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Films that let you down (Not Sequels)

Riviera
Riviera Posts: 8,167
edited February 2013 in Not Sports Related
Not just a list of Turkeys but films that you thought were right up your street and anticipated the release; but then left you empty and disappointed.

For me I must say that Last Orders was a big let down. Had it all, cast (Caine, Hoskins, Courtenay, Hemmings, Winston and even Mirren -good actress but I can't stand her) location (from London down to the Kent Coast), everything but enough to hold my attention.
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  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,377
    Matrix 2 & 3
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,993
    Last Orders is a very good shout, had high expectations for the same reasons you state, i.e. cast and location.

    44 Inch Chest, decent cast including Ray Winstone and John Hurt, same writers as the brilliant Sexy Beast. Spent the entire film expecting it to liven up at any moment, but it was a complete snorefest from start to finish.
  • SilentAddick
    SilentAddick Posts: 1,603
    charltonkeston said:

    Matrix 2 & 3

    This.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 38,015
    Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

    Loved all the old ones and thought a bit of CGI might make the new one even better. Then it all went a bit alien and tits up.....
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,838
    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Callumcafc said:

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

    This!

    What a load of self indulgent twaddle. Treid to be too clever.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,640
    Die Hard 4 havent seen 5 yet
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,240
    Agree with Die hard 4. My boy saw DH5 yesterday and said it was painfully bad.
  • shirty5
    shirty5 Posts: 19,264
    The Cannonball Run 2
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    edited February 2013
    Should have excluded sequels as more often than not they fail to deliver.

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  • DA9
    DA9 Posts: 11,095
    Prometheus

  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,760
    There will be blood.

    Some great performances but would have been better if something actually happened.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,640
    Nicholas said:

    Die Hard 4 havent seen 5 yet

    Oh really that bad, think I'll wait till its on sky then.
  • DaveMehmet
    DaveMehmet Posts: 21,634
    Deep Cheeks 4.... Oh sorry, no sequels
  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    Gosford Park -

    At the end all I could say was "Is that it?"
  • Indigo Joe
    Indigo Joe Posts: 551
    Riviera said:

    Callumcafc said:

    Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

    This!

    What a load of self indulgent twaddle. Treid to be too clever.
    I thought it was a great movie but I agree it moved at it's own pace.

    The one film of recent years that got loads of plaudits, Oscars etc which I thought was the most boring self-indulgent pile of shite ever was The Social Network. Can't believe it was praised so highly.
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,717
    Nicholas said:

    Nicholas said:

    Die Hard 4 havent seen 5 yet

    Oh really that bad, think I'll wait till its on sky then.
    Are you having a conversation with yourself Nicholas ; )
  • randy andy
    randy andy Posts: 5,457
    Mission To Mars. Usually like a bit of sci-fi, and the cast looked descent (Tim Robbins, Gary Sinise, Don Cheadle), but it was just so poor, and the ending was so disappointing. Just derivative crap, done a thousands time in novels and short stories, just told better in all of those than this rubbish excuse for a film.
  • Nicholas
    Nicholas Posts: 7,640
    O-Randy-Hunt said:

    Nicholas said:

    Nicholas said:

    Die Hard 4 havent seen 5 yet

    Oh really that bad, think I'll wait till its on sky then.
    Are you having a conversation with yourself Nicholas ; )
    Oh dear lol I meant to quote sillybilly aswell. Looks like there's two sillybilly's in the house :)

  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,782
    The Hobbit. Zzzzzz

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  • Stuart_the_Red
    Stuart_the_Red Posts: 1,867
    Cars 2.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,997
    Blair Witch.
  • Sir Chrissy
    Sir Chrissy Posts: 609
    Die Hard 5 was horrendous.
  • thenewbie
    thenewbie Posts: 11,018
    Prometheus. I enjoyed all four of the Alien films (to differing degrees admittedly) and Ridley Scott returns as director... but it was seriously pants. Not half as clever as it thought it was, apart from some good special effects and Michael Fassbender, it had absolutely nothing going for it.
  • Algarveaddick
    Algarveaddick Posts: 21,186
    Cheaper by the Dozen. Blair Witch Project.
  • maybe_baby
    maybe_baby Posts: 2,609
    edited February 2013
    North Lower Neil said:

    Blair Witch.

    Abysmal to a degree that doesnt really exist...100 minutes of my life I can never get back.

  • Riviera
    Riviera Posts: 8,167
    It was marketed very well though, my wife bought it. The idea that is not the DVD....
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,102
    North Lower Neil said:

    Blair Witch.

    Nail on head.
  • Redskin
    Redskin Posts: 3,122
    No sequals? How about sequels then?
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,199
    DA9 said:

    Prometheus

    This could have been called 'The Prometheus Award for Disappointing Movies'.

    Fair enough to be disappointed by Blair Witch, but for a 30k movie like that to have even made it to your attention in the first place is pretty incredible.

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