A discussion elsewhere made me remember what I think was the worst movie I ever sat through in the cinema, which was The Other Boleyn Girl. A movie adaption of some book that tried to go deep into the whole mess of Henry VIII.'s court, by showing everyone in court as a self-serving asshole […] - ThreadSky

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kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy • 6 days ago

A discussion elsewhere made me remember what I think was the worst movie I ever sat through in the cinema, which was The Other Boleyn Girl. A movie adaption of some book that tried to go deep into the whole mess of Henry VIII.'s court, by showing everyone in court as a self-serving asshole […]

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kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

And I was thinking to myself I didn't actually feel sorry about the fate of any of the characters, but then I realized there was one person that actually stirred a genuine emotional reaction in that dreary mess, and that was Catherine of Aragon (played by Ana Torrent) who was only in there for […]

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

Anyway, I remember peeking at my phone at one point after what felt like a vert slow hour or hour and a half into the movie, only to realize it hadn't even been 15 minutes.

God I hated that movie.

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

I call these movies misery porn because they just seem to be made to get an emotional reaction out of the audience by heaping on the misfortune. But where other misery porn movies at least try to have you connect with the characters, this one just cut to the chase and made everyone a horrid […]

kyonshi.dice.camp.ap.brid.gy•6 days ago

But there's this thought I had about this time: for some reason in the late 2000s, to the early 2020s, there was a period of film-making where I experienced a lot of movies just failing to connect emotionally. All of a sudden characters were horrid and unlikable, characters arcs were cut short […]

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