidnight 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?

4 comments:

  1. Nga pala. I remember having walked out on Air America. And Fantasia forced me to grow up and realize that Disney movies were not all I thought it was.

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  2. I thought Fantasia was just one very long kitschy music video.

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  3. Harry Potter???? Ricky???? NOOOOOOOO?????

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  4. I agree.. I loved the book -- MIdnight in the garden of good and evil -- but was really disappointed with the movie. It was so dragging..
    harvey and I walked out of Batman and Cheeta-eh starring Joey de Leon and Rene Requiestas.. Can't believe that we even considered watching it. Lasing siguro kami..

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