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Which Movies Have Disappointed You?

posted 7 years ago by R_Kane (15828)
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What movies have disappointed you? I don’t mean movies for which you had no hopes in the first place, and I don’t minor, direct-to-video dreck. I mean big movies that you’d been wanting to see. My list includes

Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows

Batman and Robin

Every Superman movie, except for the first two

Every Spider-man movie, except for the first two

Hulk

Every Pirates Of The Caribbean movie, except for the first one

Transporter 2, and the Transporter reboot

Every Fast And Furious etc., ad nauseum, except for the first one

All three ponderous Hobbit films

Return Of The Jedi

With the significant exception of Wonder Woman, every comic book and Star Wars movie released after the ones I’ve listed above.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

Independence Day. I remember seeing a trailer when it first came out and being excited by those awesome alien craft. What a crap fest it turned out to be.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

So they could write a virus for an alien OS with which they had no experience? Jerry Bruckheimer, much? Fuck you, audience idiots, much? And the slogan, ID4?! “Identification for WHAT?” Come again? Yes, I am being a righteous dick, and am unapologetic about it. This was a US 4th of July movie, and the callouse and greedy Bruckheimer knew the proloteriat would give him a pass on his half-assed attempt at an aphorism. I don’t give passes. This movie sucked. Its buzz-phrase sucked. Gladly, I never had any hopes for it, though Margaret Colin had GREAT GAMS; but I do feel somesunnyday’s pain.

[–] somesunnyday (2078) 7 years ago

You pretty much covered all the reasons why it sucks

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

Thank you. I tried.

[–] MIchiganJFrogg (-35) 7 years ago

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[–] coloradotex (769) 7 years ago

Daredevil (2003)
Star Wars The Phantom Menace
Fantastic Four
The Longest Yard(2005) * - I use an asterisk because I did enjoy the movie , but it paled in comparison to the original with Burt Reynolds

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

Both Fantastic Four movies, the original and the remake?

[–] coloradotex (769) 7 years ago

never seen the remake

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

Count your blessings.

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Prometheus

[–] ShogunofYonkers (77996) 7 years ago

Conan the Barbarian (2011) was disappointing considering the material it had to draw from
Funny thing is it started out really strong and then fizzled right out around the 20 minute mark

Total dud

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

Like Stephen King, at the time , The Kubrick version of The Shining.
I had read the book when it came out in the bookstores in the late 70s. A few years later I see the trailers on TV and I get all excited to see it. i couldn't wait til it came to our theater.
You have no idea of how confused and let down I was.

Fast forward to today. I've gotten over it. I actually even like the movie now. Over the years, I have learned that when a movie is BASED on a book, that means that it is not following the book faithfully.
That isn't always a bad thing. There times when the adaption can be even more interesting.

As for the Shining, I still have the book....

[–] R_Kane (15828) 7 years ago

Margo, picking up on your great point about the use of BASED: I always cringe when a movie is BASED on a true story, e. g., Tony
Scott’s movie about a woman bounty hunter, Domino, BASED on
a true story. I always want to know exactly what the percentage of bullshit content is. Like, what? Eighty-nine percent? In the case of Peter Jackson’s alleged Hobbit movies, BASED on an actual book, the bullshit content was well over 50 percent, conservatively.

And, Margo, I concur that deviating from the source CAN sometimes be better. I understand that the filmed Jaws may have a better narrative than the written Jaws, for example.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest is very disappointing compared to the novel. In this case, the movie was based on the stage adaptation, and they both have to exclude half of the book, since it takes place in Chief's mind.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

I have read the novel, but only after seeing the movie. I'm afraid that I have never seen the stage adaptation. I wish I had.
I like the works of Ken Kesey. I did read his novel, Sometimes A Great Notion before I saw the movie.... AKA Never Give An Inch.
Both movie adaptations didn't disappoint.
I guess it's all a matter of personal taste.

[–] Frogarama (12942) 7 years ago

Yeah, I saw the movie of Cuckoo first as well, and I felt like something was missing. It just didn't seem like much of a story. Then when I heard about how different the book was, I read it soon afterward and found what had been left out.

I think it could stand to be remade with modern special effects to really bring life to the hallucinations and psychosis. Could be a very trippy movie.

I do need to read more Kesey. His writing style is like butter. Just reading the beginning of Cuckoo's Nest put a sense of ease and flow into me, like Ken was sitting there telling me the story.

[–] MissMargoChanning (6630) 7 years ago

😁 Well, in a sense, he was sitting there telling you a story.
Seriously though, I do like his style too. I'm a lover of the written story anyway. In most cases, I do have to brace myself and try not to be too disappointed when I see the film adaptations.....
Still, every once in a while, I get a pleasant surprise.

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[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Lawrence of Arabia