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Posted 03 March 2009 - 11:23 AM

What are some of the most disappointing movies you've ever seen? I don't mean worst movies, I mean you had such high hopes or you heard such good things about, and you were really disappointed and let down.

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1. Godzilla for so many obvious reasons. We could have had CGI'd animated Godzilla goodness and instead we ended up with some horrible mess of a film. There was nothing about this film that doesn't make me think they would have been better off just burning the negatives and pretending it never happened.

2. Goodwill Hunting. I heard so many good things about this movie that by the time I saw it, I couldn't believe what people had been saying about it. "You had me at hello"? Can you be any cornier? "How about them apples"? How does the entire bar not break laughing at him for saying that?
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 12:14 PM

ANY of the Leprechaun movies... they were so bad they were funny to me. The same with the Freddy and Jason movies (seperate and together). Everyone kept on telling me how scary they were, I finally saw them and laughed.

I can't really think of any others right now, just some that were over-hyped but still pretty good.
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 12:22 PM

I drove through a blizzard to see Dungeons & Dragons in the theater. Mere words cannot express the disgust and disappointment I felt walking out of that theater.

Other major letdowns:
The Phantom (I usually like Billy Zane, but that thing was just wrong.)
Alien vs. Predator (No explanation necessary.)
Hulk (The Eric Bana/Jennifer Connelly one.)
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 01:08 PM

I was quite disappointed, and at the same time relieved, when I finally saw the first Jurassic Park. See, everybody had been talking about it, especially my classmates (I was about 9 when it came out), and saying how scary it was. Being a very impressionable young woman who doesn't really like to scared to death, I keep adding fear expectation... Until I see the movie, and there I am left with a slight disappoint: "was that ALL it was about?"...
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 01:59 PM

QUOTE (Useless Trivia Man @ Mar 3 2009, 12:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Alien vs. Predator (No explanation necessary.)


Good point.. that was also a major let down. Although knowing who was directing it, and that it was PG-13, I didn't have hopes that high.
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 03:32 PM

QUOTE (Waycos @ Mar 3 2009, 11:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
2. Goodwill Hunting. I heard so many good things about this movie that by the time I saw it, I couldn't believe what people had been saying about it. "You had me at hello"? Can you be any cornier? "How about them apples"? How does the entire bar not break laughing at him for saying that?


Wasn't "you had me at hello" from Jerry Maguire? I know it's definitely in that one, and best known from being in that, but it's been a while since I saw Good Will Hunting so I can't say for sure if it's in there or not.
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Posted 03 March 2009 - 03:54 PM

Babylon A.D. (they had me till the sucky ending)

The Lost Boys The Tribe (OMFG what a horrible movie)

Saw (I figured it out in first five minutes)

Hostel (my anatomy knowledge had me laughing at it)



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Posted 03 March 2009 - 06:33 PM

Mortal Kombat II

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Posted 04 March 2009 - 10:01 AM

QUOTE (Scarlet Speedster @ Mar 3 2009, 03:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Wasn't "you had me at hello" from Jerry Maguire? I know it's definitely in that one, and best known from being in that, but it's been a while since I saw Good Will Hunting so I can't say for sure if it's in there or not.

You are correct sir. I was trying to think of one of Minnie Driver's cheezy lines.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 04:54 PM

So far Good Will Hunting is the only movie I've seen named that seems reasonable. Disappointing implies failure to live up to expectations. I won't name names as it could be perceived as insulting, but what exactly were some of your expectations for these movies you're mentioning? As for my own items:

Boondock Saints - I saw this because of word of mouth, without which I would have been completely oblivious to this movie. I never saw a preview or so much as a poster before sitting down to watch the movie. There is a good reason this movie was only shown on five theaters for one week. Crappity crap crap crap.

Crash - Apparently Paul Haggis hates subtlety. What he loves though is telling the audience how to feel and crafting characters through templates. If you're going to use the interweaving of seemingly unrelated storylines, do something new with it.

Across the Universe - It's a musical - using the Beatles - how do you fuck that up?!?!? There were some pretty fun music videos in there, but not a single interesting character or narrative worth following.

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Posted 04 March 2009 - 05:08 PM

QUOTE (Scarlet Speedster @ Mar 4 2009, 04:54 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Crash -

I felt this was disappointing too. It was good or ok, not great. And to win an award totally overrates it. I still think it won just because there was nothing else that year released that was award winning either.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 05:14 PM

QUOTE (Waycos @ Mar 4 2009, 05:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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Crash -

I felt this was disappointing too. It was good or ok, not great. And to win an award totally overrates it. I still think it won just because there was nothing else that year released that was award winning either.


Capote, Munich, Brokeback Mountain and Goodnight and Good Luck all should have won over Crash.

I find it really odd for a film to be considered the Best Picture of the year, and not have any of the performers or the director also win an award.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 05:53 PM

Sin City. I heard so many people rave about it, but I thought it was a piece of crap and I had a hard time watching it to the end.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 05:56 PM

Cloverfield
It was dispointing enough that I am being very cautious about the new Star Trek movie.

Star Wars Phantom Menace
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 07:07 PM

I dont want to think about all the dissapointments ive had in my life. I can say I was recently dissapointed by the movie "Taken" I was really hoping for a lot more depth then that. That movie was less complex then "Walking Tall" with The Rock.
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Posted 04 March 2009 - 09:31 PM

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Boondock Saints - I saw this because of word of mouth, without which I would have been completely oblivious to this movie. I never saw a preview or so much as a poster before sitting down to watch the movie. There is a good reason this movie was only shown on five theaters for one week. Crappity crap crap crap.


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QUOTE (Cybercat @ Mar 4 2009, 10:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sin City. I heard so many people rave about it, but I thought it was a piece of crap and I had a hard time watching it to the end.


Agree with that..

And let me add: The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.


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Posted 05 March 2009 - 07:27 PM

The Phantom of the Opera--While not necessarily a bad movie, it does not live up to the book or the theatre versions.

Star Wars Episodes I-III --the very definition of 'disappointment'

The Golden Compass--Falls way short of the book.


Now, here's hoping that I don't end up adding Watchmen to this list over the weekend....
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Posted 07 March 2009 - 09:45 PM

I was pretty disappointed with Star Wars Eps I-III as well. I grew up on the original trilogy and had high expectations for the new installments.

I was also severely disappointed in Hostel. People kept saying "Oh man, this movie is so hardcore, you gotta see it, it'll scare you!" I watched it and laughed the entire time. The scene near the end with the girl and the blow torch and her eyeball? That was just ridiculous. When the main guy grabs her face and tries to steady her, I called out "Hey! HEY! LOOK AT ME! LOOK AT ME, I'M RIGHT HERE!" That got some laughs.

Let's see... what else? I was incredibly disappointed with Starship Troopers 2. I really enjoyed the first one. It was far from a cinematic masterpiece, but it was incredibly fun in a campy sort of way. I expected number 2 to have that familiar feel but it ended up just plain sucking.

And then of course there were the second two Matrix films.... *sigh*
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Posted 08 March 2009 - 08:58 AM

I hate to say it, but Wall-E was really disappointing. That is, it was very good, but didn't live up to my expectations. It had an amazingly endearing and original opening, but as it progressed, turned into an eerie doppel-ganger of the Brave Little Toaster with a bit of robot-on-robot romance thrown in.
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Posted 09 March 2009 - 12:54 PM

Ultraviolet - I want that bit of my life back...

X-Men III - Everyone wanted out so they had to kill people... woo... and where the hell was Nightcrawler?

Spider Man III - To many villans Sandman was dumb...
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