Movies that literally put you to sleep

[Thorlief]

ugly movies? good movies? Everything that literally put you to rest, in theaters or at home

I'll start with
The Truman show

I appreciate the movie, it's a good one. But I seriously fallen asleep on my seat from the scene in which he's listening to the radio and gets weird messages. I remember my friend patting on my shoulder because the fat girl at my left side had to walk out..because the movie was over

[Scorpion13]

Nosferatu the Vampyre.

Everytime I watch it, I have to fight to keep myslef awake. Its not boring at all, its just mesmerizing. The music and imagery.....puts me out everytime.

[rick]

I hate to say it and everyone gets mad at me about it, but after seeing Star Wars about 50 times while working as a theater usher during its original release, I can't watch the damm thing without falling sound asleep before they even get to the bar.

[The Mutt]

I've only fallen asleep in a theater twice; The first time was when I went to see Dick Tracy after a long day's work. The second time was when I went back to see it again.

[rick]

Nosferatu the Vampyre.

Everytime I watch it, I have to fight to keep myslef awake. Its not boring at all, its just mesmerizing. The music and imagery.....puts me out everytime.


Murnau or Herzog?

[1WEBHEAD]

Cars

Damn that movie was slow and boring.

[The Mutt]

Cars

Damn that movie was slow and boring.

I got bored before the trailer was over. It's the only Pixar movie I've never seen.

I've fallen asleep in front of a hundred movies on the couch. Don't you love it when you start dreaming and the dialog from the movie gets incorporated into it?

[1WEBHEAD]

I got bored before the trailer was over. It's the only Pixar movie I've never seen.

I've fallen asleep in front of a hundred movies on the couch. Don't you love it when you start dreaming and the dialog from the movie gets incorporated into it?

yeah, that's cool.

I took a nano nap during Rocky II. It's not a bad movie, it's just I was tired and it was at the part where:

Rocky's wife is at the hospital and he's just sitting at her side/in an empty church. The training montage woke me right up afterwards.:)

[Scorpion13]

Murnau or Herzog?

Herzog.

Its starts with the mummies in the beginning, but when it gets to Harker's journey through Trannsylvania, with all the mountains and forests and waterfalls, and the music going, thats it. Im going into semi-sleep dream mode.

Thats the monly movie Ive had that happen with, too.

Damn good movie though.

[Chiasm]

The only movie I've ever fallen asleep in at the theater was Harry Potter and the Sorcerers Stone. To this day I've never seen the part I missed which is about the last twenty minutes.

[rick]

Herzog.

Its starts with the mummies in the beginning, but when it gets to Harker's journey through Trannsylvania, with all the mountains and forests and waterfalls, and the music going, thats it. Im going into semi-sleep dream mode.

Thats the monly movie Ive had that happen with, too.

Damn good movie though.


I can see that with the Herzog film.

That whole opening does seemed to be specifically designed to move the viewer into that semi-sleepy, state of consciousness.

Of course he does the same thing in both Aguirre and Fitzcarraldo too.

Maybe he just thought it was the best way to get us ready for Kinski.

[Cyke]

Johnny Mnemonic.

[Athena Bast]

Fellowship of the Ring

From about the time The Hobbits reach the Buckleberry Ferry to when they the Mines of Moria. It wasn't the movies fault, I just... exhausted myself before going to see it.

The 13th Warrior

Fell asleep around the time the guys are in the circle going to sleep to the end of the movie.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

only movie i can remember falling asleep while watching in a theater is
Cry Freedom
Sorry Steven Biko.
I was 10.

[Thorlief]

Fellowship of the Ring


heh, I've heard a lot of girls complaining about the pacing of this movie. Some of the comments they still make are..quite harsh, to say the least

1997 Escape from New York

I can't even count how many times I fallen dead watching this one, which is pretty strange since I adore it. But the scene that gets me the most is when Snake is walking alone, a freak pops up and starts making noise with a broken pipe...that's basically the moment I host a snoozefest

[ultramandingo]

1997 Escape from New York



.....LA you mean . NY is a classic

speaking of "classics" ive never made it thourgh fantasia or gone with the wind
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[Thorlief]

oh don't get me wrong, I love that movie. It's just that sometimes the pacing puts me to rest

[ultramandingo]

oh don't get me wrong, I love that movie. It's just that sometimes the pacing puts me to rest

.......yeabut
escape from ny 1981
escape from la 1996
wich one makes you sleepy?

[kmeyers]

I've tried to watch Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow three times and still have never made it halfway through the movie.

