Point I Fell Asleep: 0:30 out of 1:54 (26%) and then again at 0:50
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0442933/
So this was the movie I wanted to watch yesterday. Hmmm where to even begin... so this movie was all computer generated... similar to Shrek but a little more lifelike and without the humor. I thought it was pretty interesting at first, but sure enough, with all the battling and bass sounds, I soon found myself passed out. I woke up 5 minutes later, rewinded the movie, watched another 20 minutes, and then passed out once more. That's when I decided to take a break. It wasn't that the movie was horrible. It just got slow at times. Plus, Anthony Hopkins will literally put you to sleep. Homeboy needs to stick with the cannibalistic villains. Anyway, the only reason that you should watch this is to see the CG version of Angelina Jolie walking around naked. Now I know what I can look forward to when virtual reality goes mainstream in 2020. The movie itself is barely worth a rental though; you've been warned. And hey, at least it was more enjoyable than the 2005 version.
Friday, February 29, 2008
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Beowulf & Grendel
Point I Fell Asleep: 0:25 out of 1:44 (24%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0402057/
Because I needed to take a nap, I decided to watch this movie. Only as I'm typing this, I found out that I watched the wrong movie!!! Apparenlty there are 2 Beowulf movies. One was made in 2005 which was named 'Beowulf & Grendel' and another one named 'Beowulf' that was made in 2007, which I guess was the bigger movie. What studio head greenlighted the 2007 version? Good gawd!
Anyway, of course I quickly passed out. Not only that, when I did eventually wake up, I just wanted to go back to sleep because this movie was so bad. It was a poor man's "Braveheart," "Gladiator," etc. Actually, I wouldn't even give it that much credit. The movie is the type of movie you'd see on TNT or USA on a Friday night. The only positive thing about the movie was that the actor playing Beowulf was the same guy in 300. It took me a while to figure it out due to his lack of a full beard, but even he couldn't save this terrible excuse of a movie! Stay tuned for my 2nd nap when I watch the 2007 version.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0402057/
Because I needed to take a nap, I decided to watch this movie. Only as I'm typing this, I found out that I watched the wrong movie!!! Apparenlty there are 2 Beowulf movies. One was made in 2005 which was named 'Beowulf & Grendel' and another one named 'Beowulf' that was made in 2007, which I guess was the bigger movie. What studio head greenlighted the 2007 version? Good gawd!
Anyway, of course I quickly passed out. Not only that, when I did eventually wake up, I just wanted to go back to sleep because this movie was so bad. It was a poor man's "Braveheart," "Gladiator," etc. Actually, I wouldn't even give it that much credit. The movie is the type of movie you'd see on TNT or USA on a Friday night. The only positive thing about the movie was that the actor playing Beowulf was the same guy in 300. It took me a while to figure it out due to his lack of a full beard, but even he couldn't save this terrible excuse of a movie! Stay tuned for my 2nd nap when I watch the 2007 version.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
No Country for Old Men
Point I Fell Asleep: 0:51 out of 2:02 (42%) and then again at 1:27
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0477348/
This movie took home the 'Best Picture' Oscar in 2008. I'm usually not a fan of Oscar nominated movies because most of them are too artsy-fartsy for me. With that said, I did enjoy the Coen brothers' "Fargo," and so I was expecting a lot. And boy, was I DISAPPOINTED! The movie was terrible. Although I officially slept twice, it may have been 3-4 times. The movie was so slow and so random at times that the few killing scenes couldn't keep me awake. You know what I hate most about these types of movies -- when the good guy is running away from gun men in open areas and every bullet misses him. Oh man, just terrible! It was so bad, I couldn't wait for the movie to end so I could watch American Idol.
***** SPOILER ALERT *****
And don't get me started of how Brolin's character who is in 75% of the movie gets killed OFFSCREEN! Sure, some say that it was "creative" that they did that, but you know what else is creative? You showing us how the Mexican thugs, who appeared for 15 seconds onscreen, guns down the bad ass who avoided death like 5 times from big bad Javier. And why is it that every Mexican in the movie had a gun? Seriously? And how did the Mexicans even know he had the money? Wouldn't it have been more "creative" if they just had Javier's character just mow everyone down? Plus, we're not even sure what happened with the money. Oh man, just terrible. Seacrest out!
