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[jonnyp]

Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus

So damn true, especially Prometheus.

Quantum of Solace too.

 

[The Skull]

No time to die. Some great action set pieces. Everything else is shit, especially the villain.

 

[Peggies]

You're thinking of 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Part of the same Cloververse, but a different film altogether. 10CL was great, boosted by Goodman, but Cloverfield was the crappy 'found footage' film set in NYC.

Oh god yes, the monster movie where absolutely nothing happens. Terrible!

But I liked 10 Cloverfield Lane.

 

[Peggies]

All the recent Guillermo movies. He went from gruesome horror to gothic kitsch romance.

 

[drganon]

Alien 3
Matrix reloaded
Mission impossible 3
Force Awakens
Dark Knight Rises
Jurassic Park lost world

I could go on, but that's enough.

 

[Star-Lord]

Oh god yes, the monster movie where absolutely nothing happens. Terrible!

But I liked 10 Cloverfield Lane.

Yep. The trailers made it look like a pretty decent setup, but the actual film flopped massively. I remember taking my girlfriend at the time to see it in the cinema. When the credits began to roll, the entire audience yelled for a refund. I don't blame them.

 

[BattleMonkey]

Alien 3, Prometheus, The Predator

 

[Valedix]

Fantastic Beasts 2

 

[EverydayBeast]

I recall people being let down by the recent Star Wars films I thought they were very nice.

 

[Majormaxxx]

In theatres? Force Awakens for sure!!!!

At home?
-revolver
-matrix 3
-no time to die
-and many more sequels

 

[BigBooper]

Casino. Some people talk about how much better it is than Goodfellas and that the story is more interesting. It's not. I do like the comparable light hearted approach to some characters, but there's a lot of goofy decisions in this movie. The violence is cheesier than Robocop at times, where people go to shoot someone, and the gun is clearly not pointed at the victim and then there's very little noise, no blood, and no bullet holes. The beatdown of Pesci's character was cartoonish too, but I can forgive that one somewhat because that would just be really hard to convey with practical effects.

The character interactions are hilariously bad. It's almost like they all had to watch at the start of every day to recreate those character's cadances. It was weird.

 

[0neAnd0nly]

• 2Fast 2Furious

and

• No Time to Die.

NTTD is funny to me because it's so divisive. I think newer / casual / younger Bond fans may like this film for a plethora of reasons. But geez did myself and other major Bond fans I know despise it. I felt so crushed by the end of what they turned Bond into. No spoilers ahead if you have yet to see it, but the character deconstruction was so far and intense, he completely lost all of his historical identity that makes him "Bond". It also felt like such a weird fever dream the entire time. It just felt... off. Terrible film IMO. So much so, that I hope they completely wipe the slate and start fresh in all aspects; no returning actors, film crew, writers, etc. All gone. That won't happen, but man do I wish it would. The only Bond film (and I have seen them all numerous times and am also a book fan), that I actually disliked. Ever.

With 2F2F As a kid who got massively into cars young, F&F was amazing to me. When 2F2F came out, naturally my friend and I went to see it opening night.... Ruined the entire franchise. Because I got into drifting around 2002 (still am into drifting), and felt the 3rd movie was going to ruin my very underground sport at the time, I never bothered watching it - and have only watched 1 other one (can't remember which) since. I can't stand that the franchise is a literal shell of what it started as. Gone are the tuning / racing days. It's so far beyond that and convoluted now. Meh. The start of that was certainly on the sequel.

 

[kruis]

Tenet.

Overwhelmingly pretentious, poorly paced, utterly mediocre action, overreliance on goofy practical effects giving it a cheap feel, completely forgettable characters and an aggressively bad plot. With every scene you can feel Nolan sitting in the editing booth twirling his non-existing moustache saying "Nja nja njaaaa, I am so SMART".

Those last 30 minutes or so are so profoundly bad that it boggles my mind that anyone would still hold Chris Nolan in the highest regard. Nolan has heard too many people tell him he is smart and it's getting to him. Dude needs to stop sniffing his own farts and go back to making actually good movies.

Tenet is the definite proof that Nolan sucks as an action director. He was so in love with his idea of characters interacting with eachother in two temporal realities that he failed to see that creating action scenes from that idea didn't work. When a good movie is also a mind twister, that's a good reason to watch it again. In the case of Tenet ... nah, I'd rather do something more fun and worthwhile like washing the dishes or cleaning up the shed.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Tenet is the definite proof that Nolan sucks as an action director. He was so in love with his idea of characters interacting with eachother in two temporal realities that he failed to see that creating action scenes from that idea didn't work. When a good movie is also a mind twister, that's a good reason to watch it again. In the case of Tenet ... nah, I'd rather do something more fun and worthwhile like washing the dishes or cleaning up the shed.

