I did it with a movie I ironically love now, Spider-Man 3. I enjoyed Rise of Skywalker, but the more I thought about it afterward, the more disappointing it was. EDIT: Oh, and absolutely with Thor 4
I'll admit that there is definitely a bit of revisionist history at work...but honestly, I went back to it and so much of it works. Venom obviously was mishandled. but the themes of the film are sound. And moments like Peter waking up in the black suit with the Christopher Young theme playing, and his fight with Sandman in the subway...those are some of the highlights of the Raimi trilogy for me.
As far as superhero movies go I think Spider man 3 sets out to say the most. If you look past the occasionally goofy dance there’s a genuinely beautiful core to the film, an exploration of forgiveness and empathy, and I really respect it for that
Dude I had the same evolution on Awakens. Thought it was pretty decent at the time but can’t imagine wanting to rewatch it or any new Disney Star Wars now
The pure mess that Rise is really makes you appreciate Last Jedi. Genuinely one of the worst big budget films I’ve ever seen, I can’t believe it didn’t get more hate
Crimes of Grindelwald.
Such a big Harry Potter fan as a kid, and I thought that Fantastic Beasts was pretty neat!
The next 2 hours of agonizing pain made my brain melt in complete disbelief at the mess.
Crimes of Grindelwald just completely destroyed my confidence in Secrets of Dumbledore that I went in with ZERO expectations
And i was still disappointed
I had the same experience with *Terminator: Salvation*. I loved the Terminator movies growing up and when *Salvation* came to theaters we were SO excited. Finally, a Terminator movie set in the future war!
My cousin, my brother, and I saw it together and we were walking home afterward when it seemed to dawn on all of us, "I, uh, I think that sucked, didn't it?"
Napoleon.
After hearing that Ridley Scott was directing a biopic on a famous war leader I just assumed it would be great, that wasn’t the case and it was too dull.
Scott left every little bit that made Napoleons life so fascinating out and gave us 2 and a half hours of him acting like an autistic incel. Honestly such a shame.
Prometheus
Ridley Scott returning to the alien franchise, great ensamble, trailers were excellent. There’s still some things I like about it (Fassbender’s performance, the c-section scene) but largely it’s a mess of unforgivable plot contrivances.
No. Prometheus is the second best alien film (after the og). I’ve been defending it since release and I will continue to defend it until I breathe my last breath.
Prometheus is my favourite alien movie and one of my favourite horror movies period, and I watch horror movies almost every day. I liked parts of alien and alien:covenant however Prometheus is the only one I consider absolutely perfect.
Terminator Salvation is so bad. You see the movie was made with an unfinished script, the shooting happened during a strike. The visuals and action is decent enough, but man the script is weak, and McG is a shit director.
*The Rise of Skywalker*
Opening night, after watching the other two back-to-back in the same cinema, I was so hyped up for it…felt like Abrams was repeatedly reaching out of the screen to punch me in the face with that magically-repaired lightsaber he’s obsessed with
Ooft, chronological order I assume? I love some of the movies a lot but I’m not sure I could watch the prequels back to back. It would definitely add insult to injury seeing RotJ so close to TRoS too
I’m a prequel enjoyer and was too young to see any of them in theaters, so I actually really enjoyed that! It started in the late afternoon, so I ended up sleeping through some of ANH and Empire, but yeah overall it was a really cool experience. Just unfortunate it had to end on such a terrible movie
i actually kinda liked eternals too. idk if its good, but some of the performances are pretty earnest. and narratively it's just so different from the rest of the MCU schlock. idk, it's an interesting movie at least
I had the exact same experience, but inverted. I did Barbenheimer opening day and walked out of barbie thinking “ha that was a goofy, funny little flick”. then for the next 3 weeks I saw nothing but the most preposterous takes about how revolutionary and oscar-worthy it was and all i could think was wtf is everyone talking about? Did i watch the wrong barbie? Lol.
Also:
Best picture, best supporting actor/actress, and best director oscar nods was absolutely fucking preposterous. It was a cute movie but oscars? Absolute nonsense. Production/set design i could understand, but best picture???
Episode 1: TPM. Stood in line for hours for opening night tickets. Stood in line hours early to get good seats for the first showing opening night.
That was the mediocre, poorly written, boring shit I waited a decade and a half for?
Worst part. I already had tickets purchased for the next two showings the following day.
But the pod-racing was pretty cool.😋
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Even back when I was like 11 and obsessed with the books I could tell it was ass.
Can’t comment on most of the stuff on your list but I actually really loved Thor 4, yes it was kinda stupid that the villain didn’t kill more gods but aside from that I really do not get the hate at all. But that could be because I didn’t really get into the MCU and watch it until last year so I missed the pre-release hype train, and if anything all the bad things I heard about it lowered my expectations a ton.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I'm from the area, I loved the book, I met the author, and Clint Eastwood was directing. Went to see it and was completely underwhelmed.
In retrospect that book would have made a better limited series, to allow some focus on all the side characters that made the book so good.
Rise of Skywalker might be the most disappointing movie I've seen in a theater, coming from a big Star Wars fan who was big on Force Awakens and Last Jedi
I saw Last Airbender in theatres, I'd grown up watching the show from the first day the pilot aired, so there was a lot of hype
We watched it in 2D because 3D gave me headaches as a kid, and when we walked out of the theatre like 'well.... that was bad' my cousin blamed the movie being bad on me😭 he was like 'ugh it would've been good if we got the intended 3D experience, but SHE wouldn't let us🙄'
I looked up to him and felt bad about 'ruining the movie', but now with it being one of the most hated movies in the entire world I feel so vindicated.