***** END OF SPOILER ALERT *****
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0477348/
This movie took home the 'Best Picture' Oscar in 2008. I'm usually not a fan of Oscar nominated movies because most of them are too artsy-fartsy for me. With that said, I did enjoy the Coen brothers' "Fargo," and so I was expecting a lot. And boy, was I DISAPPOINTED! The movie was terrible. Although I officially slept twice, it may have been 3-4 times. The movie was so slow and so random at times that the few killing scenes couldn't keep me awake. You know what I hate most about these types of movies -- when the good guy is running away from gun men in open areas and every bullet misses him. Oh man, just terrible! It was so bad, I couldn't wait for the movie to end so I could watch American Idol.
***** SPOILER ALERT *****
And don't get me started of how Brolin's character who is in 75% of the movie gets killed OFFSCREEN! Sure, some say that it was "creative" that they did that, but you know what else is creative? You showing us how the Mexican thugs, who appeared for 15 seconds onscreen, guns down the bad ass who avoided death like 5 times from big bad Javier. And why is it that every Mexican in the movie had a gun? Seriously? And how did the Mexicans even know he had the money? Wouldn't it have been more "creative" if they just had Javier's character just mow everyone down? Plus, we're not even sure what happened with the money. Oh man, just terrible. Seacrest out!
***** END OF SPOILER ALERT *****
Monday, February 25, 2008
The Lives of Others
Point I Fell Asleep: 0:15 out of 2:18(11%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
Wow, where to even start with this movie. Well, I watched it to see if Thinh's prediction would come true or not. Boy was he off. Usually, when I'm either really tired or the movie starts off really slow *cough* Good Shepherd *cough*, I'm knocked out by the 15 minute mark. And to make matters worse, this was a German movie with subtitles. So, I fell asleep at the 15 minute mark, woke up at around the 40 minute mark, and then got angry at Thinh for making me watch such a bad movie. As I was about to turn the movie off, I see a beautiful woman reluctantly giving in to being raped by a powerful authority inside his car. Then 5 minutes later, I see his buddy hiring a prostitue with a set of DDD's. So that kept me up for another 20 minutes, and I enjoyed what I was watching during that time. By the 1 hour mark, the movie got to be good, and now I'm curious as to what happened from the 15 minute mark to the 40 minute mark. I then proceeded to rewind the movie, watch the missing scenes, stayed awake the rest of the time, and consequently enjoying the entire movie. So I blame the nap due to lack of sleep versus the movie being bad. I would recommend this movie to all you Schindler's List, Munich, post-WWII movie fans out there.
The movie was about (and excuse my lack of German world history here) the Stassi aka cultural police eavesdropping on its artists, writers, priests, etc. The movie was based in East Germany in 1984, before the wall came down. And if the cultural police found anything you did that tarnished the country, you'd be sent to jail. So the Stassi is eavesdropping on this writer and his actress girlfriend. And that's all you really need to know.
***** SPOILER ALERT *****
My only critique with the movie was that I don't think it provided enough information about the stalker for him to have betrayed his job/country for the writer. He seemed pretty devout to his job for having done the things he did. However, I did love the ending where the writer chose NOT to approach him and get back in the car. If this was an American movie, he woulda ran up to him, gave him a big hug, and gone out for drinks afterwards while the credit rolled. Terrible!
***** END OF SPOILER ALERT *****
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Primetime
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0405094/
Wow, where to even start with this movie. Well, I watched it to see if Thinh's prediction would come true or not. Boy was he off. Usually, when I'm either really tired or the movie starts off really slow *cough* Good Shepherd *cough*, I'm knocked out by the 15 minute mark. And to make matters worse, this was a German movie with subtitles. So, I fell asleep at the 15 minute mark, woke up at around the 40 minute mark, and then got angry at Thinh for making me watch such a bad movie. As I was about to turn the movie off, I see a beautiful woman reluctantly giving in to being raped by a powerful authority inside his car. Then 5 minutes later, I see his buddy hiring a prostitue with a set of DDD's. So that kept me up for another 20 minutes, and I enjoyed what I was watching during that time. By the 1 hour mark, the movie got to be good, and now I'm curious as to what happened from the 15 minute mark to the 40 minute mark. I then proceeded to rewind the movie, watch the missing scenes, stayed awake the rest of the time, and consequently enjoying the entire movie. So I blame the nap due to lack of sleep versus the movie being bad. I would recommend this movie to all you Schindler's List, Munich, post-WWII movie fans out there.
