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What were your biggest movie letdowns? (besides The Last Jedi)
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Ulysses 31
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Well it's still one of the prettiest SW productions out there and that might explain part of it. Then there's the all the Reylo's...
mxbison
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Sin City 2:
It was alright I guess, but Sin City is one of my favorite movies ever and the stories, pacing, dialogue, style etc. were nothing compared to the first.
300 Rise of an Empire:
Kinda similar to Sin City 2. It's like they didn't understand what made the first one great and just put a bunch of slow mo fights in there. Also just like Sin City 2 the best thing about the movie was Eva Green's tits.
Spider-Man: No Way Home:
I really liked the first two new ones and was excited for this. I was absolutely shocked how bad it was after all the hype and universal praise. 2.5 hours off shitty fan service full of unfunny quips and plot holes. My god what a shit movie.
It was alright I guess, but Sin City is one of my favorite movies ever and the stories, pacing, dialogue, style etc. were nothing compared to the first.
300 Rise of an Empire:
Kinda similar to Sin City 2. It's like they didn't understand what made the first one great and just put a bunch of slow mo fights in there. Also just like Sin City 2 the best thing about the movie was Eva Green's tits.
Spider-Man: No Way Home:
I really liked the first two new ones and was excited for this. I was absolutely shocked how bad it was after all the hype and universal praise. 2.5 hours off shitty fan service full of unfunny quips and plot holes. My god what a shit movie.
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PuppetMaster
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I loved Iron Man 1 so much! And when Iron Man 2 was announced my hype level was through the roof.
But what a load of uninspired trash! I strongly wanted to walk out of Ironman 2 while I was at the theater. And I only didn't because I was with friends.
That movie basically turned me off of Marvel movies early. I didn't even bother watching any of the Avenger movies until 2021. And I only bothered watching those because I was sick in bed for a few days.
But what a load of uninspired trash! I strongly wanted to walk out of Ironman 2 while I was at the theater. And I only didn't because I was with friends.
That movie basically turned me off of Marvel movies early. I didn't even bother watching any of the Avenger movies until 2021. And I only bothered watching those because I was sick in bed for a few days.
Porcile
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I watched it in on a 12 hour economy flight so not the best environment to watch a film, but thought it was super messy and still not very good.
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Konnor
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Yeap, both movies were from directors I respect and they were both clusterfucks.
eastcoastkody
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at this point, so many movies are let downs. U would get a smaller list talking about which movies are surprisingly not terrible
pramod
Banned
How would you compare it with the 1984 version?
AV
We ain't outta here in ten minutes, we won't need no rocket to fly through space
I didn't mention Sin City 2 because I didn't expect much but BOY did the quality drop off a cliff from the first one.
It's a bad sign when the first movie opens with a conversation and a single gunshot and the second opens with, IIRC, a crazy car chase, explosions etc.
Ulysses 31
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The SciFi series from 2000 is still the best overall.
Dr.Morris79
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"Not bad for a.. Human"And turn them into idiots who missed an alien egg after defeating the queen...
'Thanks Bishop, hey whats this egg shaped thing of which looks like the things I just shot, blew up and flamed in their hundreds?'
'I dont know?'
'Ah, it'll be fine, lets go to sleep'
~Fin.
FunkMiller
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Ulysses 31
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Look I ain't even seen this sequel and I KNOW it's a mayor let down.
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solidsheelop
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the mfn Hobbit 
Kev Kev
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go outside
DragoonWalker
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Biggest movie letdowns. Blasphemy to some people but Rush Hour & Face Off. Big fan of Hong Kong movies, Jackie and John Woo made crazy action movies back home, thought it could only get better with a Hollywood budget, instead they made watered down shit with really dumb comedy. Ok I enjoyed the dumb comedy but those movies didn't showcase what they could really do.
Add me to one of those who enjoyed TLJ. I love how Luke became a jaded old fuck (never meet your heroes anyone?), it evolved the character beyond an untouchable legend, made him human again, only to build him back up by the end. Brilliant. Washed up and fallen idols always made for great stories, don't know why that became a point of contention. Rey being nobody was a breath of fresh air, in a whole entire galaxy far away only the Skywalkers can be heroes? Forget bloodlines defining you, become your own legend, what a powerful message. Space Leia? Force texting? Astro projection? Hyperdriving into Star Destroyers? Why not? People forgot how creative and weird and out there the events and iconography of original movies were before they became mundanely canonized and widely accepted by the cultural zeitgeist, Lucas's midochlorians, and video games where the force is just an energy wave perk. TLJ tries to evolve the lore.
The space chase dragged out through the whole movie was unexciting and didn't work though, I'll admit, and the casino bit could have been way shorter and still gotten its message across.
Add me to one of those who enjoyed TLJ. I love how Luke became a jaded old fuck (never meet your heroes anyone?), it evolved the character beyond an untouchable legend, made him human again, only to build him back up by the end. Brilliant. Washed up and fallen idols always made for great stories, don't know why that became a point of contention. Rey being nobody was a breath of fresh air, in a whole entire galaxy far away only the Skywalkers can be heroes? Forget bloodlines defining you, become your own legend, what a powerful message. Space Leia? Force texting? Astro projection? Hyperdriving into Star Destroyers? Why not? People forgot how creative and weird and out there the events and iconography of original movies were before they became mundanely canonized and widely accepted by the cultural zeitgeist, Lucas's midochlorians, and video games where the force is just an energy wave perk. TLJ tries to evolve the lore.
The space chase dragged out through the whole movie was unexciting and didn't work though, I'll admit, and the casino bit could have been way shorter and still gotten its message across.