Your biggest film disapointments?

[Panda Phil]

It's happened to all of us at one time or another.

You know the ones. You've seen the hype, you read the book, or you loved the first movie and you're all pumped up, marking your calander and anxiously awaiting opening day. When it finally comes out, you rush to see it and end up leaving the theater shaking your head, bitterly dissapointed and wondering just what the hell happened?

So what were your biggest movie let-downs?

My most recent examples:


Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Loved Clerks and Dogma, but apart from a few good gags, this was just dumb.

Phantom Menace - This'll probably be on most peoples list. It was okay, but really, could any movie have lived up to the hype?

Gods and Generals - Gettysburg is one of my favorite films ever, but just about everyone has dumped on this prequel. I'll still be getting it on DVD, but I gotta wonder what went wrong.

Final Fantasy:TSW - The previews had me all worked up. Finally we'd be getting a hard SF story AND a serious animation. No singing animals or princess's. The FF games were great, so how could this one go wrong? But it did. Turned out to be a beautiful looking film with an absolutely awful script and muddy storyline.

[jdpatri]

Batman and Robin - Batman Forever wasn't a total waste... and Tim Burton's two Batman films were two of my favorite movies at the time. I expected it to suck... yet I couldn't help but feel that its craptaculousness exceeded my expectations.

Phantom Menace/Attack of the Clones - still like them... but it's just not the same. Worse acting, worse scripts... Lucas' digital revolution has given birth to lazy filmmaking. Maybe he'll take notice of how Lord of the Rings: TT handled its digital character. Less is more, George.

Planet of the Apes - ...still like Tim Burton... but this was poop.

There are many more... but these are the most obvious.

[Hiro11]

Johnny Mnemonic because the short story is classic Gibson. I don't know what happened in the movie but it's one of the worst things I've ever seen. Also, this movie ruined any chance of cyberpunk classics like Neuromancer or Snow Crash being made into movies any time soon. Both would be great. Lastly, I took a girl to the movie without reading any reviews, she was not exactly impressed. Luckly she stayed with me.

Road to Perdition could have been great, but Mendes incorporated too many noir/gangster cliches. The main bad-guy was totally hammy and stereotypical. The ending was pat and far from convincing. This movie wasted great performances from Hanks, Newman and particularly Law.

Panic Room. This movie was so close to being a classic, but it had too many scream-instructions-at-the-screen dumb sceens. Too many plot holes and too many cliches. I really wanted to like the movie, but I'll probably never see it again.

Sixth Sense: I figured it out 45 minutes before the movie ended. Admittedly, I knew there was a twist ending, but wasn't it sort-of obvious what was going to happen?

Batman Returns. Burton directing, Walken and DeVito starring. This should have been the ultimate comic book movie. moments of brilliance, but dull and dreary. A wasted opportunity. Come to think of it, Sleepy Hollow and Edward Scissorhands are the only Burton movies I've seen that lived up to their potential.

Slackers. OK, I know I should have known this would suck..but Schwartzenbaum (or however you spell his name) had one of my favorite performances ever in Rushmore, then he goes and makes this ****? Fastest career destruction ever.

I liked Phantom Menace, except for Anakin and Jar-Jar. I really liked AOTC, I actually believe that it's a good movie. No disappointment there.

[Tscott]

The Avengers - I went to this one opening day since I was a fan of the original tv show and thought the film would be good. I was wrong.

And I guess I could say the new Star Wars films too.

[Patman]

I was underwhelmed by "Spirited Away".

[ineluki]

Originally posted by Panda Phil
It's happened to all of us at one time or another.
So what were your biggest movie let-downs?


"xXx". I expected a brainless Actionmovie, but it was far worse.

[eedoon]

I'll just say the obvious... Battlefield Earth. I know it's a bad movie, so I went to the theatre expecting bad movie. But what happens before my eyes is worse than my expectation.
Also Michael Bay's flicks.

[tofu]

Spiderman - This movie was alright but it could have been so much better.

