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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/1/2008 3:53:34 PM   
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Never liked Kidman, although she was fairly in good in the film. Too bad the rest of it was shite.
Craig's head looks like it's been superimposed from some Bond publicity material.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/1/2008 8:26:49 PM   
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Superbad.

It's like that joke the guy tells at the office party and everyone promptly shits themselves laughing while you stand there dumbfounded. A friend called me clinically depressed for not finding this film remotely funny and I really didn't. Dick fetishes and menstrual blood - oh the hilarity.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 16/1/2008 1:50:31 PM   
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I find Nicole Kidman more artifical than Tom Cruise (if that makes any sense).


So you're one of them



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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 17/1/2008 4:49:11 PM   
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 I know it isn't exactly a masterpiece, but I thought the first Pirates of the Carribean was funny and entertaining so I was really excited a second and third film were coming out. But I was disappointed. Twice...
Some people are going to hate me but I never really loved E.T.*sigh* There, I've said it!

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 17/1/2008 11:37:17 PM   
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Superbad.

It's like that joke the guy tells at the office party and everyone promptly shits themselves laughing while you stand there dumbfounded. A friend called me clinically depressed for not finding this film remotely funny and I really didn't. Dick fetishes and menstrual blood - oh the hilarity.


I thought it was...alright.  It was a bog-standard teen film, no more, no less.  I was fairly disappointed considering the massive word of mouth it had been getting.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 1/6/2008 9:24:13 PM   
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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 1/6/2008 9:44:15 PM   
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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 2/6/2008 12:17:40 PM   
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 It has to be Indy 4 now. The hype for this was enormous but all we got, in my opinion, was a very average movie. I hope to God this will not be the same with The Dark Knight

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 3/6/2008 12:55:30 PM   
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quote:

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Explosion in the Sky

Superbad.

It's like that joke the guy tells at the office party and everyone promptly shits themselves laughing while you stand there dumbfounded. A friend called me clinically depressed for not finding this film remotely funny and I really didn't. Dick fetishes and menstrual blood - oh the hilarity.


I thought it was...alright.  It was a bog-standard teen film, no more, no less.  I was fairly disappointed considering the massive word of mouth it had been getting.



This is the first film i thought of when i saw the name of this thread

i thought the exact same as you pettsy - the first 35 mins were pretty ace. then when the cops came onto screen - thats just when it went downhill. fast. I thought knocked up was 10 times better.



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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/6/2008 1:51:58 AM   
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 Nice thread.

Shaun of the Dead was a real disappointment for me, apparently the funniest movie for years....Unoriginal and Ed annoyed the pants off me. That said, i went into HF with little expectations and found it hilarious.

Lady Vengeance: Good film, but i adored Oldboy and heard that this was even better, so was sorely let down to find it was nothing on OB.

And honestly.....2001: ASO was kinda a let down, i'd heard it was a cinematic revoultion (not arguing that) but i've seen stoned snails that move quicker along......

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/6/2008 11:09:04 AM   
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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/6/2008 11:52:52 AM   
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ya kidding me?it hurts,i couldn't sit down for days

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 12/7/2008 3:15:50 AM   
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I expected big thngs from Daredevil, but that was really bad. i mean REALLY bad

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 12/7/2008 8:22:49 AM   
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Munich.


Get out! lol. Munich is brilliant :)

I was really dissapointed in Troy actually, mainly because it had some really good bits and spectacle wise it looked fantastic but Achilles was turned into just another generic action hero and Orlando Bloom was in it :(

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 12/7/2008 11:48:59 AM   
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Munich.


Get out! lol. Munich is brilliant :)



I switched off Munich about 3/4 of the way through, I was so bored!

Same with Thank You For Not Smoking. Dull as ditchwater IMO.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 12/7/2008 12:39:25 PM   
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Hancock....I wanted to like that film because it started off so well....(sigh)

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 13/7/2008 6:46:49 PM   
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I'd have said Spider-man 3 was the king of hype that didn't quite deliver (i love it until Venom shows up) but Indy seems to be taking it's crown. Thing with Pirates movies was although they were hyped, after the second one i don't think anyone expected too much of the third. I know i sure as hell didn't.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 13/7/2008 7:02:53 PM   
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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 13/7/2008 7:21:09 PM   
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 Alexander and X-Men 3 I found really disappointing in recent years.