The movie was about (and excuse my lack of German world history here) the Stassi aka cultural police eavesdropping on its artists, writers, priests, etc. The movie was based in East Germany in 1984, before the wall came down. And if the cultural police found anything you did that tarnished the country, you'd be sent to jail. So the Stassi is eavesdropping on this writer and his actress girlfriend. And that's all you really need to know.
***** SPOILER ALERT *****
My only critique with the movie was that I don't think it provided enough information about the stalker for him to have betrayed his job/country for the writer. He seemed pretty devout to his job for having done the things he did. However, I did love the ending where the writer chose NOT to approach him and get back in the car. If this was an American movie, he woulda ran up to him, gave him a big hug, and gone out for drinks afterwards while the credit rolled. Terrible!
***** END OF SPOILER ALERT *****
Saturday, February 23, 2008
The Heartbreak Kid
Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408839
When I started this movie, I thought it had no shot of keeping me awake since I was still partially hung over and tired. Then the credits started rolling and I saw that it was a Farrelly brothers movie, and I love the Farrelly brothers. Have I mentioned that "Dumb & Dumber" is my favorite movie? I loved "Me, Myself, and Irene" too. Oh, and "Something About Mary" is a classic. Ben Stiller was in this one, and I loved him in "Along Came Polly" and the Focker movies (not so much "Dodgeball" though). So the movie had a chance of keeping me awake, and that it did.
So 15 minutes into the movie, I immediately think to myself - this is literally the sequel to Mary. The actress in it is a spitting image of Cameron Diaz with the blonde hair, big wide smile, and the voice sounds exactly the same too. Then you start to wonder why Cameron didn't do this movie. And then by the 30 minute mark, you realize why. The Farrelly brothers are known to be really raunchy with their movies, and this movie was no different. I'm guessing Cameron didn't want to do the nude scenes. Anyhow, so you're thinking the movie is going to be about Ben and Cameron-clone, but it takes a crazy turn. I'm not going to ruin the rest of the movie for you, but if you're a Farrelly brothers fan, then this is a must-see.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408839
When I started this movie, I thought it had no shot of keeping me awake since I was still partially hung over and tired. Then the credits started rolling and I saw that it was a Farrelly brothers movie, and I love the Farrelly brothers. Have I mentioned that "Dumb & Dumber" is my favorite movie? I loved "Me, Myself, and Irene" too. Oh, and "Something About Mary" is a classic. Ben Stiller was in this one, and I loved him in "Along Came Polly" and the Focker movies (not so much "Dodgeball" though). So the movie had a chance of keeping me awake, and that it did.
So 15 minutes into the movie, I immediately think to myself - this is literally the sequel to Mary. The actress in it is a spitting image of Cameron Diaz with the blonde hair, big wide smile, and the voice sounds exactly the same too. Then you start to wonder why Cameron didn't do this movie. And then by the 30 minute mark, you realize why. The Farrelly brothers are known to be really raunchy with their movies, and this movie was no different. I'm guessing Cameron didn't want to do the nude scenes. Anyhow, so you're thinking the movie is going to be about Ben and Cameron-clone, but it takes a crazy turn. I'm not going to ruin the rest of the movie for you, but if you're a Farrelly brothers fan, then this is a must-see.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Michael Clayton
Point I Fell Asleep: 0:52 out of 2:00(43%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0465538/
No, that's not a typo. This is my 3rd movie where I've fallen asleep at the 52 minute mark. It's uncanny isn't it. Anyhow, I've always enjoyed watching George Clooney going back to the ER days and the Ocean's movies. I even enjoyed "Solaris" and "Syrianna" although I'm pretty sure I fell asleep through them too because I can't recall what happened in either movie. It's not like I don't enjoy the movies or anything. I actually enjoy watching the 2nd half of his movies as much as the first half before I fell asleep. Same situation here. It was an afternoon movie, which like I've said before, tends to keep me awake. And the first 30 minutes of the movie was pretty riveting. I've always liked lawyer movies ("Runaway Jury", "Erin Brock", "My Cousin Vinny," etc), and this one was the stereotypical lawyer movie - big bad company is being sued by innocent people, lawyer goes rogue, lawyer gets moral conscience, big bad company goes down in the end. Oops, did I just spoil the movie for you? C'mon, like you didn't know that already. This movie was just so-so. If you only had a choice between this and Good Luck Chuck at Blockbuster, go with George!
