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Francis:
But we were both writing about Andrei Tarkovsky's original Russian version of "Solaris," although Rory noted that Clooney's remake wasn't that much better. I was just horrified when Criterion came out with their version of the original, which may add some credence to those who loved it, but I'll, personally, never understand it. Sitting in a theatre and watching it, it was simply an ordeal for many.
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Have we had worst film you ever saw from a hospital bed??
How about worst film you ever saw from a toilet??
Worst film seen on a plane??
How about worst film seen through a neighbours window??
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Re: Have we had worst film you ever saw from a hospital bed??
How about worst film you ever saw from a toilet??
Worst film seen on a plane??
How about worst film seen through a neighbours window??
Bill: Oh, please! Don't give anyone ideas for MORE postings like that! Enough already!
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But i want to know how it differs from worst film you have ever seen, no matter where you saw it?
How about worst film you ever saw on a t.v?!!
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The original posted question was [io]"The dullest film you ever saw in a movie theatre?", and not worst, and I think there's a big difference in the films that put you to sleep when you are sitting in a theatre and those that put you to sleep when you are sitting on your couch or easy chair. I've rarely fallen asleep watching a movie in a theatre (but have done so too often while watching a play!); whereas I've often fallen asleep at home watching a movie. I remember when I was a young Camp Pendleton marine and had gone to see the movie version of Tennessee Williams' "Summer And Smoke" at an Oceanside (Calif) movie theatre, and fell asleep when it began and didn't wake up until it was over. I must have been tired from a week of maneuvers in the Pendleton foothills, because that never happened to me again. Hope I didn't snore!
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Francis
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Francis:
But we were both writing about Andrei Tarkovsky's original Russian version of "Solaris," although Rory noted that Clooney's remake wasn't that much better. I was just horrified when Criterion came out with their version of the original, which may add some credence to those who loved it, but I'll, personally, never understand it. Sitting in a theatre and watching it, it was simply an ordeal for many.
I watched the original after I saw the version with Clooney so I was at least prepared for what would ensue, but what I meant to say was I thought the remake was a chore to sit through as well; I tend to have that with anything George Clooney stars in, even Ocean's Twelve I had to struggle to stay awake...
In the earlier thread I mentioned some marathons I did at filmfestivals etc., that is of course different because if you do an all nighter or watch five or six movies in a row, you're bound to snooze off at one point.
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Francis: Re: " I tend to have that with anything George Clooney stars in, even Ocean's Twelve I had to struggle to stay awake…"
Yeah, I'm not a huge Clooney fan either, and stopped buying the "Ocean's" series after Twelve! That said, I still liked him in both "Michael Clayton" and "The American," so he's not a hopeless cause for me. But someone included his "Syriana" above, and I totally agree!
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The Last of the Mohicans, the one with Daniel Day Lewis; it was so awful - stayed to the end, but I could not have cared less. The most I've ever been tempted to walk out in the middle of a film. Just detested it.
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When I fell asleep and slept through the entire "Summer And Smoke," I was 18 or 19, after a physically exhausting day. I'm very selective about the movies I see in the theatre, so I can't remember the last time I fell asleep during one -- maybe "Excaliber." Not to beat a dead horse, but if I had not seen "Tree Of Life" at home, I probably would have fallen asleep during it.
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No offense MR Jack, but I don't think it is that hard to fall asleep in a theatre. I went to movies after work over the years and even a film you are enjoying to some extent sometimes those eyes start to close in spots. However I will say I definitely have fallen asleep over the years in movie houses. I went to a bunch of movie marathons, the ones that go straight for 24 hours through the night and with those if you don't want to walk out at the end of it walking like a zombie you let yourself go to sleep. I remember one I went to in 88 in New York. It was a horror one in November as I remember I went in at 6pm, didn't leave till 24 hours later. Now around 3 or 4 in the morning I feel asleep watching The Vampire bat-33 and woke up an hour later watching One body too many -44. Other people were taking their naps through that marathon. Matter of fact I saw a few couples come into the theatre with pillows.
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No offense MR Jack, but I don't think it is that hard to fall asleep in a theatre. I went to movies after work over the years and even a film you are enjoying to some extent sometimes those eyes start to close in spots. However I will say I definitely have fallen asleep over the years in movie houses. I went to a bunch of movie marathons, the ones that go straight for 24 hours through the night and with those if you don't want to walk out at the end of it like a zombie you let yourself go to sleep. I remember one I went to in 88 in New York. It was a horror one in November as I remember I went in at 6pm, didn't leave till 24 hours later. Now around 3 or 4 in the morning I feel asleep watching The Vampire bat-33 and woke up an hour later watching One body too many -44. Other people were taking their naps through that marathon. Matter of fact I saw a few couples come into the theatre with pillows.
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