[Mammal]

The Bonfire of the Vanities. It should have been a classic.

[PalmerJoss]

I would have to say without question the Star Wars prequels. I wanted to like them so much, I really did and I tried very hard to, but I just couldn't get over the terrible acting and dialogue. As a result of my major disappointment I am considering not seeing EpIII in the theatres(or at least not the very first showing at midnight like I have for Eps I and II).

[Charlie Goose]

Tops is definitely Natural Born Killers. I expected to see a classic, and I did. A classic bowel movement.

Another semi-disappointment was My Big Fat Greek Wedding. It was okay, but I guess I got carried away by the hype.

http://charliegoose.homestead.com/files/goose.jpg Honk!

[Robert]

<b>Reign of Fire</b> - I expected more from Rob Bowman. The script is awful. There is never a sense of awe(you'd think the filmmakers would want to show off the CG dragons as much as possible) and they needed more explanation as to how the dragons took over the world.

<b>X-Men</b> - Even though I own the two-disc set, I still think this is a missed opportunity. I blame FOX studio execs for moving up the release date and shortening the movie to a paltry 90 minutes. I have a feeling X2 is going to be everything X-Men could've been.

[neiname]

Originally posted by Hiro11

Sixth Sense: I figured it out 45 minutes before the movie ended. Admittedly, I knew there was a twist ending, but wasn't it sort-of obvious what was going to happen?



Ummm, no...

[mthiel]

The Fifth Element - I was really pumped to see this. REALLY pumped. I never saw any of Besson's previous films, so I didn't know what to expect. I don't consider this one of the worst films ever, but I was crushed when it ended. This is the most disappointing theatrical experience of my life.

What Lies Beneath - I am a major fan of Robert Zemeckis, but I left this movie feeling angry.

[cultshock]

Originally posted by Hiro11


Sixth Sense: I figured it out 45 minutes before the movie ended. Admittedly, I knew there was a twist ending, but wasn't it sort-of obvious what was going to happen?


Yeah, I love a good plot twist in a film that I didn't see coming (eg Fight Club) but I figured it out in Sixth Sense within the first half hour (I'll admit, like you, I knew there was a twist of some sort, so maybe I was just looking at the film more carefully to see if I could figure it out). Then again, I took film criticism in university, so maybe that taught me to "read" all films carefully.

[costanza187]

Blair Witch 2

This movie sucked beyond imagination

[audrey]

Of recent major disappointments, I’d have to say <b>LOTR-TT</b>. Based on the strength of the first installment and the hypnotic trailer, I expected the movie to rock. Instead, I found it butt-numbingly boring—too much ho-hum action combined with obvious CGI for my taste.

[inri222]

Saving Private Ryan

[WhFastus]

Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle - My buddy Daryl, a big animation fan, and I saw the trailer for this in front of Galaxy Quest. The 3D animation looked great in the trailer and in the completed film......too bad about the script.

Event Horizon - saw a preview for this on HBO about a month before it came out and it looked like an interesting sci-fi thriller. When I actually saw it I was unprepared for the level of gore and the freaked-out final scene. I like the "Alien" franchise, granted, but EH went way beyond that. :yack:

And speaking of the "Alien" franchise....I'll add Alien Resurrection. The mercenary "protagonists" were completely unpleasant, there was little suspense, and the human/alien hybrid at the end looked like Odo from Deep Space 9 had acid splashed on him. :rolleyes:

Edward

[Tarantino]

Recently, Phone Booth. I was expecting a lot more.

Historically...hmmm...

Full Metal Jacket
American Pie 2
Fast and the Furious

[MrPeanut]

Stanley Kubrick

[MicFreJas]

Add my vote to Batman and Robin. Arnold as Mr. Freeze didn't help, but looking at it now the whole movie feels like one big homosexual joke.

[joeydaninja]

The Phantom Menace (and of course the subsequent Attack of the Clones) -- after waiting so long we come up with this sh*t

Lord of the Rings -- I was hoping Peter Jackson would break away from the big movie mode, and come up with a magical rendition of the series. he didn't.

