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Most Oscar winners from about 1995 on I think have been too long, too slow, and too boring. Braveheart could have shaved off about an hour and it might have been watchable. The Thin Red Line felt like it was about 6 hours long. Titanic could have been about two hours (although with that one I got so sick of the hype and even more tired of James Cameron), The Lord of the Rings trilogy was too long and too slow (and Frodo was annoying). The Godfather is a classic that I didn't like. I slept through the entire second hour. I make it a point to avoid most Oscar movies although I did enjoy Lincoln which I'm sure will be a contender.
A franchise I was sorry to see not do well at the box office was the Chronicles of Narnia series.
I wonder if my tastes haven't drastically changed.
I have a hard time sitting through anything longer than an hour and a half - it REALLY has to hold my attention.
And stuff I used to watch and appreciate (artsy fartsy) like Red or Farewell My Concubine, etc, in college...omg, I can't sit through that garbage anymore.
I feel the same way about Ingmar Bergman films. I used to love his work, thought it was so deep and dark and intellectual. Now I find his dialogue-laden films completely boring and the past couple I've tried to watch I was unable to sit through. With the exception of The Seventh Seal, I'll always love that film.
The top pair of duds for myself would be Dancing With Wolves, since as a history buff am unable to watch it, and Pulp Fiction, which I still do not understand, and about the only thing I can recall about it is way too much filthy language.
Star Wars. It was so hyped that I expected....well, something else. I was disappointed and never saw another film in the franchise.
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