Could work with "What Movie Did You Just Watch? - Shh! It's Starting!". But this is just for movies that you thought you would like but didn't.. Whether they be recently or a long time ago.
I remember seeing the commercials of "Shaun of the Dead" on the DVD for Van Hellsing that i have.. Thought the movie looked pretty funny Oh, how wrong i was.. I did not get the humor at all and thought it was lame.
So, what about you guys? Had any movies you thought you would like but didn't?
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I was really looking forward to seeing Princess and the Frog, and (the mob of PATF fans will get me for this post, not too hard, I hope, but they will defintely get me!) we rarely make it to the movie theatre (it is more rare for us to go to the movies than the Sun coming up in the West) sadly, we did not make the Princess and the Frog. A few months ago, my mother suprised me, with guess what, she rented the Princess and the Frog for me from the Genaurdi's movie machine. That was the happiest day of my life. Naturally, with the reviews this movie had, I was looking forward to seeing this, the supposed "return of Disney Movies of the 90's." When I watched it (Mob of angry fans, this is your cue!), I really did not see what all the hype was about. I was also looking forward to the return of Disney and hand drawn animation, but something about it was just not right.
Now, for a story to take away the pain of that memory. I remember that I did not want to see Enchanted, but again, I was convinced by my parents and the reviews, to see it. And suprisingly, I loved it! Everything that the movie stood for was great! I believed this was the return of Disney, not PTAF.
Atonement: Great director and cast, story sounded good, but the movie itself was boring, too long and took itself way too seriously. And Keira Knightley's ghostly thin shoulder blades didn't help either
Easy one, now that I think of it. The number one movie for this, for me, was "The Fountain". From the trailers, we thought it was going to be a movie about Ponce De Leon, with some sci-fi fantasy that showed him still alive today... That's actually a good idea for a movie. BUT, that was very different from the real plot. In truth, the real plot had potential, but this film was so poorly made, in my opinion. It was just excruciating to watch. It was dull and self gratifying. It went on forever by repeating the same scenes over and over. It was terrible for my little sis and I, who took our parents to see it (and our parents can't grasp anything even slightly artsy, so...). We were rather embarrassed, and felt bad for taking our parents to see it, because they rarely go out so you really want to pick a winner.
This Movie is Not Yet Rated and Fahrenheit 9/11 jump to mind. The first one bothered me greatly (and not in the way it intends - I'm going to say it again, they took Mary Harron's film American Psycho completely out of context and were highly hypocritical about a couple of other things) and the second left me tapping my toes, waiting to be filled with a greater sense of... something. Like Bowling for Columbine. I'm not surprised it didn't swing voters. Except for the painfully sappy opening, it had no heart (probably due to its' subject, the black hole Bush Administration). Bowling on the other hand was a revelation. It made you want to get up and do something. It touched you inside. And appealed to me as a growing adult and someone who had just gotten out of high school and remembered what it was like to be treated like a weirdo - Columbine happened when I was a Freshman, and of course I was a horror fan and a huge fan of Marilyn Manson. I got looks constantly. If this topic is at all about hype, it's obvious that 9/11 just didn't have the same impact as something like An Inconvenient Truth. It was all self-generated controversy. Instead of making you want to do something, it made you feel more like- we might as well not even try.
I should really add Idiocracy to that list, but it's not a documentary. Perhaps it should have been. It is such an eye-openingly scary concept, it does make you laugh for awhile. But I got tired somewhere before the halfway mark and the ending was terrible. The movie seemed unaware that, as the big action sequence begins with all the monster-car arena b.s., it's becoming the same sort of thing it's criticizing. Loud, over-the-top, one-note, boring crap. A minute into that, I was ready to shut the movie off. But I sat through it and felt like they didn't even take their own message to heart.
Speaking of conflicts in message delivery and f*ck*d up endings... I didn't expect to like Frailty, necessarily, but I gave it a fair shot and I had to admit while watching it that it was strangely compelling for a long while. It was on its' way to being something important. It seemed like a really good example of how religion is used to oppress people (especially children growing up, just as they're starting to question what they're being taught) and a great indictment of that whole self-righteous "Gold told me to" kind of vigilanteism. Then the ending decides to twist (the whole film owes its' existence, in this context, to the M. Night Shyamalan craze) and say the character you've been rooting for all this time, a young boy, is a demon. This is the King of "WtF?!?!!!" Endings. I could have let it go too if they had confronted the kid and actually exposed him, catching him in-the-act. No, they don't even have the decency to do that. They instead flash to the future, with him as an adult (some lame guy in a wifebeater or something, sitting in a chair, and shoots himself - wow, powerful stuff; NOT!) and have the antagonistic younger brother say: oh, he was really evil the whole time. And that's supposed to make us go: WOW, I can't believe it! I could believe it, I just had to rub my eyes to make sure it was coming from this movie which was (up to this point) about a kid being victimized by his murderous, psycho father and robotic brat of a brother who torture him because he doesn't conform to their values. The movie basically punished him, after the fact, for being such an easy target in the first place! No, the movie doesn't show any of the victims as doing anything wrong. Yet the ending message is that the creepy antagonist is actually a hero and that there are real Demons out there. Um... I'm all for moral ambiguity. But don't you actually have to show BOTH sides to get the audience to believe it? Apparently not, as I understand it- I'm in the minority of people who think this movie's ending was highly insulting to the audience's intelligence.