I don't see why a lot on this thread dislike Munich.  I thought it was powerful filmmaking from Spielberg.  I'd say it's his best film of the past few years.

Also, I'll add The Incredibles to the list. 

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 13/7/2008 8:35:30 PM   
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Munic is IMO the best film Spielberg has done since Close Encounters.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 13/7/2008 8:38:26 PM   
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quote:

ORIGINAL: Sumintelligentguy

quote:

ORIGINAL: pettsy

quote:

ORIGINAL: Explosion in the Sky

Superbad.

It's like that joke the guy tells at the office party and everyone promptly shits themselves laughing while you stand there dumbfounded. A friend called me clinically depressed for not finding this film remotely funny and I really didn't. Dick fetishes and menstrual blood - oh the hilarity.


I thought it was...alright.  It was a bog-standard teen film, no more, no less.  I was fairly disappointed considering the massive word of mouth it had been getting.



This is the first film i thought of when i saw the name of this thread

i thought the exact same as you pettsy - the first 35 mins were pretty ace. then when the cops came onto screen - thats just when it went downhill. fast. I thought knocked up was 10 times better.




Couldnt agree more mate, Superbad was strictly average, i thought Rogen and Cera were the best things in it

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 14/7/2008 9:16:29 AM   
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The Matrix Revolutions. I was so looking forward to that film and I came out of the cinema feeling totally dejected. I watched it again recently, obviously without the expectation, and I (kind of) enjoyed it this time. The Kid is still a shit character though. 

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/7/2008 6:21:26 AM   
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 Xmen 3
Spiderman 3
Pirates of the Carribean 3 (if anyone can explain to me what actually happened..)
Southland Tales
American Gangster (thought it was ok, but i expected more).

Munich was bloody brilliant tho, so many memorable scenes. Cannot really see why anyone would find it boring, you know what its about before you see it (pretty weighty and controversial) and I agree with the guy who said its his best film since Close Encounters.



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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 15/7/2008 6:44:39 AM   
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I know a fair few people were looking forward to this (myself included), but I wasn't aware that there was [positive] hype for it. Every review I read for it was pretty damning and there wasn't much of a marketing campaign.

(But I liked it).

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 20/7/2008 1:29:48 PM   
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 Anchorman. After having so many people telling me it was the funniest film ever made i was so disappointed. It wasn't bad or anything just not as brilliant as everyone made out

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 20/7/2008 2:37:11 PM   
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I'm going to have to say the original versions of The Ring, The Eye and Dark Water...I am giving A Tale of Two Sisters a go tonight but I have been sorely let down by J-Horrors...they just aren't scarey despite what it says on the box!

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 20/7/2008 3:17:22 PM   
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Anchorman. After having so many people telling me it was the funniest film ever made i was so disappointed. It wasn't bad or anything just not as brilliant as everyone made out
first time i watched it i thought it was pants.then i saw it again for whatever reason and i laughed my ass off all the way through?

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 20/7/2008 5:31:20 PM   
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300 - bored me to sleep
The Hulk - thought it was a mess
X-Men 2 - Good is all I can say, nothing more.  Only watched it once on DVD after the cinema release.
Cloverfield - Best cinema screening I've ever been too...for the fact everyone shouting in disgust at how poor the film was.
Hot Fuzz - Shaun Of The Dead is a classic in my eyes.  This just didnt know what it was and felt like a spoof.
Spiderman 3 - Spiderman 2 is one of the best comic book films ever made.  This drove into Batman and Robin territory.
Sin City - Just felt hollow.  Lifeless for all its gloss.
Pan Labyrinth - Peter Jackson did the same type of thing with Heavenly Creatures but better.  Looks great but the fantasy stuff was rather pointless.


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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 20/7/2008 9:31:18 PM   
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 Iv been disappointed before by certain movies,but i was just so goddamned ANGRY after seeing Superman returns.Just appalled as to how shite it was.

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RE: Huge Hype! Huge Disappointment! - 20/7/2008 11:02:33 PM   
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 me too.  Guess i could retry it somewhen but it just didnt catch with me.  i think if i remember right i fell asleep.

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