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0465538/
No, that's not a typo. This is my 3rd movie where I've fallen asleep at the 52 minute mark. It's uncanny isn't it. Anyhow, I've always enjoyed watching George Clooney going back to the ER days and the Ocean's movies. I even enjoyed "Solaris" and "Syrianna" although I'm pretty sure I fell asleep through them too because I can't recall what happened in either movie. It's not like I don't enjoy the movies or anything. I actually enjoy watching the 2nd half of his movies as much as the first half before I fell asleep. Same situation here. It was an afternoon movie, which like I've said before, tends to keep me awake. And the first 30 minutes of the movie was pretty riveting. I've always liked lawyer movies ("Runaway Jury", "Erin Brock", "My Cousin Vinny," etc), and this one was the stereotypical lawyer movie - big bad company is being sued by innocent people, lawyer goes rogue, lawyer gets moral conscience, big bad company goes down in the end. Oops, did I just spoil the movie for you? C'mon, like you didn't know that already. This movie was just so-so. If you only had a choice between this and Good Luck Chuck at Blockbuster, go with George!
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Good Luck Chuck
Point I Fell Asleep: 0:52 out of 1:41 (51%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: 8PM
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0498399/ So let me first say that Jessica Alba is the hottest woman alive (pre-pregnancy Alba anyway). And I was a big Dane Cook fan at the height of his popularity. So, I'm thinking, I can't go wrong right? Oh man was I wrong. This movie was so horribly bad that the gratuitous nude scenes (not Alba) and JAB (my nickname for her) walking around in cute boy shorts and a tight tank top could not prevent me from napping for about 30 minutes. And to further add insult to injury, I fell asleep right after a hot makeout session with JAB. You'd think my arousal would keep me awake, but NOPE! Unfortunately for my roommate, I made him rewind and rewatch my missing 30 minutes. I'm surprised he didn't slit my throat while I was sleeping for making him watch an extra 30 minutes of this horrendously bad movie.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: 8PM
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0498399/ So let me first say that Jessica Alba is the hottest woman alive (pre-pregnancy Alba anyway). And I was a big Dane Cook fan at the height of his popularity. So, I'm thinking, I can't go wrong right? Oh man was I wrong. This movie was so horribly bad that the gratuitous nude scenes (not Alba) and JAB (my nickname for her) walking around in cute boy shorts and a tight tank top could not prevent me from napping for about 30 minutes. And to further add insult to injury, I fell asleep right after a hot makeout session with JAB. You'd think my arousal would keep me awake, but NOPE! Unfortunately for my roommate, I made him rewind and rewatch my missing 30 minutes. I'm surprised he didn't slit my throat while I was sleeping for making him watch an extra 30 minutes of this horrendously bad movie.
1408
Point I Fell Asleep: 0:52 out of 1:52 (46%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: 8PMish
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0450385/
First of all, let me say that I'm not a fan of horror movies. But how scary can a movie with John Cusack and Sam Jackson be (remember "Snakes on a Plane")? I've been a fan of John for a while ("Grosse Pointe Blank" and "Identity"), but he's been making some duds lately ("The Contract" and "Martian Child".) As for Sam, his reputation in "Pulp Fiction" has taken him far enough. I'm getting tired of being disappointed with all his movies like "Snakes on a Plane", "The Man," "Basic," etc. Anyway, the movie started off strong. I actually thought I'd make it through the entire movie, but sure enough, zzzzzzzzz. The movie was about a haunted house writer who visits this haunted hotel room #1408 and that's when the $hit hits the fan. It was such a crazy twisted movie that I'm still in shock of how bad it was. Maybe it's because I miss the symbolism and allusion. Either way, I didn't enjoy it at all.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: 8PMish
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0450385/
First of all, let me say that I'm not a fan of horror movies. But how scary can a movie with John Cusack and Sam Jackson be (remember "Snakes on a Plane")? I've been a fan of John for a while ("Grosse Pointe Blank" and "Identity"), but he's been making some duds lately ("The Contract" and "Martian Child".) As for Sam, his reputation in "Pulp Fiction" has taken him far enough. I'm getting tired of being disappointed with all his movies like "Snakes on a Plane", "The Man," "Basic," etc. Anyway, the movie started off strong. I actually thought I'd make it through the entire movie, but sure enough, zzzzzzzzz. The movie was about a haunted house writer who visits this haunted hotel room #1408 and that's when the $hit hits the fan. It was such a crazy twisted movie that I'm still in shock of how bad it was. Maybe it's because I miss the symbolism and allusion. Either way, I didn't enjoy it at all.