[SPAfreak]

Insomnia is ironically the only movie I fell asleep at in the theatre. To be fair I was dead tired from a long day of driving that followed a long evening of drinking at a wedding reception when a buddy dragged me, at times literally, to the movie. I was out almost before the previews were over. However, after seeing the movie later I felt that my initial reaction was the correct one.

[Scorpion13]

Wait, is this thread about movies that lull you to sleep, or is it about movies you fell asleep watching?

Because I missed about 40 minutes of Gladiator in the theater because I was just so tired.

[ultramandingo]

Wait, is this thread about movies that lull you to sleep, or is it about movies you fell asleep watching?


.........or ones you pass out on the couch after your second bottle of cheap red wine wile watching . cuss i cant remembre all those

[Captain_Video]

Battlefield Earth.

I sat down to watch it to see what all the fuss was about, I simply did not believe it could be as bad as the knee jerk reaction from everyone on the planet said it was.

So I sat down to watch it, I did not feel in the least bit tired sitting down, if anything I had slept too much that day already.

Somewhere around the "fifty cycles, fifty cycles, montage" I got a headache and then all I remember is this shot of some derilict city and I was out.

Battlefield Earth is an incomprehensible headache inducing mess that leaves sleep the only option, otherwise I am pretty sure my brain would have commited a mercy killing.....at which point I would have awoken in hell, where I would have to watch that movie for all eternity.

[The Zapper]

speaking of "classics" ive never made it thourgh fantasia

You probably weren't in the right "sate of mind". ;)

[Kevin M.]

The New Lost In Space Movie

Went to see the movie after long CYO basketball game, and fell asleep right in the middle. My uncle had to wake me up after the credits stopped rolling.

[clayholio]

I fell asleep in a theatre twice: the first of the recent batch of Star Wars, and the original King Kong. I make no excuses for Star Wars, but I was exhausted before I went to see King Kong, and shouldn't have gone. I tend to snore loudly when I sleep, so I know that if I fall asleep in a theatre, it's going to be a short-lived nap.

[The Zapper]

Yeah, I kept dozing in and out of King Kong (Peter Jackson version). I finally saw the whole thing, and I much preferred the naps.

[stealthwise]

Fell asleep during Signs twice and gave up on watching it.

I had the remake of the Italian Job on all-day ppv and I literally fell asleep 5 times during it. Man, what a crappy movie.

[GrifterWC]

Everybody's All American - The only thing I remember was when John Goodman was attacked in his bar by guys with baseball bats.

The Abyss - I fell asleep 5 minutes in and left when I woke up from my nap.

[1WEBHEAD]

The Good sheperd

Not a bad movie, just a long on. Plus, I saw it really late at night so. . .

[Athena Bast]

heh, I've heard a lot of girls complaining about the pacing of this movie. Some of the comments they still make are..quite harsh, to say the least


My problem wasn't the movie... just what I did before the movie... that probably should have waited until after the movie.;)

[Thorlief]

.......yeabut
escape from ny 1981
escape from la 1996
wich one makes you sleepy?

Like I said I really like the movie, it's just that sometimes the particular atmosphere and non-hysterical pacing makes me fall asleep. I'm not dissing the movie nor saying its boring
BTW 1996 is just plain ugly

Wait, is this thread about movies that lull you to sleep, or is it about movies you fell asleep watching?

Because I missed about 40 minutes of Gladiator in the theater because I was just so tired.

both cases. Movies you find boring, movies you like but fell asleep because of some reasons

[Thorlief]

My problem wasn't the movie... just what I did before the movie... that probably should have waited until after the movie.;)

uhm! I wont ask for further information ;) but you can watch the movie without falling asleep anyways?


another one that hit me like a sack of bricks was

Superman Returns

I made it through the scene with the airplane, then the love triangle+lack of Supermanish action killed me. Snoozed for about one hour straight

[Athena Bast]

uhm! I wont ask for further information ;) but you can watch the movie without falling asleep anyways?


Oh ya. Lord of The Rings is what I put on when I want to paint my High Elves or Space Wolves.

They were all I watched when I didn't have cable. I think my DVD player threatened to disown me after a while.:D

[Thorlief]

thats great. Wish it was the same for me when I want to draw some superheroes!

[Wolf-Man]

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World boat, waves, boat boat, waves, boat, waves.

Snore!

They're on a boring boat trip across the sea, and damn wasn't it boring?

[a. non]

The Usual Suspects. I rented this twice, and both times i got to about a third in, and woke up near the end. Of course, it was 10:30 pm, and i was in a recliner.

