Biggest movie Disappointments

[Vince W]

The Man From Uncle flopping at the box office . had hoped it would do well.

This was a shame as I rather enjoyed it.

 

[BAYLOR]

This was a shame as I rather enjoyed it.

It captured the spirit of the tv show.

 

[HanaBi]

"The Hobbit"

I was hoping for great things when Jackson came on board to direct, but the end result was a complete cluster truck of disappointment!

Trying to stretch a 300 page book into LOTR-like film trilogy was just the beginning of my utter disappointment with the film adaptation.

 

[Edward M. Grant]

Trying to stretch a 300 page book into LOTR-like film trilogy was just the beginning of my utter disappointment with the film adaptation.

Any book that can be successfully adapted into a 48k computer game should probably not be made into a fifteen-hour movie trilogy.

 

[Vince W]

 

[BAYLOR]

This was a shame as I rather enjoyed it.

We might be getting a new Man From Uncle film.

 

[Starbeast]

The Fantastic Four (1994) - Very poor film, and the WORST was the 2015 movie.

Star Wars: the Force Awakens (2015) - Bad reviews kept me from the theater. Thank goodness. Just terrible.

Superman Returns (2006) - Sloppy film, boring. Batman vs Superman was only a little better.

Godzilla (2014) - Sickeningly bad. Ultra boring. Please let TOHO handle the lizard from now on.

 

[Pyan]

Godzilla (2014) - Sickeningly bad. Ultra boring. Please let TOHO handle the lizard from now on.

Looks as if they just keep hyping him up...

 

[Vince W]

We might be getting a new Man From Uncle film.

I'd heard something about this. Great news if it happens.

 

[BAYLOR]

Looks as if they just keep hyping him up...

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There is going to be a new Godzilla vs King Kong film .

 

[Pyan]

There is going to be a new Godzilla vs King Kong film .

Excellent! But I do hope that they scale him back down a bit - at 300m tall, he'd overtop the highest point in 30-odd English counties...

 

[williamjm]

Excellent! But I do hope that they scale him back down a bit - at 300m tall, he'd overtop the highest point in 30-odd English counties...

I think it's meant to be connected to the 2014 Godzilla film, which seems to be 108m tall according to the picture above.

 

[BAYLOR]

I think it's meant to be connected to the 2014 Godzilla film, which seems to be 108m tall according to the picture above.

Kong is stil growing.

 

[HanaBi]

BR-2049.

Have watched this a number of times, but still can't find much love for it. Very much style over content; far too long, disappointing soundtrack an a meandering story arc. I just couldn't find anything other than the visuals to immerse myself into.

But that said I had similar emotions when I first watched the original back in 83-84, especially the awful voice-over and cop-out ending.

Perhaps "2049" will get a similar Director's Cut treatment in the not too distant future because it most certainly needs it!

 

[WaylanderToo]

"The Hobbit"

I was hoping for great things when Jackson came on board to direct, but the end result was a complete cluster truck of disappointment!

Trying to stretch a 300 page book into LOTR-like film trilogy was just the beginning of my utter disappointment with the film adaptation.

if you don't mind me saying - I think you've spelt that incorrectly

 

[Foxbat]

I'd agree with The Hobbit. So much so that I can't even bring myself to watch the final part of the trilogy. The first two were bad enough.

The other more recent disappointment for me was The Shape Of Water. Personally, I think Pan's Labyrinth is one of the finest films of the last thirty years and I was looking forward to The Shape Of Water. It was, however, derivative, extremely linear and predictable. Indeed, the plot wasn't that far removed from the likes of E.T. It did look very good but it should never have won best film.

 

[HanaBi]

if you don't mind me saying - I think you've spelt that incorrectly

It was a play on words to avoid being censored

 

[Al Jackson]

Wonder Woman.

Not a bad film, but it’s another by the numbers origin story and didn’t deserve the praise given.

Wonder Woman was the best comic book movie I saw between Dark Knight and then.
There were a lot of good comic book movies in between, but WW framed the narrative differently (until the very tag end) . I would of done with a whole movie about Themyscira, that was so different from any comic book movie I have seen lately.

 

[HanaBi]

"Citizen Kane"

Often regarded as one of the finest films ever made, according to various film critics.

However, I have seen this film at least three times over the last 30 years, and still can't quite fathom exactly "why" it has this exalted position.

Perhaps it broke a few boundaries in terms of film direction/camera work back in the day, but quite frankly it really hasn't stood the test of time compared to other greats from the golden age, that I believe are far superior in every way

 

[AlexH]

"Citizen Kane"

Often regarded as one of the finest films ever made, according to various film critics.

However, I have seen this film at least three times over the last 30 years, and still can't quite fathom exactly "why" it has this exalted position.

Perhaps it broke a few boundaries in terms of film direction/camera work back in the day, but quite frankly it really hasn't stood the test of time compared to other greats from the golden age, that I believe are far superior in every way

Pretty much exactly my thoughts (I saw it for the first time recently). I was disappointed at the reveal.