30 of the Best Movies People Think Are Boring
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  • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    4 months ago

    Lots of my favorites on this list. I really love a good slow moody movie. It’s where the format really shines as far as I’m concerned. When you have 8 hours to advance a complex plot and introduce a bunch of characters now in a miniseries or season of shows, it’s sort of hard to compete. So it makes sense to me when a filmmaker realizes they don’t need to compete with that and just settles in to just complete a thought and tell a story well.

  • gramie@lemmy.caEnglish
    6·
    4 months ago

    My Dinner with André - two people talking in a restaurant for the whole movie. But if you are in the right mood, it’s amazing.

  • Rolando@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    4 months ago

    How about:

    • The Match Factory Girl (1990) - truly a great film with a very slow pace
    • Dogville (2003) - it’s got Nicole Kidman, Lauren Bacall, Chloë Sevigny, and James Caan! I wonder what the sets are like?
    • Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) - about an exotic river trip. yet so much more.

    Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

    I see and raise you: The Wannsee Conference (1984) - about the Nazi meeting in which the “final solution” was decided upon. They just sit around a table talking. Later adapted into Conspiracy (2001). wait these are TV films so maybe they don’t count.

    Lost in Translation (2003)

    Pretty much everything by Jarmusch. “Hey, want to see a movie about a modern samurai who works for the mafia? It’s got gunfights!” “Sure! Sounds exciting!” Well it is, but not how you think. (Ghost Dog)

  • minnix@lemux.minnix.devOPMEnglish
    3·
    4 months ago

    It’s hard to think of movies to add to this. I could title it, “movies that most people would think are boring if they actually watched them but are actually great” just because the kind of people that would watch a certain type of movie would more than likely think it’s good, if that makes any sense.

  • CaptainAmeristanEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    Last and First Men. Breaks the convention of “show, don’t tell” entirely from start to finish. Still manages to be amazing.

  • minnix@lemux.minnix.devOPMEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    Another favorite of mine is Uncle Boonmee. It’s one of the very few movies that I go back to and watch again every once in awhile. I can’t speak for other viewers but for me it’s absolutely captivating and despite being about death and loss, brings me a deep sense of comfort.