Movies that put you to sleep

[FairyChatMom]

dupe - sorry...

[Sage Rat]

Away from Her did me in. Otherwise, I don't think I've ever fallen asleep during a movie. (Granted, I'd only had like 1 hours worth of sleep the night before, but that's not too uncommon for me.)

[Scubaqueen]

Originally Posted by stegon66

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Either way, the driving scene in Solaris is overlong.

I've tried twice to watch Solaris. Within the first 15 minutes each time I'm out like a light. The Divemaster got through it the last time. He said he'd have preferred the nap.

Inception. Major yawn twice now. Put me out in the first half hour and dozed all the way through it. The second time it was lather, rinse, repeat.


Currently not planning a repeat attempt of either movie.

[JoelUpchurch]

Now days almost any movie can put me to sleep, but I remember that "The Unbearable Lightness of Being" put me into a coma. Was there any good nudity in there? I must have slept through it.

The Seinfeld episode on "The English Patient" kept me from ever watching it.

[Wakinyan]

I don't go to the cinema often, and I never keep watching a film I'm not interested in, so thus far I only once fell asleep during a movie, and that was watching Tim Burton's Planet of the Apes in the cinema. It was a very boring film, and I must have been at least somewhat tired.

[The wind of my soul]

I can't remember the name of it, but it was that movie that came out about eight years ago, was based on a comic strip, and used selective color during filming. Sin City, maybe? I think Brittany Murphy was in it.

And almost any action movie puts me to sleep, because there's only so much chasing and explosions without any plot advancement that I can watch before I just get bored.

[drastic_quench]

Originally Posted by The wind of my soul

I can't remember the name of it, but it was that movie that came out about eight years ago, was based on a comic strip, and used selective color during filming. Sin City, maybe? I think Brittany Murphy was in it.

And almost any action movie puts me to sleep, because there's only so much chasing and explosions without any plot advancement that I can watch before I just get bored.

Yeah. I like Sin City, and own all the graphic novels, but that was a slog. Ditto for Grindhouse.

[pinkyvee]

The Artist - The lovely soundtrack was like a down comforter and a strong sedative.
I like talkies.

[WOOKINPANUB]

Scubaqueen's post just reminded me that I nodded off during Inception. It's not that I hated it exactly, I just gave up on trying to figure out what the heck was going on and I couldn't make heads or tails of the overly long snow shootout scene so I went to dreamland. Or did I

I've attempted to watch The Other Bolelyn Girl three times and fallen asleep each time. Odd because I love the subject matter but something about it knocks me right out.

My go to movie when I want to fall asleep is The Ring. After seeing it dozens of times I don't find it scary anymore but the blue filter and beautiful score make it creepily relaxing.

[Kiyoshi]

Originally Posted by The wind of my soul

I can't remember the name of it, but it was that movie that came out about eight years ago, was based on a comic strip, and used selective color during filming. Sin City, maybe? I think Brittany Murphy was in it.

And almost any action movie puts me to sleep, because there's only so much chasing and explosions without any plot advancement that I can watch before I just get bored.

are you my twin?!

No-one seems to understand how, in my mind, action = boring. Asides from doing nothing to advance the plot, I think maybe, action sequences move too fast for my brain to process, leaving me with no clue about what's happening...

In response to the OP, I offer these three highly rated films: -

1. The Godfather. I actually started a thread some time ago about how boring this three-hour mumbleathon is. So I'm fully aware that no-one agrees with me. But this is the single most boring film I've sat through...I was literally in pain by the end of it.

2. The Dark Knight. I've tried a few times to watch this, but I've never been able to get past the first half hour or so. For starters, it's full of action sequences, so I can't keep focussed and I start daydreaming. Secondly, the sound mixing is terrible. It goes mumblemumblemumbleLOUDEXPLOSION!!!mumblemumblemumble. So I miss most of the dialogue. So, I don't know what the story is, and to be honest, I really don't care.

3. Kung Fu Panda. This one is a problem, because my best friend loves this film, and I daren't mention in front of him that I find it dull. But good grief, if you were to look up "mediocre" in the dictionary... Now, I'm fully aware that it's a kids' film, but that's no excuse. The plot is paper-thin and predictable, the characters have no personality, the jokes are unfunny and the pacing is abysmal. I don't understand how this film is supposed to keep a child engaged.

