Barry Lyndon

Posted Jun 1, 2007 at 14:28 CEST in Movies and television and Photos.

Barry Lyndon
I have attempted to watch this movie twice on TV, never getting past the first half hour before completely losing interest as I find it violently boring. After seeing pictures from the movie and reading about it, thinking “how could a movie with this stuff in it possibly be boring?!”, I was determined to watch it in its entirety.

Now I’ve watched it, and I still found it the most boring movie ever. Not only boring, but I disliked pretty much every character, especially Barry himself. I couldn’t concentrate on it all and had to do other stuff while watching it to get through it at all. The first part of it is all country people and military men, which doesn’t interest me at all, but later in the movie there are some very nice costumes. I have to say they’re not interesting or plentiful enough to watch a movie this boring though.

On the other hand I know many people love this movie and consider it a masterpiece , so don’t take my word for it being horrible. See some more film stills after the cut.

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7 comments on “Barry Lyndon”

Medvssa, medvssa.myopenid.com

I have seen half of the movie… my boyfriend fell asleep, and I also found it very boring, and I normally like unconventional and uneventful slow movies…
It was getting more entertaining in the dress department at that stage, so I should give a try to the rest if only because of that. The only thing I liked about what I saw was the realism, for example the lightning, but I also didn’t feel anything towards any the characters so far…

Jun 1, 2007 at 21:05 CEST

Johanna, johannaost.com

I think the best part was the scene in the first picture in my post, the gambling guy with two ladies by his side, and that carriage with the sheep :) Besides that the only thing I found worth seeing were some of lady Lyndon’s outfits.

Jun 2, 2007 at 04:12 CEST

Shik, shikbyrd.com

It’s one of my favorite movies :) I can’t even tell you why I like it so much because I know that you’re right. Barry is one of the most ineffectual characters I’ve ever seen, but the overall look of the movie with so many candlelit scenes is beautiful and the score gets almost hypnotic in it’s repetition. The scene with Lady Lyndon (first pic after the cut) is strangely lit, but the deliberate pacing makes it my favorite. It’s like the actors do such a good job in this movie because my dislike for them seems personal. It helps to watch this movie and pretend that it’s maybe the dryest comedy ever made ;)
Sorry to barge into your 18th century blog… I just wanted to mention Barry Lyndon. hehehe

Jun 2, 2007 at 11:28 CEST

Johanna, johannaost.com

Maybe you have to be very patient to like it or something :D I think it’s interesting that so many people seem to hate it while so many others think it’s the best ever.

Jun 2, 2007 at 12:44 CEST

Medvssa, medvssa.myopenid.com

I didn’t even get to the part when he marries!

Mar 16, 2010 at 18:25 CET

claudharvey

The deliberate pacing perfect. And, believe it or not, Ryan O’Neal is exactly what is called for in this character. He is the hole in the story that Samuel Richardson intended. A completely ineffectual character.