3 Greatest Movie Letdowns

POSTED BY: Mekan
UPDATED: Thursday, March 23, 2006 18:58
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MEKAN

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:16 PM

What are the movies that you most wanted to see, that when made, were worthless or worse? No remakes allowed, tv to movie is ok and sequel is ok.

1. Star Trek The Motion Picture
I had fought for the series to be made into a movie only to be presented by this. The best thing about this movie is that it paved the way for future movies and series.

2. Matrix sequels
Yes that is two movies in a single slot. The movies were not worthless, but they did not live up to the original and destroyed many possible plot lines.

3. Alien 3
Liked the way Aliens took the Riply only to find this as the next movie....yeck

MALSGIRL

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:39 PM

Off of the top of my head I can only think of one

Queen of the Damned:
Arggg, could I hate that movie anymore!?! I'm a big fan of Anne Rice's vampire books and they complete slaughtered them in this movie. They killed character who shouldn't die, they totally slandered my favorite character, arggg they couldn't have gotten any more things wrong!!!

I'll get back to you on the other two.

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INDIANABANZAI

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:48 PM

Hulk.

Ang Lee had a pretty good track record up to that point, why o why did he decide to go and make a super hero movie?

MILFORD

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:51 PM

How's about Reloaded and Revolutions? I think Revolutions could be one of the worst movies I've ever seen.

Van Helsing was pretty bad also. Those are my three.

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LOSTNO1FAN

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:05 PM

Wow, I think there are more bad movies than good, so this should be easy. haha.

I totally agree on the Matrix sequels. ugh..the first one was so good..well, you all know the rest.

Lost in Translation had to be the most boring movie of all time. I was really looking forward to that.

Oh..and that stupid Will Farrell movie about the soccer kids. Cant think of the name, but I never even laughed once.

I know I can come up with more. do we have to settle on three!??

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AZBROWNCOAT

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:23 PM

Do prequels counts? Cuz if so

Star Wars 1-3

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GROUNDED

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:27 PM

Lost In Translation is awesome.

TAYEATRA

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 10:46 PM

1.) Star Trek Nemesis. I expected it to be OK since Insurrection didn't suck. I was wrong.

2.) Titanic. I hated it. With a passion.

3.)Kill Bill 2. It wasn't that it was really, really bad... it just wasn't a patch on the first. (Excluding the eye scene- if you've seen it you know the one I mean).

Dark Angel, Firefly, Buffy, Angel, Enterprise, Farscape... anything else you'd like to cancel?

GIXXER

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:00 PM

Mystery Men:. Look at that cast. How on earth did it come out so boring?

The first Star Trek Movie: I'm not a huge fan, but even without any Great Expectations, my patience was stretched to snapping point before anything happened.

And sorry, but The Incredibles. It had a trailer that I seriously believe will stand for a long time as the best purely on its own merit. I absolutely loved it. The film was OK.

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Maybe some rice cakes.

RABIT

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:07 PM

I have one instance that fills all three slots: "500 years ago, on the planet Zeist..."

ARG!!!

A dozen college students drove an hour and a half to see the opening showing of Highlander II. We weren't the only ones yelling at the screen when those words flashed up, but we were definitely the loudest.

Rabit

MRPACO

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:08 PM

I have to politely disagree! Van Helsing wasn't a high-quality movie, definitely. But it KNEW that it was cheesy, and embraced it, which made it very enjoyable...at least for me.

Oh, and Reloaded was kinda lame, but Revolutions was fun in the same cheesy kind of way. The reason so many people didn't like it was because it strayed so far from the philosophy of the original into more simplistic sci-fi. If you view it out of the context of the original, it's just a pretty cool science fiction.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it.

My three disappointments:
1. Eraserhead & Lost Highway - Lumped together because they're David Lynch films that I was told were inspirations for the "Silent Hill" video game series. As such, I was expecting stylized-and-cool-yet-bizarre movies, from everything I'd heard and based on the games. Lost Highway was nearly unintelligible, and I honestly could not stand more than the first ten minutes of Eraserhead
2. Waking Life - It's interesting, the way he blends various forms of animation (most bizarre) and random interviews with people, but it just couldn't hold together. Maybe I need to watch it again and concentrate a little harder, but I dunno...
3. Revenge of the Sith - I know, the prequels are no good. I shouldn't have expected anything at all. But I kept hearing how Revenge "revitalized the series!" It didn't. And General Grievous could have been so much more. But at least the lightsaber fights were pretty cool.

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REGINAROADIE

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:27 PM

Off the top of my head.

POLLOCK: It's this biopic by Ed Harris about Jackson Pollock the painter. Heard great things, felt completely ripped off.

GERRY: The first of Gus Van Sant's "Death" trilogy. Matt Damon and Casey Affleck wander aimlessly through the desert. That's the entire fucking movie. Apparantly, this warrants tons ofcritical praise. ELEPHANT was much better since it was actually ABOUT something, and LAST DAYS didn't really do anything for me.

