Disappointing Movies

[Jacob Powers]

Have you ever been so excited to watch a particular Movie, and once the credits rolled up - you were highly disappointed; Well, share them with me.

The film that I was disappointed with was Harry Potter 3, Troy, and Stigmata. I was expecting much more

[Hannibal21]

This belongs in the Best/Worst/Favorites forum, but until it gets moved...

I was severely disappointed with the following movies...

The Blair Witch Project
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The English Patient
In America
Hannibal
Life is Beautiful
Thirteen
Unbreakable

[HanasaMO]

Lots of movies got me dissapointed like Troy,harrry potter1,2,3 and so foth.

[ak]

As you have brought up Harry Potter 3, I was disappointed with it as far as being duped into thinking it was something it wasn't.

The advertising proclaimed "Everything will change".

Of course, I wasn't expecting any great shift in terms of tone (it was slightly darker), but having not read the books, I was expecting some great story leap. But I still find it to be an incoherent series of films that don't really go anywhere.
So, nothing really changed.
I left feeling confused, because that's quite a bold tagline, and nothing significant happened to merit it.

I still enjoy them, for what they are, though, and it does seem to be heading into more interesting territory.

Perhaps I should pick up the books...(They are always better).

[Korny]

Matrix reloaded

Tomb Raider

Casablanca

Vertigo

Crash

Rear Window

...all come to mind

[Jon Lyrik]

Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace

Has to be the King of Disappointments. While I didn't expect it to recreate the magic of the original trilogy, I wasn't expecting this vat of diaherrea gravy. Terrible.

[one_crow_sorrow]

The first time I watched Pulp Fiction I was kind of disappointed, but it's slowly becoming one of my favourite movies.

[Adornado]

The Village wasn't all that great...

[Sigur509]

Troy
Mystic River(WTF happend here?)
The Stepford Wives
Starsky & Hutch

[Kidsilk]

Blade Runner. I had heard lots of good things about it, but when I finally saw it, ugh. It was pretty dull.

[screamer581]

Gladiator
Thirteen
Shrek 2 (still enjoyed it, just hoping it would be up to par with the orginal, which IMO it wasn't)
Spider-Man (loved 2 though)

[Raoul Duke]

Most recently, The Village.

[drdash]

batman and robin, definitely the most highly anticipated movie for me and a tremedous letdown.
also, judge dredd, they really screwed up that one.

ciao
drdash

[Rick-James]

Originally posted by Raoul Duke
Most recently, The Village.

Ditto!

[Ted Pikul]

Dark Blue.

One of my favourite actors Kurt Russell working with a James Ellroy script & a director with a good track record in Ron Shelton.

Not to mention good reviews all around by the critics.

Yet it sucked harder than a Dyson vacuum cleaner.

& as for Scott Speedman all I can say is those people who give Freddie Prinze Jnr a hard time about his acting should check this guy out.

The very definition of wooden.

[HHH123007]

Troy
Reloaded & Revolutions
Harry Potter 1 &2
Mystic River
Signs
Jersey Girl(although I liked it)

[ToasT]

Originally posted by Hannibal21
This belongs in the Best/Worst/Favorites forum, but until it gets moved...

I was severely disappointed with the following movies...

The Blair Witch Project
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
The English Patient
In America
Hannibal
Life is Beautiful
Thirteen
Unbreakable

If you were disappointed about these films then movies aren't really your thing. Keep listening to your audio tapes.

[Alan Remorse]

Originally posted by Kidsilk
Blade Runner. I had heard lots of good things about it, but when I finally saw it, ugh. It was pretty dull.

are you mad!?!??!?!! this movie is totally amazing.

i was really disappointed by Once Upon A Time In Mexico. possibly the most "thrown together" movie of recent times... wouldnt bother if i didnt know how talented everyone involved in it really is

[Briare Rabbit]

Originally posted by ToasT
If you were disappointed about these films then movies aren't really your thing. Keep listening to your audio tapes.

