Unexpectedly disappointing films

[MasterWhatever]

Doom, Hot Fuzz, Resident Evil... far to many to even think of.

 

[Kadoodle]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

They didn't rename it. That's the name of the first book in the series.

I think the novel's actually called Northern Lights by Philip Pullman and it's a part of his Dark Materials

I have the entire series. My copy of the first book is called the golden compass. It was published before the release of the movie.

Perhaps that's just the title for the US publishing of it.

 

[Quaxar]

The new Bond, Daniel Craig. It's just the same like any other action film...

Where's the gentleman? The gadgets? The Bond-girls? Also, I think it was the first film to not end with Bond seducing the female main role.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

The Village but that was partly because its marketed as a Horror movie while in reality its more of a love story.

 

[ComprehensiveGoo]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

They didn't rename it. That's the name of the first book in the series.

I think the novel's actually called Northern Lights by Philip Pullman and it's a part of his Dark Materials

I have the entire series. My copy of the first book is called the golden compass. It was published before the release of the movie.

Perhaps that's just the title for the US publishing of it.

Yea, that makes sense considering I know my collection starts with the Northern Lights.. It's the same situation with Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone me thinks..

 

[Atticus89]

Funny People.

That movie was just depressing, the concept was bad, and the ending made me angry that I wasted money on the damn thing. I will say that it went in a direction I wasn't expecting, so I was at least pleasantly surprised by the movie.

 

[Yopaz]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

Actually the name of the movie is because a bad translation from English To English. Released in England as Northern Lights, then it was due to be released in USA and they saw there was something that looked slightly like a compass. They said "Dude, there's a compass on the cover of the book, this can't be named Northern Lights. Americans are stupid and will get confused if they see a name that doesn't include the word compass."

I think it's not quite that way. I think the Golden Compass name came as a back-formation from the pattern of the two sequels, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - they wanted to make the trilogy feel more coherent. Not a bad idea, really, and it is a kind of compass, just one that points to ideas rather than places.

I was far more annoyed by the renaming of 'Philosopher's Stone' to 'Sorceror's Stone'. Philosopher's Stone actually means something, dammit!

You might be right there, but I think I read something about a confusion because of the cover art, it might have been wikipedia so it can't be trusted 100%. And seriously... agreed on Harry Potter. There was no god damn reason to change that name.

 

[DuttyDawn]

The Matrix 3.. Why god WHY did you fuck up the trilogy so bad?

This. I want my money back and my time and the loss of brain cells from having to sit through this garbage. The 2nd one as well. As far as I'm concerned, The Matrix had no sequels.

 

[nothinghere]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

THey renamed it? I read the book and the title of the book is The Golden Compass... I think i'm missing something, did they stop calling it the alethiometer inside the movie and only refer to it as the Golden Compass?

 

[WolfEdge]

Guardians of Ga'hoole.

Coulda been great. It certainly LOOKED impressive, but looking is not the same as being.

TRUST YOUR GIZZARD!

 

[drunken_munki]

Black Swan. Over-hyped garbage. The trailer looked so catchy and promising, the movie was a mess of cliché, bad nonsensical script and over the top scenes.

I shall add, Hurt Locker and Green Zone as well. Awful, lazy films.

Also Watchmen. I don't think I've ever seen such a piece of garbage like that before.

I feel sick from thinking about these terrible movies... I gotta think positive ...

 

[similar.squirrel]

Watchmen. Alan Moore was right all along.

 

[Drummie666]

Inglorious Bastards. Dear christ. Everyone loved it. It got glowing reviews. Why? Why was is so fucking dull!? It wasn't funny at all. The acting was meh. And it was just. So. Fucking. DULL.

 

[snowman6251]

Smokin Aces. I thought it was going to a crazy hitman bloodbath reminiscent of a Guy Ritchie movie. I was very very wrong.

 

[Carlston]

I'm more surpised when I'm NOT disappointed.

Modern movies no matter how good a license they get, they will camp it out or ruin it. Only thing the 2000-2010 taught me, if we are gonna take anything from someone childhood of the 70's and 80's we are gonna make fun of it and ruin it. Oh here are some boobs to distract you from the bad plots, horrible big named actors and making fun of your childhood.