CRASH: For 2/3rds of the movie, Paul Haggis was really onto something. But the way all the plotlines resolved themselves through coincidence and happenstance just seemed to "deus ex machina" for my tastes. And that last image of snow in L.A. is by far the most ridiculous thing I've ever seen in a movie. Frogs falling from the sky would be better suited than snow.

The movies that dissapoint me the most arn't normally the blockbusters, because they're so hit and miss. But the movies that dissapoint me are the critical darlings. The ones that have heaps of praise put on them, are called works of art and revolutionary and are analyzed academically and critically as treasures, but when I see them I feel ripped off. It's as if they're saying "Here's some random shit. Choke on that, fuckers."

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MOSS

Tuesday, March 21, 2006 11:35 PM

1.
Star Wars 1
Star Wars 2
Star Wars 3

2.
Starski & Hutch

3.
Blues Brothers 2

Even more rubbish than rubbishy rubbish things.

PROSERPINE

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:18 AM

Underworld.

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SISTERBETTYX

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:57 AM

Riverworld
American Pie 3
Matrix Reloaded

GLOBLABSURDITY

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:37 AM

Most Disappointing-

Battleship Earth
Solaris
The Brothers Grimm
Queen of the Damned (book was fantastic)

Lost in Translation was an excellent movie.IMO.
Cheers!

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THEPISTONENGINE

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:47 AM

NO NO NO!!!

Battleship Earth is quite possibly the most awesomely bad movie ever. Sure, it's cheesy, makes no sense, and has terrible lines, but its supposed to. Best camp movie ever.

The Brothers Grimm was a good movie, too. Ok the characters were nothing special, but it really brought out those child fairytales in the old style sort of way: not as entertainment, but as lessons and warnings. I loved the contrast between the fairytale atmosphere and the more adult aspects.

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Originally posted by globlabsurdity:
Most Disappointing-

Battleship Earth
Solaris
The Brothers Grimm
Queen of the Damned (book was fantastic)

Lost in Translation was an excellent movie.IMO.
Cheers!

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ZISKER

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:53 AM

AZBROWNCOAT: That's what I thought as soon as I read the thread title - but now that I've had a moment: Episode One, A History of Violence and Sideways.

Sideways was decent, but too many people built it up for me before I saw it.

A History of Violence is the only movie I ever walked out of - it was that freakin' boring. And yes, I know it's supposed to be high-brow and artistic, but when I want that I'll go see a real film that's well done.

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NUCLEARDAY

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:26 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MrPaco:
My three disappointments:
1. Eraserhead & Lost Highway - Lumped together because they're David Lynch films that I was told were inspirations for the "Silent Hill" video game series. As such, I was expecting stylized-and-cool-yet-bizarre movies, from everything I'd heard and based on the games. Lost Highway was nearly unintelligible, and I honestly could not stand more than the first ten minutes of Eraserhead

Lol :) David Lynch... yeah. David Lynch specifically tries not to have his movies make sense. I think if anyone tries too hard to figure out the "plot" to Lost Highway, their brain will explode ;p Still... it wasn't one of my favorites either, so I can't really disagree with you on that.

@Rabit: there was no second Highlander, what are you talking about? (snerk ;)There was the first film, the TV series, and for some reason they jumped all the way to Highlander 3, which wasn't all that great either. ;p (Though, yeah... Highlander 2 is one of those where I was wondering if they were TRYING to suck, it was so bad :)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:57 AM

The newest Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy...lost all of the humor of the books.

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SADLITTLEKING

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:59 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MrPaco:
I have to politely disagree! Van Helsing wasn't a high-quality movie, definitely. But it KNEW that it was cheesy, and embraced it, which made it very enjoyable...at least for me.

I agree with you on Van Helsing. It's just a cheesy monster flick. Entertaining in its own over-the-top way. The Brides are fantastic. They stole the movie and they're the reason I can watch it over and over. Well, them and Kate Beckinsale.

1. The Matrix sequels, Reloaded and Revolutions, I thought were disappointing when compared to the first movie. They went off in a completely different, and ultimately unsatisfying, direction than the way the first movie ended.

2. Star Wars prequels. I don't think I have to say anymore.

3. Lord of the Rings... I'm kidding! Those were great movies. My third choice would be videogame adaptations. All of them. So far, gamers have nothing really to be proud of when it comes to seeing the big-screen counterparts of their favorite games, most recently the horrible renditions of Doom and Bloodrayne. Maybe Silent Hill will change that come April 21st, but the greatest hope of seeing a good movie that's based on a game is Halo (coming Summer 2007). With Peter Jackson on board as the producer, it's so far off to a great start.

SYZG

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:39 AM

Argh, only 3???

