Unexpectedly disappointing films

[Someone Depressing]

Silent Hill.
I was expecting it to be really (Really) good. But it's a Video-game-licensed-Movie. When have they ever been goo- Oh yeah Prince of Persia.
But still, I thought it was going to be "Decent".

 

[omega 616]

The Matrix 3.. Why god WHY did you fuck up the trilogy so bad?

The Matrix 3.. Why god WHY did you fuck up the trilogy so bad?

Why do people say that film is so bad, I like it ... I actually thought this site would love it aswell, the end fight scene is so anime with it's huge watery explosions and all the getting up despite the massive beatings there getting.

 

[Bookshelf]

The Chronicles Of Narnia, for starters.

Also, The Watchmen was just so...'meh.' I mean, it's mostly my own doing, hyping it up so much. I was expecting the movie to be at least almost as good as the book. I was just so disappointed.

I wanted to like the movie. I tried to like the movie, probably to simply justify the hour I spent driving to watch the midnight release.

 

[Kadoodle]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

They didn't rename it. That's the name of the first book in the series.

 

[ComprehensiveGoo]

I found the golden compass to be a HUGE disappointment!

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This. What a huge disappointment.

So I couldn't agree more with this.. Considering I'm a big fan of the books and was so years before the movie was even announced.. So you can imagen my excitement! It was bad all round.. But what really effed me off is that they didn't even finish the book.. Just stopped 3/4 through, maybe they knew it was going badly and decided to save us from the last half hour or so and for that I thank Chris Weitz.

 

[ComprehensiveGoo]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

They didn't rename it. That's the name of the first book in the series.

I think the novel's actually called Northern Lights by Philip Pullman and it's a part of his Dark Materials

 

[MasterWhatever]

Doom, Hot Fuzz, Resident Evil... far to many to even think of.

 

[Kadoodle]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

They didn't rename it. That's the name of the first book in the series.

I think the novel's actually called Northern Lights by Philip Pullman and it's a part of his Dark Materials

I have the entire series. My copy of the first book is called the golden compass. It was published before the release of the movie.

Perhaps that's just the title for the US publishing of it.

 

[Quaxar]

The new Bond, Daniel Craig. It's just the same like any other action film...

Where's the gentleman? The gadgets? The Bond-girls? Also, I think it was the first film to not end with Bond seducing the female main role.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

The Village but that was partly because its marketed as a Horror movie while in reality its more of a love story.

 

[ComprehensiveGoo]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

They didn't rename it. That's the name of the first book in the series.

I think the novel's actually called Northern Lights by Philip Pullman and it's a part of his Dark Materials

I have the entire series. My copy of the first book is called the golden compass. It was published before the release of the movie.

Perhaps that's just the title for the US publishing of it.

Yea, that makes sense considering I know my collection starts with the Northern Lights.. It's the same situation with Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone me thinks..

 

[Atticus89]

Funny People.

That movie was just depressing, the concept was bad, and the ending made me angry that I wasted money on the damn thing. I will say that it went in a direction I wasn't expecting, so I was at least pleasantly surprised by the movie.

 

[Yopaz]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

Actually the name of the movie is because a bad translation from English To English. Released in England as Northern Lights, then it was due to be released in USA and they saw there was something that looked slightly like a compass. They said "Dude, there's a compass on the cover of the book, this can't be named Northern Lights. Americans are stupid and will get confused if they see a name that doesn't include the word compass."

I think it's not quite that way. I think the Golden Compass name came as a back-formation from the pattern of the two sequels, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Spyglass - they wanted to make the trilogy feel more coherent. Not a bad idea, really, and it is a kind of compass, just one that points to ideas rather than places.

I was far more annoyed by the renaming of 'Philosopher's Stone' to 'Sorceror's Stone'. Philosopher's Stone actually means something, dammit!

You might be right there, but I think I read something about a confusion because of the cover art, it might have been wikipedia so it can't be trusted 100%. And seriously... agreed on Harry Potter. There was no god damn reason to change that name.

 

[DuttyDawn]

The Matrix 3.. Why god WHY did you fuck up the trilogy so bad?

This. I want my money back and my time and the loss of brain cells from having to sit through this garbage. The 2nd one as well. As far as I'm concerned, The Matrix had no sequels.

 

[nothinghere]

The Golden Compass still sticks out in my mind for shear volume of wasted potential.

This as well, I can't believe they renamed it :S ITS NOT A COMPASS ITS AN ALETHIOMETER AND I DON'T CARE IF IT LOOKS LIKE ONE

EDIT:This isn't the only gripe I had about it but the rest is standard affair stuff when you convert a book to a film -.-

THey renamed it? I read the book and the title of the book is The Golden Compass... I think i'm missing something, did they stop calling it the alethiometer inside the movie and only refer to it as the Golden Compass?

 

[WolfEdge]

Guardians of Ga'hoole.

Coulda been great. It certainly LOOKED impressive, but looking is not the same as being.

TRUST YOUR GIZZARD!

 

[drunken_munki]

Black Swan. Over-hyped garbage. The trailer looked so catchy and promising, the movie was a mess of cliché, bad nonsensical script and over the top scenes.

I shall add, Hurt Locker and Green Zone as well. Awful, lazy films.

Also Watchmen. I don't think I've ever seen such a piece of garbage like that before.

I feel sick from thinking about these terrible movies... I gotta think positive ...

 

[similar.squirrel]

Watchmen. Alan Moore was right all along.

 

[Drummie666]

Inglorious Bastards. Dear christ. Everyone loved it. It got glowing reviews. Why? Why was is so fucking dull!? It wasn't funny at all. The acting was meh. And it was just. So. Fucking. DULL.