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Films You Fell Asleep During

Uli Cain, Cinefid​el¹³

about 3 years ago

It happens to everyone at least once, right?

In 98 I went and saw Catherine Deneuve in Genealogies of A Crime at theatre in Hollywood. It was after a long day at work, after a night of lack of sleep. So somewhere in I guess the first act I feel fell asleep and when I woke up Denueve had a different hair color and was going by a different name; I was lost and was not gonna be able to figure it out, so I got up and left and haven’t had a chance to see the film since.

So, who else has nodded off during a film, and what film?

User de Faux-Fuyants

about 3 years ago

Dennis Brian

about 3 years ago

Major League 3. I saw it because of Scott Bakula and it was so dull I could not stay awake.

La Schiff

about 3 years ago

Where the Wild Things Are

Ari

about 3 years ago

Not just one but two threads already! Search engine is your friend, Ulicain.

http://www.theauteurs.com/topics/268?page=1

Uli Cain, Cinefid​el¹³

about 3 years ago

De Faux, Thanks.

Ari, oy.

You wanna talk search engine, talk to the people with 4 different Decalogue threads.

Also, people, do more than just give the name, what happened, why?

Discuss.

Anthony​'s brother

about 3 years ago

I can drink too much, so these were DVD’s at home.

But I had to start watching, both, “Usual Suspects” and “Pulp Fiction” on three seperate occaisions!!!!

I think I can be forgiven, “Pokemon-The movie” when I took my kids. I only caught Pikachu’s supporting feature.

Did I miss anything? :-)

Uli Cain, Cinefid​el¹³

about 3 years ago

As what was discussed before about repeating threads, the one De Faux mentioned was 7 pages, with last comment just under a month ago, the one Ari mentioned, 6 pages and last comments was 7 months. So it could be said that the former thread was picking up where the latter left off, and this one picks up where the former left off.

And oy.

christo​pher sepesy

about 3 years ago

I’ve yet to make it past about the 18-minute point of SENSE AND SENSIBILITY, and I’ve tried three times.

Robert Regan

about 3 years ago

After three tries over many years, I have yet to see more than an hour of Metropolis. As an eternal optimist, however, I’ll take another shot at it when the new restoration comes out.

Uli Cain, Cinefid​el¹³

about 3 years ago

The only film that actually puts me to sleep is 2001, the Deneuve pic is because I was just really tired.

Robert Regan

about 3 years ago

2001. Me, too. Yet I have never missed a moment of Barry Lyndon.

Hazel Cills

about 3 years ago

My Winnipeg

Dimitri​s Psachos

about 3 years ago

i guess i’m some kind of robot because i don’t seem to be tired by any of the “acclaimed” films mentioned as “films you fell asleep during”, even some i didn’t quite like such are North by Northwest or L’Argent, they’re still more tolerable than most studio budget films of today……

i usually fall asleep with films like The Fountain, Donnie Darko, Titanic, those stuff….

Matt

about 3 years ago

The Passion of Joan of Arc. I kept making up ridiculous narration in my head (something about oranges and cows at one point, I think) and convincing myself that’s what she was thinking. I was really tired.

Also, Se7en. Twice.

Jesse Richards

about 3 years ago

Dead Man, twice, midnight screenings, past my bedtime even back then.

K

about 3 years ago

The fountain: twice,haven’t finished it until now.

K

about 3 years ago

The fountain: twice,haven’t finished it until now.

Jack Lineman

about 3 years ago

The first time I saw “The Age of Innocence” AND “The Fountain” but there now some of my favorite recent films.

Mark

about 3 years ago

Tailor of Panama. I was the only person in the theatre and I actually stretched out on 4 seats…and fell asleep. Horribly boring.

DANGER PAULE

about 3 years ago

It’s always a bad sign when you fall asleep on a film by a filmmaker you admire. Jarmusch’s LIMITS OF CONTROL and Lynch’s INLAND EMPIRE both put me to sleep faster than vicodine.

WhatsUp​Will

about 3 years ago

Nashville.

Kyle Chiba

about 3 years ago

Speed(1994) I was like 5 or so and I fell asleep during the coming attractions and woke up at the credits, I must’ve seriously been tired because I loved when my father took me to the movies.

And Transformers, I had taken a flight the night before and never went to sleep and my step brother and sister wanted to go so I did and was dipping out the whole movie lol I had already seen it though on opening night in a sold out theatre in Florida and while I thought it was fun and the effects were really good I wouldn’t consider myself a fan.

Kyle Chiba

about 3 years ago

@ Garry Woodcock I loved the Pokemon Movie when I saw it in theatrs haha.

johnny

about 3 years ago

i was on a date with this incredible, hot chick, and we went to see shadow of the vampire, and i fell asleep. i felt like such an idiot.

then about two years later i was hanging out with another incredible, hot chick and we rented shadow of the vampire. i fell asleep. which was horrible because we were at my house in my bed and i’m pretty sure she wanted to… you know. fucked that up.

Uli Cain, Cinefid​el¹³

about 3 years ago

Well, I think we now knpw what your kryptonite is.

like2sl​eep

about 3 years ago

i fell asleep during most of repo men

what was that film all about :O(

Nebojsa Prodic

about 3 years ago

Avita and In Love And War. My ex-girlfriend need so badly to see these craptastic movies.

Groovym​oovy

almost 3 years ago

2001 – twice
The spy who came in from cold – twice

Ben Simingt​on

almost 3 years ago

SHUTTER ISLAND, as a matter of fact, which I’m rewatching right now with much greater interest.

Sure, I was tired, but I still can’t believe I didn’t once notice Leonardo’s tie the first time around.