The Matrix -- visually powerful, but quite pretentious in plot and philosophy. i actually fell asleep, the first time I saw it.

The Godfather -- glorified violence, i might give Godfather 2 a second chance though. i haven't seen it in awhile, and I remember it to be quite powerful.

[conscience]

Originally posted by Robert
<b>X-Men</b> - Even though I own the two-disc set, I still think this is a missed opportunity. I blame FOX studio execs for moving up the release date and shortening the movie to a paltry 90 minutes. I have a feeling X2 is going to be everything X-Men could've been.

Got to agree on this one. But, I would go as far to say it was a POS.

The script was horrible, the acting was wretched, and the direction was awful.

I wanted to see an action film, I got no action film. I got actors spouting off shitty dialogue that tried to be oh so comedic, but failed miserably. Action scenes that were completely shot all wrong. Actually of the two big underwhelming actions scenes this film tried to pose as a drama. Please.

Also, the film can't be that good when every actor was totally wrong for their roles in this film, even Patrick Stewart who even looks like Prof. X !!!!



Finally, the only reason I am seeing X2 is because of Brian Cox.

[covenant]

The Thin Red Line.

Following close on the heels of Saving Private Ryan I was expecting a Pacific theater version of the same movie.
Could I be more wrong? I lived years hating the movie until I bought the DVD and reevaluated it. Now i've come to peace with the movie and what it's trying to say.

WindTalkers.

I can ignore a lot of crap in war movies because I love the genre. But Windtalkers never suspended my disbelief. Woo didn't even try to get the details right. It was just a slapdash affair. The entire movie was an opportunity lost.

[Dudikoff]

Lord of the Rings: TT - I've seen it twice and was bored out of my skull both times. I loved the first one and will definitely buy the Extended Edition of this three hour snoozer, but I never want to see it again. The pacing is horrible and you feel as though you are just moving from one seperate scene to another. Nothing flows. Reminds me of Godfather II in that it the entire movie is filled with padding just to show off a few important events.

[PaperStreetSoapCo]

I'd have to agree with SW: TPM, among others.

My most recent disappointment was Dreamcatcher. Was really excited to see it, first hour or so was pretty good, then it went down a really steep hill into absurdity.

[Joe Schmoe]

I'd have to say "Attack of the Clones" followed closely by "The Phantom Menace." TPM was a HUGE letdown, but I really thought after all the criticism it received George Lucas would have learned from the mistakes he made with it and not repeat them with AOTC. Unfortunately, he made the same mistakes with AOTC and a few new ones. Being a fan of the SW saga, I had to learn to like the prequels.

[pagos77]

I would have to say Brazil...after everyone pumped it like it was the best thing since sliced bread, I bought it and got rid of it. I tried watching it twice and just thought it was very average. Said it before and I'll say it again, I doubt this film would have been recognised in cult circles if it wasnt for the much publicised fued between Gilliam and the studio.

[braveheart32]

I'm bringing new life to this thread since I am new to the site.

Windtalkers- I turned this off after 30 minutes. It was the worst thing I have ever laid eyes on. John Woo should not be able to make movies again it was so bad.

Daredevil- After Spiderman pulled off a big hit (although I thought it decent), this one sucked the proverbial egg. Affleck sucked...the action sucked, the ending fight suck. If it wasn't for Collin Farrell, there would be nothing redeeming about the movie.

[cupcake jesus]

Like half of the free world, The Phantom Menace was a let-down for me--I like the film, but I was expecting something magical.

Also...The Patriot--I've always thought that there was a great movie in the American Revolution somewhere, but Mel Gibson did his best to prove me wrong. Worst movie I've ever seen in the theater.

[The Nature Boy]

Originally posted by tofu
Spiderman - This movie was alright but it could have been so much better.


How?

[Tommy_Harn]

Signs - Could have and should have been an excellent thriller. I wish it was.

