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"The Royal Tennebaums"

I don't get it.

*shrugs*
Guess it's just not my sort of film. Didn't laugh once, didn't find it involving or tragic or touching.
I fell asleep right after Chas slitting his wrists and couldn't be arsed to go back and see what I missed.

The acting was excellent, well written, well directed but I just didn't care about any of it.

*shrugs again*
Happens sometimes

And when the bloke fell down the hole, my head went:
"Laugh you idiot! Man fall down hole! Classic hilarity - laugh you moron! DON't YOU GET IT?! It's hiLARious! LAUGH, FOOL!"

I got confused. Not even the faintest glimmer of a smile.

Goatboy wrote:
> The acting was excellent, well written, well directed but I just
> didn't care about any of it.

Here's the thing.
Me and my sister turned it off after about an hour. Then we realised there was nothing that bad about it and tried again, then turned it off again.

Probably my worst film, but for no reason I can place. It just sucked.

And I should have laughed, I KNOW I should have. But I just didn't care.
Very weird.

Took me 4 days to watch this movie. Watched it for half and hour, boring, turned off. It sucks. There are *some* good bits but it's too boring to watch again. Waste of money.

I always thought it was pathetic.

Mouldy Cheese wrote:
> Gosford Park was terrible. Deathly boring.

Gosford Park was magnificiant! Tennebaums wasn't quite up to that standard, but still well worth a watch. Then again, when I gave the DVD to my Mum to try she hated it - really is one of those love or hate films. Rushmore was the same, though I never quite got into that one.

I attempted to watch this on Sky Movies the other day and gave up after about 30 minutes. I just couldn't understand how people could find it the slightest bit entertaining.

I like clever films, hell I sat through 'The Man Who wasn't there' the other night and throughly enjoyed it. Royal Tennebaums seemed neither intelligent or intresting to me though.

Erm, how long did you take to find this post?

I thought it was brilliant.

I thought it sucked, royally.

Actually, no, I just didn't find it funny in the most part.

There were a couple of laughs, but I guess I'm not clever enough for it either. ;o)

Why? wrote:

> Great film, Gosford PArk and Iris were also great, watched all three
> in the same night... good watching...

Gosford Park was terrible. Deathly boring.