Movies That You Were Extremely Disappointed In

Discussion in 'Movies, TV and Music' started by Mglnbea, Aug 12, 2005.

  1. Mglnbea

    Mglnbea Member

    Jun 26, 2001
    Northern California
    Club:
    San Jose Earthquakes
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Have you ever gone to a movie with great anticipation, and come away completely disappointed? Angry even?

    I'll nominate "School of Rock" to start things off. :(
     
  2. Claymore

    Claymore Member

    Jul 9, 2000
    Montgomery Vlg, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Anchorman. I tried to like it, I really did.
     
  3. MLS SupaStr3

    MLS SupaStr3 New Member

    Jul 2, 2003
    NJ
    Anchorman
    Windtalkers
    star wars episodes: I, II, and to a lesser extent- III
    orange county


    that's all i can think of now but i guarantee (sp?) that there are more
     
  4. Zamphyr

    Zamphyr Member

    Mar 31, 2003
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Highlander 2
     
  5. DoctorD

    DoctorD Member+

    Sep 29, 2002
    MidAtlantic
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The second Matrix.
     
  6. Claymore

    Claymore Member

    Jul 9, 2000
    Montgomery Vlg, MD
    Club:
    DC United
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Godfather III
    Solaris (the Clooney remake)
    Gregory's Girls
    Being Human
     
  7. Real Ray

    Real Ray Member

    May 1, 2000
    Cincinnati, OH
    Club:
    Real Madrid
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    "Bonfire Of The Vanities"

    When they cast Tom Hanks, my heart sunk, but I still had hope. It probably ranks no.1 in my book. I really wanted this to be a great film.
     
  8. Toon³

    Toon³ Member

    Dec 27, 2002
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    Bladerunner...i really like Minority Report but i just thought this was crap.
     
  9. Dave Marino-Nachison

    Jun 9, 1999
    Don't you ever learn?

    ;)
     
  10. Val1

    Val1 Member+

    Arsenal
    Mar 12, 2004
    MD's Eastern Shore
    Club:
    Arsenal FC
    Dune.

    There was a phase when I was trying to see a lot of the "classics" of the 60s that were just amazingly lame, like Easy Rider, The Wild Bunch, Night of the Iguana, Play Misty for Me, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Midnight Cowboy. Maybe you had to be there, and maybe they were too hyped in my mind after decades of reading about them, but I leave new-to-me 60's movies on the shelf.

    Also, anything my mom recommends as having "made her think". She was right on with the Pawnbroker and Heart is a Lonely Hunter, but since then, she's on an 0 for 40 streak.
     
  11. 655321

    655321 New Member

    Jul 21, 2002
    The Mission, SF
    Anchorman
    Pollock
    Donnie Brasco
     
  12. MLS SupaStr3

    MLS SupaStr3 New Member

    Jul 2, 2003
    NJ
    :)

    just saw it for the sake of it
     
  13. Toon³

    Toon³ Member

    Dec 27, 2002
    Club:
    Newcastle United FC
    and Once upon a time in america
     
  14. Malaga CF fan

    Malaga CF fan Member

    Apr 19, 2000
    Fairfax, VA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Seconded. As a general rule, though, most sequels end up being let downs. Especially if they weren't an original part of the plan. So often, people just find a cash cow and decide to milk it. The Matrix franchise probably had 1,245 udders hanging from it. Most of the milk was bad, considering how good the original was.
     
  15. ilv2

    ilv2 New Member

    May 30, 2004
    L'abbaye de Leffe
    IMO, Matrix III was even worse
     
  16. Malaga CF fan

    Malaga CF fan Member

    Apr 19, 2000
    Fairfax, VA
    Club:
    Colorado Rapids
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yeah, but by then, Matrix II had lowered the expectations from the trilogy being the next Star Wars (first trilogy) to the new Star Wars (esp. episodes I and II)
     
  17. astabooty

    astabooty Member

    Nov 16, 2002
    China
    Club:
    FC Barcelona
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Easy Rider, Anchorman, Napolean Dynamite, War of the Worlds, The Ring 2 (jk)
     
  18. DoctorD

    DoctorD Member+

    Sep 29, 2002
    MidAtlantic
    Club:
    Philadelphia Union
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Yep. Matrix III met my low expectations, so I can't say I was extremely disappointed in it. :)
     
  19. Thomas A Fina

    Thomas A Fina Member

    Mar 29, 1999
    Hell
    Club:
    New York Red Bulls
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Same here.

    And yet, somehow, I feel it is my fault.
     
  20. Diakonov

    Diakonov Member

    Jun 2, 2004
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    Open Water. It received some good reviews and I heard from some people who saw it in the theater that it was scary. Well I rented it on dvd and through the whole thing I was thinking WTF. Most boring movie I ever forced myself to watch.
     
  21. SirManchester

    SirManchester Member+

    Apr 14, 2004
    Nat'l Team:
    Germany
    besides Anchorman, the matrix sequels, from hell, to name a few, Napoleon Dynamite wasn't only a let down, it was disgustingly un-funny.
     
  22. Demosthenes

    Demosthenes Member+

    May 12, 2003
    Berkeley, CA
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    54. That movie was just god-awful.

    Edited to add: The Last Samurai. How can you mess up a movie that involves ninjas attacking a samurai village? How?? What a crapfest.
     
  23. taosjohn

    taosjohn Member+

    Dec 23, 2004
    taos,nm
    Sideways

    Umbrellas of Cherbourg
     
  24. Captain Splarg

    Apr 25, 1999
    Pacific Grove, CA
    Club:
    Columbus Crew
    Nat'l Team:
    United States
    The most recent Willy Wonka film made me sad.
     
  25. Nicodemus145

    Nicodemus145 Member

    Jul 10, 2003
    AL
    lol. NOT a testament to the human instinct for survival, was it? It's like, hey cousin, either you die floating out to sea, or you die TRYING to swim to shore. Major WTF movie there.
     

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