Dilvish the Deliverer Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Highlander 2. Went to the theater to see this. THAT was a huge disappointment! Damon. Highlander 2. Went to the theater to see this. THAT was a huge disappointment! Damon. *shifty eyes* There was a highlander 2? "There can be only one!" All of the sequels blew goats. I went to see it on the opening Friday at noon with my buddy who had just come home from boot camp. We were so psyched to see it. What a let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kang Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Batman. The Tim Burton version with Jack Nicholson. It was certainly better than some if not all of its sequels (I don't consider 'Begins and Dark Knight to be among its sequels FTR), but after the first one I didn't have such high expectations, so the disappointment was much less. Just too much Prince maybe, not sure exactly what it was that left such a bad taste in my mouth. Maybe the fact it seemed to get more hype and promotion than freaking Jurassic Park for SO LONG just set up expectations that no movie could possibly fulfill. I didn't much care for T. Burton's vision of how Gotham looks either. Bleh. Lost In Space. Bear with me here. I know, I know, how could anyone expect much from a movie based on that godawful Irwin Allen series? Well, I didn't expect much, but I at least hoped for a decent Dr. Zachary Smith, as the character in the series always made me chuckle when he'd whip out one of his "why you cantankerous conglomeration of clattering cogs & camshafts!" etc. When I saw he would be played by Gary Oldman, I was like, Wow! Sid Vicious / Drexel the pimp / Bram Stoker's Dracula is playing Dr. Smith? This I've got to see... Unfortunately, it fell even flatter than his performance in the 5th Element (which I liked almost everything else about) Gotta agree with the comments about both D&D movies; wow, what stinkers. They gave me a great idea though - someone should film book one of the Dragonlance Chronicles. You wouldn't even have to put "D&D" in the name ('cause that's a name that scares many of the 'normals' away), plus the story had already been a hot seller in book form that had stood the test of time - how could it fail? Then someone made the animated movie and proved me wrong. Just because you can put in CGI fire effects that don't match the style of the rest of the animation into every scene doesn't mean you should, people! And who cast the voices anyhow? The dwarf sounded as bad in this movie as the gnome-sized token dwarf looked in the 1st D&D movie! Arrgh. The best thing about it is that it was bad enough that they hopefully won't bother defiling the sequels too. The best thing about Clan of the Cave Bear was the fact Darryl Hannah starred in it. Book good, movie bad. grunt, grunt, ugg ugg. Yeah, I know I'm showing my advanced age here. The Punisher with Thomas Jane. Meh. I liked the older Dolph Lundgren version a lot better (which says a lot), though it is obscure enough that even Blockbuster apparently hadn't heard of it (or else they'd have made sure to have a whole shelf of copies ready in time for this one's release to cinemas). I heard there's a newer one starring the guy who played Titus Pullo in HBO's Rome that went direct to DVD - maybe that one will be better if I can find a copy to rent/buy. Correction: When I find a copy... Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer. WTF?!? Why? Maybe I'd have enjoyed it more if I'd been able to remain awake for the whole movie. I know I saw something else pretty bad not too long ago, but I just can't remember what it was. Hmm. That in itself says a lot, I suppose. Maybe I'll come back and edit in a title if I remember it later. Kang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius Glenwell Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Highlander 2 for sure. Even the people that MADE the movie won't claim it. They honestly say that it was a foul up and to move onto #3 (yeah cause that one was better!) and make it #2 (which it most certainly was!) and go from there with the story line. Star Wars Prequels: God how I wanted these to absolutely ROCK! Alas! GL snubbed the fans and gave us... Jar Jar. Please kill me. If anyone has seen David Hasselhoff's movie "StarCrash" let me know. The worst ever and it's not even his fault! LOL And even though I have yet to see it... "Wolverine". They changed Deadpool into a killing machine that doesn't talk. WTF? That was one of the best parts of Deadpool! He talked ALL the time! It distracted the opponents he was fighting! Now that Disney has their EARS all over Marvel prepare for even more crappy movies from them. Bring on the new Batman movie!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veronus Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Conan The Destroyer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I'd have to say the 3rd XMen movie is jumping to mind at the moment and I wasn't a huge fan of the new Star Wars movies... been trying to block them. I saw the Wolverine movie and it was ok as an action movie but probably could have just rented it. I'm not really wild about alot of the Xmen casting though in general. Hugh Jackman just doesn't do it for me as Wolverine, and I thought Angela Bassett or Grace Jones would have made way cooler Storms than Halle Berry.. rambling.. hm Cabin Boy was pretty bad and I thought it would be funnier. On a good note though with regard to Lovecraft I recommend the movie Dagon. It's pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergeant_Crunch Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 I've only really been disappointed with two movies as I don't generally get too excited about