Movies that disappointed you
 

In this thread we chit chat about movies that we thought looked good based on the trailer/a book/what others have said about it etc. but when you went to see it, you were disappointed and thought it was awful. It doesn't have to be a current movie. It can be on DVD etc.

I'm sure I can think of a few, but so far, right now, I'm going to say "Are you afraid of the dark". I didn't like that one at all.

In my opinion...
 

"Lawrence of Arabia" 1962
"The Little Prince" 1974
"Annie Hall" 1977
"My Dinner With Andre" 1981
"Blue Velvet" 1986

A couple of the Harry Potter movies were really disappointing. I remember watching one of them and (maybe movie 4 or 5) thinking that it wouldn't have made much sense without reading the book first.

I also HATED the Keira Knightly version of Pride and Prejudice. Then again, after the 1995 BBC version, nothing could even come close...

Including the last one for me.

:eek:

And I just have to say it again: :eek:

I know, I know. Different strokes, right?

Yeah. ;)

Momma Mia -- the second worst movie I have ever seen.

But even if the story and everything else in the movie sucks you can just turn off your brain and watch Peter O'Toole!! He's freaking gorgeous in that movie (as well as in Beckett).

But along those lines...I was COMPLETELY disappointed by The Graduate.

The other one was Beverly Hills Cop. I saw it after all the hype and just didn't think it was as hilarious as everyone said.

JUNO. Way too over-hyped for me. And I hated the gimmicky "witty" dialogue. And I didn't like any of the characters. Maybe if everyone hadn't told me it's the BEST MOVIE EVARRRRRRR... but probably even so.

Yes - this one too.

Also pretty much anything Coen Brothers or Wes Anderson. They try WAY too hard to be "quirky."

Any movie that was based off a book I read previously. Every single one of them.

Sex & The City 2

It was so bad, I asked the theatre for a refund.

Too true.

And most, if not all, movies starring Jennifer Aniston. Love her, hate her movies.

No Country For Old Men. Couldn't stand it. And, every movie that ends with an ambiguous ending. I figure, why did I pay money to see a story you didn't bother finishing??

The Strangers -- awful

Drag Me to Hell
The Evil Dead series
I'm sure I will think of more. These are the ones that haven't faded from my mind yet.

Yes

Inception and The Matrix. Those two movies were awful. I walked out in the middle of both.

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I liked both of those.:o

:eek: One of my favorite movies ever. We "studied" it my senior year of high school in my lit class. It took us days to get through. We studied every shot, camera angle, expression, framing, lighting, line, everything. It blew me away.

Thank you.

If they do a SATC3, I will bump the SATC2 thread and further discuss how horrid it was.

Watched SATC2 recently, but just for the shots of Marrakech (they filmed there, not in Dubai) I skipped most of the dialogue, cringe-worthy

I have never seen this movie and avoid it like the plague. I tried to watch it once and it was just too dumb and unfunny. The premise is amazingly unfunny and would not be so celebrated if the main characters were "different."

When I like a movie I will watch it a kazillion times, buy the dvd, and watch it everytime it comes on television. That is what I do for SATC episodes and the first movie.

SATC2 can go to hell.

LOL

This thread reminded me of this audience reaction video of the movie:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSmG4_uAwYg

#BoredAtWork lol

Do not laugh at my pain. :(

Ahem: http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...74&postcount=3

The laugher will continue.

After watching Eat Pray Love, I was mad at myself for even loving the book so much.

Not sure if I'd add The Help to this list. Loved the book and I didn't hate the movie, but it didn't do for me what it did for my friends who didn't read the book.

Hello, Laugher. :)

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...nTcoiluR9hQYSg

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Freaking hilarious! I freaked out at that part, too. Everyone had the same reaction! How did you find that? That was the best! :p

I didn't like The Black Swan. That movie was so overrated, and I thought it was going to be so good.

I was kind of disappointed in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, too. It was okay, but not as good as I thought it was going to be.

@DrPhil - Sheeeeeit! :mad:

ETA:

I was looking up the audience reaction track from Grindhouse: Planet Terror and ran across that one. I thought that audience went a bit overboard lol

This movie has become a national phenomenon and I find the national response to the movie to be very strange. Bookstores have stocked up with the book and ads and commercials everywhere. I was in the bookstore finding amusement that the book was stocked up by the front door and wondering whether I cared enough to buy the book. This much older white man smiled and said "you'd love this book...it's REALLY good." I smiled and said "I heard!"

ETA: Ditto Black Swan. That was one of the worst movies ever. I hated it more than SATC2. I've sung this song on GC many times.

That YT made me laugh really hard because that's how the audience reaction was when I went to see it. That scene was just so unexpected.

Star Wars Episode II--Attack of the Clones.

Horrible, awful, watched it once in the theater and will never watch it again. Did I mention how downright terrible it was?

It was painful to watch it was so bad. I agree. I hated that movie.

Love the 1995 BBC version. If you haven't seen the remastered version, it is definitely worth the $$$.

1408 is on television. Add that to the list.

Sorry, but the television show was bad enough. I can't imagine sitting through 2+ hours of those over-sexed hags.

Don't even get me started on all Pirates of the Caribbean sequals.

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Up
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Emma (the Gwenyth Paltrow version)

This is kind of reaching back a few decades, but:

The book Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe is amazing. AMAZING. The movie was cute, nicely done and well cast but didn't hold a candle to the book.

The movie version of The Prince of Tides. Streisand as Lowenstein? No. Just no.

Saw the stage versions Driving Miss Daisy and Steel Magnolias long before they hit the screen - and was pleasantly surprised with both adaptations.

DMD, especially - because the stage play is very minimalist - and I just knew Dan Ackroyd would suck as Boolie. Wrong. He nailed it.

I have gone to the movies since 1994, I swear.