The Matrix sequels (I count them as one bc the third was just a continuation of the second really) just disappointed me. Never sure why...

Prophecy 3. Just...argh. I love Christopher Walken but I got tired just watching this one. Thankfully 4 & 5 made up for that.

Highlander 2, definitely. I remember renting it as I liked the series and most of the other movies, and I went, wtf?

*sigh*

only 3?? I had so many more...

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LEGOLAD

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:02 AM

Okay, let's take an unpleasant trip down memory lane...

1. Matrix Reloaded: no contest; The Matrix had SO MUCH potential for a sequel, and Reloaded is one of the worst and most painful films I have ever seen.

2. Spider-Man: I waited for this movie for about a decade, and the final product was a trite, clichéd, horribly written, fake-looking soap opera. Fortunately, the sequel was an incredibly pleasant surprise; loved it.

3. Episode I: ... pretty much self-explanatory.

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ORPHEUS

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:42 AM

My three big letdowns:

1. Blade Trinity. I dug the hell out of Blade 2, but this one was just lame, lame, lame. David Goyer should NOT be directing movies.

2. The Bourne Supremacy. Again, I loved The Bourne Identity, I thought Doug Liman did such a great job with it, so for him to not do the second one was disappointing. If you watch the two films back to back, Supremacy is damn near unwatchable. The camerawork is terrible, the editing is worse. Good story, crap movie. Then instead of this movie, Liman goes and makes that crappy-ass Mr. & Mrs. Smith movie. Dammit.

3. Alien 3. I hate David Fincher. Alien was great, Aliens was better, but Alien 3 was completely terrible. OK, sue me, I liked Alien: Resurrection, but David Fincher wiped his ass with the Alien franchise with this one.

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THESOAPBOXER

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:38 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by MrPaco:

1. Eraserhead & Lost Highway - Lumped together because they're David Lynch films that I was told were inspirations for the "Silent Hill" video game series. As such, I was expecting stylized-and-cool-yet-bizarre movies, from everything I'd heard and based on the games. Lost Highway was nearly unintelligible, and I honestly could not stand more than the first ten minutes of Eraserhead

Let me add "Muholland Drive." I'm a pretty mellow, mild-mannered kinda guy. As the credits began to roll, I was so angry I could've killed someone. What the f*** did I just watch?, I asked myself. I've yet to come up with an answer.

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SULTEN

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:55 AM

1 The matrix sequels, i waited in line for almost 6 hours to get a ticket to the first sequels, i walked out of there so pissed.
2 SW 1-3, the last 45 mins of revenge of the sith were awsome though.
3 cold mountain, i thought it was going to be a movie about the civil war with nicole kidman! instead it was CHICK FLICK! i have never been so close to walking out of a movie, everytime i stood up to leave some boobies were on screen and kept my attention for the next 30 mins, movie was also was to f*cking long!

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SERENITYSLITTLEANGEL

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:56 AM

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Fills all three slots - I hated it so much. They took away everything that was good about my favourite HP book, and (somehow) replaced Hermione with a simpering, girly idiot, who's entire purpose was to look pretty, date Krum and convey messages from Ron to Harry. None of the fiery, friendly girl I adored in the book.

I hated it so much, I'm actually not going to see the rest of the films. If they can destroy that one so badly, I hate to think how terrible 5, 6 & eventually 7 are going to be.

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GROUNDED

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:37 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by Legolad:
2. Spider-Man: I waited for this movie for about a decade, and the final product was a trite, clichéd, horribly written, fake-looking soap opera. Fortunately, the sequel was an incredibly pleasant surprise; loved it.

Wha? If anything it's the other way around.

MOSS

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:38 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by globlabsurdity:
Most Disappointing-

Battleship Earth
Solaris
The Brothers Grimm
Queen of the Damned (book was fantastic)

Oh yea, Battleship Earth, wasn't that a book by Ron L Hubberd?. What complete and utter tosh, holes in the plot large enough to steer a Victory Class Star Destroyer through, uuuugggghhhh. About as much use as a cock flavoured ice cream. I felt embarrassed for the actors. An insult to scifi man-bimbos like me.

AUSSAY

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:40 AM

Matrix Reloaded & Revolutions:
Ok theyre not the worst movies ever, but the potential of the Matrix unvierse was lost IMO

King Kong:
Visually amazing, but the movie IMO was stupid, boring and more SFX then plot and acting

Xmen 2:
Wheres Gambit gorram it?!

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:31 PM

1. Star Wars Episode 1-3 - the dialogues are just goofy, as pretty much everything else.

2. Matrix Sequels - planned or not, I think they were completely needless and gabby.

3. Final Fantasy - Advent Children. After all those praise all over the net I gave it a try - well, it's an eye-straining CGI-showcase with insanely quick cuts. The plot is about as deep as a puddle.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:57 PM

Highlander 2.

