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A few tidbits on falling to sleep during movies. Every night me and the missus turn on an episode of MST3K and fall asleep to it. So we literally fall asleep to a movie every night. I also fall asleep when I watch Star Wars IV, not because I don't love it, but because it always makes me feel warm and comfy on the inside. It's relaxing.
When me and my buddy went to watch LOTR 2 we had both been awake for over 24 hours and we spent the entire movie elbowing each other so we wouldn't fall asleep. Love the movie but it is long and we were tired
Only bad movie I remember falling asleep to at a theater was Star Wars II. I did not learn my lesson from Episode I so I went to go see the movie by myself knowing full well that a group of my friends were going to see the very next show and I was going to join them. So I watched that wreck twice in a row. Went to sleep before the caterpillar assassins showed up and only woke up for the big fight scene at the end.

M. Night Shamalan(sp?) movies.

I actually quite liked the remake of Clash of the Titans...Besides, it's got to be better than the stop-motion godawful original, right?

Oh, now I think of it, Bridge to Terebithia. I was about 9 at the time and I hated it. How come the cute cloudcuckoolander Lesley dies whilst that irritating little turd that is Jesse's sister gets a happy ending?

Also, 9/11 from what I saw of it was pretentious crap.

Bridge to Terebithia taught me a valuable lesson, the good get nothing but a sad end, and little sisters will always get more attention.

 kronk wrote:
2001 is also boring as hell.

I don't care how many awards it won.

This one here...

Also, for me, and guys will troll me I'm sure, but Apocalypse Now! has put me to sleep on certain nights.

To be fair though, I can and still do watch the movie the whole way through without sleeping, just if i get a case of insomnia, it has an oddly soothing aspect to it, that I find makes me able to sleep again.

 kronk wrote:
2001 is also boring as hell.

I don't care how many awards it won.

Although I loved that movie, it is definitely not an easy film to watch it is very slow paced but very rewarding in terms of visuals, music and story.

 Squigsquasher wrote:
I actually quite liked the remake of Clash of the Titans...Besides, it's got to be better than the stop-motion godawful original, right?

Oh, now I think of it, Bridge to Terebithia. I was about 9 at the time and I hated it. How come the cute cloudcuckoolander Lesley dies whilst that irritating little turd that is Jesse's sister gets a happy ending?

Also, 9/11 from what I saw of it was pretentious crap.

You...you aren't serious, are you? The remake had no story, insulted the original (the Bubo the Owl scene), and none of the characters had any personality. You couldn't care less about any of them. Back in the old one, you had PENGUIN from BATMAN playing the father-figure to Perseus, you were dismayed when his best friend died, and he ended up with the girl he was supposed to rescue in his quest. Why quest to save the girl you aren't planning on marrying? Stupid, stupid remake. The creators should have been burned alive.

Any Movie I really want to watch when I'm not at a movie Theater.

Godzilla vs Monster X and that one crappy Bloom County movie that only had Opus and no other characters.

2001. Also Solaris. I'm yawning just posting this.

sunshine is one of the worst , most boring films ever created, awful cliched story, terrible visuals, and very poor acting.

I LIKED Sunshine...

In fact I thought it was awesome.

Also, Fast and Furious: Tokyo Drift. Even the obligitary hood ornament hotties were dull, and most of them weren't even Japanese. The main girl was annoying (and also not the slightest bit Japanese) the car scenes were cliched, in fact the best bit in the entire film is when the protagonist walks into the classroom filled with cute Japanese schoolgirls and gets chastised for not taking off his shoes. And if I wanted cute Japanese girls in sailor suits, I don't have to watch through a dull movie to see them.

Ugh.

 Ensis Ferrae wrote:

Also, for me, and guys will troll me I'm sure, but Apocalypse Now! has put me to sleep on certain nights.

To be fair though, I can and still do watch the movie the whole way through without sleeping, just if i get a case of insomnia, it has an oddly soothing aspect to it, that I find makes me able to sleep again.

I'm with you on that one. I find it hard to stay focussed watching it, my mind tends to wander. There is something kinda soporific about it.

Avatar, I found the plot to be terrible.
SAW V
Paranormal Activity

 rockerbikie wrote:
Avatar, I found the plot to be terrible.
SAW V
Paranormal Activity

I never understood the popularity of paranormal activity.

Star Trek I. Never have managed to stay awake for the whole thing.

I've fallen asleep every single time I've tried watching Black Hawk Down. I know it's based on a true story, I just cannot get into that film.

 nomsheep wrote:

 rockerbikie wrote:
Avatar, I found the plot to be terrible.
SAW V
Paranormal Activity

I never understood the popularity of paranormal activity.

Yeah. It's just a load of shaky cam leading up to a climax.

 rockerbikie wrote:

 nomsheep wrote:

 rockerbikie wrote:
Avatar, I found the plot to be terrible.
SAW V
Paranormal Activity

I never understood the popularity of paranormal activity.

Yeah. It's just a load of shaky cam leading up to a climax.

Review of a home made porno?

 kronk wrote:
2001 is also boring as hell.

I don't care how many awards it won.

I'm in the same boat. As much as I love some of Stanley Kubrick's other movies, I don't think I've ever finished 2001.

Another one that I've never stayed awake through: The Godfather. I don't care what people say about it, I've tried watching it four times, and I've falled asleep every time.