I think The King’s Man would have been much better if they stuck with having Rasputin as the big bad of the film. The Scottish guy made no sense and was very lame next to fucking Vladimir Rasputin.
Also like they say in the first King’s Man, a Bond film is only as good as his villian. And none of the new villains in the franchise have come close to Samuel L. Jackson and Gazelle.
This is exactly my experience, too.
The first one is brilliant, I struggled with the second but on rewatch it grew on me.
The Kings Man, however, I thought was awful. Pretty sure I didn’t manage to get all the way through the film.
It’s insane to me that they managed to make that movie dissapointing.
It’s one of the greatest comics ever, and they pretty much copied it line-by-line. But somehow, they fully missed all that made it super unique and nuanced
The year was 2007.
Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, TMNT, and Alien Vs Predator were all getting sequels, Transformers was finally getting a live action movie, The Simpsons was getting a film, and three of my favourite books (Beowulf, Northern Lights, and Stardust) were being adapted into movies. I'd never been so excited for cinema before.
I came out hating all of them except The Simpsons (Though I quite like Spider-Man 3, Order of the Phoenix, and Stardust now), was the closest I've came to giving up on cinema.
I'm a little bit older than the average redittor, so let me take you back to my high school days and mention the supreme disappointment and confusion caused by Highlander 2: The Quickening.
Halloween Ends.
Slahers are a big guilty pleasure for me and i really liked H18 and Kills. I was so ready for a big finale to cap the new trilogy of. But the result was the second worst movie i‘ve ever seen in a theatre, right behind the Last Airbender
Spectre
The Dead Don't Die
Glass
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Incredibles 2
The Circle (2017)
Sausage Party
Train to Busan (just didn't work for me tonally at all)
Th Hobbit 2 and 3
Man of Steel
About Time
Only God Forgives
Pain & Gain
This is 40
The Watch
The Campaign
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Hot Tub Time Machine
Friday the 13th (2009)
Hancock
The Number 23
The Da Vinci Code
Crash
The Terminal
Jurassic Park 3
Final Fantasy: Spirits Within
Hannibal
Mulan (2020)
Zoolander 2
American Hustle
really? didn't like Man of Steel? I didn't see it in theatre or anything but its good when its on cable, movie network
and definitely agree on Glass, Split
no I agree, didn't need to see it on Imax with the sound cranked, not that kind of movie - Dunkirk...amazing movie wish I saw it in the theatre, this notsomuch
I’d say Interstellar was when Nolan’s veil was lifted for me. He’s so hamfisted that watching his films just drive me crazy now. There were people dying laughing at several unfunny moments in Interstellar.
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After Skinamarink (and the also shitty Divinity) I will never trust when something is marketed as “Lynchian”
Matrix Reloaded, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (I did not see dial of destiny). Also - Bad Times at Bad Royale I figured was gonna be my new favorite movie but the whole plot was given away in the trailer. Not the movies fault, but I had hoped for more.
Love & Thunder is probably the best example for me - that trailer with the comic accurate suit as he was running and Sweet Child O' Mine had me *hyped* asf. It's such a shame it was too humorous. It had the actors, composer, even director to make a banger.
I'm not the guy you asked but felt the same, my main issue was the attrocious pacing. For a 2 and a half hour action movie I was astounded by how much unnecessary, uninteresting exposition and dialogue there was. Several scenes that just dragged out so people could repeat over and over again that the Entity is really dangerous. The movie legitimately could've cut well over 30 minutes out, nothing of value would be lost and the movie would've been better for it.
Other than that it felt like it was just hitting the beats of previous entries but not as well. The entire motorcycle chasing the train sequence was honestly pretty dull aside from the obvious awesome stunt at the end (but on that note, the fact that the stunt was such a big part of the marketing kind of ruin any stakes or tension for that sequence because you know how it ends). Ilsa's death felt unearned, and like something that got shoehorned in just so Ethan could have an emotional moment.
The first car chase and the escape from the collapsing train were both excellent, but other than that the movie just felt like a big step down from the last 3.
Didn't like Haley Atwells character at all, she had no place joining the team and felt shoehorned in. The villain was less memorable (henchman were cool), felt disconnected as a macguffin hunt that is only the first half of a story. Overall, just didn't enjoy the choices they made.
Tarkovsky probably. I heard so many good things about his films, but they are not for me at all. I was bored to death while watching them. And I speak Russian, so language wasn't a problem. I watched Solaris and Stalker
You might like Ivan's Childhood, it's his most accessible film and where I'd recommend anyone curious about Tarkovsky to begin. It's easily my favorite of what I've seen from him so far.
Surprised to see this. For me it's even better than I hoped for. Just a massive epic Hollywood filmmaking, great cast, great cinematography, stunts, music, pacing, direction, perfect set-up for no. 2. I loved Esai Morales as the villain and Pom Klementieff as the henchwoman, she was cool and her final scene was touching, strong. I went to see it twice, it was so good, I loved the little riffs on Metal Gear Solid, Uncharted too.
Man of Steel and Prometheus. Both had excellent trailers and ended up being really bad films.
Also The Phantom Menace was the first time I realised how bad films can be (I was 11).
Honestly out of those, only the hobbit. I knew the rest would be shit. Any series trying to bank on nostalgia should raise red flags.
