Most Disappointing Movies

[Timothy Hunter]

My most hotly anticipated film of this year was easily Deep Water. Adrian Lyne is one of my favorite directors and is responsible for some of the most viisually stunning movies in recent memory. Lolita, Fatal Attraction, 8 ½ Weeks, and Jacob's Ladder. His direction even elevates movies that would be otherwise forgettable in the hands of another director like Flashdance and Indecent Proposal.

I was hyped to see it in theaters on IMAX, little did I know that it was dumped straight to Hulu a couple of days ago with little to no fanfare. And I can see why. There was nothing memorable about Adrian Lyne's direction, the script felt like it ripped straight out of a Nicolas Cage Red Box movie, and Ben Affleck gives the worst performance I've ever seen from him*. The unintentional comedy of how little Affleck gives a shit in this movie might be the only positive I can give Deep Water.

What are some movies you were excited to see only to disappoint you?


*To be fair I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Daredevil or Gigli

[Immortal Weapon]

The dark tower. I'm enjoyed Marvels comic adaptation of the books so I was looking forward to it. It being a weird mish mash of different stories hurt the movie so much. They should have focused on adapting one story

[Kirby101]

My most hotly anticipated film of this year was easily Deep Water. Adrian Lyne is one of my favorite directors and is responsible for some of the most viisually stunning movies in recent memory. Lolita, Fatal Attraction, 8 ½ Weeks, and Jacob's Ladder. His direction even elevates movies that would be otherwise forgettable in the hands of another director like Flashdance and Indecent Proposal.

I was hyped to see it in theaters on IMAX, little did I know that it was dumped straight to Hulu a couple of days ago with little to no fanfare. And I can see why. There was nothing memorable about Adrian Lyne's direction, the script felt like it ripped straight out of a Nicolas Cage Red Box movie, and Ben Affleck gives the worst performance I've ever seen from him*. The unintentional comedy of how little Affleck gives a shit in this movie might be the only positive I can give Deep Water.

What are some movies you were excited to see only to disappoint you?


*To be fair I haven't had the pleasure of seeing Daredevil or Gigli

Yes, Lynne is a fine visual director. But of all those movies you listed, only Lolita had a narrative that held together, or made sense. His movies are often turgid or inane. I don't find it elevating a movie when the story is weak and the characters unrealistic or ridiculous.

[Kirby101]

Off the top of my head, I think Temple of Doom was a big disappointment for me.

[DanMad1977]

A disappointment is something you don't like because you had high hopes for it and it let you down.

Batman vs Superman was a let down. Totally overloaded with shit it didnt need. I was so pumped for it.

I could name a few, but I seldom have high hopes for a movie, so I can't be disappointed.

Maybe Rise of the Skywalker and Last Jedi. After that Star Wars cannot disappoint me anymore.

Star Trek Beyond come to mind.

[AndrewCrossett]

The Hobbit
All Star Wars movies since the original trilogy (except Rogue One... I liked that one.)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Avatar
Men In Black II
Every DC movie since Nolan

I would have said Dark Tower, but I spared myself from seeing it. I knew it wasn't possible to do that story in one movie without it sucking.

[Immortal Weapon]

The Hobbit
All Star Wars movies since the original trilogy (except Rogue One... I liked that one.)
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Avatar
Men In Black II
Every DC movie since Nolan

I would have said Dark Tower, but I spared myself from seeing it. I knew it wasn't possible to do that story in one movie without it sucking.

Dark Tower was suppose to have a TV show that served as a companion piece for the movie. The movie flopping must have killed the show.

[Minerboh]

Ah, easiest question i had to reply to...
Josstice League.

You cannot compede against an Avengers movie featuring the entire coaster of the MCU against a menace that they were preparing for years with a PATHETIC, rushed, half completed and filled with ultra massive plot holes excuse of a movie that tried to copy the first Avengers movie in the most amateurish way possible. They have Darkseid on their source material, a creation by one of the most brilliant minds on the field and they didn't even bothered to give him a proper cameo giving the center focus on Cry Baby Wolf!

And they had the audacity to release this floating turd to theatres? I mean...They didn't even bothered to complete the special effects of the movie.
It's mind boggling the way of their thinking.

[AndrewCrossett]

Dark Tower was suppose to have a TV show that served as a companion piece for the movie. The movie flopping must have killed the show.

There was supposedly a show coming that was going to adapt the books, starting with the prequels. But I haven't heard anything about that in quite a while.