 

[wondermega]

Oh here's a couple more!
Licorice Pizza. Love a bunch of PT Anderson's work, and it's been a long time since I've heard of him. This was well crafted, and I totally understand that it was a big passion project for him, but damn did I completely not care at all about any of the characters. It just fell completely flat for me.

Sopranos prequel film, The Many Saints of Newark (I had to look up the title, since it was so forgettable). Not really sure what I expected, but something besides this. Again, very well crafted period piece, but the characters (again) I just couldn't feel any connection there. The Sopranos was one of the biggest shows in our culture and Gandolfini casts an incredibly long shadow. Yes his kid was in this, but without him (none of the characters measured up actually) the whole film felt forgettable, a waste. Just felt like an excuse to milk an aged IP for some more cash, interest rather than a fitting follow up to such a remarkable legacy.

 

[BLAUcopter]

Dark Knight Rises and Prometheus

This, DKR is so bad and was such a let down. Ill also add:

Die Hard 4
Terminator 3
Indianna Jones 4
Matrix 4
Predator..... anything after 1

 

[TheInfamousKira]

I don't watch many movies.

Besides The Last Jedi?

The Rise of Skywalker. It's a million dollar band aid across the wound three movies with no connective tissue that some absolute helmet decided to call a trilogy. Also, holds the record for being the fastest moving absolute fucking BORING CHORE to watch. Considering most scenes (and entire locations) last around 30 seconds, with some characters making their entrance and departure from the film in the same timeframe, it's fucking ASTOUNDING how much of a wet fucking fart the whole affair ends up being. The last battle with Palps not only shits on Vader's legacy, it not only shits on HIS legacy, it not only shits on the entire saga's legacy, it's just dreadfully. Fucking. Boring. A slow motion fucking Akira Toriyama BEAM STRUGGLE with Daisy Ridley pushing out a monster shit and Palpatine being 70% CG despite having a fully functioning actor? EHHHHHHHHH. BIG EHHHHHH.

 

[DragoonKain]

Kingdom of Heaven. At a time where tons of historical movie epics were being made, I was really excited for it and found it to be a total bore. Maybe I should go back and watch it again, it’s been years.

Alien: Covenant. I really liked Prometheus and found this to be total shit.

The Hangover 2 and 3. Should’ve known a comedy couldn’t recapture the magic, but they just rehashed the same stuff.

 

[Master Of Illusion]

It had it's moments, the bad outweighed the good.

Space Leia was dumb as fuck, made no sense.
Luke dying, fuck that shit.
Han dying, stupid as fuck.

No one OG character got a good send off.

Also nobody cares about the new characters apart from Poe, as he can act. The leads were awful. Also fuck Boyega for his rant against a massive pay-cheque when all he had to do was shout "REY!". He was fine in the shitty role given to him but to backstab the people who did online. Nah dude, enjoy your SW money, you'll never be in anything as big again.

I cared more about the bomber girl that sacrificed herself to hit the ship at the start.

1. Space Leia was an awesome on screen awakening of her power. "There is another" indeed.

2. Luke going out through afterimage projectioning? Also awesome.

3. Snuffing Han is Force Awakens (Ford wanted him dead since Return anyways).

Finn was halfway towards being a full character at the end of TLJ before Rise Of Skywalker kneecapped him back to shouting "Rey!" like a bitch.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Kingdom of Heaven. At a time where tons of historical movie epics were being made, I was really excited for it and found it to be a total bore. Maybe I should go back and watch it again, it’s been years.

Alien: Covenant. I really liked Prometheus and found this to be total shit.

The Hangover 2 and 3. Should’ve known a comedy couldn’t recapture the magic, but they just rehashed the same stuff.

Did you watch Kingdom of Heaven in theaters? The directors cut is way better. I recommend that one if you are going to rewatch it.

The only thing I like about Alien Covenant is the gore

 

[Ionian]

1. Space Leia was an awesome on screen awakening of her power. "There is another" indeed.

2. Luke going out through afterimage projectioning? Also awesome.

3. Snuffing Han is Force Awakens (Ford wanted him dead since Return anyways).

Finn was halfway towards being a full character at the end of TLJ before Rise Of Skywalker kneecapped him back to shouting "Rey!" like a bitch.

Each to there own.

As a kid who grew up on the OG. wanna buy my my figure collection?

I bought them all with pocket money.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Some of you mentioned the last Indiana Jones. 100% agree. That film came out in 2008 and Harrison Ford was already an old man and could barely move. His acting is so bad in that movies and now (including SW), but cant blame him. The guy was 66 years old when it came out. His days of fast paced action scenes died decades ago.

