Hell yeah. I still actually watch the trailer to have that awesome combination of imagery and sound. Damn the movie trailer industry for doing really really good work on movies by adding awesome songs and clever editing! *shakes angry fist at the sky*Zakarath said:
When A Movie Disappoints You
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I've never been disappointed by a movie, ever.
They don't always go the way I expect, but I always end up liking the movie on some level, even if it's a "POINT AT IT AND LAUGH" level.
Heck, the only time I'd say that I outright haaaaaated a movie was when I watched The Hangover with friends, but I knew I was going to haaaaaaaate that movie the instant I read the plot synopsis, so I wasn't disappointed.
They don't always go the way I expect, but I always end up liking the movie on some level, even if it's a "POINT AT IT AND LAUGH" level.
Heck, the only time I'd say that I outright haaaaaated a movie was when I watched The Hangover with friends, but I knew I was going to haaaaaaaate that movie the instant I read the plot synopsis, so I wasn't disappointed.
I think you mean "Conan: Underwater."thaluikhain said:
I don't want DC films to disappoint me.
They do and have for a while now.
Nolan's trilogy is the best of late...
but even the animated TPB-to-Toon films have just been unnecessarily awful.
From changes made to story or character to general poor characterization and story development, they all just seem to suffer from an overabundance of public relations considerations.
TRON: Legacy
I saw the trailer for this movie and got somewhat exited, which is rare, since I'm extremely picky with movies. The trailer was so awesome. I was looking forward to cool motorcycle races, an interesting story and characters to actually give a shit about.
Instead I got 2 hours worth of an awful clichéd plot, (seriously, I could tell how the movie was going to end after 15 minutes) terrible flat characters whereof the girl gets one scene of kicking ass before she's reduced to a wandering plot device, pretty much zero use of the 3D effect (I watched it in 3D; What a waste of money) and drab, bland colors that started feeling a bit harsh on the eyes after a while.
Seriously, the one character, the ONE SINGLE CHARACTER that was actually somewhat interesting and fun gets killed off after, like, three scenes with him. Sorry, pal; No room for memorable characters in this movie. We need more room for the infuriatingly stupid and boring villain.
Fuck this movie.
I saw the trailer for this movie and got somewhat exited, which is rare, since I'm extremely picky with movies. The trailer was so awesome. I was looking forward to cool motorcycle races, an interesting story and characters to actually give a shit about.
Instead I got 2 hours worth of an awful clichéd plot, (seriously, I could tell how the movie was going to end after 15 minutes) terrible flat characters whereof the girl gets one scene of kicking ass before she's reduced to a wandering plot device, pretty much zero use of the 3D effect (I watched it in 3D; What a waste of money) and drab, bland colors that started feeling a bit harsh on the eyes after a while.
Seriously, the one character, the ONE SINGLE CHARACTER that was actually somewhat interesting and fun gets killed off after, like, three scenes with him. Sorry, pal; No room for memorable characters in this movie. We need more room for the infuriatingly stupid and boring villain.
Fuck this movie.
The only thing that worked in the movie was Daft Punk doing the soundtrack. I agree the movie fell flat and the best characters were just cut short. They had a better story but nope, we focus on a son with long term daddy issues. It felt as if the movie was created by a boardroom committee instead of an actual creative team that would make a better plot, characters and everything else.Twintix said:
I haven't went to see a movie and rarely rented/bought a new one in the past couple years. It's always happened, but trailers/ ad campaigns have hyped up films way to much while they turn out to be written and rewritten by 5 or more writers to appeal to the lowest common denominator audience with a random director and actors signed on just to get paychecks. I don't even want to risk giving them my money anymore on the chance I wasted it on garbage. I really watch reviews of something interesting before I even rent it nowadays. I'd risk renting movies more often, but all the rental stores in town closed, I hate Redbox, don't use Amazon for movies and Netflix doesn't get new releases. I'll stick to let's plays and guys reviewing(read: tearing apart) new movies for weekly entertainment.
