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This movie was so boring I wanted to kill myself

posted 14 years ago by ReelDeal-2
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I went into this movie with full knowledge there were not going to be any high speed car chases (unless Jim was involved in one and the scene got deleted), explosions, bombs diffused with 2 seconds left or Bruce Willis taking out an army of bad guys in his bare feet. This movie was one big long snoozefest.

It's just Colin Firth standing around looking sad for an hour and a half. His inane narration did not help. Julianne Moore's over-the-top "Ab Fab" imitation and her grating fake laughter was like fingernails on a chalkboard.

And don't say I didn't get the subtleties. This movie was as subtle as a sledge hammer to the head.

I have nothing against Firth or Moore. This was just flat boring.

If anything, I wish we could've gone across the street and see what was happening with the wasted Ginnifer Goodwin.

SPOILER ALERT: Gay man's lover dies, he is sad, he dies. The End

[–] TrinidadJanes 10 years ago

lol @ the last line. But its so true though.

I hate to say it, but it must be that people who really enjoyed this film have some real underlying connection to it in some way. Perhaps gay and can relate to the ostracization that main character felt? Or have had bouts of depression and think their plight was characterized well in the film?

Because otherwise, even if you don't find the movie outright bad or completely boring, how the hell are people rating it so highly? I mean this thing has almost an 8 star rating out of 10. Wtf?

Boom.

[–] wooody 9 years ago

What stopped you?

[–] pepetoony (1750) 5 years ago

OMG so weird that you said that! While watching Julianna there was one point where I said to myself, "She clearly channeled Patsy Stone for this part"!

That said, Nicholas Hoult's acting bothered me the most (he played Kenny). It seemed the entire time like he was conscious of the camera and was trying WAY too hard to look pretty.