Disappointing Movies With Good Reviews (Iron Man 3)

[4RM3D]

Huh... So Iron Man 3...

Movie critics are known to be harsh. This isn't game lala land where every game gets 95% and it worshiped by all game critics. [implied sarcasm]

You have those arthouse movies and oscar-bait movies critcs seems to love... okay, fine. But Hollywood blockbusters usually get mediocre reviews (for a good reason). There are a few exceptions, like:

Iron Man 3
Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises
James Bond: Skyfall
The Hunger Games

Critics seem to love these movies and I can't understand why.

Iron Man 3 was okay, but nothing special; just expensive. The bad guy could have been fleshed out more. I didn't see his motivation. Also, the plot is over-the-top and nonsensical at some points (more than normal).

Skyfall was mediocre. No idea why everyone is saying this is the best Bond movie. It didn't feel like Bond at all. And the plot had more holes than Swiss Cheese (among other things).

The Hunger Games was pure crap. The movie did not work at all. It goes wrong on so many levels. Most importantly the games itself, which have been executed in the most stupid way imaginable.

The Dark Knight Rises... I loved the 2nd movie, but the 3rd is just off. Competing against a The Joker is kinda difficult, but Bane is just boring and his plot is silly. Also the whole Batman trials in prison feels forced and feels like a cliche.

I really want to like these movies, but they all seem to let me down. Well, at least The Avengers was awesome.

So, did you have any recent movie letdowns (which everyone else seems to like)?

 

[Cabisco]

Personally I loved Iron man 3, I thought it was by far the best out the three.

I loved Skyfall too but this might just be because I've always had a soft spot for Bond.

and Hunger Games was alright, I wasn't expecting much when people started comparing it to twilight.

Honestly for the longest time now I haven't been disapointed with a movie, I guess I've just got to point where I'll avoid ones I think theres less chance of me watching now rather than giving them a go plus I'm more than happy to just enjoy good old action and turn off any higher brain functions.

 

[fezgod]

I never understood the appeal of many Tarantino movies. I loved Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction (to an extent) but I feel as though every other movie he's released is just a load of wank.

As for the other movies you mentioned:
I loved Skyfall, because, barring the pretty convoluted plot it was a love letter to James Bond fans. (they had the fucking Aston Martin in it, nothing could top that)
And I think the Dark Knight Rises was well received because the acting, action, special effects and so on were good, even if the plot was a complete mess.

 

[BNguyen]

Well, I watched the Hunger Games and at the point where that group forms and corners the main girl up the tree comes along. They have every opportunity to kill her with the ranged weapons they have and the girl can't climb quickly since she's injured, so what do they do? "Hey, let's all camp out right beneath her without leaving anyone to watch her so she can do something to totally take advantage of our stupidity."
Yeah, strong character my ass, she just got grouped up with idiots and people who didn't want to take advantage over her and have one less person to have to fight later.
Of course I went in expecting very little from all of the hype around it - yeah I know the government is trying to up the drama of the whole thing but still, they want these people dead and yet sit on their hands for an easy kill, and none of the characters were interesting in the least bit.

 

[BushMonstar]

Personally I loved Iron man 3, I thought it was by far the best out the three.

I loved Skyfall too but this might just be because I've always had a soft spot for Bond.

and Hunger Games was alright, I wasn't expecting much when people started comparing it to twilight.

Honestly for the longest time now I haven't been disapointed with a movie, I guess I've just got to point where I'll avoid ones I think theres less chance of me watching now rather than giving them a go plus I'm more than happy to just enjoy good old action and turn off any higher brain functions.

Same, I'm at a point now where I tend to not be disappointed by a movie because I really only go and see movies that I'm really interested in.

Anyways, I haven't seen Iron Man 3, and I thought Skyfall was alright, but I really liked The Hunger Games (even if it did pull the shaky-camera-action-scene way too often), and even if I think that it's probably my least favorite of the trilogy, I still loved Dark Knight Rises.

 

[Evil Smurf]

I watched Juno and was disappointed. I suppose I just don't care enough teen pregnancy.

 

[Happiness Assassin]

Evil Dead. One of the most disappointing movies I have ever seen. As a horror film it was a bore. As an exhibition of simulating blood... well it was entertaining in that regard.

Watchmen. Was a fan of the comicbooks, but this movie didn't click with me, but I am not sure why. Maybe it was the general art direction, the copious amounts of slow-mo (which I guess is Zack Snyder's thing but not mine), and the music.

Have to agree with the OP on Hunger Games and Dark Knight Rises. Hated the whole look of Hunger Games and I was seriously let down by Bane being dropped in the last 15 minutes in favor of a not-so-surprising and less interesting villain in the Dark Knight Rises. Also dem plotholes.

 

[Proverbial Jon]

I'm not a James Bond fan (having only seen 2 of the movies in my life) but I loved Skyfall in the cinema enough to buy it when it was released on Blu Ray. I don't really know how it compares to the others but it's a good solid action movie with an underlying theme that resonates with me. Your mileage may vary, as they say.

Now Moon, there's an overrated movie if ever I watched one. Rotten Tomatoes gives it a 90% fresh rating. I call shenanigans. The trailer implied a smart sci-fi movie with a thought provoking storyline. Watch the movie up to the first conflict Sam Rockwell's character has to face...

