Slow Film

[crazychristina]

Both my sister and my daughter claimed LTROI is VERY SLOW, in fact my daughter gave up after half an hour, having nearly fallen asleep. She said that that probably wasn't a problem for me because I had read the book and knew what was going to happen, so I guess she just got frustrated waiting to find out what was happening.

[a_contemplative_life]

Same reaction from some members of my family...

[Nicro]

What!?

I never thought it was slow. I found it quite engrossing really. Oh well, different people, different perspectives.

[crazychristina]

I certainly didn't find it slow, and I don't think that's because I had read the book. Patience is my main virtue.

[DMt.]

Well, many people fear and hate silence, and there's a lot of it in the film.

I loved that it expected you to have a longer-than-soundbite attention span. They respected the viewer enough to expect that, I think.

[Dragonclaws]

I like slow movies. Well, if it's got high-quality content, anyway. Spirited Away, The Shining, Heathers... It's a matter of taste.

[ayaparis]

Have the same reaction with my family...

...and they all thought Oskar is the new Hakan.

Maybe I should've spoiled a few plot points, it might extend their patience

[bore]

Both my sister and my daughter claimed LTROI is VERY SLOW, in fact my daughter gave up after half an hour, having nearly fallen asleep.

Half an hour in is about the spot when I thought that it was a quite boring movie and considered to direct my attention elsewhere.
I think it was something with the cinematography that made me stay.
In retrospect I can say that the boring part was worth it and I didn't think it was slow at all on the second viewing but this is probably because I by then knew the significance of the actions in the slow start.

[Ash]

Funny how different people perceive what is boring.
I think society and the media keeps many people in an over-stimulated state.
Take that away, and they experience some sort of sensory deprivation = boredom.
For me, gun fights and car chases are extremely boring and ridiculous.
As for LTROI, I was riveted from the first snow to the last.

[ZWD40]

The problem is, we are fanatics
We rave and go gaga over this film to friends and families

And when the time comes that they watch/read the film/book, they have this unexpectedly high expectations(which shouldnt come as a surprise, seeing as we raised the bar high up ourselves)

This is why I don't tell people to watch/read/listen/do anything that I'm excited about, because their expectations will be different depending on how they were made aware of the move/book/music/activity

If there's one thing I learned from my parents, is that people get more satisfaction out of something if they discovered it themselves
My parents never told me to listen to the albums they've loved, or the movies they liked, or the books they poured their brains over.
I just picked out the cassette tapes, the LDs, and books they owned, and gave em a try, with no prodding from anyone
And here I am, 25 years old, and listening to music and reading books that they loved back then, and still love now