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BradH812
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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 Posted - 11/26/2006 : 3:21:51 PM
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Any takers on a competition for the movie that disappointed them most? It doesn't have to be an especially BAD movie, just one that should've been much better than it was.
I rented Fantasia and Fantasia 2000 over the weekend, and I was tempted to write a brief review on the intros from 2000, which were pretty awful. Anyway, Fantasia 2000 is pretty high on my list now. More candidates? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? |
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Altair IV
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Japan
110 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 01:28:16 AM
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Aww man. I was considering posting pretty much the same question. You beat me to it. I'm sure there are lots of movies that fall into this category.
The one that really stands out in my mind is the new King Kong remake. Very beautiful technically, and very true to the original, almost to a fault, but the over-extended and highly unbelieveable action sequences on the island made it difficult to sit through and suspend my disbelief. It was good, but it just should have been better. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1126 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 02:34:53 AM
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Phantom.
Menace.
16 years I waited- for that??
"Meeting you makes me want to be a real noodle cook"
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Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
1026 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 08:11:13 AM
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The Matrix sequels.
I felt as though I'd sat through a murder mystery, trying to follow the plot and figure out who the killer was, only to have it end up "... and so the detectives never DID solve the mystery, or identify the killer, but look, a rainbow!" |
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The Rev. D.D.
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
203 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 10:34:39 AM
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The American Godzilla. The trailers were artfully done, I actually found myself growing fond of the look of the beastie, I was all set for city-trashing excitement...and instead I get Jurassic Park: The NYC Edition...now with worse acting and less dino-action!
I know I should've been more wary after Independence Day...but Roland and Emmerich did Stargate too, and I was willing to give them the benefit of the doubt. Damn them both.
Although now that I think about it, I may have been MORE disappointed in Godzilla 2000. I at least had a kernel of doubt for the American version...but this one I was gung-ho all the way. "Surely the REAL Godzilla will wash the taste of last year's abomination away!" And while the opening was good, and the ending was great fun, they made the same mistake R&E made, and left the title character out of the entire middle section of the film. And to be honest, Orga isn't exactly the second coming of King Ghidorah. I expected more from Toho.
King Kong: I actually enjoyed most of the island adventure, sans the Canyon of the Bugs sequence. But that first hour of the film nearly broke me. I heaved SUCH a sigh of relief when the ship finally hit that fog bank...but yeah, definitely some disappointment there.
The Matrix: The second one was such a letdown after the first that I still haven't bothered with the third one. And from what I understand I've not really missed much.
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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
262 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 2:57:35 PM
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John Carpenter's Prince of Darkness.
This movie has been gaining a following, why? |
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Citizen Carrier
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
322 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 4:18:51 PM
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"Robin Hood: Men in Tights"
I think Mel Brooks phoned that one in. This is from the same guy who gave us "Son of Frankenstein"? The blind guy gags were old the first time I saw them in "Bullshot!" back in the 1980s (that an obscure enough reference for you?)
I liked "Prince of Darkness" for it's Lovecraftian feel. It wasn't a bad bit of storytelling. I was far more disappointed in "Ghosts of Mars". If you listen to the director's commentary track, you get the distinct impression that he was too.
"The Hulk". Eh.
Every Batman save the most recent one. But I've elaborated on that before.
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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
262 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 5:32:48 PM
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Originally posted by Citizen Carrier
I liked "Prince of Darkness" for it's Lovecraftian feel. It wasn't a bad bit of storytelling.
Yeah, see, this is what I mean. It's got all kinds of people who like it and will defend it and I wonder if there's some other movie by the same name and I saw the wrong one. I mean, this was the worst movie I've seen since Doogal, and Doogal was sucking my soul out through my forehead. I will die years sooner than I should, thanks to Doogal. PoD wasn't that bad, but I was expecting something a lot better, I guess. Not necessary a movie I liked, but not one I would rate as one of the worst movies I've ever seen. That's for sure. |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 11/27/2006 : 6:39:45 PM
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"Fantasia 2000" was made to be seen on an IMAX screen ONLY, anything else is a waste of time.
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Bobby-G
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
904 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 03:14:12 AM
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There are plenty of movies that I'd heard were great that disappointed me when I finally got to see them (usually a "classic").
The first (and biggest) disappointment I had been looking foward to even before it was made was RETURN OF THE JEDI. I believe I'd gone into that fiasco some years back on this forum, so no need to go into detail about that, but I should say that the movie came out at a time when I didn't have much access to much info before a movie came out, so going into the viewing of this (the 5am show on opening day)all I really knew about what was going to happen was from the commercials -- so when I walked in the theater, I was still anticipating something that was going to be at least as good as EMPIRE. I have yet to watch JEDI a second time.
