Never thought a movie would literally put me to sleep...

[Maddy McCall]

but Johnny Mnemonic. Well, it did it. And I think that Keanu is major hot.

Tell me a movie that had Ambien-like effects on you.

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Titanic

[jobycom]

6. See, now, that one kept me awake.

Great film, fast paced, decent script and plot... go figure. Whad'ya think of Lord of the Rings?

[ghostsofgiants]

14. LOTR is alright...

I've only seen Fellowship of the Ring, which I enjoyed when it first came out, but the more I watched it (I've seen it maybe 5 times) the less I enjoyed it. Never bothered with the other two. Just no interest.

Titanic, however, is one of my most hated films of all time. It just causes this really visceral hatred.

[jobycom]

15. ANy idea why?

I mean, it was highly acclaimed, won a lot of Oscars, and was voted by a lot of people who vote on such things one of the best films of all time. Interestingly, it seems to have faded with time.

I loved it, so I'm interested in why others seem to hate it. When I say "love", btw, I don't mean I think it's brilliant, subtle, or earth-shakingly introspective or original. Just that it kept my interest for the whole film, made me like the characters, and gave me a little insight into the world by the end.

[Maddy McCall]

22. Because the fogged glass sex scene sucked.

:evilgrin:

[jobycom]

33. Well, yeah, but the movie was already too long to add graphics

I guess.

[Misunderestimator]

39. Hated Titanic more than any movie I can recall...

other than MAYBE "Coming to America."

"I'm King of the World!" Titanic was a bad, bad, bad, bad movie.

[mike_c]

2. damn, I loved Johnny Mnemonic....

But I might have been tripping when I saw it, IIRC.... The crane scene was pretty impressive.

[Maddy McCall]

4. Maybe I'm comparing his acting in Matrix to this.

The fight scenes just don't compare. :D

[mike_c]

8. 'struth....

JM was more Gibson-esque (not surprisingly, after all).

[jobycom]

3. Dammit

Now I've got to look up Ambien... Oh, I see.

Lord of the Rings. Every scene, every film. I was literally battling tears of agony by the time they finally got Frodo on that damned boat.

[Maddy McCall]

5. I've not seen any of them.

Just didn't have the interest in it. I've thought abouthaving a LOTR marathon one Saturday, though. Should I plan to sleep in? :D

[jobycom]

7. Just hire someone to sneak in after the first film

to start the second and third ones. You'll be asleep by then.

Then again, some people found them interesting.

[Maddy McCall]

10. But if I pay that person by the hour, it could cost me a mint...

to sleep through three 3-hour movies, right?

[jobycom]

13. LOL! True, just pay him what you'll save on Ambien.

[Maddy McCall]

17. Or maybe just give him the Ambien.

After, of course, he changes all of the DVDs for me. :D

[Pharlo]

9. Out of Africa

Tried watching that movie four times. Zonked within 10 minutes each time.

That never happened to me before, nor since.

I just gave up.

[bliss_eternal]

38. What a over rated, suck fest! I saw this in a theater...

You know a movie is terrible, when people are in the theater talking during the film, and no one cares. Not one 'shhhhhhhhhh.'

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

43. I had the same reaction

Beautiful cinematography. Wonderful actors. No storyline.

[bliss_eternal]

49. I know--it just went on and on and I couldn't

figure out what was going on! So annoying and incredibly boring. I hate saying that, as I usually enjoy the work of the actor's in the film.

[Systematic Chaos]

11. My mom made the brilliant decision to take me to "Jaws" when I was 5

I was out like a light 15 minutes in, and afterward she was so glad. She said that the movie scared the bejeezus out of her, so she was happy I didn't stay awake through the bad parts.

As for a movie putting me to sleep out of boredom? I can't think of one offhand.

[Mnemosyne]

12. He-Man, Master of the Universe

Came out back in the 80's. I took my daughter (after terrible begging!) and proceeded to fall asleep and SNORE! The theater was packed. My daughter smacked me in the arm and was ticked. lol
It was horrible. (The snoring was too!)

[crispini]

16. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

:boring::boring::boring::boring::boring::boring:

[Maddy McCall]

18. Tis first where I fell in love with Jude Law and where I first...

recognized just what a great actor Spacey is. Well, actually I first saw that in Usual Suspects, but...

I'm rambling. But I DO love that movie. Go-cups and two tears in a bucket. :D

[crispini]

21. I actually feel asleep IN THE THEATRE.

First (and last) time I've ever done that.

[Maddy McCall]

25. Whoa.

Now that's bad. :(

[Left Is Write]

55. I liked that one, but I can see why lots of people don't.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

19. Anything with Kevin Costner

and I will be out like a light...don't know why

[Maddy McCall]

20. Even Bull Durham?

Of course, that's got Susan and Tim in it, so it's fun to watch them interact.

But that is funny that Costner puts you to sleep. :D

[southlandshari]

28. LOL!

Same here!

:boring:

[jobycom]

34. Sigh. Sis!

I like the guy. (Wow, did I just say that?)

[Misunderestimator]

40. It's his monotone... I can't stand it, if it doesn't put me to sleep...

it gives me a migraine.

[DS1]

23. It took me three tries to make it all the way through Dark City

without falling asleep.

[Maddy McCall]

26. What is Dark City? Who's in it?

But I fell asleep three times in Miller's Crossing. Finally I watched it all of the way through, and I loved it.

What is Dark City?