I havent kept up with the new Indy movie, but I have to assume he'll be some kind of treasure hunting mentor, while a young cast do the main scenes. If they make him be the main star still jumping around and dangling from cliffs at age 80 it'll be a sad sight to see.

 

[HoodWinked]

blade runner 2049, expectations were way too high. its still a good movie tho.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

blade runner 2049, expectations were way too high. its still a good movie tho.

Saw it on NF. That movie had so many sweeping panoramic shots of CGI I give an A+ to quality, but a D- for too many of them.

The movie could had been reduced by a good 20-30 minutes.

 

[Ulysses 31]

Kingdom of Heaven. At a time where tons of historical movie epics were being made, I was really excited for it and found it to be a total bore. Maybe I should go back and watch it again, it’s been years.

Talking about the director's cut?

 

[NahaNago]

Let's see. I'd go first with the new matrix movie. That was just bad.

Next up would be The Batman movie. I get what they are going with it so I can call it a solid movie but I still thought it was meh.

The new mortal kombat movie was terrible.

The new dr. strange movie was a let down as well. I wanted to see dr. strange interact with a ton of weird alternate super hero versions.

The first fantastic beasts movie. I was expecting a ton of amazing magical creatures almost like a doctor dolittle type thing going on but that was not it. You do get a couple of magical creatures that are helpful.

Man of steel. I'm just not a fan of the brooding killer superman.

The last jedi was a beautiful movie but also terrible.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

blade runner 2049, expectations were way too high. its still a good movie tho.

Ditto for me buddy.

 

[AJUMP23]

Lets be honest though, The Last Jedi was a huge letdown for everyone.


EDIT: I was just joking, and I didn't know I would derail the thread.

 

[Doom85]

Lets be honest though, The Last Jedi was a huge letdown for everyone.

It wasn’t for me and plenty of people, but:

 

[AJUMP23]

It wasn’t for me and plenty of people, but:

Leia used the force to fly through space......

 

[Ulysses 31]

Leia used the force to fly through space......

And she could go faster than the Raddus' thrusters.

 

[Doom85]

Leia used the force to fly through space......

Using the Force to push something, yeah totally new for Star Wars…..

But really, can we just not? I hate discussing SW now because holy shit some of the TLJ haters on Gaf (not necessarily you) are just too much, like holy fuck there was a movie you didn’t like. Wowee. A few of them even started to derail the new Thor trailer thread they just can’t stop talking about a movie that came out over four years ago.

It’s like one might initially think, “was the prequel haters so persistent that they drove Jake Lloyd crazy and gave Ahmed Best suicidal depression for a year?” and then one only has to look at a lot of the fanbase’s behavior online to confirm, oh yeah, they’re that obsessed.

Like on YouTube back when the movie came out, somebody replied to me on a comment telling me in a full paragraph to end my life because I like TLJ and they didn’t. Like, goddamn, this person did not know me personally, has no idea what my mental state is, and is willing to risk a potentially depressed person’s life just to state in extreme measures they did not like a Star Wars movie,

It’s just a movie, Internet. Stop being bitches about it.

 

[AJUMP23]

Using the Force to push something, yeah totally new for Star Wars…..

But really, can we just not? I hate discussing SW now because holy shit some of the TLJ haters on Gaf (not necessarily you) are just too much, like holy fuck there was a movie you didn’t like. Wowee. A few of them even started to derail the new Thor trailer thread they just can’t stop talking about a movie that came out over four years ago.

It’s like one might initially think, “was the prequel haters so persistent that they drove Jake Lloyd crazy and gave Ahmed Best suicidal depression for a year?” and then one only has to look at a lot of the fanbase’s behavior online to confirm, oh yeah, they’re that obsessed.

Like on YouTube back when the movie came out, somebody replied to me on a comment telling me in a full paragraph to end my life because I like TLJ and they didn’t. Like, goddamn, this person did not know me personally, has no idea what my mental state is, and is willing to risk a potentially depressed person’s life just to state in extreme measures they did not like a Star Wars movie,

It’s just a movie, Internet. Stop being bitches about it.

It isn't me. Like what you like. I just didn't think the movie was good. But I would never get so irrational about at movie to tell someone to end their life because they liked it. Now I am worried my dumb joke will derail this great thread.

 

[Wunray]

For me it's Batman vs Superman, I cannot tell you how long I waited to see this on the big screen .

 

[Jsisto]

Tenet. Probably the most disappointed in a piece of media I’ve ever been, especially considering how much I adore Inception and this was pinned as the spiritual successor to it. Absolutely incomprehensible clusterfuck of a movie. No, I shouldn’t have to watch a movie multiple times to have the faintest idea of what’s going on. That’s not being intelligent, that’s just a bad movie.