We Were Soldiers - Braveheart-to-Patriot-to-WWS: The first was great, the second weak, the third was unwatchable. But Mel Gibson was just one of the dozens of elements that failed for this one.

[Gdrlv]

Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back - Turned me off of Kevin Smith, and Jersey Girl doesn't sound like it's gonna bring my faith in the man back.

Signs - Read glowing reviews, and it ended up being one of the worst movies I've ever seen. One of the only times I left a movie theater angry.

[BuckeyeDawg]

Donnie Darko - HORRIBLE. Can't even begin to describe how bad I thought this was. And for a A ton of reasons. I'm awestruck when I STILL hear people talking about how good this was.

Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith should stick to brainless comedy.

Last of the Mohicans - Borrowed the Extended version, which was a little under two hours long. And as bad as I thought it was, my question is why release the extended version? Do we really need a two hour version of a bad 90 minute movie? Running, climbing, and more running. Below average acting, ridiculously stupid dialogue, and poor cinematography.

[Rocky_Stallone]

"Signs" - I was expecting it to be a really good sci-fi thriller, but instead it turned out to be a boring family comedy that seems like a total X-Files ripoff. I was very dissapointed by this movie. I will not buy the DVD becaue it's something I could never watch over again. This is a one time only thing for me. Mel Gibson doing science fiction just doesn't work, he just looks like a silly old geezer.

"Knockaround Guys" - Man, was this movie terrible, the only reason I watched this movie was for the great cast they had in it: John Malkovich, Dennis Hopper, Vin Diesel, Seth Green, etc. The plot to this movie was silly as hell and done so many times. This movie is just laughable. After I saw this, I said to myself "This is the end of John Malkovich's career". :-/

"Ghost of Mars" - I was expecting this movie to turn out to be a cool sci-fi action flick, but instead it turned out to be like a low budget B-movie with bad acting. Go figure, Carpenter's career is over, folks.

"John Q" - Not a really bad movie but I was dissapointed by it. Denzel Washington is an amazing actor, but this movie was boring and it didn't entertain me one bit. It was too predictable of a story.

"Mr. Deeds" - Adam Sandler movies are boring me to death now, I used to love him but now I'm done with him.

"Domestic Disturbance" - The acting by Travolta and Vaughn wasn't bad but it's the movie being too predictable and not being as entertaining is what made me feel dissapointed by it.

That's all I can think of as of now.

[Pants]

Originally posted by BuckeyeDawg
Last of the Mohicans - Borrowed the Extended version, which was a little under two hours long. And as bad as I thought it was, my question is why release the extended version? Do we really need a two hour version of a bad 90 minute movie? Running, climbing, and more running. Below average acting, ridiculously stupid dialogue, and poor cinematography. Just wanted to point out the Directors cut is only 7 minutes longer and actually deletes some material. Also the cinematography most assuradly DOES NOT SUCK.

[ckolchak]

Originally posted by The Nature Boy
"spider-man could have been better"
How?

the green goblin was the biggest deficet, followed by several very poorly written scenes, and , imo a performance by JK Simmons as JJJ that is a little too broad, and too eager for laughs.
i used to think that Dunst & Maguire dind't have much chemistry together , but upon reflection i have to agree with someone elses criticism i read that the scenes they have together in the hospital and at the cemetary are just poorly written.
they are dense with dialouge.
the scenes would have been better served by concision.
the goblin though, is the real problem.
it's bad enough that you can't see the hero's mouth or eyes. when you can't really see the villans either, it makes the scenes of the two of them really limp.
Dafoe should have had make-up and appliances for sure.
for as many wise choices as Rami made, he dropped the ball big time with this one.


but Spider-man wasn't a big disappointment for me the first couple of times i saw it.
By far my biggest disappointments were
Return Of The Jedi
and
Superman II
i was trying to watch the latter yesterday, in an attempt to keep X2 in perspective, and it was as awful as always.
cheap, crass, & stupid.
and i don't think a Donner cut could save it.
several of the worst, most wrong-headed scenes were actually his .