[DS1]

27. sci-fi thingie, entirely shot at night

in a dark city, boring as all fucking hell


nice ending though :shrug:

Forgot who is in it


Rufus Sewell .... John Murdoch
William Hurt .... Inspector Frank Bumstead
Kiefer Sutherland .... Dr. Daniel Schreber
Jennifer Connelly .... Emma Murdoch/Anna
Richard O'Brien .... Mr. Hand
Ian Richardson .... Mr. Book
Bruce Spence .... Mr. Wall
Colin Friels .... Det. Eddie Walenski
John Bluthal .... Karl Harris
Mitchell Butel .... Officer Husselbeck
Melissa George .... May
Frank Gallacher .... Chief Insp. Stromboli
Ritchie Singer .... Hotel Manager/Vendor
Justin Monjo .... Taxi Driver
Nicholas Bell .... Mr. Rain
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118929/

[Maddy McCall]

29. God, I'm going to sleep just reading the cast.

That's sad, isn't it. :)

[DS1]

31. "trivia"

Has one of the shortest Average Shot Lengths (ASL) of any modern narrative production at 1.8 seconds. This means there is a cut almost every 2 seconds.


which goes a long way to explain why I didn't like watching it

i hate MTv cutting, drives me up the fucking wall

[jobycom]

36. It was even worse. Not one of them was even as interesting as normal

Poor Keifer. They treated him like he lost a bet. Rufus is flat on his best days, but a good script can make him seem quietly intense. No go hear. I don't even remember who William Hurt played, he was so forgettable, and I'm sure it was a major character.

The movie is proof that an interesting scenario does not mean that a good plot and script are unnecessary. They redid the same basic idea in The Matrix, with much better results.

[jobycom]

35. That was a tough one

I missed several scenes because I couldn't quit yawning. I'm not sure what suspense kept me watching, but it never came through in the end.

[RoyGBiv]

24. That movie about that guy ...

...who did all the martial arts stuff in some movies.

Some guy named Bruce.

I saw this in the theater when it came out, having been forced to go by some friends, and I literally had drool running down my cheek after I passed out from boredom. I hate martial arts movies. Bruce Lee may well be a brilliant, wonderful person, but this movie did little to make me care at all about that.

[Blue_Tires]

30. i remember one time i had a really hot date

and I took her to see "Eyes Wide Shut" (there was a LOT of controversy about the film at that time, with all of the talk of the sex scenes)....I took her to the movie thinking it would get her in the proper, ummm...'mindset' for afterwards....

Well, as you know, the movie which will be known as Kubrick's last great joke to us was a 3+ hour colossal bore, and all of the best softcore stuff was left on the cutting room floor...and my date was completely comatose well before the second hour (and i got nowhere with her that night)

[tjdee]

51. That's definitely in the running for worst film ever made.

There must be some other awful films I'm forgetting, but right now, I'd say Eyes Wide Shut is the worst film ever made--just because it was made so seriously. At least with a Porky's, you're not being tricked into thinking it's going to be a great piece of cinema because of the talent attached.

It was sooooooooooooo bad on so many levels.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

32. If you thought Jonny Mnemonic was bad

you obviously haven't seen Keanu's latest stink fest, Constantine. I have yet to see him give a good performance and hope he doesn't ruin Richard Linklater's adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "A Scanner Darkly."

As for LOTR, I did the Extended Edition Marathon in January (about 12 hours with little breaks in between films) and loved every second of it.

[bliss_eternal]

37. Excalibur and Blade Runner

I've never made it through either of these movies. All I know is I start them with the best intentions, next thing I know the credits are rolling and I have drool on chin. :shrug:

It bummed me out too, as these are considered such 'cult classics.' Just not my cup of tea I suppose.

:P

[Old_Fart]

41. Blair Witch

I fell asleep ten minutes after the movie started. Several times I woke back up only to fall asleep again. At the end of the movie I was woken up by the guy cleaning the theater. I wanted to ask for my money back but I forgot because I was so sleepy.

[bliss_eternal]

42. Almost forgot--Fifth Element.

I may as well have just took a pillow into the theater. Snooooze city...

[khashka]

47. Die blasphemer!

The Filth Elephant is a great movie.

Khash.

[bliss_eternal]

48. lol. I'm sorry I offended you.

Maybe the Wicked Witch had me in scope of her crystal ball and put a poppy spell on me, as she did Dorothy and her friends in OZ--you know, so I would get sleepy?

:P

Maybe...

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

44. Gremlins

The first 15 to 20 minutes were interesting but after that it was just a one-note tune, the same thing over and over until the end. It's the only movie I've ever seriously considered walking out on. Sorry to any fans of this movie but, although I'm a big fan of fantasy, horror, and the like, it just didn't have a story.

[OrwellwasRight]

45. Color purple.

[last_texas_dem]

46. First LOTR

At the theatre, that's the only one that ever put me to sleep. (For ten minutes or so...) And it wasn't because I thought it was bad, but just 'cause I was at a 10 o'clock showing and I had only slept for an hour the night before. It was an alright movie IMHO, though I liked the second one more.

I'm pretty sure Lost in Translation would have put me to sleep if I had seen it at the theatre. Luckily, I saw it as a rental at my sister's house and our similar taste in movies allowed us to stop paying attention after about 30 minutes into it and talk/make fun of the rest of it!

[malta blue]

50. The English Patient

I have as much of an aversion to this film as Elaine on Seinfeld did...it's just too damn long.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

52. Star Wars Episode 1.

Most boring piece of shit I've ever seen.
:hide:
Duckie

[Clintmax]

53. The ONLY movie I fell asleep in the Theater on was...

J.F.K. I don't know why, I've seen it MANY times since then and love it! Just in the theater, I was out like a light!

[Left Is Write]

54. I thought Johnny Mnemonic was boring too.

I couldn't get all the way through it.