Then again, jokes are on the kids of those days since their childhoods were nothing but rehashes of 70's and 80's toys,cartoons and video game systems.

 

[rubinigosa]

Two movies that I'm probably going to be stoned as a heathen for disliking...

One, Scott Pilgrim vs The World, saw it with my family, I just thought it was boring not anything that 'defines a generation' in the slightest, while my parents thought it was made up entirely of Stoner Humor.

Two, Inception, I just really disliked this film even though I thought I should have. Maybe it's because my younger brother was talking during it so I missed a few lines, but it just didn't explain much and I really disliked that one College Girl's performance in the film. I believe my biggest problem was that I didn't really understand how a group of thieves managed to GET a device that allowed them to enter people's dreams (although I think a friend mentioned something about because they worked for some shadowy corporation) And second, when they mentioned to the girl that they literally went into people's minds and stole their ideas (or in the case of the movie, planted them) she didn't even seem shocked at all, is this a world where the average citizen KNOWS that people have the ability to go in your dreams and take your ideas or make you think new ones? If that's true, why aren't there riots in the streets then? People were screaming socialism and wanted to take down the american government just when democrats try to pass a bill to fix healthcare, wouldn't they just have a field day if they discovered the government created a device that would allow them to steal the thoughts of your average Joe, or even worse, plant thoughts to make him become a super-patriot and 'defender of america'?

EDIT: I also don't get why some of my friends were raving over Shaun of the Dead, I really didn't see it as that funny, I've laughed more at Will Ferrel movies to be honest... (Not trying to offend anyone, I just really didn't find the film that humorous)

I think it was that the devices was okay but stealing ides bad and implanting ides very bad.The whole movie was weird and would be better as a horror movie because then it would be a bit better story because now the whole plot twist was that he was dreaming all along or did he? *dramatic sound* after the whole shit leading up to that point I did not care anymore.

 

[omega 616]

The new Bond, Daniel Craig. It's just the same like any other action film...

Where's the gentleman? The gadgets? The Bond-girls? Also, I think it was the first film to not end with Bond seducing the female main role.

God, I hate bond films. Seen one seen them all, there is always the same scenes (except for this one obviously), there is always the "love making" scene, the gadget, the car scene, the "no, I expect you to die" but you will actually escape scene, which is always coupled with the "let me explain my plan to you before I leave so I can't stop you from escaping", theres the sneaking in to the baddies base and of course the sneaking out .... later followed by sneaking back in and there is always the "I have blown everything up, killed the main baddie, stopped the evil plot and here are the reinforcements that are far too late" scene.

They are also covered in this thick layer of smugness. THere like watching the same film over and over and over and over again, except bond changes just about every film ...

/rant.

 

[sessionxiii]

OT:Battle LA soundtrack better use a song from the album Battle of Los Angeles, or I will really be disappointed.

That's the first thing I thought of when I heard of this film. Testify or calm like a bomb perhaps.

idk, sleep now in a fire might be good for lighting up aliens

 

[Woodsey]

The new Bond, Daniel Craig. It's just the same like any other action film...

Where's the gentleman? The gadgets? The Bond-girls? Also, I think it was the first film to not end with Bond seducing the female main role.

We had 40 years of that.

Its about time we got a more sincere character, one whose aware that he's not actually a gentleman (I'd be hard pressed to describe any of the incarnations as such).

He still has the suits, the cars, the women, the smarts and the charm, just the world that surrounds him is more sober, and so reacts to him more fiercely. All through Casino Royale he's getting fucked the hell up, sweating during fights and having to choke guys to death whilst their legs struggle.

How is that like any other action film? Yes, its similar to Bourne in some regards, but its not the same by any stretch.

Quantum of Solace moved in that direction more with its actual action scenes, in that he's not nearly as beat-up, and you don't really feel the punches, but there's still more to the character.

 

[VaudevillianVeteran]

Black Swan. I was so hyped up to see it, it looked beautiful and I was sure the story was going to be powerful and have the odd scary moment. But no, not to say it was a bad film, I liked it quite a bit, but still, there was an overpowering sense of disappointment that I just couldn't shake. It just wasn't what I thought I was walking into.