Kick-Ass. Initially, I really liked it, but the more I watch it, the more ludicrous the ending seems, and the violence is starting to come off as disturbingly unnecessary. If this was an all-adult cast, I could stomach it, but the fact that so much of the violence involves a teenage boy and a 12-year-old girl.... that just seems messed up.
I should note, however, that my opinion on certain movies and shows will change upon repeat viewings as I continue to mature. Kick-Ass is just the most recent example and, honestly, the fastest my opinion on a film has changed for the negative. Maybe it's because my best friend won't stop raving about it and calls it the best comic book adaptation of all-time.
Two classic movies, directed by two of the world's most famous and critically acclaimed directors; which get praised by all serious film scholars, but I found them to be painfully boring and very hard to sit through:
Fellini's La Dolce Vita (1960) and De Sica's Ladri di Biciclette (1948)
I also didn't like Hitchcock's Spellbound (1945), which was praised on UD, but I thought was mildly ridiculous.
The Golden Compass- A phenomenal book, amazing art direction, absolutely gorgeous visual effects, an ensemble cast, what more could you ask for? And we already had LOTR as an example, and since I really only like the first book, I thought this had it all. Of course, though we have New Line Cinema interfering left and right, director issues, and a rushed story. I could've easily appreciated the film more if it was like an hour longer. Sigh... If only New Line didn't cut so much stuff, like the ending and other important scenes. Still good, but not LOTR level.
Among the worst movies recently are all three of the "Twilight" movies. The cast is perfect, but they tried do to much with each of the characters and the editing was atrocious on all three.
Also could not get The Fountain. After seeing the trailers for this movie I couldn't wait for it to come out, and now I have two hours of my life that have been totally wasted, to go along with the over six hours wasted in the Twilight movies.
My biggest surprise of a movie that I thought I would sleep through and didn't was Eat Pray Love. I take my wife to these 'chick' flicks because she so willingly go along with me to my 'guy' flicks, and I was surprised at how much I enjoyed "Eat Pray Love".
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"The Golden Compass" is definitely up there on the list. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" was worse. And don't even get me started on the Twilight saga. These were all books that I enjoyed greatly, but movies that I detested when I saw them. (To be fair, I only watched "Twilight," not "New Moon" or "Eclipse." I didn't even want to see the rest of the series butchered.)
Margos wrote:"The Golden Compass" is definitely up there on the list. "A Series of Unfortunate Events" was worse. And don't even get me started on the Twilight saga. These were all books that I enjoyed greatly, but movies that I detested when I saw them. (To be fair, I only watched "Twilight," not "New Moon" or "Eclipse." I didn't even want to see the rest of the series butchered.)
You didn't like The Series of Unfortunate Events? I personally think it was one of my favorite adaptations of a modern fantasy book (only topped, of course, by the LOTR films). Jim Carrey was my only reservation, but in the end I actually enjoyed his performance--which also fit the character. But sticks and stones. Which reminds me.
The Harry Potter films are some of the worst films I've seen, and easily one of the worst series (haven't seen Twilight though). The first two are bearable (if bloated and fairly uninspired, at least they retain some of the charm of the novels), but the rest, besides being horrible adaptations of Rowling's books, are generally just very bad films. What an incomprehensible, schizophrenic mess. The movies definitely do have some nice cinematography and great scores, but the scenes go so fast that I'd guess you'd have to be on E to enjoy it and the acting is hit-and-miss (mostly miss, particularly with the main characters of Dumbledore, Voldemort, the trio, etc.--the actors who are actually worth seeing are usually reduced to two [or less] 5 second scenes). That they've made as much money as they have speaks wonders to Rowling's ability as a writer, and also to readers' fanaticism. But fan awards are probably the only substantial ones the series'll ever receive.
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Disney's Divinity wrote:You didn't like The Series of Unfortunate Events? I personally think it was one of my favorite adaptations of a modern fantasy book (only topped, of course, by the LOTR films). Jim Carrey was my only reservation, but in the end I actually enjoyed his performance--which also fit the character. But sticks and stones. Which reminds me.
I'm sorry, it was a hideous mess of a film, IMHO. They took 3 rather interesting and enjoyable novels, and turned them into rushed, ridiculous short stories. I wish they had devoted more time to actually showcasing what made the books so charming (in a dark sort of way), rather than rushing from one adventure to the other so quickly. We didn't have any time at all to even get to like Uncle Monty, for Pete's sake! Carrey set a completely wrong tone, if you ask me. Olaf is more... evil. Carrey just played him as silly, and I don't think he came across as a real threat. And how far they strayed from the stories left a bad taste in my mouth. The train was ludicrous.
Alice in Wonderland (2010) - There was just way too much focus on visuals and CGI instead of story. What happened to Tim Burton? It is true that he has always directed some pretty strange films, but they were still very entertaining because they had a good story to go with it. Why does he feel the need to add Johnny Depp in all his movies all of a sudden (He was good in Sweeney Todd, though).
Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (it could have had so much more potential to even be a franchise but as a standalone movie by itself its okay...not great...just borderline okay)
Hulk (2003 Edition) Need I say more why it was dissappointing....
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Oh, how wrong i was.. I did not get the humor at all and thought it was lame. 