Aliens 3.

Star Wars Episode III.

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LANCER

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:06 PM

Definatly the Matrix sequels!

Spiderman (when i got out of the theatre i about cryed....not that the movie was sad, it was the fact that i could never regain the two hours of my life back...no matter how hard i try)

Final Fantasy The spirits within. (great visual effects but serious, story sucked as bad as matrix revolutions if not worse. they slapped the tag "Final Fantasy" on it to make it sell, it wasnt FF!)

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:22 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Rabit:
I have one instance that fills all three slots: "500 years ago, on the planet Zeist..."

Highlander 2 was THE most disappointing time I ever spent in a movie theatre, period. I was shell-shocked by the lameness.

#2 would be Matrix: Revulsions (No explanation necessary)

#3 is Spider-man 2 (Aunt May should've broken her neck getting tossed around like that, like Gwen Stacey did- comics, it seems, follow physical laws better than movies do. And Pete not helping that kid in the alley way was inexcusable

and not in character. Wahhhh! Poor Doc Ock...

)

P.S. Star Trek TMP is THE BEST original crew flick, the most serious, and it had the most to say about our everyday lives than any of the others. You MUST see the Director's cut if you haven't already, it's a marked improvement.

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SERYN

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:26 PM

yeah, pretty much Starwars 1-3, redefining inane in a galaxy far far away.

But about Brothers Grimm. That disappointed me more than anything, not because it was a bad movie (it wasn't great, but it looked so incredibly good, and I still found certain sequences stunning, spooky and visually chilling, the dialogue wasn't as bad as some I could mention (^) and the treatment of the fairy tales wasn't all sickly and crap, It had a nice vein of Gilliamesque horror running through it.

BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH BETTER!

I'm a huge fan of Terry Gilliam, his movies and him, and this could have been the best thing he ever did (mainstream anyhow) but no.

It made me want to fly to hollywood, hunt down the Weinsteins and post their heads on sticks just out side the city limits as a warning to other dd producers who mess up the people with actual creativity and talent all for the sake of grubby green stuff.

Gargh, infact, I think the thing i'm most disappointed in about hollywood is the producers. (apart from the woman who got Serenity greenlit, she needs to be knighted)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:28 PM

Wow theres not a lot of love for the Matrix sequels.
Although they weren't as good as the original (obviously), I think they're still good movies. Yeah theres a whole bunch of gibberish nonsense that spouts out the Architect's mouth and the ending's a letdown... but other than that, they're perfectly entertaining flicks

As for those that nominated Spider-man... well I'm at a loss for words. Sure you're all entitled yo your opinion and that scene at the fair where Spidey fights the Goblin in his horrendous suit does look like you're watching power rangers, but still... Spidey?!!!

That's one of my all time favourite films. And as a reader of the comics, I thought they did a hell of a job translating it to the big screen - despite the changes.

Star Wars prequels... I know a lot hate but I rather enjoyed and wasn't disappointed in the slightest when I first saw them (except for those "Romance" scenes in Episode 2)

Now that I've defended 3 movies, I'll nominate my own disappointments

Elektra - First one I thought of when you mentioned the word "disappointment". A lot didn't like Daredevil, I did - and I loved the Directors cut. I heard this was on par or better than. Still I didn't want to get my hopes up.
But what a steaming pile it was.
So much style and no substance. I want to go back in time and force Mark Steven Johnson to do it, but not only do I not have a time machine, I don't know MSJ
I'm hoping this is remade. And soon, before DD2

Underworld. I so thought I'd like this.
I was wrong.
Again, style over substance takes hold and produces this. No matter how many shots there are of Kate Beckinsale in that outfit, I can't like this. I even gave it a second chance and watched it on dvd. Still pants.
I hear the sequels better though, so I might give that a shot on dvd

The Clearing
Ok so it's not awful, I just couldn't think of another. I heard this was a good movie, and so when I saw it to buy for £5, I thought I couldn't go wrong. Turns out I could. To be fair, the movie is good pretty much through out but the ending is just awful. When it ended all I could think was "is that it?"

Jeepers Creepers also had a naff ending, but fortunately the opening half hour is terrific, and the rest not so bad, so I can forgive it

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:34 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by Lancer:
[Final Fantasy The spirits within. (great visual effects but serious, story sucked as bad as matrix revolutions if not worse. they slapped the tag "Final Fantasy" on it to make it sell, it wasnt FF!)

Thank you. Now I don't have to include that one on my list. I was so disappointed in it.

Now, on to my three. People are probably going to disagree with me, but this is just what I think.

1. The Others. Built up to be so scary, but it was the most boring yawnfest I have ever seen. Oddly enough, everyone still thinks it's great.

2. Harry Potter, Prisoner of Azkaban. I was so looking forward to this one, as it's my favorite of the books. Unfortunately, not only did they completely screw it over as an adaptation of the book, they also screwed it over as a sequel to the first two movies. I spent the whole time sitting there going, this is so wrong.