 

[spawn]

I cannot think of any movie that has disappointed me more than the last jedi. For TV shows Game of thrones takes the cake as the worst ending. The Walking Dead has also been a disaster especially because I began reading the comics and lost all interest in the show

 

[Space Runaway]

Land of the Dead

Loved (and still love) Romero's "Dead" trilogy and waited forever for this movie. I was so sure he was going to deliver but unfortunately the movie was rather shit and then he'd go on to make even worse zombie movies after. =P

 

[Imp the Dimp]

The Last Jedi was great. Inception, Dark Knight Rises, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood were not as good as I expected.

 

[Mattdaddy]

Kingdom of Heaven. At a time where tons of historical movie epics were being made, I was really excited for it and found it to be a total bore. Maybe I should go back and watch it again, it’s been years.

I'd recommend a rewatch on this one. I felt the same way... I saw it in theaters, it was right off the heels of Gladiator and I was basically expecting that but during the crusades, which it isn't. But it's also not trying to be, that's just what my mind was geared for.

I saw the Director's Cut more recently and really, really, enjoyed it. The Director's Cut is pretty robust and adds tons of context back to the movie that helps the flow a lot. I also wasn't expecting Gladiator so I got to watch it with a clean slate. It's a good movie I think, but definitely get the Director's Cut.

 

[pramod]

Some of you mentioned the last Indiana Jones. 100% agree. That film came out in 2008 and Harrison Ford was already an old man and could barely move. His acting is so bad in that movies and now (including SW), but cant blame him. The guy was 66 years old when it came out. His days of fast paced action scenes died decades ago.

I havent kept up with the new Indy movie, but I have to assume he'll be some kind of treasure hunting mentor, while a young cast do the main scenes. If they make him be the main star still jumping around and dangling from cliffs at age 80 it'll be a sad sight to see.

I think my expectations for Indy 4 were pretty low thats why i didnt end up being letdown...too much. I also liked the scifi angle, i wish that would continue for future Indy films. No more religious mysticism please.

Also surprised by all the hate for Tenet and Prometheus. Tenet is actually among the mid tier of Nolan films for me. I was able to follow most of the story and it made a lot more sense than lets say Inception, which was one of the most annoyingly incomprehensible films ive ever seen. As for Prometheus in hindsight the story was kinda dumb but i remember when watching it in the theater i was completely enthralled.

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

The Dark Tower

as a fan of the books, I had pretty low expectations for the film. it somehow managed to still floor me with how terrible it was.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Anyone here watch the new Dune movie? Anyone think it was a let down? Got great reviews. Long ass movie. Will watch it when it hits NF (hopefully).

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

The Dark Tower

as a fan of the books, I had pretty low expectations for the film. it somehow managed to still floor me with how terrible it was.

I was a fan of the casting for Roland and Randell Flagg. But yeah that movie was a huge disappointment

 

[I collect VHS tapes]

Anyone here watch the new Dune movie? Anyone think it was a let down? Got great reviews. Long ass movie. Will watch it when it hits NF (hopefully).

I thought it was fantastic. Big fan of the director and Dune definitely didn’t disappoint

I legit think people who hated it are either trying to be edgy or idiots

 

[kruis]

Land of the Dead

Loved (and still love) Romero's "Dead" trilogy and waited forever for this movie. I was so sure he was going to deliver but unfortunately the movie was rather shit and then he'd go on to make even worse zombie movies after. =P

Talking about zombie movies ... I loved Zack Snyder's "Dawn of the Dead" from 2004, but his recent Netflix zombie movie "Army of the Dead" was just horrible.

 

[kruis]

Anyone here watch the new Dune movie? Anyone think it was a let down? Got great reviews. Long ass movie. Will watch it when it hits NF (hopefully).

Netflix? Dune is a Warner Brothers movie, it will be only available for streaming on HBO Max.

 

[Porcile]

Star Trek Into Darkness

What the hell was that stupid film supposed to be? Awful.

 

[ForAcademicPurposes]

Star Trek Into Darkness

What the hell was that stupid film supposed to be? Awful.

What did you think of the third film?

 

[TaylorSwiftFan]

Anyone here watch the new Dune movie? Anyone think it was a let down? Got great reviews. Long ass movie. Will watch it when it hits NF (hopefully).

I thought it was a massive let down. Won’t bother with the second one.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Star Trek Into Darkness

What the hell was that stupid film supposed to be? Awful.

A Star Wars film.

J J Abrams have no talent and he doesn't understand Star Trek at all