[iggystar]

Seeing how I took the day off from work and got up at 6 a.m. to wait until 3 p.m. on a rainy day to buy tickets I would have to give another vote to "The Phantom Menace". I have not watched it since I saw it on the big screen.

But this, like a few other movies, I got so hyped up to see it that after the movie was over I convinced myself that it was good but in retrospect I realized that it was not really so.

One other movie I was disappointed in was "Goldeneye". I just remember seeing MI:2 and thinking, "Wow, that's what a spy movie is supposed to be about!"

[Chipmaker]

Mission To Mars -- when I saw the trailer, my first thought was "Kubrick did it better." Then I actually watched M2M, and it was atrocious. Bad plotting, bad acting, bad physics, bad Spfx... gaah! It took a decent premise -- what if there was a Face on Mars, and it was alien? -- and went nowhere interesting, ending up at a lame "we begat you" conclusion.

[BuckeyeDawg]

Pants: Last of the Mohicans - just because there is some beautiful scenery, doesn't mean the camerawork is any good. I think the cinematography does suck. In a lot of the night scenes, I could barely tell what the hell is going on, and in the some of the fight scenes, I felt like I was in the battle... in other words, totally disoriented and confused. To me, that is very poor cinematography. I do not want to get lost in a very contrived use of the camera... For example, the fight scenes in "Saving Private Ryan" are much more complex, were filmed with a hand-held, and you never get "lost" in the scene.

Just my opinion though, and I certain respect yours. You bring a lot of insight on the forums. Keep it up...

:D

[Giles]

Originally posted by braveheart32


Windtalkers- I turned this off after 30 minutes. It was the worst thing I have ever laid eyes on. John Woo should not be able to make movies again it was so bad.



the violence for violence sake was simply gratituous. like, where was the story and character development. Simply unbelievably bad.

[Pants]

Originally posted by BuckeyeDawg
Pants: Last of the Mohicans - just because there is some beautiful scenery, doesn't mean the camerawork is any good. I think the cinematography does suck. In a lot of the night scenes, I could barely tell what the hell is going on, and in the some of the fight scenes, I felt like I was in the battle... in other words, totally disoriented and confused. To me, that is very poor cinematography. I do not want to get lost in a very contrived use of the camera... For example, the fight scenes in "Saving Private Ryan" are much more complex, were filmed with a hand-held, and you never get "lost" in the scene.
:D Dante Spinotti is most assuradly a good cinematographer. And Michael Mann is a great director. If the fight scenes are disorienting then that's the way the filmmaker intended it. And since that is something belonging more to the realm of the director you can't blame the cinematographer anyway.

If you find the night scenes too dark, calibrate your set properly and watch in a darkened room. I'll agree the night scenes are VERY DARK, but in a proper viewing environment they look great. I'm not judging the cinematogrphy only on beautiful scenery either; look at the scene of the surender at the fort. With the smoke in the air the scene has a truely magical feeling. The close-ups of the actresses are gorgeous and near perfect.

[NCMojo]

Hand down winner... Highlander 2.

........The Planet Zeist.

........500 Years Ago.

Whaaaa? (eye rub) I said, whaaaa?

Hey, we all loved the first film, and eagerly awaited the second, but this movie was so abysmally awful...

[BuckeyeDawg]

Pants: I'll give it a second chance, and use your suggestions. I watched it while I was in the process of moving, so that may not have helped the viewing.

:D

[Pants]

Uhh yeah, it probably did -rolleyes-

[jaeufraser]

I'll put Mission Impossible 2 on this list. I really enjoyed the first one, and liked the idea of a new director for a new spy movie. The Bond movies weren't donig it for me, so this was supposed to be awesome. Well, it wasn't even mediocre. i thought it was AWFUL. Just a terrible movie. Stupid love story, flat characters, didn't have any real espionage in it, the action scenes were short and only the motorcycle chase was even mildly decent. What a waste. It seemed more like Tom Cruise ejaculated all over the screen than a movie.