3. Shark Tale. I expected this to be very good and funny, with such a great voice cast. However, I got about two laughs out of it, and it was a huge letdown. Never gonna watch it ever again.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:37 PM

Well thanks alot for bringing up Highlander 2...I had successfully removed that from my brain.

I waited for that movie and was so angry with what was produced. Highlander 2...if it existed in my reality would be 1, 2, and 3 on my list.

ZORPRIME01

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:41 PM

Quote:
3.)Kill Bill 2. It wasn't that it was really, really bad... it just wasn't a patch on the first. (Excluding the eye scene- if you've seen it you know the one I mean).

Interesting. I always thought that Kill Bill 2 was the better of the two, simply because it contained most of the actual story. Without it, 1 is just flash (albiet very well done flash).

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ZORPRIME01

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:46 PM

I agree that Highlander 2 has got to be up toward the top of the list.

I would add the first of the Star Wars prequels, Phantom Menace,' simply because it seems to be the weakest of the three. I didn't think it was bad per se, just very disappointing after all the hype. I didn't think the other two were that bad. Far from perfect, but less disappointing than the first.

There seems to be a lot of truth to the even-numbered Star Trek films being the ones worth seeing. And aside from the thrill of seeing the old crew back together, the first one was pretty awful.

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CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 3:58 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zorprime01:

There seems to be a lot of truth to the even-numbered Star Trek films being the ones worth seeing. And aside from the thrill of seeing the old crew back together, the first one was pretty awful.

Mr. Sulu, lock on to that Zorprime ship. Fire phasers, and torpedoes, full spread!

I only fired across your bow 'cause we see eye to eye on Highlander 2 Chrisisall

ZORPRIME01

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:05 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by chrisisall:

Mr. Sulu, lock on to that Zorprime ship. Fire phasers, and torpedoes, full spread!

I only fired across your bow 'cause we see eye to eye on Highlander 2 Chrisisall

Did I mention that I fly a bird of prey that can fire while cloaked? ;)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:29 PM

:::clears throat to do "Comic Book Guy" impression:::

U-turn with Shawn Penn...Worst Movie Ever!

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:31 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by zorprime01:

Did I mention that I fly a bird of prey that can fire while cloaked? ;)

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:13 PM

Date Movie- Thank god I didn't have to pay for that

Matrix Reloaded- nuff said

Brother's Grimm- boring as hell

Brazil- don't get started on that

Undead- terrible Australian zombie flick. Just down right stupid.

Blair Witch Project

Resevoir Dogs- the only movie I fell asleep while watching.

Land of the Dead- dear god oh mighty. that movie was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen.

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:25 PM

I'm going to reiterate two points I made earlier.

Battlefield was bad, but it was supposed to be bad. If you take it for the joke it is, it's enjoyable as hell.

The Brothers Grimm wasn't a great movie, but it was decent bordering on good. It had a real nostalgia value and some really creepy scenes. Loved the contrast between a childish atmosphere and adult sequences.

But here's my real question: Am I alone in thinking the first Matrix was a bad movie? Or should I be burned for heresy?

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:33 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by NEEDY:
Underworld. I so thought I'd like this.
I was wrong.
Again, style over substance takes hold and produces this. No matter how many shots there are of Kate Beckinsale in that outfit, I can't like this. I even gave it a second chance and watched it on dvd. Still pants.
I hear the sequels better though, so I might give that a shot on dvd

Since you defended three, I don't think it's too much for me to defend one.

I loved Underworld. It's got a solid backstory that's revealed throughout the movie (and the sequel). The story involves a Romeo & Juliet type of forbidden romance, but doesn't overplay it. There's plenty of action, drama, and shots of Kate Beckinsale in that tight outfit. Just a great movie overall. I like how it approaches the idea of vampires and werewolves in the modern world.

FIRESTALKER

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:32 PM

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Originally posted by 20thCentFoxHater:
Date Movie- Thank god I didn't have to pay for that

Matrix Reloaded- nuff said

Brother's Grimm- boring as hell

Brazil- don't get started on that

Undead- terrible Australian zombie flick. Just down right stupid.

Blair Witch Project

Resevoir Dogs- the only movie I fell asleep while watching.

Land of the Dead- dear god oh mighty. that movie was one of the WORST movies I have ever seen.

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

Wow.... you hate just about all the movies I like. Well, everyone is entitled to their opinion.

1. Battlefield Earth: I read the book and loved it. I thought it was good book. The movie was a good campy movie, but I was expecting it to be more like the book and serious. So... I was disappointed.

2. Spiderman 2: I love spiderman, he's my favorite hero. The first movie was great, except the ending fight but I can overlook that. The second one just tried to get so many plot lines in and finished that main story was reduced to a couple of fights and a sacrifice. It needed more story and I wish they showed Doc Ock's road to crazy better.