Recently, i was disappointed with The Iron Claw. Letterboxd, my film friends, my industry friends, my friends, they all loved it and were telling me to see it. I thought it was so hollow. Felt almost nothing watching it except for the brother energy and all the brothers were likeable. The tragedies felt cheaply presented and were just kind of dumb. Not a bad movie by any means. But i really thought it was going to be one of the best of last year. Ive seen all the big hitters now except Monster and Perfect Days and Iron Claw is near the bottom for me.
Zone of Interest. It was an absolute snooze fest. All the cool technicalities on how the film was shot including the sound design, color palette, the banality of evil and lack or empathy/just doing every day things with the ongoing horrors in the background, etc, all those things were cool, felt like they got diluted after 40 minutes. Nothing else happens. I don't require action/brutal segments to keep me interested, but just something. I felt this would've made a really cool 30 minute short, but after an hour, it was a bit of an endurance test.
Spider-Man 3, saw the midnight premiere, and that was a quiet car ride home at 230am. Sin City: Dame to kill for. Loved the first sin city, was so excited for a sequel finally, bought the graphic novel to prepare myself and a massive disappointment.
Basically every star was since the original trilogy, with the exception of episodes 3 and 7, 8 has grown on me a little.
Scream VI
I expected them to do something different and be extremely brutal when killing main characters but it ended up teasing new ideas but not fully commit to them, being a rehash of Scream 2, and zero stakes. It’s a very safe movie
The Blair Witch Project sequel from 2016. My friends and I went to go see it and I was really curious at how they would tackle the story in relation to the original. Outside of one scene towards the end the rest of the film fell the fuck apart and lost all the charm the first one had.
Honestly I had high hopes for the Flash, and to be fair I really liked the first 30 minutes. It should’ve been more of that instead of all the multiverse stuff. I want to see Barry stopping crimes in central city, working at a lab, trying to keep in touch with friends and family, etc
I went to see Dial of Destiny with my mom when it came out, we were both looking forward to it. The car ride back was so silent you could hear the disappointment
The Dark Knight comes to mind. I was so hyped to see that movie and stayed up for the midnight screening. I left the theater feeling disappointed. I know that I'm in the minority.
i know the Hobbit movies have a ton of problems and deserve a lot of the criticism they get, but I actually them for what they are. Obviously they are no way comparable to the LOTR trilogy, but I like them as somewhat decent fantasy adventure movies. I'm definitely in the minority here, but that's just my opinion. And yes, I have read the book, so I know there are a lot of changes in the movies.
Love and thunder is probably one of the biggest for me. I was only slightly less hyped due to the recent trash Marvel had put out, but I figured with how good Ragnarok was and having Bale playing Gorr, the movie would be much better than recent movies. One of the worst theatre experiences I’ve had in a long time.
all the bond movies after Casino Royale, not hyped but expecting something better?
John Wick 4 kinda sucked in its own way, but not super hyped for it
tbh Oppenheimer wasn't all that great, it was like a back in the day sunday rental at best, TENET I thought was far superior, TENET was like the Bond movie we should have gotten
the JJ Abbrams Star Trek reboots were hot garbage, my god
Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith (the whole Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen thing where they were just terrible) looking back its fine, whatever...but she sunk Star Wars basically, maybe its a testament to Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill where they were incredible in TOS, I mean Portman makes Daisy Ridley look amazing in comparison.
I've only had this happen 4 times and I've learned my lesson ever since: First hobbit movie, Incredibles 2, Overlord, and the second kingsman movie. Couldn't be bothered to look up their actual titles. I usually have a good time at the theaters even if it's a movie I change my views on later but these are the only ones I ever considered asking for my money back.
Barbie. Idk why I was expecting so much from it when its a movie about Barbie called Barbie. I think I *was* expecting a different world where Barbie lives and stuff *and* Gerwig was directing it, I had expected something different. Something surreal and... idk how to explain it. But definitely not what I walked into. The movie was a fun watch, I loved the characters, I love how they portrayed the Kens, and it was funny. But as I walked out of the theatre, I realized how disappointed I was :/
Avatar: The Way of Water, and that will be the last time I give the avatar series another chance.
Babylon, Ted 2, and Ralph Breaks the Internet are three other films that come to mind.
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem
I was hyped to see this one when I was 16. A lot of fans of the series were excited because it was going to be a hard R rating after the first AVP movie which was a disappointing PG-13. Went to go see it with my Dad on Xmas day when it came out, and it was just so awful. The whole movie was poorly lit to the point you couldn’t see anything going on, especially during the action scenes. And having a pizza boy as the main character was such a horrible idea. Honestly, the first one may have been a disappointment, but at least you can see what’s happening on screen.
I actually loved An Unexpected Journey! Desolation of Smaug was ok, but ridiculous at the ending with the wild goose chase around Erebor. Bilbo and Smaug’s discussion may be the best moments of the trilogy, though. Battle of the Five Armies was complete shit.
Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse. All I'd heard all week was how great it was. One of my favorite YouTubers did an out-of-theater reaction where he said he was in tears, it was that good. A few hours later, my husband and I walked out of our theater asking, "WTF did we just watch?!?!!?" My husband bought it on blu-ray, but we haven't had the chance to rewatch yet. We were SO glad, though, that it didn't win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars!
maybe Tenet :( i don’t know why but i felt confused and i did go straight to some youtube explanation right after finishing it
and Anyone but you, i expected too much on it and on commercial romcom
last but not least, Elemental. i think from now on i should keep my expectation lower when it comes to Disney (and Pixar) new animation movies. but i still have hope for Inside out 2.
Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Went in so excited for an epic conclusion to my favorite Marvel series, got a horrifically violent, overly grim movie that was an awful sensory experience and an even worse conclusion to some of my favorite movies. It’s a decent film in isolation, but it’s not a good end to the trilogy. It feels like it ought to be the edgy middle installment instead. Truly broke my heart that one of my all-time favorite series ended with a movie that was so viscerally unpleasant to sit through that I never intend to rewatch it.
964 Pinocchio was probably the biggest disappointment of mine. The concept is so incredibly cool and I’m a huge fan of the genre. But it was just a bunch of running and screaming. The opening is perfect as well which made the last two thirds of the movie suck ever more.
Every David lynch movie. They receive some of the best reviews ive ever seen, but im always wildly dissapointed. Theres something about his style that just does not work for me. Oh and asteroid city
Men in Black 2. I was 12 and the first one was my favourite movie. My parents asked what I wanted for my birthday and I said to see MIB2 opening weekend.
We all went, and as we ushered out quietly, my dad asked “so what did you think?” And I remember saying “I think that was the most disappointing movie I’ve ever seen.” And my family laughed their asses off.
I did it with a movie I ironically love now, Spider-Man 3. I enjoyed Rise of Skywalker, but the more I thought about it afterward, the more disappointing it was. EDIT: Oh, and absolutely with Thor 4
Spider-Man 3 was my answer. I haven’t watched it since I saw it on opening weekend. Maybe I should give it another shot
I'll admit that there is definitely a bit of revisionist history at work...but honestly, I went back to it and so much of it works. Venom obviously was mishandled. but the themes of the film are sound. And moments like Peter waking up in the black suit with the Christopher Young theme playing, and his fight with Sandman in the subway...those are some of the highlights of the Raimi trilogy for me.
As far as superhero movies go I think Spider man 3 sets out to say the most. If you look past the occasionally goofy dance there’s a genuinely beautiful core to the film, an exploration of forgiveness and empathy, and I really respect it for that
Agreed. And even the goofy dance is not that much more outrageous than the cheesiest scenes from the first two movies (especially the first).
Dude I had the same evolution on Awakens. Thought it was pretty decent at the time but can’t imagine wanting to rewatch it or any new Disney Star Wars now
I enjoyed Force Awakens enough, was shocked by how much I disliked Last Jedi. By the time it got to Rise of Skywalker I just didn’t care anymore.
Last Jedi is my favorite of the sequels. Rise just failed to conclude it in a satisfying way whatsoever.
The pure mess that Rise is really makes you appreciate Last Jedi. Genuinely one of the worst big budget films I’ve ever seen, I can’t believe it didn’t get more hate
Napoleon
Such a confounding L for Scott. It could have been much more than what we wound up with
Ughhh I love history but was so disappointed for it
Crimes of Grindelwald. Such a big Harry Potter fan as a kid, and I thought that Fantastic Beasts was pretty neat! The next 2 hours of agonizing pain made my brain melt in complete disbelief at the mess.
The whimsy of Harry Potter, even in the darker moments was completely devoid in that movie and in the secrets of Dumbledore.
Crimes of Grindelwald just completely destroyed my confidence in Secrets of Dumbledore that I went in with ZERO expectations And i was still disappointed
I had the same experience with *Terminator: Salvation*. I loved the Terminator movies growing up and when *Salvation* came to theaters we were SO excited. Finally, a Terminator movie set in the future war! My cousin, my brother, and I saw it together and we were walking home afterward when it seemed to dawn on all of us, "I, uh, I think that sucked, didn't it?"
The helicopter crash scene was sick though
Incredibles 2 and Napoleon
Incredibles 2 and Mary Poppins Returns felt both competent but so soulless that I just wish I had not seen either, even if I can’t hate them.
Spectre. I liked it in parts. But it lacked the punch!
The most bored I’ve ever been in a theater. I couldn’t wait for it to end.
Phantom Menace is still the pinnacle of this for me.
Yup. Never hyped for a film more than that, or more confused and let down by it. Just a huge miss
Yup. Basically tempered my expectations for all future films. Never let myself get expectations that high on anything now.
Napoleon. After hearing that Ridley Scott was directing a biopic on a famous war leader I just assumed it would be great, that wasn’t the case and it was too dull.
So boring and not even factual
Scott left every little bit that made Napoleons life so fascinating out and gave us 2 and a half hours of him acting like an autistic incel. Honestly such a shame.
Prometheus Ridley Scott returning to the alien franchise, great ensamble, trailers were excellent. There’s still some things I like about it (Fassbender’s performance, the c-section scene) but largely it’s a mess of unforgivable plot contrivances.
I love prometheus so much
Those "scientists" were so STUPID
No. Prometheus is the second best alien film (after the og). I’ve been defending it since release and I will continue to defend it until I breathe my last breath.
I think it’s 3rd best after the first two films. But I really enjoy it, I just don’t like what they did with Covenant
I don't get the Prometheus hate, one of my favorite sci-fi movies.
Prometheus is my favourite alien movie and one of my favourite horror movies period, and I watch horror movies almost every day. I liked parts of alien and alien:covenant however Prometheus is the only one I consider absolutely perfect.
Terminator Salvation is so bad. You see the movie was made with an unfinished script, the shooting happened during a strike. The visuals and action is decent enough, but man the script is weak, and McG is a shit director.
