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Movies That Were Hurt Because They Were Misperceived

posted 7 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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If you walk into a restaurant expecting chicken and you're served steak, you probably won't be happy. So too with movies (or basically, anything else). We want to
have our expectations realized and satisfied; but sometimes the apparent form of a film doesn't match the substance of it. For example:

The Exorcist is not a horror film, though it has horrible elements. It is a film about Faith.

Soldier is not an action movie. It is a movie about personal growth, self-understanding and self-redemption.

2001: A Space Odyssey is not a science-fiction monster movie, HAL 9000 notwithstanding. It is a movie about the Prime Mover evolving humankind. And about wonderful music, a force as conducive to evolution as exists.

What examples do you have of films that "disappointed" because of audience expectations that were superficial?

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Prometheus. Many just wanted another Alien movie.

[–] russfro (115) 7 years ago

It Comes At Night is a good recent example.

I liked the movie a lot, but it seems like a lot of people were expecting a creature-feature monster movie, and ended up disappointed with it.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

Mother!