3. Dude, where's my car?: I absolutely hated this movie. A few stupid laughs, but utterly ridiculous. I hate this movie with all my being.

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ZORPRIME01

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 6:46 PM

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Originally posted by Firestalker:
2. Spiderman 2: I love spiderman, he's my favorite hero. The first movie was great, except the ending fight but I can overlook that. The second one just tried to get so many plot lines in and finished that main story was reduced to a couple of fights and a sacrifice. It needed more story and I wish they showed Doc Ock's road to crazy better.

Amazing how opinions differ!

Spiderman 2 greatly exceeded all of my expectations, and I found it much better than the first. IMHO, it did for the Spiderman franchise what X2 did for X-men, setting the bar incredibly high. I do agree that some of the stuff concerning Doc Ock could've been done a little better, but overall I was very impressed with it.

If wishes were horses, we'd all be eatin' steak.

CHRISISALL

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:00 PM

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Originally posted by zorprime01:

Amazing how opinions differ!

X2 was just like Spidey 2, the directors didn't retain a clue as to powers or character, and were driven to make a big, expensive sequels FAST!!!
Gimme CHARACTER and story! If I just want to see cools cgi fights, I'll watch Matrix: Revulsions!

I own Spidey and X-men, but I won't own ones that have a '2' after it (I still have hopes for the 3's of both...).

Chrisisall!

COPILOT

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:15 PM

#1 Matrix sequals-I mean who didn't see that coming?
#2 The Lord of The Rings-I fell alseep. Also I saw the first one twice in one week. Too much too soon and it wasn't that good.
#3-Cant think of the thrid most disapointing. I can only rember screaming you B#####ds at the screen at the end of reloaded. I was basically living out of reach of technology so I didn't know about the trilogy thing. No one kill me for not liking Lord of the rings. However for a fun slightly naughty spoof try The Lord Of the G-Strings. Misty Mundae is just so much fun.

An I carried such a torch

TMURRIE

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:33 PM

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Originally posted by Firestalker:

3. Dude, where's my car?: I absolutely hated this movie. A few stupid laughs, but utterly ridiculous. I hate this movie with all my being.

Are you kidding me!?

You actually saw the movie? I couldn't stand 10 minutes, and I just walked away(I didn't go see it in theaters, my brother was watching it and I just decided that no, no I will not watch this).

I think I stopped watching it at the part with the animated cat dancing...which was in the opening credits...

As for my 3:
1)Saw 2 - Dreadful, nothing but mindless gore, and too many characters
2)Star Trek Nemesis - Young Picard clone!? WTF!?
3)Alien 3 - I would also have said Aliens 4, but in my mind that movie never got made.

KJIPPO

Wednesday, March 22, 2006 11:53 PM

1. Kill Bill, I guess I expected more from ol' Quentin and also Uma had her moments in Pulp Fiction but thats as much as I can take

2. Episode 1, wtf this one was just a total blow to the whole galaxy, looked like a "queer eye" makeover with soap opera dialogue and personalities like Jar-Jar. In fact ep 1-3 could be cut down to maybe 1 decent movie.

3. Alexander, wow they really blew it with this one

and there are plenty more..

"You're my kind of stupid"

THEPISTONENGINE

Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:40 AM

Lord of the Rings? Which one?
That was a seriously good set of movies. Yes, they were long, a little overdone, but that was Peter Jackson being true to the nature of the books. I thought LOTR was very high up there with books made into movies, above Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (not great, but I really like how they diverged from the plot and kept the same silly atmosphere), and with I, Robot and Last of the Mohicans.

Side note, just because I want to.
I really think I, Robot is the best adaptation of a book. If you haven't read it, I, Robot is a series of short stories detailing unexpected protocal from new, untested robots. The movie took the I, Robot world (with one notable exception of having robots on earth) and wrote another story, longer and more dramatic, that would fit perfectly in with the other stories.

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Originally posted by copilot:
#1 Matrix sequals-I mean who didn't see that coming?
#2 The Lord of The Rings-I fell alseep. Also I saw the first one twice in one week. Too much too soon and it wasn't that good.
#3-Cant think of the thrid most disapointing. I can only rember screaming you B#####ds at the screen at the end of reloaded. I was basically living out of reach of technology so I didn't know about the trilogy thing. No one kill me for not liking Lord of the rings. However for a fun slightly naughty spoof try The Lord Of the G-Strings. Misty Mundae is just so much fun.

An I carried such a torch

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FLAUTISTFIRST

Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:28 AM

Napolean Dynamite---*Gosh*

Flight Plan--I kept waiting for it to actually get good, and it never did. And I carried such a torch...

Damnation Alley--anyone remember this?

There's no place I can be since I found serenity.