them to begin with. The first was the Transformers animated movie. I'm still emotionally scarred from that one. The second one was Starship Troopers. God, I was so amped to see power armored cap troopers wreaking havoc and destruction upon the Skinnies and Bugs. I refused to go to the movies for some time after that travesty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Drifter Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Batman Begins. Batman needed some Halls or Chloraseptic. Badly. I'm not too happy about this new trend of Superheroes being a bunch of sniveling crybabies either. Signs. How a technologically advanced race of killer aliens can be so absolutely stupid is beyond me. I can only hope that Earth was being used as capital punishment for their worst criminal offenders. Diary of the Dead. George Romero is a brilliant and wonderful human being. Yet the only character anyone cared about was Samuel, who was much under-used. I've been disappointed by many a movie, but these come to mind first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Tiger Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 The first D&D movie was also a major disaster in my book, the 2nd one I can actually watch and not barf, although it certainly was far from being a classic, so I agree with you guys on the earlier posts. Conan The Destroyer Oddly I kind of agree with you Veronus, not sure of your reason(s) but for me the "kidification" (toned down violence, no nudity, etc.) to get the PG-13 rating did Conan an injustice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuaslater Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Starship Troopers was a dark comedy about humanity and was funny as hell. The last movie that disappointed I walked out of, but I can't remember it now. It's maybe once a year I go to the movies anymore. I'm becoming that much of a curmudgeon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanite Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I gotta go with the star wars prequils as well. I grew up after the fist movies had run their course, and ate up the expanded universe stuff. Then episode 1 hit, and it was so crappy, and they really just got worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veronus Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 The first D&D movie was also a major disaster in my book, the 2nd one I can actually watch and not barf, although it certainly was far from being a classic, so I agree with you guys on the earlier posts. Conan The Destroyer Oddly I kind of agree with you Veronus, not sure of your reason(s) but for me the "kidification" (toned down violence, no nudity, etc.) to get the PG-13 rating did Conan an injustice. TOTALLY agree! Coincidentially that is a large part of the reason I didn't like the D&D movie - "Snails" just made it corny and childish, the Elven Ranger in "Plate Armor" etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cerebro1974 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 Dungeons & Dragons. I didn't expect much going in and years later it still made my list. How bad does a movie have to be to pull that off? This was a HUGE dissapointment for me. I still get mad when I see it listed in the T.V. Guide! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Drifter Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I was mixed on the D&D movie. A lot of it was outrageously bad, but so are most D&D games. (That's why we love it!) In light of other movies, at least it was a fun letdown with lots of pretty eye candy. I can't even begin putting it near MOST disappointing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kataclysm Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I have to disagree with some of the movies listed, but I'm not going to start a war :P One movie that really killed me was the reboot of planet of the apes. The originals where such classics, then they completely butchered it. I guess that's really the problem, Hollywood has become so afraid to make movies that have ambiguous plots, or anything remotely thought prevoking. We get stuck with explosions and bland one dimensional characters. I find it hard to be excited about any movie lately. But really most of the ones listed here are kinda just what you would expect. A D&D movie that sucks? really? Completely rewriting the given material set up in the first movie for the sequel? (I'm looking at you Highlander!!!) I just don't see how they even got made. Also, Dagon is pretty cool. Really catches the vibe of Lovecraft IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vejlin Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I have to generally agree about what you said about Hollywood. The technical skills present in Hollywood are IMO second to none, but the willingness to fund a movie that actually tells in interesting story? No they seem to have given up on that long ago, and I think the reason is huge movie budgets. I mean investing that much cash in something you're not 100% sure will at least earn back the investment is just not a good idea from a business perspective. Btw I LOVE explosions, but I think it should be possible to keep the technically impressive aspects while throwing in a bit of actual art. That's really what I notice looking at old movies. It's art, but relative to more recent movies they lack on the technical side. Sadly I don't see this changing. They produce what we tell them (with our money) that we want to watch. And apparently we're pretty excited about explosions, one dimensional characters and, above all else, remakes, sequels and prequels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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