the problem here was that it was all about the spycraft, every scene was just "who is outsmarting" who when they never ever hinted at what these spies are doing and what the greater conflict was. so there was no weight to any of it
>no hint of what the great conflict is
You mean the Cold War? Were you born after the Cold War?
>Were you born after the cold War
Of course, Grandpa.
>never ever hinted at what these spies are doing and what the greater conflict was
Way to out yourself as an utter fricking moron jesus christ
I think this might be why I found From Russia With Love underwhelming.
They never show the Soviets getting pissed off by Spectre's pranks and overreacting so there's no weight to me hearing that Spectre is trying to trick the Soviets into thinking England killed their assets.
>who when they never ever hinted at what these spies are doing and what the greater conflict was
Smiley straight up says "We're not so different, you and I. We've both spent our lives looking for the weakness in one another's systems. Don't you think it's time to recognize there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?"
Haydon doesn't even have an ideological sympathy for communism in his betrayal, he's simply tired of the "ugliness" of what he's part of
>dan futterman, max frye, Bennett miller
A israelite and two homos butcher the greatest wrestler of all time’s story. One of the worst movies ever made, I wish Schultz had body slammed the director and choked out the writers
El Topo, unironically >suffer through the flick >get to the part where le Topo is shot by the prostitutes >"oh finally, the movie is almost over, whew" >check the runtime >1:10, only a half of the movie >the second half lasts just as long
I ended up enjoying the movie though despite all the tryhard cringe
I tried reading a chapter or two and felt gaslit as to whether I downloaded the right book or not. Its all boring schoolboy shit. No spy shit at all. What the frick?
Oh man, yeah. I saw a screening in 2D and was completely flummoxed by its box office revenue. Without the 3D gimmick you really see how shallow a film this is.
Anything by Yorgos Lanthimos. >b-but it's kino you got filtered
Tarkovsky is a boring director too, and yet there's a payoff to most of his movies and they're kino.
>cook a vampire until they're almost dead but not quite then put them in water >it makes them human
The in-universe explanation for vampirism is a virus from a mutated bat. It didn't know if it wanted to be supernatural or not.
The depressing desperation and devolution of the vampire populace was kino to me though. As was the father forcefully turning his daughter who then refuses blood until he has to kill her.
A good choice. Bored me to tears as well. I've also read Le Carr's book and it bored me to tears as well.
But if I had to pick one movie it would be Ad Astra. A great premise ruined by a snooze of a film. The worst part was I had to watch it in a cinema so couldn't even skip shit or speed it up.
Honourable mentions go to The Lighthouse, Drive and Aronofsky's The Fountain
Akira Kurosawa has some bangers but one of his movies is literally takes place ENTIRELY in this small hut and the entire movie is just meandering dialogue of the characters in the hut.
Since I was going through his entire filmography in production order at the time, I didn't want to skip it, so I played it at 5x, and don't remember a single line of dialogue.
Based, midwits will be mad but this movie is the prime example of why you shouldn't do an ensemble cast all trying to fit in the exact same character archetype, so nobody will remember who's who.
It's The Witcher 2 of movies.
Exceedingly kino, probably a GOAT, but requires several watch/play throughs to appreciate because the story is deliberately obfuscated.
based. I dont even think it takes multiple viewings. It just requires you to pay attention and track who is who and what they're saying. Tinker tailor is a midwit filter. People who truly dont pay attention and just watch films passively will never get it and call the film boring. The film isnt artsy, there is no deep allegory to work out. The story just requires you to pay attention .
there's two films i watched as a teen i thought were boring as sin >the assassination of jesse james >Inherent Vice
id probably love them now. i should give them a rewatch.
Fell asleep 3 times but managed to make it through on the 4th try
the problem here was that it was all about the spycraft, every scene was just "who is outsmarting" who when they never ever hinted at what these spies are doing and what the greater conflict was. so there was no weight to any of it
>no hint of what the great conflict is
You mean the Cold War? Were you born after the Cold War?
>Were you born after the cold War
Of course, Grandpa.
>never ever hinted at what these spies are doing and what the greater conflict was
Way to out yourself as an utter fricking moron jesus christ
I think this might be why I found From Russia With Love underwhelming.
They never show the Soviets getting pissed off by Spectre's pranks and overreacting so there's no weight to me hearing that Spectre is trying to trick the Soviets into thinking England killed their assets.
What? It's the fricking Cold War are you moronic?
>who when they never ever hinted at what these spies are doing and what the greater conflict was
Smiley straight up says "We're not so different, you and I. We've both spent our lives looking for the weakness in one another's systems. Don't you think it's time to recognize there is as little worth on your side as there is on mine?"
Haydon doesn't even have an ideological sympathy for communism in his betrayal, he's simply tired of the "ugliness" of what he's part of
Every capeshit since 2016.
>gotta stop the guy from getting the thing
>Oh no, they got the thing
>cue blue sky beam and big fight
>yes! our guys won
Foxcatcher
haven't seen this movie even mentioned on Cinemaphile in the past 7 years or so
>dan futterman, max frye, Bennett miller
A israelite and two homos butcher the greatest wrestler of all time’s story. One of the worst movies ever made, I wish Schultz had body slammed the director and choked out the writers
>the greatest wrestler of all time
really? didn't even get that from the movie
Tree of Life i watched most of it at 5x speed to get through it
Malick is the greatest. Cried the entire time during Tree of Life.
dogville
El Topo, unironically
>suffer through the flick
>get to the part where le Topo is shot by the prostitutes
>"oh finally, the movie is almost over, whew"
>check the runtime
>1:10, only a half of the movie
>the second half lasts just as long
I ended up enjoying the movie though despite all the tryhard cringe
You need to watch it in the big screen while stoned next to some idiot hippie chick on acid that you will bang after to get the full appeal.
funny fact, OP's movie is also called El Topo in Spanish
Sicario
the thin red line I think
Took me like 5 tries to get through it. So fricking boring
you don't deserve to watch movies
Yeah, the only non boring part was with Tom Hardy.
