Films that are well boring

[ThickAndCreamy]

Hana-Bi - the only film I have failed to make all the way through (apart from Fata Morgana, but I am going to give that another go). I think I turned it off after 20 mins.

Every Takashi Miike film (except Happiness of the Katakuris which was funny and oddly charming) I've seen has been so very dull. He seems to direct films in which characters are too cold and aloof to care about, with every character so desperate to inflict violence on others as soon as the moment arises. Every time I watch one of his films I promise myself to never watch another one again. Then I do and I'm forced to listen to his terrible soundtracks and bursts of gory, needless violence all over again.

Last night I broke that promise (for the second or third time now) and watched Audition. It's a film that can be aptly described as an hour and a half of dreary scenes about tedious and shallow characters that climaxes with 30 minutes of the most unbearable torture porn. Boring to its core. Just adding extreme violence to a movie doesn't make it at all interesting.

[The Boston Crab]

Got Zatoichi?

[ThickAndCreamy]

Yep, and once again I found it rather dull and forgettable.

[lazarou]

I think you people may be getting your Takeshis mixed up there. Zatoichi/ Hana-Bi are Takeshi Kitano.

[Mini]

Last night I broke that promise (for the second or third time now) and watched Audition. It's a film that can be aptly described as an hour and a half of dreary scenes about tedious and shallow characters that climaxes with 30 minutes of the most unbearable torture porn. Boring to its core. Just adding extreme violence to a movie doesn't make it at all interesting.

The weirdly shifting tone keeps Audition interesting for me. From that first brilliant what-the-fuck jolt it descends into almost Lynchian nightmarishness.

[Custard]

Yup, Audition is brilliant

I can see why it could turn people off, but it's such a visceral, ridiculously harsh film, and I love the whole uneasy slightly-off tone of it. It builds a quite horrible feeling of dread, from the start, and the whole second half of the film is really horrible to watch

Man Looks For Love, Gets Fucked Up. AND DONT WE ALL, EH LADS!22

[Obel]

Been a while since I watched it but i remember enjoying all the Russian structures and cars.  I don't remember it being all that long.  Must have been a bit odd for Russians on first viewing, especially if they just drove 20 minutes to the cinema.

I seem to recall they shot that bit in Tokyo because it looked futuristic.