# Movies that do NOTHING for you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 18, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489 "2008-10-18T03:11:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/1 "2008-10-18T03:11:14Z")
Sometimes I see a movie and it makes me feel different (Requiem for a Dream), or a movie makes me laugh out loud (Spinal Tap), or I absolutely hated it (Matrix 2), or I was pleasantly surprised at how bad it wasn’t (Sex and the City), or I was pissed that I wasted my time on it (Palindromes). I very rarely see a movie that does absolutely nothing for me. The other night I watched a movie that left me feeling nothing afterwards. [Confetti](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427089/) was the movie. Perhaps if I didn’t like the other work of most of the cast - Robert Webb, Olivia Coleman, Martin Freeman, Jimmy Carr - I would have hated it, or would have been pissed that I wasted my time. But when it was over I was all “meh” and that was that. I didn’t even feel any better or worse for having seen Robert Webb’s willy. A lot. I almost felt that way about a similar movie, called [For Your Consideration](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0470765/) but at least that introduced me to Nina Conti, who is teh awesome. The movie is similar because it’s also a “non-scripted” mocumentary. Anyone else ever see a movie that really did not sway you in any way, good or bad? ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/2 "2008-10-18T03:18:38Z")
I felt that way about For Your Consideration also but I felt weird because I wanted to like it. I really liked Best in Show, but this one…meh. Nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/3 "2008-10-18T07:16:47Z")
Re: Confetti, if I may quote [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confetti_(film)#Production): [QUOTE=Wikipedia] Both Robert Webb and Olivia Colman have publicly criticised the film. Webb stated “I had a miserable time making it and I think the finished film is an underwhelming mess.” Colman claimed she had been misinformed about the amount of nudity involved in the film, and called it “the worst experience of my life.” [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/4 "2008-10-18T21:34:24Z")
_Six Days, Seven Nights_. When it was over, my wife asked me what I thought of it. “It was a movie” was the best I could do. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/5 "2008-10-18T21:37:41Z")
I don’t remember the name of the movie (no wonder), but I went to one once that was so unremarkable that when I was asked my opinion, the best I could come up with was, “It appeared to be in focus.” ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/6 "2008-10-18T22:24:46Z")
I don’t get the attraction for Zombie or Vampire movies at all. Zero. Nada. And this is coming from a person that admits that I kind of like Independence Day and Armageddon. No accounting for taste I guess. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/7 "2008-10-18T22:31:41Z")
_American Beauty_ did nowt for me. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/8 "2008-10-18T22:38:02Z")
> [@Indistinguishable](#): > > Re: Confetti, if I may quote [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confetti_(film)#Production): > > > [@Wikipedia](#): > > > > Both Robert Webb and Olivia Colman have publicly criticised the film. Webb stated “I had a miserable time making it and I think the finished film is an underwhelming mess.” Colman claimed she had been misinformed about the amount of nudity involved in the film, and called it “the worst experience of my life.” Yeah, I had read about Webb and Coleman’s reactions to making the film, so I thought I would hate it. I couldn’t even manage to hate it… ---
**Author:** ![gallows\_fodder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8c91f0/32.png) [@gallows\_fodder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gallows_fodder)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/9 "2008-10-18T23:23:19Z")
I have to admit that **Children of Men** did nothing for me. It had been recommended to me as a deeply moving both intellectually and spiritually, and I was all psyched up for that (with Clive Owen as an added bonus), and…_pfffft_ My reaction, come end credits was, “…That was it?” I grant you that the future world was really, really well-done – great production design, great acting, great cinematography. I don’t know what it was exactly that was lacking. Maybe the plot was too simple and linear? I don’t know. I just know it left me flat. ---
**Author:** ![Paladud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Paladud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paladud)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2008, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/10 "2008-10-18T23:31:04Z")
_2001: A Space Odyssey_. It’s kind of like listening to an obscure Mozart piece - technically sound but nothing special or pleasant. ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/11 "2008-10-19T02:56:56Z")
Any slash movies such as Saw or Hostel type movies. They just make me sick. It’s like violent porn that is somehow rated R. I’m not a baby in the woods but this kind of shit just turns my stomach. These movies appeal to the lowest of our species. If you like these types of movies, fine. I just don’t want to know you. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/12 "2008-10-19T03:11:15Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > I felt that way about For Your Consideration also but I felt weird because I wanted to like it. I really liked Best in Show, but this one…meh. Nothing. Yep. After _Best in Show_ (Where is Busy Bee?!) and _Waiting for Guffman_ (I only saw the first half) I was really looking forward to it. Not glad I saw it, not disappointed, just ambivalence. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/13 "2008-10-19T03:49:00Z")
Pretty much all of Wes Anderson’s work. “Rushmore” didn’t have a single funny, touching, or interesting moment, nor did it didn’t have a single character I cared at all about. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/14 "2008-10-19T04:11:39Z")
The English Patient Donnie Darko A Clockwork Orange ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/15 "2008-10-19T05:30:14Z")
> [@gravitycrash](#): > > Any slash movies such as Saw or Hostel type movies. They just make me sick. It’s like violent porn that is somehow rated R. > > I’m not a baby in the woods but this kind of shit just turns my stomach. These movies appeal to the lowest of our species. > > If you like these types of movies, fine. I just don’t want to know you. I hate to nitpick/play junior mod, but I think the OP is talking about movies that did nothing for you, not movies that you actively hate. In that vein: _Burn After Reading_. There _were_ some good moments, but I pretty much left the theatre going, “Well, that was… two hours of my life.” ---
**Author:** ![Campion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@Campion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Campion)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/16 "2008-10-19T14:32:14Z")
_Casablanca_ was like that for me; just kind of meh, and don’t care if I never see it again. I’d forgotten about _Children of Men_, which is another one that left me flat. While I was watching it, I remember thinking it was pretentious and overblown (we actually went to see it accidentally; friend: “there’s a new Julianne Moore movie out; let’s go see it!” me: “okay!” In the middle of the movie, she leaned over and whispered, “this isn’t the new Julianne Moore movie I was thinking of!”) ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/17 "2008-10-19T16:33:55Z")
_The Princess Bride_. My friends all rave about it, but every time I try to watch it, I fall asleep. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/18 "2008-10-19T16:37:29Z")
_Crash_ was trite, and did nothing for me. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/19 "2008-10-19T17:26:36Z")
I recently saw “Lost in Translation.” Not horrible, not wonderful. Just a movie. ---
**Author:** ![voguevixen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5ac83/32.png) [@voguevixen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voguevixen)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2008, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489/20 "2008-10-19T17:53:55Z")
> [@winterhawk11](#): > > _The Princess Bride_. My friends all rave about it, but every time I try to watch it, I fall asleep. +1 I’m non-charmable I guess. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-do-nothing-for-you/468489.md?page=2)