20THCENTFOXHATER

Thursday, March 23, 2006 1:44 AM

oh, ya..... I forgot to say how much I just don't like Napoleon Dynamite, Alexander, Pulp Fiction, Resident Evil 2, and Spider-Man. I so much wanted to like all of these movies (except Napoleon-I just had to see what the fuss was about. It turns out there was none. It sucked. Incredibly. That and Date Movie have to be THE worst movies EVER).

I've never been a fan of Tarantino's work, but I do admire his work ethic. He does what he wants, when he wants, and makes the kind of movies he likes.

Once Upon A Time in Mexico was disappointing. I didn't hate it, I just thought there would be more to it. Like Salma Hayek and explosions.

"I aim to misbehave."
"Can't do something smart, do something right".

HOMER: "Oh Lisa, you and your stories; Bart is a vampire, beer kills brain cells. Now lets go back to that... building thingy... where our beds and T.V.... is".

BILLYANKERS

Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:17 AM

1. Starship Troopers
2. Battlefield Earth
3. The Stand

All great books but very disapppointing movies.

MEKAN

Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:56 PM

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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 16:17
1. Starship Troopers
2. Battlefield Earth
3. The Stand

All great books but very disapppointing movies.

Wow I forgot aobut Starship Troopers, and then they made a sequel that was much worse.

I never looked forward to Battlefield Earth and while The Stand was not great, I thought it was one of the best king book to tv productions.

CHRISISALL

Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:07 PM

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Originally posted by flautistfirst:

Damnation Alley--anyone remember this?

Are you kidding?

"There are KILLER COCKAROACHES!!!"

I can't wait for the DVD, I loved it for 'that cheese aspect'.

And the Jerry Goldsmith music (How did they pull him?) Chrisisall

GREATBLACKTHORN

Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:10 PM

Serenity

>_>

<_<

Joking! Jeez, I think I heard Vera being loaded behind me...

Really though, it HAS to be Star Wars I-III...Personally, I hate them because of SO MUCH BLUE SCREEN

Why not learn from Firefly's example and use REAL set pieces? Urgh...Oh well...

Firefly > All

She'll turn you in before you can say "Don't turn me in...lady..."

ENDERSGAME

Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:27 PM

hmm. my least favorite movies? or, at least letdowns?
i will have to say...
snow dogs. it was crap.
hmm. i wish i could say king kong, but reamakes arn't alowed.
star wars. episode two. one was ok, but the second and third made me cry.
hulk.

are we caring about that now?
-wash.

MATTCOZ

Thursday, March 23, 2006 3:46 PM

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Originally posted by endersgame:
star wars. episode two. one was ok, but the second and third made me cry.

Wow, didn't know there was anybody that liked I more than II and III. That's just... wow.

ENDERSGAME

Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:07 PM

please note that i had not seen the first three at the time. and i was a young and impresionable child. i never saw it again, so i can't really remember how good it was, but i remeber liking it. i probably just liked the podracer bit.

THENCDUCK

Thursday, March 23, 2006 4:31 PM

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Originally posted by kjippo:
1. Kill Bill, I guess I expected more from ol' Quentin and also Uma had her moments in Pulp Fiction but thats as much as I can take

2. Episode 1, wtf this one was just a total blow to the whole galaxy, looked like a "queer eye" makeover with soap opera dialogue and personalities like Jar-Jar. In fact ep 1-3 could be cut down to maybe 1 decent movie.

3. Alexander, wow they really blew it with this one

and there are plenty more..

"You're my kind of stupid"

I view Kill Bill 1 and 2 as an entire movie and together they are great. If you just few one its not that great.

I agree with you on Alexander that movie was an unconfortable 2 and half hours in the theatre.

My greatest movie letdown is Ultraviolet yes i went to see it. The director of Equilibrium with Mila Jonavich kicking ass I thought this should be awesome. I was wrong the movie was so ridiculous i couldn't stop myself from laughing. Terrible Terrible Movie.

UNREGISTEREDCOMPANION

Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:09 PM

Did I hear someone diss DUDE, WHERE'S MY CAR?!?!

LOL

I have one computer named "Continuum Transfunctioner" as it is a powerful and mysterious device (and its mystery is only exceeded by its power ya know!). Other hardware includes a computer named Zarnoff, and external drives named Zoltan, Zellmina, Zellnor and Jeff.

Dude is right up there on my list with Caddy Shack and the Blues Brothers!

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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."

SADLITTLEKING

Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:13 PM

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Originally posted by THENCDUCK:
My greatest movie letdown is Ultraviolet yes i went to see it. The director of Equilibrium with Mila Jonavich kicking ass I thought this should be awesome. I was wrong the movie was so ridiculous i couldn't stop myself from laughing. Terrible Terrible Movie.

I completely agree. Although I couldn't list this one as a letdown cause I wasn't looking forward to it in the first place. I just saw it cause of Milla Jovovich.