Spoiler

He finds himself in a crashed buggy on the moon, literally another him. I thought it was going to lead into a storyline about existential crisis, loss of identity, madness induced by increased periods of solidarity... all stemming from some personal trauma or experience etc. But no, no the other man is a literally another him. He's a clone. Whoop. Plus the Kevin Spacey AI adds nothing to the plot, nothing whatsoever. Sure it's cool but haven't we had our fill of Hal 9000 by now?

The sole definition of underwhelming if you ask me.

Pandorum has a better storyline than this, even if the movie itself is a little rough around the edges.

 

[Shocksplicer]

I actually saw quite a few negative reviews for The Hunger Games, but yeah the positive reviews outweighed the (accurate) negative reviews.

I found Looper to be a terrible movie. The plot was so completely nonsensical and filled with holes that it completely ruined the movie for me. Worst part is that many of the reviewers honestly didn't notice how nonsensical it was and said things to the effect of "It's completely free of plot holes and wraps everything up perfectly!". NO.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Every Tarantino movie since Jackie Brown.

I wouldn't say they're bad movies, since they are competently made, but the amount of indulgence just makes me wanna smack Tarantino across the face. Yes we get it; You like 70's subgenres. Stop mooching off of it.

Another one is Kick-Ass. Now I liked the movie when it was about Kick-Ass, but the moment Hitgirl entered the scene the movie fucking crashed and burned. It's literally this one character, that everybody seemed to love, that ruined the whole movie for me.

Also every Marvel Studios movie, including The Avengers. Sometimes I get the sense everyone simply accepted the mediocrity of these movies, because it was setting up for the big ensemble picture. But then The Avengers comes along and it's the same stale cardboard that the set-up movies were.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

Yeah, I thought Iron Man 3 was staggeringly meh.
I found it oddly boring, actually checking my watch a few times during the movie. Also, the fact that almost every character just seems to be able to shrug off dangerous situations so easily makes many of the action scenes feel very tensionless.

 

[Gaijud]

Wait, Iron Man 3 is getting good reviews? Really?

There are lots of little things that were off about that movie, but the horribly weak villain put me off entirely. I was excited at first, since I had heard Mandarin was one of the better Iron Man villains, but after this I am just gonna assume that the movie version has nothing to do with the comic books.

I think the reason Iron Man is getting good reviews is that the character bits with Tony are pretty good. Even without cross-promotional baggage the second act really drags, and yet compared to the silly action scenes I found myself enjoying this part of the movie the most. I guess critics just eat this stuff up, but really how many times are we going to get the "Tony rises from the ashes" story? He's 3 for 3 now.

 

[Blood Brain Barrier]

Yeah, I fucking HATED No Country For Old Men. I still don't see the critical love for it. Eurgh.

Yup. Seen it twice and left a bad taste in my mouth both times, alongside sending me to sleep.

I didn't think much of Life of Pi, decent movie but nothing special. Disappointing.

 

[redknightalex]

Well, reviews are just opinions and critics are just people who watch movies a lot when you boil it all down. There's no reason why a critic's opinion should be more important the your own; in fact, it's yours that matters most to you.

Frankly, the last one that I never understood the hype was, shockingly, The Avengers. Also the first Star Trek movie. I saw both of them as just big action blockbusters with no value beyond that. I read Marvel comics and I love Star Trek even more, so why I didn't enjoy these movies were up to my own personal tastes. It happens.

From your list, I do find Skyfall and and TDKR to be great movies. Haven't seen Iron Man 3 (yet) or the Hunger Games so can't comment. As to why...it's all relative.

 

[IronMit]

OP you need to stop listening to critics in general. They are nothing more then commenter's on sites like this but a bit more articulate. They also get paid lol. Find a few critics who's opinion's and standards align with yours to avoid constant disappointment.

I have not seen Iron Man 3 but I fully agree with Skyfall and Dark knight rises.
Hunger games I watched with zero expectations ...and ermmm I wasn't bored...but yh, it was ok at best.

After how awful and mind numbing IronMan2 was I will not be going to the cinema for Iron man 3.

 

[Kennetic]

Wait, where are you guys seeing Iron Man 3? It doesn't come out til Friday over here...

I loved DKR. Yea it's got plot holes, yea Bane died like a *****, but it was still a fun as hell movie to watch.
Hated the new Evil Dead, that movie was awful. Didn't see Skyfall, not really a Bond fan. Loved No Country For Old Men and don't care what anyone else thinks about it.

 

[shrekfan246]

Also the first Star Trek movie.

Now hang on, do you mean the first Star Trek movie, or the first J.J. Abrams Star Trek movie? Two very different things, and The Motion Picture is actually generally regarded pretty poorly among fans and critics (though I like it myself - I also like The Next Generation films, which apparently makes me some sort of heretic or something).

OT: I never saw Iron Man 2, so I think it was pretty much written from the go that I wouldn't be all that interested in Iron Man 3. I'll have to add my hat to the tally for The Avengers, though. It was a fun action movie and all, but the amount of love that got lavished all over it as some sort of "genre changer" and "bringing comic-book continuity to the big screen" just really puts me off. I've said it before and I'll say it again, comic-book continuity is one of the biggest reasons I don't read comics. If they bring that into superhero movies, I'm going to stop watching them.

You shouldn't need to watch four or more movies to have the context for the newest Hollywood blockbuster, and while The Avengers may have tried its hardest to explain everything, it's only going to get more complicated from here on out.

 

[White_Lama]

The only bad thing about Iron Man 3 was that there was not a single AC/DC song in it.