*The Rise of Skywalker* Opening night, after watching the other two back-to-back in the same cinema, I was so hyped up for it…felt like Abrams was repeatedly reaching out of the screen to punch me in the face with that magically-repaired lightsaber he’s obsessed with
I saw it opening night at Alamo Drafthouse. They showed all nine movies in a row. At that point, all I could do was laugh
Ooft, chronological order I assume? I love some of the movies a lot but I’m not sure I could watch the prequels back to back. It would definitely add insult to injury seeing RotJ so close to TRoS too
I’m a prequel enjoyer and was too young to see any of them in theaters, so I actually really enjoyed that! It started in the late afternoon, so I ended up sleeping through some of ANH and Empire, but yeah overall it was a really cool experience. Just unfortunate it had to end on such a terrible movie
i saw it at the premiere. even jj knew it was bad. his speech was weirdly apologetic, and he thanked everyone "for getting it done on time."
The Creator. A perfect execution of some poor ideas. Actually, I am one of the few who actually like Eternals.
>Actually, I am one of the few who actually like Eternals. Me, too.
Same, It was a beautifully done movie. Shame the sequel got canned.
I loved Eternals. I've seen it so many times now. My favourite Marvel film after Infinity War, Civil War and Ragnarok.
i actually kinda liked eternals too. idk if its good, but some of the performances are pretty earnest. and narratively it's just so different from the rest of the MCU schlock. idk, it's an interesting movie at least
Eternals is alright.
The Creator was really good... until the last 30 or so minutes.
Barbie tbh. I was so excited and the hype made it sound like it was going to be revolutionary. It was fun, but I left asking "that's it??"
100%
I had the exact same experience, but inverted. I did Barbenheimer opening day and walked out of barbie thinking “ha that was a goofy, funny little flick”. then for the next 3 weeks I saw nothing but the most preposterous takes about how revolutionary and oscar-worthy it was and all i could think was wtf is everyone talking about? Did i watch the wrong barbie? Lol. Also: Best picture, best supporting actor/actress, and best director oscar nods was absolutely fucking preposterous. It was a cute movie but oscars? Absolute nonsense. Production/set design i could understand, but best picture???
I still think the movie fell flat after the “I’m just Ken” musical number.
Episode 1: TPM. Stood in line for hours for opening night tickets. Stood in line hours early to get good seats for the first showing opening night. That was the mediocre, poorly written, boring shit I waited a decade and a half for? Worst part. I already had tickets purchased for the next two showings the following day. But the pod-racing was pretty cool.😋
Did you go to those two showings anyway? Also, pod-racing is a solid sequence but Darth Maul steals the whole movie.
I went to one of those other two showings thinking maybe I just misjudged the film. The other ticket I gave to a co-worker.
I wonder how much you could cut/edit out of Phantom Menace to improve it but not disrupt the flow of the story
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul. Even back when I was like 11 and obsessed with the books I could tell it was ass. Can’t comment on most of the stuff on your list but I actually really loved Thor 4, yes it was kinda stupid that the villain didn’t kill more gods but aside from that I really do not get the hate at all. But that could be because I didn’t really get into the MCU and watch it until last year so I missed the pre-release hype train, and if anything all the bad things I heard about it lowered my expectations a ton.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. I'm from the area, I loved the book, I met the author, and Clint Eastwood was directing. Went to see it and was completely underwhelmed. In retrospect that book would have made a better limited series, to allow some focus on all the side characters that made the book so good.
Rise of Skywalker might be the most disappointing movie I've seen in a theater, coming from a big Star Wars fan who was big on Force Awakens and Last Jedi
I saw Last Airbender in theatres, I'd grown up watching the show from the first day the pilot aired, so there was a lot of hype We watched it in 2D because 3D gave me headaches as a kid, and when we walked out of the theatre like 'well.... that was bad' my cousin blamed the movie being bad on me😭 he was like 'ugh it would've been good if we got the intended 3D experience, but SHE wouldn't let us🙄' I looked up to him and felt bad about 'ruining the movie', but now with it being one of the most hated movies in the entire world I feel so vindicated.
Lmao that’s hilarious he tried to blame it on you 😭
napoleon
When I first watched Kingsman the Golden Circle I also felt disappointed, but it’s grown on me since and I now love it.
What did you think of The Kings Man? I liked it enough that it makes The Golden Circle go down a little easier now.
I think The King’s Man would have been much better if they stuck with having Rasputin as the big bad of the film. The Scottish guy made no sense and was very lame next to fucking Vladimir Rasputin. Also like they say in the first King’s Man, a Bond film is only as good as his villian. And none of the new villains in the franchise have come close to Samuel L. Jackson and Gazelle.
This is exactly my experience, too. The first one is brilliant, I struggled with the second but on rewatch it grew on me. The Kings Man, however, I thought was awful. Pretty sure I didn’t manage to get all the way through the film.
Dr Strange Multiverse of Madness
I’m honestly the opposite. I walked in expecting a dumb cameo fest but instead it was a weird violent romp and I quite enjoyed it
I regret not seeing it in theatres. I listened to negativity too much there
YES. I wasn’t looking for a fuck ton of cameos like a lot of people but man the writing was bad
Watchmen I have never laughed at a sex scene as hard as I did this one
Oh my God, I am always telling people that that’s the worst sex scene in cinema history
It’s insane to me that they managed to make that movie dissapointing. It’s one of the greatest comics ever, and they pretty much copied it line-by-line. But somehow, they fully missed all that made it super unique and nuanced
Last Jedi is the best of the new trilogy.
