The most disappointing film you've seen

[irocfan]

as the title says what was the most disappointing film you've seen - the build-up has been great, the hype-train steaming down the rails and then you're finally sat there, cinema ticket in your sweaty hands awaiting the promised masterpiece and......

it's st. Not just "it could never live up to the hype" st but genuinely WTF were they thinking/smoking to make this pile of bantha dung?


I'll start off with.....

Prometheus

Edited by irocfan on Wednesday 4th December 11:31

[counterofbeans]

The Godfather part III

[ceesvdelst]

Black Panther, I think a lot of the hype was generated because of what the film did and its content, as a movie it was poor

Avengers End Game, the biggest pile of crud I have ever had the misfortune to witness

A film too far, the last one before this was enough and left it ended perfectly.

I too was disappointed by Prometheus, mainly because all the little chits and teasers Scott did was superbly done, brilliantly made. The film was a wille tease, and the Alien bits were thrown in as an afterthought, and the less said about Covenant the better. I have watched Prom a few times since and it is a well made thing, but the content and narrative is all wrong for what could have been an epic storyline.

[budgie smuggler]

Spectre

[Europa1]

Tough call between Avatar, which was just too long, or The Last Jedi.

[Fastchas]

Batman V Superman.

WTAF.

[parabolica]

Kingsmen 2.

I really liked the original, despite a dodgy gag at the end, and was looking forward to the sequel. Annnnnnnnnddddddddd........ it was dogst. No redeeming features about it at all.

[emperorburger]

Gravity.

[Muzzer79]

What Lies Beneath
Harrison Ford, Michelle Pfeiffer but utter tripe - the only film I've considered walking out of the cinema from because it was that bad,

Star Wars; The Last Jedi
It wasn't terrible, but it was disappointing.

Justice League.
They just can't get these DC movies right can they?

[toon10]

Recently for me, probably Baby Driver. It's far from the worst movie I've ever seen but it was hyped up and I was hoping for something more like the 1970's The Driver. It wasn't that. Drive with Ryan Gosling was far better. People seem to rave over it now but it's just lost on me. I might have to give it another go.

Also, The Iceman. The Philip Carlo book is the best book I've ever read. They didn't base the movie on this book but another one written about the Iceman instead. The truly spine tingling horror of some of what the man did was not even mentioned in the movie (the cave stuff if you've read the book) and they decided to add a load of unnecessary Hollywood tripe to a story that really didn't need it. The road rage incident didn't need a full on car chase sequence driving the wrong way on a one way street for example. Again it wasn't a bad movie but it was a huge disappointment and missed opportunity for those who don't know about the man. My family agreed on this as we passed the book on to each other.

[HTP99]

emperorburger said:

Gravity.

That is definitely up there; great visuals but ultimately a crap film with some very dubious bits in it, such as propelling ones self in space using a fire extinguisher and being pretty accurate about where you intended on ending up. The film was massively hyped, I think some said it was one of the best films ever; hardly!!

I'd have to have a think on the "most disappointing"

Edited by HTP99 on Wednesday 4th December 11:51

[Speckle]

The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

I simply don't have the words to convey how bad this film is.

[arfur]

parabolica said:

Kingsmen 2.

I really liked the original, despite a dodgy gag at the end, and was looking forward to the sequel. Annnnnnnnnddddddddd........ it was dogst. No redeeming features about it at all.

I thought Elton was the best bit ! Ahem

[arfur]

For me it's "Lucy" from 2014. Really was looking forward to this movie. The movie was enjoyable until the last 15 minutes ... WTAF !! Ruined by throwing everything into those last few mins and completely turning the movie into a complete duffer

[Mothersruin]

Not disappointing but more insulting, it instantly wiped out any of the good work done previously - Vanilla Sky. The end bit where it explained everything.

I rolled my eyes at the same thing in 'Joker' when they highlighted something that was blinding obvious to someone with an IQ higher than Diane Abbott.

[psi310398]

Two arthouse films raved about by the critics:

1 - Drowning By Numbers - I lasted half an hour and buggered off. Did the Times and Telegraph crosswords in the foyer while waiting for my companions to finish watching the films.

2 - Still, that half hour was longer than the twenty minutes I made with Last Year in Marienbad - pretentious twaddle (and not a single effing car chase...)

Both were also shown in those wky places that don't do popcorn or hotdogs, natch.

So my infallible rule of thumb is that, if the Guardian raves about a film and if it is showing only at the Everyman or Renoir, give it a very wide berth.

[Rotaree]

Lost in Translation; it could well be me but I just didn't 'get' it and yet it still seems to be considered by some to be one of the greatest films ever - in much the same way as Manchester by the Sea which seemed to be one long miseryfest with few, if any, redeeming features.

[budgie smuggler]

Aladdin (remake)

Added nothing to the cartoon, Will Smith was worse than Robin Williams, songs lacked the frantic pace, new songs entirely forgettable. The whole thing felt sluggish and lacklustre.

Edited by budgie smuggler on Wednesday 4th December 12:15

[The Hypno-Toad]

budgie smuggler said:

Spectre

This.

The "Bond gone rogue" thing needs to be gone.

[Paul_M3]

It's a long while ago, but for me it's The Blair Witch Project. There was a huge amount of hype around it at the time.

I can still remember that when it ended in the cinema, all you could hear were loads of people saying things like "Is that the end?", "Was that it?", and "That was rubbish".