Most dissapointing/deceptive movie

A Weary Exile

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Thespian said:
"Go see Inception, the new Psychological Thriller with so many twists and turns it's probably too smart for the average joe viewer!"

Translates to

"Go see Inception, the latest generic action movie which uses some poorly explained mind-dream-McGuffin as an excuse to suddenly have a kickass snow shoot-out for no good reason, quickly wrapping it up with the Tarantino-esque illusion of being clever by posing an unnecessary question with no lead up to it just to make your average third-rate movie novice say "Ohh, I are smart.""

But, the second one is a mouthful.

Seriously, Psychological Thriller my glutus maximus. I have nothing against action movies, but just BE an action movie. Don't pretend to be something else.
You've pretty much summed up my exact sentiments regarding Inception, it was a cool action movie though. I just wish it was a bit more than that.
 

EscapingReality

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Mr Companion said:
baconsarnie said:
Inception, "yeah it's really good but is a total mindfuck"
Seemed pretty boring and straightforward to me really
Boring? Bwuh? It wasn't a mindfuck at all but boring is pushing it! Unless you have the attention span of a speed addict on pixie sticks I think at least the shifting gravity combat and the explosive shootouts should keep you from nodding off! I am guessing idiots who didn't pay any attention because they were being distracted by a procession of naked ladies next to the screen probably found the movie hard to follow and then told everybody how mindfucking it is, leading to the midiration you experienced. But in all I wouldn't say it was a dissapointment, just not the mental bulldozer you were led to believe it would be. I still agree though, people must be pretty slow to loose track of that plot so easily.
Second that, Inception is WAY more creative than Avatar or any slosh of movies out there... Go Nolan, win that mutherfuckin OSCAR!!

MY DISAPPOINTMENT?

Babel, a Iñárritu movie. Same rehashed plots, same rehashed scenes of previous Iñarritu works with a complimentart constant kick in the balls. Never have I stood up and left the theatre room in the middle of a movie. And I stood all the way thru JENNIFER'S BODY.
 

Dr. Awesome Face

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baconsarnie said:
Inception, "yeah it's really good but is a total mindfuck"
Seemed pretty boring and straightforward to me really
I agree that it was fairly straightforward, but I absolutely loved Inception. If you want a total mindfuck go see Shutter Island
 

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"Kill those fucking blue monkeys..." -My Dad

I have never EVER agreed with my father on something other than guns...
I hated Avatar.
 

theonlyblaze2

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Inception. I fell asleep the first time I saw it. Watched it again. Fell alseep again. Watched it third time. Fell asleep during action scenes. Watched it fourth time. Made it through whole thing. Was then told I didn't really understand what the ending meant.

Would like to mention all viewings were during the day and I was not tired going into the film.
 

Wilko316

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Inception.
I thought it was gonna be THE deep-thinking film of 2010.
Turned out to be THE biggest let-down film of 2010.
There were so many people saying it was amazing and it's so complex and interesting and the fact that it put idiots in there place got me interested. But no. There was no majorly complex thing, it was a film about going into different dream levels and the main protagonist having to cope with the missus.
That is it, that is all there is to it and that just sucked. I walked out of the cinema feeling defeated, but I did find it hilarious how people were coming out like 'What? I didn't get it!'.
It was interesting yeah, it had a good enough story to it and it did make me keep thinking, just no-where near the levels of which I was promised.
Liked the film, maybe loved it, but seriously ... fuck the hype.
 

titaniumChampion

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Million Dollar Baby. -> Veiled end of life commentary ruined it.
The Dark Knight. -> Parades itself as heroic, but instead ends up depressing. On the flip side, extra points for killing off the annoying Rachel character. Want to make a clown terrorize the city, go ahead. Want to make a Batman movie, make him more pivotal to the plot.
 

KarlixLV

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Avatar all the way. Don't get me wrong, I like pretty pictures, however I also like some meaning and originality to my entertainment. And that's coming from a sci-fi nut...
 

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I like where this thread is going. My turn, all 3 of the Godfather movies, bad acting, bad writing, and just boring.
 

Falko

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The Aviator for me. I havn't seen it in ages so I can't remember if it was a good film or not, but I remember being so disappointed because at the time I loved Planes, Air Combat etc. So when I saw the adverts for this (Which were nothing but planes flying around being awesome) I was hyped. And when I saw it? A drama about a genius losing his grip on reality (I think- like I said, it's been a while) Maybe it's a good film, but I remember being really disappointed
 

Icehearted

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Ultraviolet

I didn't go in with much if any expectations, I walked away feeling completely robbed. How that mess could have passed for a movie was beyond me, more so considering the director was the same guy behind the polar oppositely brilliant Equilibrium.
 

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Scott Pilgrim. I expected a slice of pure awesome drizzled with hilarity thanks to over-excited friends.

I got a good film, but nowhere near 'the best fim ever made, ever' that I had been led to believe. To tink it's even close to The Good, The Bad & The Ugly is madness.
 

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The Black Dahlia movie that came out a few years ago. I thought it would be more about the killer and the murder, instead I was stuck watching an extremely boring love story sort of thing.
 

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The Village those who watched the trailer and the movie right after that know what I mean. Its a shame though it sucked. It had a really great cast of actors but the marketing was just horribly wrong.
 

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Transformers 2

If Michael Bay stopped rewriting everything it would be great i.e. Jetfire would still be alive and second in command of the Autobots, Scorpinok would be an actual main character who did more than play about in the sand for a bit and Sideways could be in the wings waiting to be a big bad in a later film. Hopefully Transformers 3 will be ok seeing as its supposed to not care about the humans as much and will actually be a film about transformers.
 

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The Pink Panther movies...the new ones with Steve Martin.

My friend put it on knowing full well I loved the originals and my God Steve Martin should be on TV daily apologizing for bastardizing the originals. His new movies were unfunny, uninspired, ridiculously bad, and punishing to view.

Sure they're older but I felt the need to bring up that a series that carries the title Pink Panther shouldn't have either Steve Martin or unfunny jokes in it.