Absolutely boring

I would have to agree. I have really enjoyed a lot of Terry Gilliam's movies but Tideland was a bit of a chore to sit through. It seemed like pretty much 2 hour straight hours of a kid talking to herself with a lot of what seemed like weirdness for the sake of weirdness. It might have been a little better if I could have understood what the characters were saying more than half the time but everyone was either mumbling and/or drawling the whole movie.

then go back to watching "Transformers" series. you obviously don't remember your own childhood, it it was way too happy to remember.

it's amazing how you didn't get the point, staying so indifferent to everything else in the movie and not voicing a single sentence of protest.

it's like you were asleep for all but last 5 minutes of the movies, or your moral conscience needs a serious adjustment to social norms.

total yawn. Very disappointing. I was expecting something way out there after reading some of the reviews. Nope. Snore.

I think Terry pretentiously telling the audience how to watch the film in the beginning made it more frustrating to actually watch.

It was a decent idea, especially in the beginning. The cinematography is beautiful and they got good people to play the parts. But damn, it felt like wasted potential.

Stuff like this reminds me of "Movie Poop Shoot.com" from Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Not only boring, it was also quite awful.
Tideland didn't go anywhere. It was just a random bunch of dolls, squirrels, drugs, horrifying surgery, crazy adults who must be institutionalized forever, and other pointless weird things.
Terry Gilliam once again gets lost in his own macabre fantasy world, forgetting the actual plot and ruining the movie's initial premise. All his films scream "look, we're bizarre and artistic, love us!" and all his fans say "if you don't like them, you don't understand them".
I am most likely done with his useless, empty, sickening work.

Boycott movies that involve real animal violence! (and their directors too)

Point is, nearly two hours of my Sunday afternoon was wasted.

Just watched this film and I am inclined to side with the people who kind of felt there was no point to this movie. I understand that the point was to show the perspective of a child, but symbolically speaking, there was no real fundamental point to this either. It was an exploration yes, but it lacked something deeper in terms of message and meaning. I love all kinds of zany *beep* so I decided to watch Tideland because I was drawn to it thanks to the cover art and the plot which I thought would be a little more psychological and fantastical but anyway; I have to say it was mostly a snorefest and it felt zany almost for the sake of it and I kept wondering how the *beep* someone could survive like this. Also, I felt like it was too damn romantic, this being someone who lost their parent as a child.

I mean, it felt like I was stuck in a mental asylum watching them going on with their insane lives and to be honest, if that's what I am looking for, I think I rather observe actually insane people. I get it, but it certainly wasn't what I was hoping it would be nor was it enjoyable even when based off its own merits.

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