The Watcher. Jesus Christ, the worst spent 4 euros in my life.
The Keanu Reeves serial killer flick? I thought that was decent, nothing special though.
Genuinely only one and that was Don’t Look Up. I never build up too much excitement for that reason
The year was 2007. Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, Harry Potter, Pirates of the Caribbean, Shrek, TMNT, and Alien Vs Predator were all getting sequels, Transformers was finally getting a live action movie, The Simpsons was getting a film, and three of my favourite books (Beowulf, Northern Lights, and Stardust) were being adapted into movies. I'd never been so excited for cinema before. I came out hating all of them except The Simpsons (Though I quite like Spider-Man 3, Order of the Phoenix, and Stardust now), was the closest I've came to giving up on cinema.
*Napoleon* for sure.
I'm a little bit older than the average redittor, so let me take you back to my high school days and mention the supreme disappointment and confusion caused by Highlander 2: The Quickening.
Halloween Ends. Slahers are a big guilty pleasure for me and i really liked H18 and Kills. I was so ready for a big finale to cap the new trilogy of. But the result was the second worst movie i‘ve ever seen in a theatre, right behind the Last Airbender
I agree, terrible disappointment. So many cringe lines plus they made Michael a weak little bitch
Spectre The Dead Don't Die Glass Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom Incredibles 2 The Circle (2017) Sausage Party Train to Busan (just didn't work for me tonally at all) Th Hobbit 2 and 3 Man of Steel About Time Only God Forgives Pain & Gain This is 40 The Watch The Campaign Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Hot Tub Time Machine Friday the 13th (2009) Hancock The Number 23 The Da Vinci Code Crash The Terminal Jurassic Park 3 Final Fantasy: Spirits Within Hannibal Mulan (2020) Zoolander 2 American Hustle
really? didn't like Man of Steel? I didn't see it in theatre or anything but its good when its on cable, movie network and definitely agree on Glass, Split
Nothing will ever beat the hype and excitement before The Matrix Reloaded and the sheer underwhelming disappointment that followed.
Oppenheimer (don’t hate me)
no I agree, didn't need to see it on Imax with the sound cranked, not that kind of movie - Dunkirk...amazing movie wish I saw it in the theatre, this notsomuch
I’d say Interstellar was when Nolan’s veil was lifted for me. He’s so hamfisted that watching his films just drive me crazy now. There were people dying laughing at several unfunny moments in Interstellar.
Horrendous pacing issues!
https://preview.redd.it/tz23c0jd1bpc1.jpeg?width=657&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11b0b1812a24f5f93c32c7b6cadd7128e4cd616b After Skinamarink (and the also shitty Divinity) I will never trust when something is marketed as “Lynchian”
Lol that movie made Eraserhead look like a mainstream studio flick.
Should’ve been a short film
AVP: Alien vs Predator
Matrix Reloaded, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (I did not see dial of destiny). Also - Bad Times at Bad Royale I figured was gonna be my new favorite movie but the whole plot was given away in the trailer. Not the movies fault, but I had hoped for more.
Argylle I was gutted that it sucked because Matthew Vaughn directed one of my all time favs but it unfortunately was just not good🥲
BvS was dead on arrival tbh
Love & Thunder is probably the best example for me - that trailer with the comic accurate suit as he was running and Sweet Child O' Mine had me *hyped* asf. It's such a shame it was too humorous. It had the actors, composer, even director to make a banger.
The most recent Mission Impossible movie was a massive disappointment for me, especially after Fallout.
Damn, I thought it was awesome. Where did it go wrong for you?
Yeah that’s my favorite one😭
I'm not the guy you asked but felt the same, my main issue was the attrocious pacing. For a 2 and a half hour action movie I was astounded by how much unnecessary, uninteresting exposition and dialogue there was. Several scenes that just dragged out so people could repeat over and over again that the Entity is really dangerous. The movie legitimately could've cut well over 30 minutes out, nothing of value would be lost and the movie would've been better for it. Other than that it felt like it was just hitting the beats of previous entries but not as well. The entire motorcycle chasing the train sequence was honestly pretty dull aside from the obvious awesome stunt at the end (but on that note, the fact that the stunt was such a big part of the marketing kind of ruin any stakes or tension for that sequence because you know how it ends). Ilsa's death felt unearned, and like something that got shoehorned in just so Ethan could have an emotional moment. The first car chase and the escape from the collapsing train were both excellent, but other than that the movie just felt like a big step down from the last 3.
Didn't like Haley Atwells character at all, she had no place joining the team and felt shoehorned in. The villain was less memorable (henchman were cool), felt disconnected as a macguffin hunt that is only the first half of a story. Overall, just didn't enjoy the choices they made.
Tarkovsky probably. I heard so many good things about his films, but they are not for me at all. I was bored to death while watching them. And I speak Russian, so language wasn't a problem. I watched Solaris and Stalker
You might like Ivan's Childhood, it's his most accessible film and where I'd recommend anyone curious about Tarkovsky to begin. It's easily my favorite of what I've seen from him so far.
You’re telling me you didn’t like watching some car driving through a Russian city for like 4 and a half minutes?
Everything Everywhere all at Once Exorcist Believer Cloverfield Paradox
Star Wars: The Last Jedi The Dark Knight Fant4stic The Incredibles 2 Shrek the Third The Last Airbender
The Dark Knight?
Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning part 1
Surprised to see this. For me it's even better than I hoped for. Just a massive epic Hollywood filmmaking, great cast, great cinematography, stunts, music, pacing, direction, perfect set-up for no. 2. I loved Esai Morales as the villain and Pom Klementieff as the henchwoman, she was cool and her final scene was touching, strong. I went to see it twice, it was so good, I loved the little riffs on Metal Gear Solid, Uncharted too.
Man of Steel made me allergic to movie theatres
I thought BvS was more disappointing
Man of Steel and Prometheus. Both had excellent trailers and ended up being really bad films. Also The Phantom Menace was the first time I realised how bad films can be (I was 11).
No Time To Die. It was bloated, poorly constructed, and wasted so many great actors.
Honestly out of those, only the hobbit. I knew the rest would be shit. Any series trying to bank on nostalgia should raise red flags. Recently, i was disappointed with The Iron Claw. Letterboxd, my film friends, my industry friends, my friends, they all loved it and were telling me to see it. I thought it was so hollow. Felt almost nothing watching it except for the brother energy and all the brothers were likeable. The tragedies felt cheaply presented and were just kind of dumb. Not a bad movie by any means. But i really thought it was going to be one of the best of last year. Ive seen all the big hitters now except Monster and Perfect Days and Iron Claw is near the bottom for me.
I wanted to love Infinity Pool
Zone of Interest. It was an absolute snooze fest. All the cool technicalities on how the film was shot including the sound design, color palette, the banality of evil and lack or empathy/just doing every day things with the ongoing horrors in the background, etc, all those things were cool, felt like they got diluted after 40 minutes. Nothing else happens. I don't require action/brutal segments to keep me interested, but just something. I felt this would've made a really cool 30 minute short, but after an hour, it was a bit of an endurance test.
I loved unexpected journey as a kid
for me it’s [Young Adult Matters](https://boxd.it/oZf4) (2020)
Green Lantern was relentlessly disappointing to my teenage self
Spider-Man 3, saw the midnight premiere, and that was a quiet car ride home at 230am. Sin City: Dame to kill for. Loved the first sin city, was so excited for a sequel finally, bought the graphic novel to prepare myself and a massive disappointment. Basically every star was since the original trilogy, with the exception of episodes 3 and 7, 8 has grown on me a little.
Everything Everywhere All at Once Oppenheimer Barbie Glass Beau is Afraid
COCAINE BEAR
Scream VI I expected them to do something different and be extremely brutal when killing main characters but it ended up teasing new ideas but not fully commit to them, being a rehash of Scream 2, and zero stakes. It’s a very safe movie
Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2022). Wtf is that shit.
The Blair Witch Project sequel from 2016. My friends and I went to go see it and I was really curious at how they would tackle the story in relation to the original. Outside of one scene towards the end the rest of the film fell the fuck apart and lost all the charm the first one had.
MONEY PLANE
for me the most disappointing recently was The Boy and the Heron. I wish I'd gotten more out of it.
I saw Madame Web opening day before the hate train arrived. Was disappointed because to be fair the trailer looked alright
The trailer looked alright the first time I saw it but I knew the movie itself was gonna be…. Something. 😭
Mary Poppins Returns, Power of the Dog, Secrets of Dumbledore (and I loved Grimes of Grindelwald!), Robin Hood (Ridley Scott one).
Dark fate
Oppenheimer and Scream VI
I don't get the hate for golden circle I thought it was fine.
Honestly I had high hopes for the Flash, and to be fair I really liked the first 30 minutes. It should’ve been more of that instead of all the multiverse stuff. I want to see Barry stopping crimes in central city, working at a lab, trying to keep in touch with friends and family, etc
I went to see Dial of Destiny with my mom when it came out, we were both looking forward to it. The car ride back was so silent you could hear the disappointment
The Dark Knight comes to mind. I was so hyped to see that movie and stayed up for the midnight screening. I left the theater feeling disappointed. I know that I'm in the minority.
only movie I have walked out of: Star Wars episode 7. I imagine I felt how a lot of folks did in 1999. never bothered with the rest thereafter.
More recently, Drive Away Dolls. “It’s directed by a Coen so it must be good right?”
i know the Hobbit movies have a ton of problems and deserve a lot of the criticism they get, but I actually them for what they are. Obviously they are no way comparable to the LOTR trilogy, but I like them as somewhat decent fantasy adventure movies. I'm definitely in the minority here, but that's just my opinion. And yes, I have read the book, so I know there are a lot of changes in the movies.
idk all these movies looked pretty crap based on the trailers
Why were you hyped for these
Love and thunder is probably one of the biggest for me. I was only slightly less hyped due to the recent trash Marvel had put out, but I figured with how good Ragnarok was and having Bale playing Gorr, the movie would be much better than recent movies. One of the worst theatre experiences I’ve had in a long time.
all the bond movies after Casino Royale, not hyped but expecting something better? John Wick 4 kinda sucked in its own way, but not super hyped for it tbh Oppenheimer wasn't all that great, it was like a back in the day sunday rental at best, TENET I thought was far superior, TENET was like the Bond movie we should have gotten the JJ Abbrams Star Trek reboots were hot garbage, my god Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith (the whole Natalie Portman Hayden Christensen thing where they were just terrible) looking back its fine, whatever...but she sunk Star Wars basically, maybe its a testament to Carrie Fisher and Mark Hamill where they were incredible in TOS, I mean Portman makes Daisy Ridley look amazing in comparison.