That was the least interesting part
That one with George Clooney.
the American is a certified classic
Solaris was kino
Leatherheads put me to sleep.
any Godard movie, I fell asleep like 3 or 4 times while watching Alphaville
Tinker Tailor is near perfect are you insane
I never watched it but the book was probably better
I tried reading a chapter or two and felt gaslit as to whether I downloaded the right book or not. Its all boring schoolboy shit. No spy shit at all. What the frick?
wait till you see too old to die young
Old God Forgives is mesmerizing
Don’t remember a fricking thing.
Oh man, yeah. I saw a screening in 2D and was completely flummoxed by its box office revenue. Without the 3D gimmick you really see how shallow a film this is.
this piece of shit
>10 minute shot of b***h eating pie
A pretentious movie with no point that is just flat out boring
Remember when Beneficent Cucumberpatch was meme’s as the most handsome man on the planet?
Remember when intentionally misspelling or pronouncing his name was funny? Yea, I don't either.
Your Sherlock Holmes was shit m8
his name is CUM-ber-BATCH.
His real name is funnier than any weaksauce joke you could come up with.
Tron fricking Legacy. Didn't help that I hadn't even seen the first one which never had that much of a following to begin with.
The only good thing out of it was the OST
I feel like I'm seeing more discussion of this movie lately, after a decade of complete radio silence since it hit theaters.
Tree of life
>every scene characters stare out windows for 5 minutes
>BUT ITS HECKIN DEEPARINO!!!
shit was for midwits
This is one of the best spy films ever made. Filtered.
I agree
And yet no more than a sickly shadow of the miniseries.
My junkie ex-friend threw temper tantrums over wanting to see this until we relented and went to see it, and I don't remember a single thing about it.
I remember blonde hot-t and the end credits
all i remember is the hot italian nazi
breathless
roma
8 1/2
hiroshima mon amour
Bladerunner.
killers of the flower moon
Anything by Yorgos Lanthimos.
>b-but it's kino you got filtered
Tarkovsky is a boring director too, and yet there's a payoff to most of his movies and they're kino.
The only movie ever to put me to sleep.
Amazing movie
one of the more recent ones that come to mind. this sucked
I tried to watch this movie on two separate occasions and couldn't finish it. There will not be a third attempt.
I don't get it. I love scifi dystopias. I love vampires. I did not care for this film.
I just didn't like the cure.
>cook a vampire until they're almost dead but not quite then put them in water
>it makes them human
The in-universe explanation for vampirism is a virus from a mutated bat. It didn't know if it wanted to be supernatural or not.
The depressing desperation and devolution of the vampire populace was kino to me though. As was the father forcefully turning his daughter who then refuses blood until he has to kill her.
A good choice. Bored me to tears as well. I've also read Le Carr's book and it bored me to tears as well.
But if I had to pick one movie it would be Ad Astra. A great premise ruined by a snooze of a film. The worst part was I had to watch it in a cinema so couldn't even skip shit or speed it up.
Honourable mentions go to The Lighthouse, Drive and Aronofsky's The Fountain
Midwit filtered
You have identified yourself as a woman. Friend's old gf found it boring as well. Happily, he didn't end up with her.
There Will Be Blood.
Holy shit it was awful.
Akira Kurosawa has some bangers but one of his movies is literally takes place ENTIRELY in this small hut and the entire movie is just meandering dialogue of the characters in the hut.
Since I was going through his entire filmography in production order at the time, I didn't want to skip it, so I played it at 5x, and don't remember a single line of dialogue.
Not in line with the thread, but since you've watch his whole filmography, can your rank the top ones? Say top I dunno, 5?
Based, midwits will be mad but this movie is the prime example of why you shouldn't do an ensemble cast all trying to fit in the exact same character archetype, so nobody will remember who's who.
i wouldn't call TTSP boring.
J-horror remakes were a mistake
My only theater experience in recent memory where I thought I might actually fall asleep near the end.
Hugo
You homiez are playing on easy mode.
It's The Witcher 2 of movies.
Exceedingly kino, probably a GOAT, but requires several watch/play throughs to appreciate because the story is deliberately obfuscated.
based. I dont even think it takes multiple viewings. It just requires you to pay attention and track who is who and what they're saying. Tinker tailor is a midwit filter. People who truly dont pay attention and just watch films passively will never get it and call the film boring. The film isnt artsy, there is no deep allegory to work out. The story just requires you to pay attention .
Yeah, the book is the same. They're all airport bookstore novels, just well written thrillers that you immerse yourself in
no better pleb filter than TTSS. If you can't see why this movie is brilliant and masterfully done, you'll never "get it".
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Anyone else?
Pic related is a superior le Carre spykino
Im trying to watch Paris, Texas and the visuals are great but the home segment has totally killed any interest
there's two films i watched as a teen i thought were boring as sin
>the assassination of jesse james
>Inherent Vice
id probably love them now. i should give them a rewatch.
That was just incomprehensible