Also a big disappointment: INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM. I thought RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK was a great flick; I've not even bothered with the third movie.
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
1791 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 07:16:23 AM
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INDIANA JONES & THE TEMPLE OF DOOM has the look of a fifteen chapter serial cut down to fifty-five minutes. What a mess.
Go ahead and see The Last Crusade, Bobby-G. It's the better sequal.
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Altair IV
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
Japan
110 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 08:13:59 AM
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Pirates of the Carribean II was also tediously too long. Near the end I wanted them to just cut it out with the continual action sequences and Jack Sparrow mugging and just get on with the story already. I can't say it really disappointed me though, so maybe it doesn't belong here.
And now to respond to previous posts:
I thought the first hour of King Kong was pretty good myself. Well, maybe the first half-hour. Jackson did a good job of setting up the characters and the general feel of the 1930's with it.
But what ruined it for me were the unbelievable action scenes on the island. First the bronto stampede (they lived through that?), the extended T-Rex fight, and finally the bug sequence, along with some rather obviously-CGI animation, totally destroyed my ability to suspend reality. Everything kept reminding me that I was watching a movie.
I think the worst scene for me was when (sorry don't remember names here) the insecure mate shot all the giant cricket things off whatsisnames head. from a DISTANCE! With a MACHINE GUN! I mean, at least take a few steps forward so you can get a clean shot without, you know, possibly hitting your friend in the process. Seriously, William Tell (or Robin Hood) had nothing on this guy. Sheesh!
I though Matrix 3 was better than Reloaded. At least I found it more entertaining overall. Though I agree that neither one lived up to their hype.
I only vaguely remember Prince of Darkness now, but I do remember feeling that it was pretty decent. Except I think the ending kind of disappointed me somewhat. I agree it had a good Lovecraftian feel. It was more about suspense and fear of the unknown than outright horror.
I also thought Temple of Doom was better than a lot of people seem to think. It was darker and not as cohesive as the original, but I felt it wasn't a bad IJ story. I think the "compressed serial" feel isn't wholly a negative, considering that IJ was intended to be a homage to the old serials in the first place.
And yes, do see Last Crusade. It is better, though I think it had it's problems too.
@Citizen Carrier: The title was Young Frankenstein. |
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Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
Canada
1026 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 10:43:54 AM
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Ooh, ooh, I have one! (Raises hand and waves frantically.)
Pearl Harbor was a big disappointment to me - I thought the trailer looked kind of cool, and I'd really enjoyed Tora, Tora, Tora. I figured it was the kind of story one would have to be an idiot to mess up.
Of course, in those innocent days, I did not recognize the dreaded name Michael Bay.... |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 1:48:34 PM
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I despised Pirates of the Caribbean 2 with all my mortal being. Not since Matrix Reloaded have I loathed a movie sequel so. They screwed up all the characters. Keira's true love is Jack Sparrow? Norrington now wants to be a pirate? Stellan Skarskaard is the spitting image of Orlando Bloom? Did I miss something here?
The movie was very poorly paced, the Davy Jones crew IMHO an idea that should never have left the storyboards (in any event, the story points were not set up well), and worst of all there was almost no swordfighting action whatsoever. And where's Zoe Saldana?
Basically it was a sequel that said, "Forget everything you knew about the first movie. Let's start from scratch."
Let's not. |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
644 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 3:16:54 PM
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PotC II I thought was decent. I wasn't expecting something outstanding since the first film really struck gold. It was about a silver and that is about what I expected.
The Matrix sequels were a major disappointment. The second one was a repetitive bore. There was no real sense of danger except for the highway sequence. The third movie might have been interesting except for throwing every military cliche into the mix and absolutely ignorant tactics by the machines.
I can't bring myself to watch Pearl Harbor.
Temple of Doom isn't bad. It's just different although not as good as 1 and 3.
The ROPe gives you three options, convert, submit, or die. There is a fourth, resist. |
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Citizen Carrier
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
322 Posts |
Posted - 11/28/2006 : 9:33:17 PM
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PotC II was disappointing. It was pretty convoluted and when I later heard that II and III were filmed simultaneously, I thought "That explains it."
Stepping on to "techno geek" soapbox...
I had trouble suspending disbelief for the big machine fight at the end of the final Matrix movie. What? You have access to the matrix and you can't figure out that maybe those Bradley fighting vehicles were kind of a good idea? Instead, they make up these goofy Tonka Toy machinegun exoskeletons totally ripped off from "Aliens". Me? I'd have just ringed the whole place with radar-guided gatling guns.
Ah, but the dictates of movie "drama"...
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