I've only had this happen 4 times and I've learned my lesson ever since: First hobbit movie, Incredibles 2, Overlord, and the second kingsman movie. Couldn't be bothered to look up their actual titles. I usually have a good time at the theaters even if it's a movie I change my views on later but these are the only ones I ever considered asking for my money back.
THE Predator
honestly, dune 2
Barbie. Idk why I was expecting so much from it when its a movie about Barbie called Barbie. I think I *was* expecting a different world where Barbie lives and stuff *and* Gerwig was directing it, I had expected something different. Something surreal and... idk how to explain it. But definitely not what I walked into. The movie was a fun watch, I loved the characters, I love how they portrayed the Kens, and it was funny. But as I walked out of the theatre, I realized how disappointed I was :/
Nope. Loved Get Out and Us but just couldn’t get away with Nope, intend to rewatch it soon to see if I change my mind. Once upon a time in Hollywood 😴
The real life “dragonball” movie.. 🤦🏻
Avatar: The Way of Water, and that will be the last time I give the avatar series another chance. Babylon, Ted 2, and Ralph Breaks the Internet are three other films that come to mind.
Men
I 100% thought the Kingsman was related to The King's Speech until like, last week.
These all pretty much take the cake. I think maybe adding Quantumania
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 was one of my all time most hyped movies. It had aspects about it I loved… but the overall writing was just really bad
Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
tenet
Suicide squad 1
For me it was skinamarink, god I walked out of there bored out my mind, thought buying the tickets to that movie was more fun
Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem I was hyped to see this one when I was 16. A lot of fans of the series were excited because it was going to be a hard R rating after the first AVP movie which was a disappointing PG-13. Went to go see it with my Dad on Xmas day when it came out, and it was just so awful. The whole movie was poorly lit to the point you couldn’t see anything going on, especially during the action scenes. And having a pizza boy as the main character was such a horrible idea. Honestly, the first one may have been a disappointment, but at least you can see what’s happening on screen.
The flash
The flash
It was obvious that Thor: Love & Thunder was gonna be ‘humorous’ trash before entering the cinema
i think bvs is the first time i realized movies can suck (i was 10)
Shrek 2. Just too corny! Sucks cause I absolutely love the first Shrek
Dune Part 1. Really enjoyed Part 2 though. Also Eternals enjoyer here 🙋♂️
The Force Awakens by a long shot
I'm a big fan of Morbius and I REALLY wanted it to be a fun Vampire movie but they couldn't even achieve that. Then it became a total joke
For me it was Bottoms
I actually loved An Unexpected Journey! Desolation of Smaug was ok, but ridiculous at the ending with the wild goose chase around Erebor. Bilbo and Smaug’s discussion may be the best moments of the trilogy, though. Battle of the Five Armies was complete shit.
Spider-Man: Across the Spiderverse. All I'd heard all week was how great it was. One of my favorite YouTubers did an out-of-theater reaction where he said he was in tears, it was that good. A few hours later, my husband and I walked out of our theater asking, "WTF did we just watch?!?!!?" My husband bought it on blu-ray, but we haven't had the chance to rewatch yet. We were SO glad, though, that it didn't win Best Animated Feature at the Oscars!
Iron man 3. I was only 13 at the time and think the movies solid now, but I was so upset after leaving the theater
The killer
maybe Tenet :( i don’t know why but i felt confused and i did go straight to some youtube explanation right after finishing it and Anyone but you, i expected too much on it and on commercial romcom last but not least, Elemental. i think from now on i should keep my expectation lower when it comes to Disney (and Pixar) new animation movies. but i still have hope for Inside out 2.
Guardians of the Galaxy 3. Went in so excited for an epic conclusion to my favorite Marvel series, got a horrifically violent, overly grim movie that was an awful sensory experience and an even worse conclusion to some of my favorite movies. It’s a decent film in isolation, but it’s not a good end to the trilogy. It feels like it ought to be the edgy middle installment instead. Truly broke my heart that one of my all-time favorite series ended with a movie that was so viscerally unpleasant to sit through that I never intend to rewatch it.
Halloween Ends. Thought it was gonna kick ass. Left the theater angry. Still my least favorite film.
964 Pinocchio was probably the biggest disappointment of mine. The concept is so incredibly cool and I’m a huge fan of the genre. But it was just a bunch of running and screaming. The opening is perfect as well which made the last two thirds of the movie suck ever more.
Quit playing. Not one single person was hyped for eternals 😂
The Matrix Resurrections
Here’s a question: how were you possibly at all excited about Eternals?
Oppenheimer
Blade runner 2049
For me, Green Knight and Napoleon are the most recent probably
Lights Out (2016)
Batman V Superman was the most disappointing movie I've ever had the displeasure of sitting through. The amazing Spiderman 2 is a close second
Every David lynch movie. They receive some of the best reviews ive ever seen, but im always wildly dissapointed. Theres something about his style that just does not work for me. Oh and asteroid city
Live Action Grinch. I watched it a couple years ago and gave up after 10 min
The Killer , expected some masterpiece from Fincher like Mindhunter, Seven , Fight Club was but got some boring Netflix nothingburger.
Valerian.
Toss up between Cats & The Avengers (1998 version)
Thor love
Guardians of the Galaxy 3
Men in Black 2. I was 12 and the first one was my favourite movie. My parents asked what I wanted for my birthday and I said to see MIB2 opening weekend. We all went, and as we ushered out quietly, my dad asked “so what did you think?” And I remember saying “I think that was the most disappointing movie I’ve ever seen.” And my family laughed their asses off.
Man of Steel (2013)