[TheBlackTerror]

Ah, easiest question i had to reply to...
Josstice League.

You cannot compede against an Avengers movie featuring the entire coaster of the MCU against a menace that they were preparing for years with a PATHETIC, rushed, half completed and filled with ultra massive plot holes excuse of a movie that tried to copy the first Avengers movie in the most amateurish way possible. They have Darkseid on their source material, a creation by one of the most brilliant minds on the field and they didn't even bothered to give him a proper cameo giving the center focus on Cry Baby Wolf!

And they had the audacity to release this floating turd to theatres? I mean...They didn't even bothered to complete the special effects of the movie.
It's mind boggling the way of their thinking.

The Synder Cut (IMO) made up for some of the disappointment, but, yeah. I remember seeing the first Avengers movie for the first time and during the final battle I kept saying to myself (WHY can't DC do this with Justice League??)

Other big disappointments:
Green Lantern
Superman Returns
The 3rd Matrix film
WW 1984
Star Trek V
Batman and Robin
Red Dragon (though to be fair Manhunter is one of my favorite films of all time)

[frankiedetroit]

Off the top of my head, I think Temple of Doom was a big disappointment for me.

Yes. After the perfection that was Raiders, Temple was a big one.

But my all-timer is The Godfather 3. Andy Garcia was hot at the time, so when I heard he was in it, I got even more excited. Alas...

[JBatmanFan05]

A disappointment is something you don't like because you had high hopes for it and it let you down.

Some for me:

Dark Knight Rises
Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (Indy got off track by not doing more like Temple of Doom)
Ghostbusters Afterlife
The Force Awakens

Honestly, though, almost every big film I attempt to see (meaning I've somewhat bought some hype) ends up a disappointment. I watch a lot less franchise films nowadays.

[Thezmage]

Star Trek Into Darkness was the worst movie I had high expectations for.

[godisawesome]

Star Wars: The Last Jedi - I still firmly believe Abrams gave Johnson an easy lay-up to a successful mid-trilogy film, and at least enough good assets in the characters and mood of the Sequel Trilogy to avoid any complete failure even if Johnson got obstinate towards the best answers to Abrams's mystery boxes. Instead, Johnson not only went with the worst possible answers to the mystery boxes, but hypocritically retconned and otherwise hamstring every asset that wasn't a white guy going forward, before killing the only "heroic" white guy in his movie and making the female lead dependent on a parasitic Villainous Protagonist for her value. In contrast, no one really expected a good Episode 9 after TLJ - and not even because Abrams was coming back after Trevorrow got fired, since Trevorrow got fired because TLJ left the Sequel plot and the larger Saga in a nosedive.

Suicide Squad - Here, my disappointment is because it feels like the script was the one real glaring weakness in the production, with a great cast, strong conceptual ideas for (almost) all the characters, and a unique enough property that even a more serious production like the type Ayers was going for should have maximized its potential, even more so than Gunn's version from last year. I feel like, if they'd just stuck an earlier mission against some mooks like Intergang in the first 2/3rds of the movie to have the Squad gel, shoot the breeze, and display the camaraderie the cast had, then you could have enchantress go crazy in the finale for a quicker, more developed final conflict.

Harley Quinn/Birds of Prey - this is a nuanced example, because I really think its more that there was a potential for two great films, and we got stuck with only a pretty good single film from them trying to mash them together. It's a film that desperately wants to be a Harley Quinn solo film/Gotham Sirens film on one hand, and a Birds of Prey film on the other, and they just undermine each other. It's also extraordinarily aggravating that there was no connection between "we brought in some stunt specialists for an action scene in reshoots," but that's unconnected to having a character called Cassandra Cain in the cast, because she's not actually Cassandra Cain.

Iron Man 3 - I don't actually hate this film... but it deserves to be forgotten, considering all the things it could have done, and all the ideas it wasted instead. Thank God for Shang Chi. This thing made a billion bucks because anything after The Avengers would have made a billion bucks, and is less memorable and impactful than the much maligned but better Iron Man 2.

[WebLurker]

Maybe Rise of the Skywalker and Last Jedi. After that Star Wars cannot disappoint me anymore.

Actually liked Last Jedi. Agree that Rise of Skywalker could've been a lot better.

Star Trek Beyond come to mind.

Dunno, I was surprised at how good that one was. Was pretty disappointed with the first two in that series and then this one turned out to be the kind of movie I'd been wanting them to do.