MALSGIRL

Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:30 PM

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Originally posted by 20thCentFoxHater:

Undead- terrible Australian zombie flick. Just down right stupid.

OK I just have to say, I loved that movie. I thought it was hi-larious. It was campy and crazy. I love all the weird cheesy scifi-ness of it. And I loved the explantion for the zombies.

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Originally posted by THESOAPBOXER:

Let me add "Muholland Drive." I'm a pretty mellow, mild-mannered kinda guy. As the credits began to roll, I was so angry I could've killed someone. What the f*** did I just watch?, I asked myself. I've yet to come up with an answer

I couldn't agree with you more. I HATE that movie!!!! At the end of it I was like 'WTF!!! Why the hell did this piece

get so much critical acclaim?!?' I'm sorry, but at the end I didn't want my money back, I wanted my memory earsed and my time back, thank you very much. I still cringe when I see Naomi Watts, which is sad because in general I like the movies she picks, but "Muholland Drive" was the first thing I saw her in, so I just can't disconnect her from it in my head.

Oh and Alexander, in my opinion quite possibly the worst movie I have ever seen. If you've seen it you know what I mean and if you haven't seen it DON'T. Some bad movies are fun to watch because they're so bad it's funny; Alexander go barreling on past that level of bad and straight into, I never should have been made because I have no redeeming qualities what so ever.

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ISAACSHEPHERD

Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:45 PM

Quite a lot of diversity here but I think I should put in my 2 cents. I must be crazy for doing this but I have to say I like Matrix:Reloaded. True it had so much more potential but I still really liked it. Revolutions though went right out the window.

1. War of the Worlds- I don't care much for Tom Cruise anymore, but I really thought this movie looked at least decent. Too much games with CG and wasn't what I expected at all. The ending was the worst of any movie I have seen.

2. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire- This movie was so disappointing. I haven't read the books but I expected so much more from this movie. This was actually the first Harry Potter movie I saw in theaters and it may be the last.

3. X2&3 I agree with someones comment above about no Gambit. I was told by online sources he was going to be in it then at the last minute he was taken out. X3 looks very good but from what I hear still no Gambit. The writers didn't think they could come up with a good way to tie him in. Last I knew writers were creative, but that excuse is quite a joke.

Halle Berry also demanded more time and money or she was gone, so she got her way. Over the last few months I've heard so many rumors about X3, and it looks like it'll be a decent movie at least, but Gambit is one of the most charismatic characters (and my favorite as well).
IS

The Bible's a bit fuzzy on the subject of kneecaps.

NUCLEARDAY

Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:46 PM

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Originally posted by tmurrie:
3)Alien 3 - I would also have said Aliens 4, but in my mind that movie never got made.

Okay... I thought I had blocked it out of my head, and there you go mentioning it. Thanks ;p

Aliens 4 bugged me just because I thought the talent behind it should have made it at least a little better. Jeunet with most of his regular cast, Winona Ryder (rrowrr :)... Nice visuals, but... a Ripley clone? The questions that spring from that alone... must not rant...

And another that has up and sprung from the depths of my blocked memories: Aliens vs. Predator.

Guh. Talk about a fanboy wankfest and ripping off of... Stargate? Actually, I've read the comics and the novels that some of the story was pulled from. Could've been halfway decent if it'd stuck a bit more to that... Just... there is nothing good about that movie.

So, yeah. There's my new three. Basically any Aliens movie other than Alien and Aliens. And Highlander 2, which doesn't count 'cause it doesn't exist of course.

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ACRAZYIVAN

Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:50 PM

Since this is the "Greatest Movie Letdowns" I'm going to embrace the loophole that I can group things together.

1) Star Wars Ep. 1-3
2) Matrix 2&3
3) Hmm, now I'm struggling. Hulk was the one movie I've almost walked out of. Maybe that goes here. I'll probably come up with something later and re-post.

"We've gotta go to the crappy town where I'm a hero."

SHINY

Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:23 PM

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Originally posted by ACrazyIvan:

3) Hmm, now I'm struggling. Hulk was the one movie I've almost walked out of. Maybe that goes here. I'll probably come up with something later and re-post.

You should have. Accepting, of course, that you were still awake enough for perambulation...

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I don't need a gorram back-spaceship driver!!!

SINGATE

Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:58 PM

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Originally posted by chrisisall:
"There are KILLER COCKAROACHES!!!"

I thought they were "steel plated cockroaches".

Anyway on to the bad. I grew up on slasher flicks and Michael Myers was my favorite baddie. So believe me when I say Halloween III is one of the worst things ever put to celluloid. Are you kidding me? He wasn't even in the damn movie! It was about stupid masks that made snakes crawl out of people's heads. What a pile of trash.

BTW sequels never live up to the greatness of the original except in a few very rare cases. In that regard almost all sequels are letdowns.

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