Movies that really disappointed you.

[Visage]

Any movies that you thought would be great, only to let you down when you watched them.

For me:

The Dark Knight
Paranormal Activity
Brokeback Mountain
King Kong
2012
War Of The Worlds

[setanta]

Biggest movie going disappointment for me was probably Star Wars The Phantom Menace. I'm sure there's others but that's the first one that sprung to mind.

[BB_Eye]

I second you on the Dark Knight and War of the Worlds.

Children of Men turned out to be a heap of rubbish, especially after the glowing reviews
The Lives of Others wasn't all it was hyped up to be either
Hallam Foe fell massively short of its promising opening scenes
Casino Royale was really dull, despite Daniel Craig being a great Bond

[setanta]

Thought I was the only one that thought Casino Royale was no great shakes. Didn't do much for me at all.

[Visage]

Biggest movie going disappointment for me was probably Star Wars The Phantom Menace. I'm sure there's others but that's the first one that sprung to mind.

I enjoyed the Phantom Menace, I believe it was down to the 15 year gap of Star Wars. It didn't last too long though, before I watched it the second time only to find out I was conned:joker:

[Visage]

I second you on the Dark Knight and War of the Worlds.

Children of Men turned out to be a heap of rubbish, especially after the glowing reviews
The Lives of Others wasn't all it was hyped up to be either
Hallam Foe fell massively short of its promising opening scenes
Casino Royale was really dull, despite Daniel Craig being a great Bond

Oh yes, Child of Men was a real let down. So much I had forgotten about it until now.:D

[InOne]

Donnie Brasco and The Untouchables.

[BB_Eye]

Oh... how could I forget Natural Born Killers? I'm a big Oliver Stone fan and never thought him capable making something that bad. It's like he forgot the meaning of the word 'subtlety'.

[Harry!]

Silence Of The Lambs - I expected more blood and violence.

[LaLaLand]

I agree with Casino Royale totally, Daniel Craig is a great Bond but the plot was very plain.

[Iceman]

Silence Of The Lambs - I expected more blood and violence.

:nono: Your too young to be watching that! haha (watch Red Dragon it's good)

Movies that Disappointed me:

The Simpsons
The Dark Knight
Superman Returns

[setanta]

:nono: Your too young to be watching that! haha (watch Red Dragon it's good)

Movies that Disappointed me:

The Simpsons
The Dark Knight
Superman Returns

Oh yeah, Superman Returns was very disappointing, but I still think they should have allowed Singer to film a sequel.

[BB_Eye]

:nono: Your too young to be watching that! haha (watch Red Dragon it's good)

Movies that Disappointed me:

The Simpsons
The Dark Knight
Superman Returns

The Simpsons Movie sucked so bad. I know a lot of people complain about the quality of the series these days, but there were less laughs in the entire feature length movie than in some of today's worst Simpsons episodes.

Oh yeah, Superman Returns was very disappointing, but I still think they should have allowed Singer to film a sequel.

Just get Kevin Spacey to play Lex Luthor again and I'm happy.

[Iceman]

Oh yeah, Superman Returns was very disappointing, but I still think they should have allowed Singer to film a sequel.

Yeah I wasn't opposed to him coming back, I just found the movie very boring and lackluster.

The Simpsons Movie sucked so bad. I know a lot of people complain about the quality of the series these days, but there were less laughs in the entire feature length movie than in some of today's worst Simpsons episodes.

Only funny part was Spider Pig and then they overdid it bringing it into some episodes, I brought my twin Nephews to see it and they were bored out of there heads.

[KG.]

Daybreakers
Bronson
2012
Inception (Note: I think it's a fantastic film, but severly overhyped, hence I was slightly disappointed that I didn't really agree with people throwing the "one of the best movies ever" line about)
No Country For Old Men
Paranormal Activity

[Simone.]

Avatar!
it's a movie about blue cats & it's really long!

[Shaun]

The last Indiana Jones one...I wasn't expecting too much but I wasn't expecting the equivalent of a miscarriage.

[Patrick]

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If this is the best disaster movie ever, I would die if I saw the rest. *Facepalm*

It was horrible, All of the good parts of the trailer, rushed into one scene.
It was more about those ******ing fat Russian Drake and Josh wanna-be twins, than it was about the actual doomsday.

[setanta]

Yep, the last Indiana Jones and Avatar were horrendous.

