If someone has this thread started already, I’m terribly sorry. This is, what movie did you hype yourself up for only to go and see it and be terribly disapointed? I’m not just talking about the media, because God knows they hype up everything without you needing to.
SPOILERS AHEAD…
For me, it was Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me. I loved the first movie for it’s dry humor and parody. It was one of those kinds of movies that became popular without hyping itself up. When number 2 came, I was deeply excited about it. I came out deeply disapointed. First of all, it’s basically a re-hashing of the first one. All the jokes people loved in the first one were re-used, re-used, re-used again and again and again in the 2nd one. Heather Graham’s character was a ditz, not funny. And why the hell did they need Fat Bastard? He provided nothing to the plot at all except to gross people out. If I want to be grossed out like that, I would eat the movie popcorn. And the whole plot with Frau Farbisna (sp?) being Scott Evil’s mother was nothing short of odd. I think what the movie needed was Elizabeth Hurley. She was at least intelligent. The only part of the movie I liked was the Jerry Springer parody.
Anake, I completely agree with you on the “Austin Powers” sequel. It was, basically, the exact same movie. All of my friends loved it, though.
For me, it was probably “Fight Club”. I thought it started out pretty good, and wanted it to continue in the vein of parodying American popular/consumer culture. However, the whole Brad Pitt/Edward Norton as the same person plot twist was totally implausible, and created big holes in the plot. Also, I find it hard to believe that grown men, no matter how screwed up or macho (despite the popularity of TV Wrestling) would pay their hard-earned cash to be beaten to a pulp. There are surely more constructive ways to achieve catharsis. But then, almost everybody I knew loved it. Though almost everyone I know loved that heinous “Phantom Menace” movie too (speaking of making the exact same movie…).
The movie that dissapointed me the most was ** The Avengers**
I am a huge fan of the old black and white show with Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg (Diana Rigg in a cat suit? Yum)
The movie was probably the worst thing I ever saw. I was so disapointing. I won’t comment on what exactly was wrong, as it would take the better part of the day, just rest assured that it was two hours of my life that I will never get back (no I’m not bitter, not at all. Why do you ask?)
Well, my friend really wanted to see Battlefield Earth. I took one look at the title, realized it was from L. Ron Hubbard, and didn’t go in expecting much. Luckily, I wasn’t disappointed…just $5.00 poorer. My friend left scratching his head, thinking “I wanted to go see this piece of crap?”
I was disappointed with Heat. Not that I thought it was just an absolutely horrible movie, but I guess I was expecting more from the first movie with DeNiro and Pacino together. (I know about Godfather II, but they didn’t interact in that one)
I agree with The Phantom Menace. I’d add in The Lost World the only movie I recall where in the middle of the theater I say in my “outloud” voice “oh come on”.
I wasn’t that disappointed by The Avengers in that I knew going in that it would be awful. Uma Thurman as Mrs. Peel ? Puleez.
I waited twenty-five years for this movie to be made.
I was most disappointed that they omitted the flying armor (fly 'em thousands of LYs then make them walk the last ten miles?), made the Arachnids non-technological (hot spider poop? :mad: ), and omitted the Skinnies. I was also disappointed that they turned the damned thing into Space 90210.
I can see why Verhooven made the Arachnids non-technological. I mean, if he’d made them anything like they were in the novel they’d have mopped the planet with these undisciplined airheads Verhooven inappropriately called Mobile Infantry.
Despite the twenty-five years of waiting for FX technology to catch up to this story, I don’t think my expectations were all that high. It’s just that the final product was so flawed.
Loved the book, absolutely hated the movie… Then again, so much was changed, about all the movie shared with the book were the title and a few character names. Even now as I think about it, I’m bummed…
From the trailer, I thought it would be a fine movie. Yes, I know, DiCaprio…but he was fabulous in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape.
I saw it opening night with my girlfriend and a friend of ours. I lost three hours of my life. If I wanted to shorten my lifespan so much, I should have just smoked a dozen cigarettes.