No Reservations
Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0481141/
Wow, one of my Top 10 movies of 2007. It's a chick flick, and I'm partial to chick flicks. It's also a cooking movie, and I just recently enjoyed Ratatouille. Plus, Catherine Zeta Jones is one of the most beautiful women in the world. I had forgotten about her since Zorro, and even after 2(?) kids, she is still stunning. Very cute movie. It's a must see! I won't be saying that too often.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0481141/
Wow, one of my Top 10 movies of 2007. It's a chick flick, and I'm partial to chick flicks. It's also a cooking movie, and I just recently enjoyed Ratatouille. Plus, Catherine Zeta Jones is one of the most beautiful women in the world. I had forgotten about her since Zorro, and even after 2(?) kids, she is still stunning. Very cute movie. It's a must see! I won't be saying that too often.
Invincible
Point I Fell Asleep: ACTUALLY STAYED AWAKE
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0445990/
So after watching Marky Mark being a puss in "We Own The Night," I had forgotten I had this movie in my archive. First of all, let me see that I really enjoy watching sports movies. They usually keep me awake over other types of genres. This one was no different. The movie was loosely based on a true story about a bartender/teacher who tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles team in the 70's and pulled a Rudi. Quite enjoyable movie. This was the badass Marky Mark that I'm used to watching.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: Afternoon
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0445990/
So after watching Marky Mark being a puss in "We Own The Night," I had forgotten I had this movie in my archive. First of all, let me see that I really enjoy watching sports movies. They usually keep me awake over other types of genres. This one was no different. The movie was loosely based on a true story about a bartender/teacher who tried out for the Philadelphia Eagles team in the 70's and pulled a Rudi. Quite enjoyable movie. This was the badass Marky Mark that I'm used to watching.
We Own The Night
Point I Fell Asleep: 1:37 out of 1:57 (83%)
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: 8PM
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0498399/
So this is my first movie review. Like most of the movies I've fallen asleep through lately, I fell asleep right at the crucial point of the movie where (SPOILER ALERT! but not really) Marky Mark and Joaquin is about to bust the bad guys. The first 1:37 was pretty bad though. Even Eva Mendes' hotness couldn't save this movie. I don't know what went wrong; the plot was great, it had big name stars, it had plenty of action.... It was just too predictable I guess; like I had seen all this in The Departed already. I think half way into the movie, I told Joe, "This movie's too predictable" and that was that. Plus, where was Marky Mark the badass? He was such a puss and this movie. Oh and lastly, for the guys who are watching this to see Eva's nude scene, it wasn't that great. You see her boob pop out of her dress. That's it. Hell, Kate Winslett's Titanic scene was better than that.
Location: Home
Time I Started Movie: 8PM
IMDB: http://imdb.com/title/tt0498399/
So this is my first movie review. Like most of the movies I've fallen asleep through lately, I fell asleep right at the crucial point of the movie where (SPOILER ALERT! but not really) Marky Mark and Joaquin is about to bust the bad guys. The first 1:37 was pretty bad though. Even Eva Mendes' hotness couldn't save this movie. I don't know what went wrong; the plot was great, it had big name stars, it had plenty of action.... It was just too predictable I guess; like I had seen all this in The Departed already. I think half way into the movie, I told Joe, "This movie's too predictable" and that was that. Plus, where was Marky Mark the badass? He was such a puss and this movie. Oh and lastly, for the guys who are watching this to see Eva's nude scene, it wasn't that great. You see her boob pop out of her dress. That's it. Hell, Kate Winslett's Titanic scene was better than that.