[Beastie]

Open Water.

[Beastie]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's okay but overated.

[BB_Eye]

Ferris Bueller's Day Off. It's okay but overated.

Fast Times at Ridgemont High > any John Hughes movie.

[setanta]

Crash. Absolute rubbish and how the hell did it win Best Picture?

[30stone]

I generally dont really dislike many movies i always find them pretty entertaining..

The two that ive seen recently that i thought were absolute crap though were..

Dragonball : Evolution - A dragonball z movie sounded amazing! it was piss poor and so cheap..


One of "the mummy" spin offs, it was released like 2009 i think..

And it was so so crap!

[Beastie]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High > any John Hughes movie.

Not seen that. Would love to though!

I love the Breakfast Club and I like Pretty in Pink and St Elmo's Fire! :)

[setanta]

Fast Times at Ridgemont High > any John Hughes movie.

It's great, but I do have a soft spot for Planes, Trains and Home Alone.

[Harry!]

:nono: Your too young to be watching that! haha

I went through a brief horror movie fase this year and didnt like it much.

I want to see Human Centipede but I wait till it is on DVD.

[Irishguy16]

Inception - far too complicated and over thought.

[BB_Eye]

Not seen that. Would love to though!

I love the Breakfast Club and I like Pretty in Pink and St Elmo's Fire! :)

Lol, I didn't like the Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink (Molly Ringwald was charming in both of them though).

St. Elmo's Fire, I have yet to see, but I know it was directed by Joel Schumacher whose movies generally do nothing for me.

[Shaun]

Crash. Absolute rubbish and how the hell did it win Best Picture?

I really like that movie. But it's probably not awards-worthy. 2004/5 wasn't great in terms of film - Brokeback Mountain is terrifically overrated.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was shafted, though. From that year I also loved The Ladykillers, Mean Girls, Kill Bill 2, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City... mostly comedies/actions that get overlooked.

[Beastie]

Lol, I didn't like the Breakfast Club or Pretty in Pink (Molly Ringwald was charming in both of them though).

St. Elmo's Fire, I have yet to see, but I know it was directed by Joel Schumacher whose movies generally do nothing for me.

Lol well it is just another Brat Pack movie really but I did quite like it!! :)

[BB_Eye]

It's great, but I do have a soft spot for Planes, Trains and Home Alone.

I totally forgot that was from John Hughes. Probably his best movie.

[setanta]

I totally forgot that was from John Hughes. Probably his best movie.

You mean Planes, Trains and Automobiles? I bloody love that film. Home Alone is great fun.

[BB_Eye]

You mean Planes, Trains and Automobiles? I bloody love that film. Home Alone is great fun.

I haven't seen Home Alone in years, lol.

A little known fact about Fast Times is that the screenplay was jointly written by Cameron Crowe (who had yet to try his hand at directing) and Clueless writer Amy Heckerling.

[setanta]

I really like that movie. But it's probably not awards-worthy. 2004/5 wasn't great in terms of film - Brokeback Mountain is terrifically overrated.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind was shafted, though. From that year I also loved The Ladykillers, Mean Girls, Kill Bill 2, Shaun of the Dead, Sin City... mostly comedies/actions that get overlooked.

You had me looking through the films of 2005 there. Didn't go back to 2004 but some of my favourites from '05 would have been Grizzly Man, A History of Violence, Serenity, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and I have a soft spot for The New World.

[setanta]

Oh, and the Constant Gardener. Absolutely fantastic film.

[BB_Eye]

I've been meaning to see the New World. Apparently they use Wagner's Rhinegold prelude in the soundtrack. Nice.

[setanta]

It does indeed. Malick's movies really divide opinion, but I always find myself being bewitched by the visuals and dreamlike quality of his movies. They're just always extremely beautiful pieces of cinema.

[BB_Eye]

Terence Malick, that old adversary of notoriously harsh film critic Pauline Kael. I thought Badlands was a good dark comedy, even if it was similar to Bonnie and Clyde. I enjoyed the Thin Red Line too.

[setanta]

I think you either love or hate his work; there's no middle ground.

[Visage]

My list:
The Dark Knight
Paranormal Activity
Brokeback Mountain
King Kong
2012
War Of The Worlds


With these added also

Daybreakers
No Country For Old Men


Open Water.