[KyleJBre_et]

I'd have to say Tuck Everlasting. I have to admit: the trailers had me very excited. I didn't get a chance to see it in theatres so I bought it on DVD the day it came out. I got through it, and it just felt empty. Like it didn't have a point to it. I guess I'll watch it again, and if it doesn't change my mind I'm going to e-bay it.

[DarkestPhoenix]

Generation X the TV movie...

I thought it would make way for the X-Men movie, but after seeing it, I thought, "Great. Another five years..."

And..............It was.

[BuckeyeDawg]

Pants: Sat down and watched LotM last night in the new "theater room" in the new place, and still didn't get much out of it overall. Though the darker scenes were improved, while watching it in a dark environment. I think the cinematography leaves to be desired. But certainly didn't see anything to change my mind from what I originally thought of the film...

[chanster]

I'll vote TPM as well.

Others already mentioned: Patriot, Mission Impossible

[Daniel I]

Street Fighter: The Movie

I really did not have very high hopes for a Video Game turned Movie title, but I think the potential was there for at least a Bloodsport type actian movie. After re-reading the sentence I just typed I laughed out loud. rotfl

Star Wars EP 1 and 2

I really wish they had used an older and different Anakin for these movies. I also wished they had removed the whole Force backround (yech a parasite?) I could go on but at least I found them entertaining if not classics!

[Morf]

The Scorpion King. What a freakin' waste of time.

[Capo2002]

I gotta say I was dissapointed by Spirited Away. I was expecting a masterpiece, but I was letdown. I thought the animations were amazing, but the characters weren't interesting to me, and the story was somewhat dull in my opinion.

[bcd]

the perfect storm...for whatever reason I thought that the ship made it back, so I wasn't expecting them to be lost at sea. I was disappointed. Either it was disappointment or the feeling of stupidity that I wasn't aware of the outcome of a true story.

[Saxofonix]

Blade Runner completely screwed up one of my favourite books by P.K.D.

[dunno260]

Signs - Mostly what has been said. Could have been so much more, but wasn't.

Saving Private Ryan - Its ok, but I never thought it was what it is said to be. A good war film, but there are much better ones out there.

The Matrix - I like it, but it was so overhyped to me that I was expecting the best film ever made, and of course, didn't get it.

MIB II - It was ok, but it was too short and just not what the first one was.

[DJ_Spyder]

Let's start with Star Wars Eps 1 & 2 bad script and acting nuff said.

Soldier Escape from New York and Escape from LA Kurt Russel just doesn't do it for me.

Braveheart Lethal Weapon 4 and Partiot Mad Mel goes wild I don't buy it and his comedy What Women want sucked.

Popeye,Toys The world according to Garth Robin Williams tries to hard for anyone to take him seriously as a dramatic actor.

Well that is all I can think of for now.

[Steve Phillips]

JAWS 3-D

One of the best concepts (and titles) ever, but the film itself didn't live up to the premise or the promise!

[Dabaomb]

I'm going with Gangs of New York. This was my most highly anticipated movie of last year after watching a preview for it on Scary Movie 2. Maybe I expected way too much, but I think Martin tried to put too much stuff into the movie. I'll give it another try on DVD but I was terribly disappointed when I saw it in theaters.

Another biggie: Blair Witch Project. A movie so hyped and the scariest part of it was seeing someone throw up in the movie theater aisle cuz of the shaky camerawork.

[ToddSm66]

A.I.

I had mistankenly worked myself into a frenzy thinking this would be a "Stanley Kubrick movie", but it was far from that. Everybody always talks about how bad the ending is, but I personally didn't find the first two hours all that special either.

[Lastblade]

Punch Drunk Love.... read so many positive reviews on it and it turns out to be very annoying (to say the least) and pretentious....

