Every year critics review films that garner interest among themselves and viewers. Whether the film bombs or has a limited release, what are some critically loved films that you had a hard time watching? Was is the director, the acting, or did the film dragon on too long for you?
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THE GODFATHER
THE BIG LEBOWSKI
LA LA LAND
COCO
BLADERUNNER 2049
There are a lot more, those are off the top of my head.
Pretty sure those are all acclaimed. I know i get shit for not liking them.
As to why, generally they bored me.
^ Agree with La La Land. It's just not my cup of tea.
Moonlight was extremely overrated with a weak-ass story.
I didn't actively dislike Blade Runner 2049, but I did find it sort of boring. I feel about the same toward it as I do toward the original film. But I don't dislike it, just because of how nice it is to look at, amazing cinematography.
It's been many, many years since i saw it as a kid, but Schindler's List struck me as more boring than anything. To me there are far better World War II films, like The Pianist, Saving Private Ryan, Hacksaw Ridge, etc..
But I like The Godfather, seen it two or three times. It's been a long time, though.
The Monster was a Marty Stu character, the escapism metaphor overstayed its welcome, the visuals were ambitious but still failed to capture the feeling of old cinema classics and the good scenes were too far appart for each other to make up for its weak parts.
I'm a sucker for Monster aesthetics and movie homages but his one really missed me hard.
Pretty much all the films everyone has mentioned, I can see why people would not like them, though I for the most part enjoyed them:
- Dunkirk
- The Godfather
- Blade Runner 2049
- Superhero movies
- Coco
Again, though, most of the complaints about each of the movies are valid. I personally still liked the films to varying degrees while acknowledging their weaknesses, so, to each her or his own.
Besides the best-in-history at the time visuals, I was not a big fan of Avatar. At all. 6/10 tops for me. WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY too long.
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