EDIT - spelling

 htj wrote:

 rockerbikie wrote:

 nomsheep wrote:

 rockerbikie wrote:
Avatar, I found the plot to be terrible.
SAW V
Paranormal Activity

I never understood the popularity of paranormal activity.

Yeah. It's just a load of shaky cam leading up to a climax.

Review of a home made porno?

 mega_bassist wrote:

 kronk wrote:
2001 is also boring as hell.

I don't care how many awards it won.

I'm in the same boat. As much as I love some of Stanley Kubrick's other movies, I don't think I've ever finished 2001.

Another one that I've never stayed awake through: The Godfather. I don't care what people say about it, I've tried watching it four times, and I've falled asleep every time.

EDIT - spelling

Ironically, the first time i watched godfather 1 the whole way through without sleeping was to watch some, pause after a bit, do something else, it up after a little bit..so i watched the whole movie in 4 or 5 segments, before i was able to watch in one go.

Godfather. Its a recipe for me for sleep. I get 1/3 of the way there and I fall asleep.

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:
The BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. It's FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LONG.

That's the one! It was either fall asleep or commit suicide.

I mean, god damn. Who on earth thought that was a good idea?

Women.

Brave male literary warriors have salvaged Jane Austin's work from the depths of being a literary form of torture though.

Spoiler:

Unfortunately, it's not quite as good as the title would make it seem, however, I will still take it over the original any day.

Well look at the source material, there's only so much you can do with that. I actually tried to read the original, my ex asked me to do it for her birthday or some BS, I stopped about halfway through because I fell asleep reading and lost my page. In a normal, sane book for humans you can find your page easily because there's a progression to the story. Not Austin's work, it's the same conversation, in the same scene, repeated to judgement day. The book is clearly a work of witchcraft and I'm happy to report I burned the copy I had post haste for the good of us all.

Coming from someone whom actually practices witchcraft and whos girlfriend is a witch, trust me its worse than even the darkest most evil of all spells

As for me-any romances. I have this weird abilitie where by i can just predict the plot and see the ending coming a few horizons off. This invetably earns me the hatred of

 master of ordinance wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:
The BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. It's FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LONG.

That's the one! It was either fall asleep or commit suicide.

I mean, god damn. Who on earth thought that was a good idea?

Women.

Brave male literary warriors have salvaged Jane Austin's work from the depths of being a literary form of torture though.

Spoiler:

Unfortunately, it's not quite as good as the title would make it seem, however, I will still take it over the original any day.

Well look at the source material, there's only so much you can do with that. I actually tried to read the original, my ex asked me to do it for her birthday or some BS, I stopped about halfway through because I fell asleep reading and lost my page. In a normal, sane book for humans you can find your page easily because there's a progression to the story. Not Austin's work, it's the same conversation, in the same scene, repeated to judgement day. The book is clearly a work of witchcraft and I'm happy to report I burned the copy I had post haste for the good of us all.

Coming from someone whom actually practices witchcraft and whos girlfriend is a witch, trust me its worse than even the darkest most evil of all spells

As for me-any romances. I have this weird abilitie where by i can just predict the plot and see the ending coming a few horizons off. This invetably earns me the hatred of

Of...? Come on man, the suspense is killing me.

The Constant Gardener.

I fell asleep during Men in Black 2 at the cinema. Either that, or my brain shut itself down to prevent permanent damage.

 rockerbikie wrote:
Avatar, I found the plot to be terrible.

you mean Pocahontas?

 htj wrote:

 master of ordinance wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:

 rubiksnoob wrote:
The BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. It's FOUR AND A HALF HOURS LONG.

That's the one! It was either fall asleep or commit suicide.

I mean, god damn. Who on earth thought that was a good idea?

Women.

Brave male literary warriors have salvaged Jane Austin's work from the depths of being a literary form of torture though.

Spoiler:

Unfortunately, it's not quite as good as the title would make it seem, however, I will still take it over the original any day.

Well look at the source material, there's only so much you can do with that. I actually tried to read the original, my ex asked me to do it for her birthday or some BS, I stopped about halfway through because I fell asleep reading and lost my page. In a normal, sane book for humans you can find your page easily because there's a progression to the story. Not Austin's work, it's the same conversation, in the same scene, repeated to judgement day. The book is clearly a work of witchcraft and I'm happy to report I burned the copy I had post haste for the good of us all.

Coming from someone whom actually practices witchcraft and whos girlfriend is a witch, trust me its worse than even the darkest most evil of all spells

As for me-any romances. I have this weird abilitie where by i can just predict the plot and see the ending coming a few horizons off. This invetably earns me the hatred of

Of...? Come on man, the suspense is killing me.

Sorry It invetibaly earns me the hatred of the others whom are watching it and love these peices of fethjunk despite the fact that a 2 year old can see he is going to go off to war and then shes going to think hes dead and start seeing his best friend and then hes going to come back and then............ Sorry this is just killing me

Relapse wrote:
Anything with Meryl Streep, the worst being Out of Africa. I don't think I made it 10 minutes into that one.

Chick flicks. The Devil Wears Prada made me want to commit mass homicide via spork.
Most romantic comedies. Frazzled sitting on sofa with the Dog Pack quietly muttering "everyone die. snipers where are you?" has proven harmful to the Wife's enjoyment of them.
Captain America.