I was excited for it, but it's probably one of the most boring pieces of crap I've ever sat through. Painfully slow, uneventful story, and tries way too hard to be artsy farsty. Most of the people at my showing hated it and even saw 2 people walk out. What a piece of shit.
shareThanks for the heads up. Was planning to see it in theaters today until I read this. Looks geared towards artful dreamscape that dazzles the eyes. If you didn't like Pan's Labyrinth, Shape of Water, or Big Fish then you probably wouldn't have liked this movie in the first place. Seeing how the ratings are are pretty high, I think I may still go see it.
shareI was excited for it until I started reading the reviews. Not sure I'm really up for "a dizzying fever dream" that is "your Freshman English class on mushrooms."
I think I'll opt for the plebeian fun of Jungle Cruise or Snake Eyes instead.
I rather see this than give Disney more money than they already have to churn out and destroy more franchises.
shareThat's probably the right way to look at it. A film like The Green Knight is aimed at a smaller audience. Hollywood churns out plenty of shitty films for the dumb masses, like Jungle Cruise and Snake Eyes, and if you find something fun in them, more power to you. I'd rather stay home than have to sit through either of those. :)
shareWent and saw Jungle Cruise. It was about what I expected, a 6.5/10. I was hoping for more but it failed to exceed my expectations.
Maybe The Greek Knight would've been better. I do keep hearing it's boring though.
It depends on what you find enjoyable in a film. I imagine most modern audiences will find anything that isn't paced like a TikTok video boring, so hearing that most people find a film boring tells me nothing. There aren't any "action set pieces," nothing explodes, and there aren't any fight scenes. The film is paced well, and nothing is drawn out, and it kept me on the edge of my seat, but I'm not a typical film-goer. If you want something that is subtly funny, beautiful to watch, and thought-provoking, and that has a fine build-up to a fantastic ending, and don't care if nothing blows up, you may like it.
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shareI thought "Jungle Cruise" was kinda funny and OK.
shareThats sad to hear.
shareYou could tell it would to be like that based on the trailer! People need to learn how to analyze trailers better.
shareThe weird shit in the trailer could always just be a small part of the movie--a few dream sequences perhaps--with those clips chosen for the trailer just because they look cool.
shareAlthough in most cases the trailers end up being nothing more than summaries of the movies to the point that there is no reason to see the movie after watching a trailer.
shareSadly I agree. I wanted to love this movie. Was so stoked for it and it just didn’t hit for me at all. Left the theatre angry cause I wanted to enjoy it so badly. Nice visuals at least.
shareYour puny Troll brain cannot comprehend great art. Stick to CBMs.
shareI'm baffled that anyone could find this film boring. I thought it was gripping, and had me on the edge of my seat throughout. The pacing was perfect, and the build to the climax was fantastic, and the climax did not disappoint. If you wanted an explosion-per-minute action-fest, then you were in the wrong place, but "boring" is the last word I'd use to describe this film.
shareIt’s not boring. It’s broing. The articulate OP said so.
It’s the sound a Jack-in-the-box makes when it pops out.
i absolutely loved it.
first time back in a theatre in 17 months, and it couldn't have been for a better film.
i'm probably going to go again tomorrow. the first thought i had as it ended is 'i want to see it again right now.'
if i wasn't tired and hungry, i would have stayed for the next showing.
I already want to see it again as well.
I would love to see the Lord of the Rings books filmed in a similar vein, with an emphasis on character and motivation rather than never-ending waves of CGI orcs.
honestly...in a time when it feels like we're starved for things that are daring and bold and original in movies, this film feels like a lifeline to me.
it has some of the best images i've seen in a film in ages.
probably since a ghost story, come to think of it.
a real breath of fresh air.
12 hours later i have to come back to say something that was pointed out to me on twitter just now:
"The Green Knight cost 15 million and looks better than basically anything that has ever cost over a hundred million. Money is fake and craft is everything."
https://twitter.com/scumbelievable/status/1421903419695112196
if you're a person who's lamented the blandness of modern studio films, who's tired of sameness in movies, then this is a film to support.
if only for its looks alone, it's an incredible accomplishment.
if you don't support things like this, people aren't going to make them, & you'll just get more bland cgi monstrosities.
Amen to that.
shareThis is the first movie I’ve seen at a movie theater since Feb 2020. I thought it was pretty good. The visuals were nice, if a bit dark and difficult to make out. The movie lost me in certain parts, although I seemed to understand the gist of it. I hate having “WTH is going on” moments while watching a film. Didn’t like it as much as I had hoped, but it wasn’t a bad movie. Probably wouldn’t choose to watch it again though. If you’re not going to go in with an open mind, then I would skip it. But it’s worth a shot.
On a side note, it’s sad to see a once-prominent multiplex movie theater reduced to a ghost town. We were practically the only people there in that huge theater and that huge screening room. I still masked up, although it felt a bit safer with so few people there. I saw more employees than the handful of customers. I think I saw less than 5 customers in total. Awful for such a huge venue like a 18 screen Regal theater.
Watched a movie in a theater a couple of weeks ago and even though my state has no mask mandates, and the stores and malls are pretty much back to pre-virus levels the theater was pretty much empty. No one working there was wearing any mask, nor did I see anyone of the dozen or so people in line for tickets wearing a mask. I don't think the virus is the reason the theaters are pretty much dead now, I think it is the decision by theaters to jack the prices up in some ridiculous belief that charging more when the number of customer is down is going to help them make more money. It is a bit like when I lived in Washington DC and the Metro was losing money, each year they lost money they would decide that the best way to make up for the loss was to raise the prices which actually just caused more people to avoid the Metro and the losses would continue or get worse. That's what theaters are doing now, the price of a ticket right now has jumped 25% for normal tickets and 50% for matinee tickets. Frankly that's a great way to turn away customers, and since a theater only gets 30% of the ticket sales for themselves it doesn't even make much sense to them. One would think a more logical solution would be to lower ticket prices to try and attract customers and then push to try and sell more overpriced popcorn and soda where the theaters keep all the revenue. It boggles the mind that theaters are making decisions that are moving them closer to bankruptcy.
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