7 Disappointing Movies That Should Have Been Great

And what about Terminator Salvation, one of the biggest let downs in history, to me anyway. I still hate you McG.

i’m disappointed at the unbelievable number of slideshows that still permeate the internet.

I’ve only seen 3 of these and 2 of them I liked. Prometheus was a movie I go back to and get something ,ore out of with each viewing. I wasn’t in the buzz loop so it was something I stumbled across. I now see there was a lot of hype around it which probably put expectations into overdrive. I also liked Death Proof for what it was. A goofy Tarantino indulgence. Public Enemies was boring and there was no need for that given the subject matter.

im glad im not the only person that though killin them softly was bad

As soon as I saw the title of this list I immediately thought of Killing Them Softly. I was so ridiculously excited for that movie and then I went to see it opening day and was sad. Definitely agree with the heist scene though!

Prometheus was a disappointment. Not because of the lack of ‘aliens’. Because it was garbage.

The problem with Death Proof is that Tarantino made an actual approximation of a true Grindhouse film and most people don’t seem to understand that those films were usually painfull dull & awful with only a few action scenes sprinkled within the run time. Planet Terror may be more fun (and more like an 80′s Golan-Globus film) but it’s not a real Grindhouse film.

Prometheus was imo one of the best movies of 2012…Possibly the 2000′s. I think it has been unfairly targeted. Ive watched it a few times…Im also a long time Alien & Predator fan. As someone whose seen all the movies multiple times, I really have no unanswered questions.

I enjoyed Prometheus for what it was an amazing stand alone film in the Alien universe with little to no Alien connection. My biggest & most important question was…who were the engineers? I got my answer. what were their motives? doesn’t really matter.

I believe though the movie was straight forward even in that aspect….we were marked for termination because we found out about the engineers. Who could see the face of God & learn his secrets & still expect to live? Great movie…im very happy to add to my collection. Was it perfect? no not at all….but then again Neither was Alien…Aliens being far superior.

i dissagree with pretty much everything except the beach.

Prometheus was pretty bad, granted it had to live up to the originals, but finding some wall art from people who were afraid of the sun and claiming it as irrefutable proof and spending billions of dollars in search of it with an idiot crew whose led by a woman (or possibly a man) who can only run in a straight line really makes the movie hard to watch as a movie. The significance of the black goo, how the engineers died, what they were doing and why, could all wait for a sequel of course. Everything else was pointless really unless they plan on having the head of that android go into a monologue of why Vickers hated her dad (who are now both dead so who cares) and the protagonist explains why it hurts to walk after a c-section, but not sprinting, jumping and rolling.

You know what movie really needs to bein this list? Lawless. That movie had so much potential; such fantastic actors and it’s shot so beautifully, but it ultimately falls flat with terrible pacing and a vague direction that leaves the viewer impressed but unsatisfied.

who writes this shit!? Public enemies was a great, evening gangster movie. i wasnt expecting seeing people shooting up the place, but it had his great scenes.

I will grant that Public Enemies was a major snooze, but please stop dissing Mann’s choice of using HD video over celluloid. There’s nothing about “film:” that lends authenticity to a 1930s period piece. The invention of photography was about 1800 years after the time of “Spartacus” but that film somehow managed to have a sufficiently authentic feel.

i loved talking scenes but my boyfriend hated them

I liked Hancock but have to admit I agree with the gripes, I don’t think it ruins the movie but it also keeps it from being great. We didn’t need to know his back story and Therone didn’t need to be a superhero too, I would have liked it more if it left his past ambiguous and had went for more funny than tragic (though to say it’s the saddest movie Will Smith’s ever been it is way off base, ever seen the Pursuit of Happiness? Seven Pounds? I Am Legend?). I would have like Therone to be less important, I didn’t like a single thing she did after the restaurant scene. But all that being said I think it’s not bad, just could have been better.

Why isn’t “Eragon” mentioned? that movie was seriously wrong and disappointing. Talk about trash. Do us a favor…Make another that follows the books.

Great list all around. I would throw in the American Godzilla. Waited years for a big budget American Godzilla flick. WhatI got was a film that was so bad that I thought it destroyed all hope that toho would ever let us have another shot at the Big G. Thank goodness I was wrong. But boy it was bad.

Death proof is in my top ten worst movies list. Torture is the only word to describe listening to those girls talk. A total shame because planet terror was great fun.

Where is Superman Returns??

I agree with everything else, though. I’m glad I’m not the only one that sees the flaws of those movies (except Prometheus… Film that is misunderstood, as many good works that are too complex for average minds).
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