Crash. Absolute rubbish and how the hell did it win Best Picture?




One of "the mummy" spin offs, it was released like 2009 i think..

And it was so so crap!

[Visage]

I want to see Human Centipede but I wait till it is on DVD.


The Human Centipede is a strange one. It has all the sickly gore with it, but the Americans build this up in their usual way, which generally turns out to be a disappointment. Watch with an open mind and see what you think.



The worse scene for me was this:

When the guy at the front had to take a crap in the mouth of the girl that was stitched onto his arse.


Now that was sick!!!

[BB_Eye]

The Human Centipede is a strange one. It has all the sickly gore with it, but the Americans build this up in their usual way, which generally turns out to be a disappointment. Watch with an open mind and see what you think.



The worse scene for me was this:

When the guy at the front had to take a crap in the mouth of the girl that was stitched onto his arse.


Now that was sick!!!

I don't understand the appeal of these movies. I'd rather be stuck on a broken down train with half the teenage inbred underclass of Sunderland than sit through another torture porn flick.

[Visage]

I don't understand the appeal of these movies. I'd rather be stuck on a broken down train with half the teenage inbred underclass of Sunderland than sit through another torture porn flick.

Oh I've questioned myself a few times when I've watched one of these type movies.

[LaLaLand]

The Human Centipede actually made me quite violently ill whilst watching the scene mentioned in Spoilers above. ****ing VILE!

I didn't feel well for days just thinking about it.

[Harry!]

The DVD is out in october so I have a long time left anyway.

[Visage]

The Human Centipede actually made me quite violently ill whilst watching the scene mentioned in Spoilers above. ****ing VILE!

I didn't feel well for days just thinking about it.

It was vile, I had it on my mind for days too.

It really was the bottom of the pit material, one I guess I would never had imagined would ever appear on the big screen.

[oddballmisfitsFTW]

Predators - not enough Predator kills or action or suspense or anything really
Inception - dull story and flat characters despite great idea for film

[Mac Hiavellian]

Thought I was the only one that thought Casino Royale was no great shakes. Didn't do much for me at all.

It contradicted itself being a reboot and being Bond's first adventure when it still had Dame Judy Dench in it.

And it missed a trick with a 2006 release. Imagine billboard reading "2007" emphasising the '007'.

I dislike a lot of mainstream films because they're overrated.

[setanta]

It contradicted itself being a reboot and being Bond's first adventure when it still had Dame Judy Dench in it.

And it missed a trick with a 2006 release. Imagine billboard reading "2007" emphasising the '007'.

I dislike a lot of mainstream films because they're overrated.

I'm just not convinced by Daniel Craig yet as Bond. True, he does channel Bonds brazen and brutal style, but I can't see the charm or playfulness yet. He's too cold really for the role and he's nowhere near Fleming's Bond, in my opinion anyway. The actor that was closest in tone to the Bond of the books was Timoty Dalton.

[Mystic Mock]

1.superman returns, poor acting imo.
2.the day the earth stood still,poor story.

[MTVN]

I second you on the Dark Knight and War of the Worlds.

Children of Men turned out to be a heap of rubbish, especially after the glowing reviews
The Lives of Others wasn't all it was hyped up to be either
Hallam Foe fell massively short of its promising opening scenes
Casino Royale was really dull, despite Daniel Craig being a great Bond

Cant agree with you on The Lives of Others, I think its one of the best films I've seen

One that dissapointed me was Transformers 2, it was complete crap

[Lee.]

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button... didn't hate it,but I didn't enjoy it as much as the reviews etc would have suggested! Quite depressing too I thought

[InOne]

Dragonball Evolution. Used to love the cartoon and they raped it with this stupid film.

[Chilltown]

Nightmare on Elm Street - The Remake. Ick.

[Callum]

I had high hopes for 2012 but it was rubbish. It's just as bad as the SyFy channel movies.

[setanta]

Quite a number of Scorsese's most recent films have done nothing for me really, such as Gangs of New York, The Departed and Shutter Island.

[Glenn.]

For me its:

Paranormal Activity (Why they have made another, I do not know!)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. (For such a fantastic book, the film adaptation was dire)
Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen.(The effects were outstanding, it was just a shame about the story)

I think thats it. I may think of a few more.

[fingers]

The Midnight Meat train - UGH

CUT, No second Chance - Double UGH!