# Movies that underwhelmed you **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 1, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403 "2018-12-01T16:38:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/21 "2018-12-01T19:36:03Z")
> [@Rilchiam](#): > > **Grand Budapest Hotel**. Didn’t think it was funny. Didn’t laugh once; didn’t even think, “Oh, that’s brilliant.” I gather it was a satire, but I guess I’m not familiar with what was being satirized. No director that I can think of can both underwhelm and entertains me as much as Wes Anderson. And just based on threads I’ve seen here, I’m wondering if that might not be the case with a lot of people. He is absolutely an auteur - there is something instantly recognizable about his style. And while there are people that hate everything he does and people who love everything he does, there seems to a be a sizeable cohort of people like me. Love some of his films, bored to tears with others. I **love** films like _Moonrise Kingdom_ and _Rushmore_. Incredibly underwhelmed by _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_ and _The Royal Tenenbaums_. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/22 "2018-12-01T20:43:10Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > I **love** films like _Moonrise Kingdom_ and _Rushmore_. Incredibly underwhelmed by _The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou_ and _The Royal Tenenbaums_. For me, it’s down to just _Rushmore_ alone among his films. I’m also another person baffled by the hype for _The Shawshank Redemption_. It’s a fairly standard film of the genre. Nothing special. Among newer films: _Crazy Rich Asians_. Predicable story, poorly developed characters (esp. a lot of the 1-dimensional secondary ones), etc. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/23 "2018-12-01T20:55:42Z")
Superhero/Marvel movies. I haven’t seen all that many recently, but the ones I have seen, even though they’ve gotten rave reviews, have left me underwhelmed. I think maybe I’ve just outgrown the concept of superheroes. ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/24 "2018-12-01T21:06:48Z")
> [@nearwildheaven](#): > > “Saving Private Ryan.” After the first 20 minutes or so, it was a bore. Plus one. First 20-30 minutes were epic. The rest not so much a bore to me, but more of a cringing “oh hell…not another hollywood hero flag-waving fest”. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/25 "2018-12-01T21:34:30Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 1. > > There, I’ve said it. Same here. My dad took my brother and me to see it when it was reissued in the mid 1970s (we were probably about 9 and 12) and we didn’t get it. I’ve tried to watch it a few times since, and was similarly underwhelmed. Loved that “Skype” scene, though. I loved “2010”, although I haven’t seen it since it was in the theater. At least that had a plot. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/26 "2018-12-01T21:57:09Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > 1. > > There, I’ve said it. There, I’ve agreed with you. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/27 "2018-12-01T22:30:43Z")
Lost In Translation starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson. I heard rave reviews, checked it out, and thought it mostly sucked. ETA: I’m with Royal Nonesuch. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/28 "2018-12-01T22:50:11Z")
No Country for Old Men and There Will be Blood tried too hard to appeal to film aficionados. They both were ok, but I would never tell anyone they’re MUST SEES. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/29 "2018-12-01T22:54:20Z")
The Big Sick Atomic Blonde Avatar The Raid 2 Her ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/30 "2018-12-01T23:07:22Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Inception. > > Didn’t find it deep or intriguing. It’s the first one that came to mind for me. I found stretches of it completely boring. If I’d watched it on dvd,I’d have been FFing through a lot of it. I agree it didn’t seem very deep. Also, I was expecting SO much more from the “dreams.” They seemed lacking and unimaginative. OTOH, the two movies mentioned in the OP ( **Grand Budapest Hotel** and **Withnail and I** ) I loved. Although the latter started a bit rough for me I found it repaid my continued viewing. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/31 "2018-12-01T23:18:47Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > No Country for Old Men This is the one for me. Everyone says how great it is, but meh. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/32 "2018-12-01T23:19:18Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > Agree, but it was a Christopher Nolan movie, thus it had to be viewed.🙂 ALL of nolan’s films fit the OP to me. Every. Single. One. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/33 "2018-12-01T23:23:31Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > Mostly comedies. I feel that I have a pretty good sense of humor, but I guess I’m a hard sell when it comes to typical Hollywood comedies. > > There is a long list of movies that most people find high-larious but I find a chore to sit through. For example: Caddyshack, Ghostbusters, Anchorman, Step Brothers, Old School, Wedding Crashers, the Hangover, This is 40, and pretty much anything featuring Adam Sandler, Will Ferrell, or any SNL alum. > mmm I completely fail to see the appeal of Will Ferrell. He’s sophomoric and crass. Which isn’t a bad thing in itself - the campfire scene in _Blazing Saddles_ is a classic of American cinema (hell, the whole movie is) - but Ferrell just doesn’t have the gift. Only thing I’ve ever liked him in was _Stranger Than Fiction_, when he played completely against type. That said, he _did_ come to Georgia to go door-to-door for Stacy Abrams, so I’ll give him props for that. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/34 "2018-12-01T23:32:07Z")
> [@Sitnam](#): > > No Country for Old Men The funniest bar trivia team name I’ve ever heard was “No Country For Old Men Is A Bad Movie And The Coen Brothers Should Stop Making Movies”. ROFL at hearing the MC say that every time she announced the scores. And then it got Best Picture. W/e. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2018, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/35 "2018-12-01T23:49:20Z")
I hope I’m not the only one who found _Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri_ incredibly stupid. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/36 "2018-12-02T00:00:46Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I completely fail to see the appeal of Will Ferrell. He’s sophomoric and crass… Yeah, I have friends who like that. I’ve actually walked home rather then have to watch them guffaw and high-five over Adam Sandler and Will Ferrell movies. But\* ELF?\* I’ll watch that every Christmas. Bothe the 90 yr old mom and 9 yr old niece were guffawing… ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/37 "2018-12-02T01:08:26Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Superhero/Marvel movies. I haven’t seen all that many recently, but the ones I have seen, even though they’ve gotten rave reviews, have left me underwhelmed. I think maybe I’ve just outgrown the concept of superheroes. I’m with you, **Thud** ; I have ZE-RO interest in seeing another superhero movie. mmm ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/38 "2018-12-02T01:10:13Z")
Totally agreement on both “No Country for Old Men” and Will Ferrell in general. ---
**Author:** ![Rough\_Draft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@Rough\_Draft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rough_Draft)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/39 "2018-12-02T01:25:07Z")
The original _Magnificent Seven_. The gun battles are great. Steve McQueen and Eli Wallach are fun to watch. The Mexican location is gorgeous. The rest of the movie is a bloated bore. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [December 2, 2018, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403/40 "2018-12-02T03:00:53Z")
As someone who has watched and read a lot of science fiction, I don’t find Avatar to be all that impressive. For that matter, The Matrix is overrated in my opinion and the sequels to it just ruined any mystique left the original film had. I had the same problem with the Star Wars prequels for that matter; they would have been better off if they just omitted any references to midi-chlorians and left explanations for the Force unsaid. I am also not a big fan of Will Ferrell and Adam Sandler either; however I will say both of them can’t compare to the horrendousness of Pauly Shore’s film work. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-that-underwhelmed-you/825403.md?page=3)