Welcome to my site
So I started this blog because I wanted to warn all my friends about all the bad movies out there in Hollywood right now. Sure, there are thousands of movie review web sites out there, but how many tell you if the movie made them actually fall asleep or not? I'm guessing none hopefully.
Anyhow, I started watching movies when I was back in high school. My buddy Eric and I used to watch every new movie on Fridays after school. The very first movie that I fell asleep in was probably Barbed Wire with Pamela Anderson. Oh man, that was bad. Throughout the years, I consistently fell asleep in more and more movies. That could have been because I got less sleep over the years, but I'm going to blame it on the increasing number of bad movies.
One memorable movie that I fell asleep in was X-Men 2 (or it could have been 1). I was in my early 20's. My friends and I decided to do dinner and a movie on a Friday night after work. I must have zonked out mid way through the movie and had no clue as to what happened after that. That's when I realized going to watch a movie on a Friday night was a bad idea.
Another memorable snoozfest - Tomb Raider 2. My friends and I decided to go watch it on a Sunday night in one of those dollar movie theatres. Fell asleep 15 minutes into the movie and never woke up. Sorry Angelina. Another lesson learned - don't watch movies in dollar theatres. Let's see what else -- all 3 of the LoTR movies (but only for 15 minutes...I hope), the first 2 Harry Potter movies, all 3 Pirates movies, etc etc.
I've gotten to the point in my life where I've practically given up on watching movies at the theatres. Why pay $10 for a nap, you know? Now I get the enjoyment of falling asleep on my couch. That could be a big reason why I keep falling asleep -my couch is too comfortable. I also used to watch movies in pitch dark - verrrry bad idea. I'd zonk out before the 30 minute mark. I read on a forum that if you put a light behind the TV to add some ambient light, then it makes your eyes less drowsy and reduces your chance of falling asleep. I think I got through 1 movie before that idea failed. Let'e see....I've noticed that watching movies in the afternoon is better than watching them at night. However, you don't get the "theatre" darkness in the afternoon, so I try to save the "blockbuster" movies for nighttime and the chick-flicks during the afternoons. Ironically, it's the "blockbuster" movies that are make me fall asleep the most BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BAD. Anyway, this blog isn't about how we can solve my sleeping problem. It's about giving you paragraph reviews of all these horrible movies!
Anyhow, I started watching movies when I was back in high school. My buddy Eric and I used to watch every new movie on Fridays after school. The very first movie that I fell asleep in was probably Barbed Wire with Pamela Anderson. Oh man, that was bad. Throughout the years, I consistently fell asleep in more and more movies. That could have been because I got less sleep over the years, but I'm going to blame it on the increasing number of bad movies.
One memorable movie that I fell asleep in was X-Men 2 (or it could have been 1). I was in my early 20's. My friends and I decided to do dinner and a movie on a Friday night after work. I must have zonked out mid way through the movie and had no clue as to what happened after that. That's when I realized going to watch a movie on a Friday night was a bad idea.
Another memorable snoozfest - Tomb Raider 2. My friends and I decided to go watch it on a Sunday night in one of those dollar movie theatres. Fell asleep 15 minutes into the movie and never woke up. Sorry Angelina. Another lesson learned - don't watch movies in dollar theatres. Let's see what else -- all 3 of the LoTR movies (but only for 15 minutes...I hope), the first 2 Harry Potter movies, all 3 Pirates movies, etc etc.
I've gotten to the point in my life where I've practically given up on watching movies at the theatres. Why pay $10 for a nap, you know? Now I get the enjoyment of falling asleep on my couch. That could be a big reason why I keep falling asleep -my couch is too comfortable. I also used to watch movies in pitch dark - verrrry bad idea. I'd zonk out before the 30 minute mark. I read on a forum that if you put a light behind the TV to add some ambient light, then it makes your eyes less drowsy and reduces your chance of falling asleep. I think I got through 1 movie before that idea failed. Let'e see....I've noticed that watching movies in the afternoon is better than watching them at night. However, you don't get the "theatre" darkness in the afternoon, so I try to save the "blockbuster" movies for nighttime and the chick-flicks during the afternoons. Ironically, it's the "blockbuster" movies that are make me fall asleep the most BECAUSE THEY ARE SO BAD. Anyway, this blog isn't about how we can solve my sleeping problem. It's about giving you paragraph reviews of all these horrible movies!
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