[Wag]

ID4 - I got sucked into the hype, and thinking that the mood created in teasers and trailers, and the first part of the movie would continue throughout. The ending and cheese factor taught me never to have too high of expectations for a movie...

which leads me to Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace - evidently I didn't learn the lesson from ID4 too well. But come on, after a 15-20 year build up since the last one, how could you not have high expectations? Subsequent viewings have shown me that it isn't quite as bad as I initially felt it was. However, I do have to say, right or wrong, it definitely changed the way I felt about the franchise (for the worse).

[harpo787]

I'm never really disappointed by films much anymore, I've learned not to set standards too high...it seems the higher your expectations, the bigger the disappointment comes....Phantom Menace is proof of that with all the disappointment. While I wasn't CRUSHED by how "bad" it was, it did take a few viewings for the movie to truly grow on me. With that said, I think my real disappointment is that no one reacted to posts like these:

posted by Conscience, regarding X-Men:
"Got to agree on this one. But, I would go as far to say it was a POS.

The script was horrible, the acting was wretched, and the direction was awful.

Also, the film can't be that good when every actor was totally wrong for their roles in this film, even Patrick Stewart who even looks like Prof. X !!!!

Finally, the only reason I am seeing X2 is because of Brian Cox."

So what you're saying here is that you're going to (have already gone?) see a movie that was directed by the same guy, with the same actors in it, despite that it was a "total POS"? I'm not sure I follow such logic....

One more confusing post, from Dudikoff, regarding Lord of The Rings Two Towers:

"Lord of the Rings: TT - I've seen it twice and was bored out of my skull both times. I loved the first one and will definitely buy the Extended Edition of this three hour snoozer, but I never want to see it again."

So you'll fork over cash for a movie that you didn't like the "shortened version" of that you never plan on watching again.....

I love the human race....they never cease to amaze and amuse me.

[TheAllPurposeNothing]

Toys - Really funny trailer and built on a great concept (a number of large toy manufacturers also produce parts for weapons). Beautiful design, interesting score...but befuddling, confusing, boring, and for large stretches, wretched.

Mystery Men - Sold on it from a still in an Entertainment Weekly summer movie preview. Still want my money back.

Terminator 2 - Thing was built up to no end by friends. Just came across as loud, poorly acted (except by J. Morton), and much ado about nothing. Proof that special effects alone don't make a movie. One of the weakest sequels ever.

Titanic - Same as Terminator 2...just replace J. Morton with Kathy Bates and its not a sequel.

Star Wars (1976) - Only the first time I saw it. A friend took the time to explain every scene in the film before we saw it. Sitting at the theatre, we just shook our heads..all the suprise was gone. Much better after seeing on a re-release right before ROTJ was released.

[Lateralus42]

Spirited Away. I heard all the hype surrounding this movie, but it was all hype. even my kid hated it. It was slow, tepid, boring, kind of like a Pokemon movie that *tried* to be serious.

[marioxb]

Movies I hated: About Shmidt (I have no idea why I even went to this, I was dragged there by friends), My Big Fat Greek Wedding ( I actually like the TV series better, it's funnier), pretty much anything that the Fraiser TV character would like. Pretty much any oscar, academy awards, etc. winners suck. MTV movie awards winner movies are cool. I'd probably like what Frasier's dad likes. As long as the movie has one or more of these: guns, explosions, lots of comedy (Dumb and Dumber, etc.), hot babes, car chases, special effects, etc, it's awesome in my book. I love xXx, M:I 2, Signs, T2, ID4, Daredevil, Mr. Deeds, Anger Management, X1, X2, Spider-Man. I pretty much like anything that's not "boring". (Meaning chick-flicks, About Sh_t, etc.)

[LBPound]

The Score

Extremely talented actors from three different generations, a relatively interesting plot (in theory), and a director whose work I like...

Not bad, just a "disappointment" in every sense of the word.

[mookyman]

Originally posted by marioxb
As long as the movie has one or more of these: guns, explosions, lots of comedy (Dumb and Dumber, etc.), hot babes, car chases, special effects, etc, it's awesome in my book.


