Films that massively disappointed......

[Grant Fondo]

Not to outdo Risex's excellent thread about surprisingly good films, what about the hype, the build up, the knot in your stomach where you couldn't wait until release day? ....... only to be rewarded by a PILE OF PANTS, aka, "Episode -5: The Phantom Menace".......

 

[rb58]

The Hobbit.

 

[Milo]

Fear and loathing in Las Vegas was pretty crap compared to the book.

 

[Grant Fondo]

The Hobbit.

LOL ...I don't know why but that's got me in stitches!!!

 

[accountantpete]

The neighbour found a dongle type thingie on the road - no porn but Skyfall was on it so it must have been thrown away on purpose .

 

[rb58]

LOL ...I don't know why but that's got me in stitches!!!

We aim to please

 

[benb]

Prometheus

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Anything by Quentin 'blummin' Tarantino, too far up his own agenda to make a decent film, Jackie Brown was OK and Pulp Fiction had its moments, but...

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Sahara.

 

[LCpl Boiled Egg]

Man of Steel. Early parts were good, childhood realisation of X-ray vision was handled well, even Kevin Costner was good. The ending was dire though.

 

[goo_mason]

Most recent was Skyfall - all that hype and proved to be utterly dire and so boring I almost turned it off before the end.

 

[Grant Fondo]

Prometheus

Spot on! Captain Robert Falcon Scott would have directed a better film and he's been dead for 100 years.

 

[Sittingduck]

Inglorious Basterds

 

[Markymark]

I always thought that the sequel to Revenge Of The Sith (think it was called Star Wars or something) was pretty crappy. They seemd to have lost all their budget for special effects and it looked really dated. Don't know why they bothered making it really.

 

[Grant Fondo]

I always thought that the sequel to Revenge Of The Sith (think it was called Star Wars or something) was pretty crappy. They seemd to have lost all their budget for special effects and it looked really dated. Don't know why they bothered making it really.

You could write a thesis on how George Lucas stuffed up after the first three, if I may postulate: the end of the war/cold war ideology of good v's evil was strong into the mid/late 80's, then began to fade. A few franchises were caught up in this (James Bond, Pierce Brosnan era??), it was all an issue of relevance.