Film which you were really excited for which turned out to be terrible (theater, Hollywood)

[ELOrocks17]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

Odd Thomas (2013), based on the Dean Koontz series. High hopes were quickly dashed in this cgi not in a good way fest.

Then I hope you never see "PHANTOMS". Probably my fave Koontz book-the movie was a travesty of the highest order

[oeccscclhjhn]

Originally Posted by FluidFreedom

Alien Covenant is another one that I was so excited for. I still haven't seen it, because I have heard nothing but horrible things about it from friends and online reviewers.

Friends and online reviewers may or may not have a line on what you like. I never let other people pick and choose what films I see (and I never say never). I do give more credence to suggestions from critics who I agree with the majority of the time (Roger Ebert, Matt Zoller Seitz).

[Debsi]

Pride and Prejudice (K Knightley version).

[FluidFreedom]

Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn

Friends and online reviewers may or may not have a line on what you like. I never let other people pick and choose what films I see (and I never say never). I do give more credence to suggestions from critics who I agree with the majority of the time (Roger Ebert, Matt Zoller Seitz).

My friends know exactly what I like. The reviewers who I follow are ones I agree with 98% of the time. So these are for me, trusted opinions.

[KathrynAragon]

The Good Shepherd. One of the few movies that I've actually gone to see in a movie theater and walked out of before the movie was over.

Life's too short to actually pay for suffering. Mowing my yard or doing laundry would have been a better investment of my time and energy - and more enjoyable!

[oeccscclhjhn]

Originally Posted by FluidFreedom

My friends know exactly what I like. The reviewers who I follow are ones I agree with 98% of the time. So these are for me, trusted opinions.

So you're saying you will see Alien: Covenant to ensure that a) their opinions are still to be trusted, and b) that it truly is horrible, right?

[JohnKneedep]

Logan (2017)

Not terrible per se, but nowhere near as good as the reviews made it out to be.

[blanker]

Mission to Mars.

[RandyHS]

Originally Posted by Mark S.

TERMINATOR GENISYS is what happens when you spend all your money on stars and special effects instead of story.

Not only that, but the moronic subplot about turning John Connor into a Terminator both gutted the story AND the entire point of the series.

They really should have left that as a two-movie series. Judgement Day ended the story quite nicely. The last three films just pissed all over it.

[katzpaw]

Originally Posted by blanker

Mission to Mars.

I enjoyed Mission to Mars but it was disappointing. Like so many Sci-Fi's (ie Close Encounters) it ended where it should have started, and like an Indiana Jones movie a discovery is followed immediately by destruction of said discovery.