Anyone else find biopics extremely boring?

wobatkicker23 · 2019-03-09 22:24:11

Lincoln, The Iron Lady, the Churchill one, Bohemian Rhapsody. Films where you know exactly what happens and it comes down to how well the actor pretends to be the real life person but is often an imitation. No imagination or intrigue. Anyone else can’t stand biopics or is it just me?

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#32 12-06-2022 10:38PM

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Yep, an awful travesty of a film, and I thought Remi Mallak was terrible. Did he get an Oscar nomination for that ? If you compare it to Rocketman, the Elton John film released around the same time, that was miles better.

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#33 18-06-2022 07:51PM

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It definitely helps to have an interesting subject. I had read a little about Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (the creators & stars of I Love Lucy), so knew enough to enjoy Being The Ricardos with Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem. It also helped that it wasn't a "straight" biopic, since the writer (Aaron Sorkin) compressed several important events in to a single week to heighten the drama.

You are the type of what the age is searching for, and what it is afraid it has found. I am so glad that you have never done anything, never carved a statue, or painted a picture, or produced anything outside of yourself! Life has been your art. You have set yourself to music. Your days are your sonnets.
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#34 18-06-2022 08:12PM

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I found I’m Not There enjoyable … Serpico too. which is a film I haven’t seen in about 15 years but might rewatch it during the week.

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