Didn't I see you in Heavy Metal Parking Lot?

[NiCK Crush]

Originally posted by TheAllPurposeNothing

Terminator 2 - Thing was built up to no end by friends. Just came across as loud, poorly acted (except by J. Morton), and much ado about nothing. Proof that special effects alone don't make a movie. One of the weakest sequels ever.


wow...

T2 is like the definition of great sequels to me... it is leaps and bounds better than The Terminator.

[jfoobar]

Originally posted by NiCK Crush
wow...

T2 is like the definition of great sequels to me... it is leaps and bounds better than The Terminator.

In terms of special effects, yes. In any other way I can think of, not even.

[JaxComet]

Originally posted by Mammal
The Bonfire of the Vanities. It should have been a classic.


Were people really anticipating this one?

[LivingINClip]

The Matrix - I knew a lot of people swore by it, but I was never impressed..Now Reloaded, looks like it may change my mind...

Batman Returns - I agree with the above poster. I for one , loved the 1989 Batman. I thought Burton done a great job. So, I expected more and better stuff for Burton in his sequel. He had the cast, he lacked the story. It just totally fell apart durin' the second half.

Spider-Man - I had waited this all my childhood and walked out dissapointed. The outfits needed work, as they looked like a cheap TV Power-Ranger's outfits. The story was tweaked to much for my likes .

X-Men - Borin'!

Men in Black 2 - Loved the first one. Hated the second. Worst ..Product..Endorsement ever!!! (and you know what I'm talking about Sony!)

Hannibal - Huge fan of 'ManHunter' (Red Dragon) and 'Silence of the Lambs'. Read the book way before the movie came out and thought if they changed the endings a bit, it could be a great movie. I was wrong. Ridley Scott ruined that movie. Terrible, long and borin'.

The Evil Dead trilogy - I have heard the ravings . I don't understand the appeal.

[CheapBastid]

Cool World - in the trailer it appeared to be a fantastic romp, but was a mess on film

Toys - Similar to what others said, was excited by the look and premise, and it the movie had real potential that it didn't really know what to do with

Fifth Element - Started out strong, but I think Mr. Besson didn't know how to do the carry into and create the 2nd half of the movie.

Batman - I had high hopes for the film, and reading the initial script it could have been much better than it turned out to be. Wonderful looking, but not dark enough for my tastes. I still seethe over the decision to have Vicki Vale brought into the Batcave (yeah, I'm a Dark Knight geek).

[vallerie]

The Mummy Returns - I thought I was going to enjoy this sequel as much as the first one. The movie is good, but not as good to get the DVD.

The Nutty Professor 2: The Klumps I thought I was going to enjoy this movie, but in my opinion it wasn't as funny as the first one. Maybe because of Janet Jackson. She really didn't carry that much spark and she wasn't really that funny.

Batman Forever & Batman and Robin The 3rd Batman was midocre, but not as good. Batman and Robin was terrible. Boring!! Joel Schumacher (or maker, or how ever you spell his name) ruined a great series. Wish Tim Burton could've directed this two.

[JaxComet]

Originally posted by covenant
WindTalkers.

I can ignore a lot of crap in war movies because I love the genre. But Windtalkers never suspended my disbelief. Woo didn't even try to get the details right. It was just a slapdash affair. The entire movie was an opportunity lost.


I hear ya. Then they go and re-release the DVD as a 3 disc SE.....WHY??????

[stefanc]

now personally, unlike my friends that go to the movies like every week.. i dont. if a movie looks like a piece of crap i wont go see it.

however, i did want to go see daredevil..

this movie.. has to be the worst movie EVER! i was so pissed off i didnt watch any movies till X2 came out, becuase i lost all hope for movies. it's also very sad that they are going to make sequal. :/

[joliom]

Beverly Hills Cop 3...but maybe I should have expected it given the first sequel (and the sorry state of Eddie's career).