Because of that paranoia, I can't say I've been disappointed right after watched a movie(except Prometheus. That was a blind jump in on opening night with foolishness worthy of a movie about a biologist that tries to touch a hissing alien-penis-vagina snake.), but I have regrets about a few from, after seeing the movie, reading what if stories about how lackluster one could have been different. An examples for the Alien franchise: Alien 3, back when Sigourney Weaver wasn't being show a big enough check to return for more than a cameo , had a cheesy(now they reproduce by spores) but awesome script about Micheal Beihn's character helping fight an infestation on the space station that picked their ship after the events of Aliens floating around. They instead chose to set Alien on a prison planet and surround Ripley with rapists and murderers while killing off the 2 people alive she cared about. Another one is the director of Alien: Resurrection wanted a dark, sinister mood for his take on Alien. He was forced to use a Joss Wheadon script that would have worked better as an episode of the 60's Batman show. Resurrection is kinda fun(like the campy 60's Batman), but reading about how those 2 movies could have been so much different and better fitting in the saga makes watching them again with that knowledge kinda disappointing.
The thing about it that really bothers me, though, and makes your committee very likely is the fact that both Tron films are practically the same plot: A guy named Flynn investigates a computer system for important personal reasons, gets zapped into the virtual world by evil program in control of that world, gets incarcerated and forced into gladiatorial combat, escapes with the help of another program(s), figures out how to get home, helps denizens of the virtual world fight the evil program and his minions, and gets out of the computer world at the final battle with a vague but obviously happy end. It's like they took the original's script and added a second Flynn, changed Tron's gender, added male Tron back in as a silent villain and then tossed it around the committee some more before deciding it's good enough to turn a profit with both Tron fans and random movie goers who like neon lights. I'm hoping, somehow, that a decent and more original Tron sequel is made to make up for this. Hopes aren't high, though.
Because of that paranoia, I can't say I've been disappointed right after watched a movie(except Prometheus. That was a blind jump in on opening night with foolishness worthy of a movie about a biologist that tries to touch a hissing alien-penis-vagina snake.), but I have regrets about a few from, after seeing the movie, reading what if stories about how lackluster one could have been different. An examples for the Alien franchise: Alien 3, back when Sigourney Weaver wasn't being show a big enough check to return for more than a cameo , had a cheesy(now they reproduce by spores) but awesome script about Micheal Beihn's character helping fight an infestation on the space station that picked their ship after the events of Aliens floating around. They instead chose to set Alien on a prison planet and surround Ripley with rapists and murderers while killing off the 2 people alive she cared about. Another one is the director of Alien: Resurrection wanted a dark, sinister mood for his take on Alien. He was forced to use a Joss Wheadon script that would have worked better as an episode of the 60's Batman show. Resurrection is kinda fun(like the campy 60's Batman), but reading about how those 2 movies could have been so much different and better fitting in the saga makes watching them again with that knowledge kinda disappointing.
I did like Legacy. Maybe because I like the Tron universe, Daft Punk, and how this film had better pacing the old original didn't have until the 3rd act.Paradox SuXcess said:
The thing about it that really bothers me, though, and makes your committee very likely is the fact that both Tron films are practically the same plot: A guy named Flynn investigates a computer system for important personal reasons, gets zapped into the virtual world by evil program in control of that world, gets incarcerated and forced into gladiatorial combat, escapes with the help of another program(s), figures out how to get home, helps denizens of the virtual world fight the evil program and his minions, and gets out of the computer world at the final battle with a vague but obviously happy end. It's like they took the original's script and added a second Flynn, changed Tron's gender, added male Tron back in as a silent villain and then tossed it around the committee some more before deciding it's good enough to turn a profit with both Tron fans and random movie goers who like neon lights. I'm hoping, somehow, that a decent and more original Tron sequel is made to make up for this. Hopes aren't high, though.
I usually go with no expectations at all, so either I leave nonplussed or nicely surprised. Like for instance I guess I was disappointed by World War Z, but it's not like I was expecting all that much from that movie, or the new Godzilla.