Pyras, you were bored by Lost in Translation because it didn't give you what you wanted in some way, correct? What were you expecting from that particular film? What interested you in the first place? It would be of great interest to explain this, in regards to film-watching in general.
I love a good introspective comedy-drama, which is why Lost in Translation didn't bore me. It had atmosphere, a great sense of Japanese culture, great lines from Bill Murray and the gorgeous sight of Scarlett Johansson. We didn't suddenly see the Crazy 88's from Kill Bill intrude into the narrative, and likewise Kill Bill's Japan scenes didn't include an extended hotel romance between two American tourists. Either inclusion would have ruined both films, and to make inconsistent wrecks out of them for the sake of not 'boring' a segment of the audience would be absurd. But that's what GFW does -- become an inconsistent wreck -- which appeals to a fringe and will alienate anyone else.
I actually love a good Godzilla movie, which is why GFW disappointed me by being a Z-rate Matrix movie with Godzilla on the side. I love the Matrix, and I love Godzilla, but a film that focuses on the style of the former (in a badly done way) at the expense of the latter is VERY boring considering it's Godzilla's name in the title.
Most Matrix fans will sneer at GFW and find the Godzilla scenes boring, and the few hundred GFW supporters who enjoy it's hackjob aspects wouldn't save it from a US box-office disaster.
I watched ONG BAK with a very general audience that was bored at first but swept up by action that builds and builds with every sequence. That same audience would likely remain bored by GFW because GFW's action sequences remain the same -- flat -- throughout the entire picture. ONG BAK's bad plot is made up for by fight scenes that increase in intensity and keep the audience on edge. GFW's bad plot is supplemented with human fight scenes that remain one-note, never varying intensity to keep one's interest piqued. That's one significant difference between ONG BAK and GFW, and that was one point why the latter is boring while the former is not.
Lost in Translation = great story, excellent dialogue, not boring :th-up:
ONG BAK = bad story, excellent action, not boring :th-up:
GFW = bad story, bad action, boring as s**t :th-dn:
walshbeme said "Plot is meaningless"
I said "Plot is not unimportant"
Since the words "meaningless" and "unimportant" are fairly synonymous, it's also fair to say my response was very clear, especially in conjunction with the message that boredom is subjective.
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