[tangentman]

Moll Flanders
Insomnia
Midnight In The Garden of Good and Evil came damn close!

[Young Avenger]

Matrix: Reloaded. Movie is so boring. I always fall asleep just before Neo fights the army of Agent Smiths at the park.

[SnowTrooper]

The Good Shepard.

I couldnt follow that movie at all. Too long, too boring, too difficult to understand.

[Scorpion13]

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World boat, waves, boat boat, waves, boat, waves.

Snore!

They're on a boring boat trip across the sea, and damn wasn't it boring?

Man, there really isnt any accounting for taste.

I loved it, thought it was an epic, thrilling movie with lots of heroism, awesome characters, and great fights.

It is, in fact, one of my favorites.

But I could totally see falling asleep watching it. Sweeping score, and lots of shots of gentle rocking and the ocean.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.....

[kmeyers]

The Usual Suspects. I rented this twice, and both times i got to about a third in, and woke up near the end. Of course, it was 10:30 pm, and i was in a recliner.


Wow...Them's is fightin' words!

The Usual Suspects is a classic. Well, it will be in a few years.

[Eliseu Gouveia]

I´ll never understand why but Raiders of the Lost Ark has the ability to completely shut me down.

I know I liked the movie the firt 3 or 4 times I saw it but ever since that, a simgle scenne from that movie triggers a yawning pavlovian response.
Uncanny.

[Erik Lehnsherr]

Resident Evil I and II. I expected much more than what I got. Horrible movies or should I say very slow paced.

Superman Returns...I had waited awhile to see it but once I did and fell asleep on it twice, I felt like spitting on the DVD and throwing it in the trash.

[parrish]

With a 1.5 year old son, I have found that nearly every movie I watch makes me fall asleep. I fell asleep to one of my all time favorite movies a few nights ago, Rain Man.

[Typo Lad]

My wife fell asleep in Lost in Space. I debated joining her.

[xnef1025]

Dark Water knocked me completly out right near the beginning. Guess the "suspense" of some ghosts or whatever that don't know how to shut off a faucet just isn't enough for me. Sent it back to Netflix and have never tried it again.

[Athena Bast]

Oh... I forgot Trainspotting.

One of the cable channels had a double feature (showing the movie back to back) of it and I fell asleep when Ewan McGregor is doing the detox in the room and the baby is crawling across the ceiling.... woke up 2 hours later at the same spot.

[The Batman]

The Lord of the Rings films. Anyone, take your pick they've all put me under. That and Ang Lee's Hulk movie.

[Thorlief]

Athena, that reminds me when mr Crocodile Dundee turns on the TV in his hotel room in NYC
"Oh yeah I know the television, watched it like 20 years ago at Wally's"

turns it on and there's the same old show

"Yeah, that was it"


Pinocchio

the Roberto Benigni's. I like him, he's a funny comedian but this movie was awfully boring. I woke up because of the noise the DVD produced while being automatically pushed out of the player

[1WEBHEAD]

The Lord of the Rings films. Anyone, take your pick they've all put me under. That and Ang Lee's Hulk movie.

O h Y E A H!

That movie had freaking close ups on Moss growing on rocks!

I don't want that in my Hulk movie! I want Hulk to Smash and do hulk things! nOt Bruce banner and his creepy dad!:mad:

[CJ Lentze]

Star Trek: the Motion Picture. The scene where they're in a shuttle, about to board the Enterprise, or the one where they enter the nebula are just so stretched out. Get to the point already.

Of course, STAR TREK: INSURRECTION was a WORSE movie than 'the Motion Picture', but I didn't even bother to fall asleep during that one. I just changed channels halfway through. Never did that before to ANY Star Trek episode or movie. It was a very dark day in my life.

[The Batman]

How'd you like Nemesis then?

[Pwood]

AI: Artificial Intelligence

Slow start that couldn't keep my interest for more than 20 minutes. I fell asleep and woke up the next morning to find that wretched piece of crap was over.

The only movie I've ever fallen alseep watching. Now, that's saying something...

[CJ Lentze]

How'd you like Nemesis then?

I was supremely disappointed by Nemesis. It was stale. It was as if I could predict everything that was coming.
'Open hailing frequency.'
'Fire phasers'
'Shields down to blah-blah percent.'

I thought it was routine Star Trek going through the motions without any sense of adventure or imagination to it.

It didn't put me to sleep though, nor did I think it was as bad as Insurrection.

[Thorlief]

2001 A space odyssey used to kill me when I was 13, then luckly I've grown up