:rolleyes: Stupidest. Post. I. Have. Ever. Seen. Considering who he's talking to. (no offense Toast)

Anywho, recently:
Heat and Man in the Moon were huge disappointments. I was a little let down by Whale Rider BUT

the king of disappointments is still Scarface.

[APzombie]

The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers & Return of the King.

Increadibly overrated films.

[Cronos]

Troy
Punch Drunk Love
Signs
Once Upon A Time In Mexico
Dawn Of The Dead (remake)
Jackie Brown
Matrix Reloaded

[MickeyKnox]

The Village-one of the biggest disappointments for me this summer and year.

[Hannibal21]

Originally posted by ToasT
If you were disappointed about these films then movies aren't really your thing. Keep listening to your audio tapes.

That's very informative dude, niice. I should take your advice as if it were the Holy Bible from now on, thanks. (inserts sarcasm)

[SykkBoy]

American Beauty
League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen

are some more recent examples

[neco82]

The Exorcist
The Others

Both put me to sleep. I found them slow and very, very dull, and I was really buying into the hype. Scariest movies ever? Yeah, right.

[optimusprime]

Troy 5/10
The Matrix Reloaded 6/10
The Matrix Revolutions 5/10
Van Helsing 2/11 (sucked ass)

[Briare Rabbit]

Originally posted by ToasT
If you were disappointed about these films then movies aren't really your thing. Keep listening to your audio tapes.

Other than Thirteen, and I havent seen In America, those movies suck buddy.

Hannibal? Life is Beautiful? BLAIR WITCH?

[Tagia_Romero]

Underworld
Troy
The Matrix Revolutions (To quote Arrow 'That's IT?')
The Italian Job (Remake)
The Lost Boys (Slightly, but it certainly ain't guilty of war crimes or anything)
The Exorcist
The Omen
The LotR trilogy. I watched them all and got something out of it, but that doesn't change the fact that they are overrated on an almost criminal scale.
Resident Evil
Van Helsing (once again, I wasn't offended by it and I will more than likely buy it on DVD, but I was seduced into thinking it would be an all round knockabout instead of a CGI fest)
Once Upon A Time In Mexico. Antoino wasn't given too much to do, Salma was criminally underused and Johnny was relied upon too much)

[sharkstank]

Originally posted by Tagia_Romero
Underworld
The Matrix Revolutions (To quote Arrow 'That's IT?')
Van Helsing (once again, I wasn't offended by it and I will more than likely buy it on DVD, but I was seduced into thinking it would be an all round knockabout instead of a CGI fest)


Amen sister. although i was offended by van helsing's crappiness (*1/2)

WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[sharkstank]

forgot to mention a few of my own:
Unbreakable
The Village
Secret Window
Stepford Wives (2004)
Cold Mountain
Wonderland
Dreamcatcher
League of Extaordinary Gentlemen
Daredevil
Bubba HoTep
Swimming Pool
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Equilibrium
Reign of Fire
Harry Potter 2
Tomb Raider
Malena
Pitch Black
Star Wars Ep1
Talented Mr Ripley
The Haunting
Godzilla (1998)
Mystery Men
Hallowen H20

WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[FilmBuff84]

Starsky & Hutch (Had lot of good people involved but relied on too much predictable and unfunny gags. Ben Stiller only added to the pain)

Troy (I still liked it, 7/10 here, Brad and Bana were good, but I was expecting a bit more of an epic that what it was)

Equilibrium (Christian Bale is a great actor, and Taye Diggs was solid, but I was severely let down. I think I was expecting too much going in)

The Matrix Reloaded / Revolutions (Didn't explain anything at all. Relied too much on effects)

The Lord of the Rings series (I don't deny they are well made, but I think they are heavily overrated. The first film was the best for me, even though i'm not in a hurry to see it again anytime soon, but The two Towers and ROTK were a bit taxing to watch. Considering the budget, some of the effects were painfully obvious, and Elijah Wood is very grating on the nerves)

[Heavenley]

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
Legally Blonde 2
Charlie's Angels 2
Stepford Wives (remake)
Dreamcatcher
Punch Drunk Love