[koeeoaddi]

I am horribly embarrassed to admit that 2001: A Space Odyssey worked like a Seconal with a whiskey chaser. Twice. The first time I didn't make it past the moon sequence, the second, the last thing I remembered was "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."

In my defense, Mr. Ko took me to the 10:00 show after I worked all day (twice), the third time I saw it I stayed awake through the whole thing and now it's among my top 5 favorite movies.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by The wind of my soul

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And almost any action movie puts me to sleep, because there's only so much chasing and explosions without any plot advancement that I can watch before I just get bored.

Originally Posted by Kiyoshi

are you my twin?!

No-one seems to understand how, in my mind, action = boring. <snip>

I'm like that, too. I want plot development, a story, dialogue, and character development from my movies, not endless chase scenes and bigger and more things blowing up. When a car chase scene goes on forever, I feel like I'd like to pull out a book and just read until we get back to the story again. I wish I could get Hollywood to understand that they don't have to pay a billion dollars to make an interesting movie - not everyone just wants chase scenes and blowing shit up.

[Antinor01]

My boyfriend loves any B horror flick that comes along and I've slept through countless ones of them.

One I thought I wanted to see but missed most of due to napping was Reign of Fire.

[Infovore]

I've fallen asleep twice trying to watch The Princess Bride. The first time I was sick so I had an excuse. The second time I figured I'd give it another chance...nope.

I fell asleep in the theater watching Rocky and Bullwinkle. Man, that was a stinker. I think there were about five people in the theater and they had those seats where the armrests flipped up, so I just stretched out across several seats and told the spouse to wake me up when it was over. :P

[Chefguy]

Originally Posted by Barking Dog

You too huh? I cannot for the life of me sit through this film with out being passed out and snoring. Every. Single. Time. And I have reeeally high boredom threshold. I swear, it must be something subliminal. Maybe I'm the Manchurian Candidate, and 2001 is my trigger.

If you had seen it way back when it came out on those Cinerama screens (for which it was filmed), you'd probably have made it. The screen was curved and the movie was paying both in front and to the sides (somewhat) of you. That made some scenes vertiginous and others very inclusive of the audience. Other than that, it was overly long and didn't make a lot of sense in parts.

[vivalostwages]

The Tree of Life; The New World. Yep, same director. I did like Badlands, though.

And I have to say it........Hugo. It just didn't hold my interest. It was nice to look at but I could not keep my mind on it, nor did I find its center, if there was one.

[ralph124c]

1) "Dances With Wolves"-I guarantee you will nod off after 15 minutes
2) "Heaven's Gate"-I STILL CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY THIS MOVIE WAS MADE
3) "The English Patient"-yes, I wanted the guy to die quickly
4) "Water World"-proof positive that Kevin Costner is not an actor
5) "How The West Was Won"-should rename, "The West Was Lost..Due To Boredom"

[vivalostwages]

There Will be Blood
Gangs of New York

[piepiepie]

I've only seen one of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies, whichever one has Tia Dalma, and I only saw it because we went to the movies. Fortunately for me, since she's the only notable black character, I got to dress up as her for marching band my senior year. I still have no clue what happens after the fog, but I can play the theme if asked.

[vivalostwages]

The Fountain

[salinqmind]

Black and white crime movies shown on TCM, hopefully when I'm wide awake at 2 a.m. These are B movies from the 50's with the words "FBI" or "Communist" in the title, feature tough guys with hats, tough women, coppers driving police cars with sirens blaring, much shooting and blasting. Starring, oh, say, Raymond Burr or Broderick Crawford, someone who went on to have a mildly successful TV career later on. Not to be confused with actual good actors in classic film noir, these loud, incoherent shoot-em-ups between the police and commies, escaped criminals, or bank robbers are snooze city.

[Boyo Jim]

I wish some of the awful movies mentioned here would have put me to sleep, rather than keeping me entirely awake and watching with horror and revulsion. I envy you.

[Miss Mapp]

Originally Posted by Hampshire

2001: A Space Odyssey

Not me, but my mom has never made it through the part with the apes.

[Maiira]

Casablanca.

I want to stay awake for this movie, really, I do. But every goddamn time...