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cantdrv55 05-10-2025 08:01 PM

Have you looked forward to a movie and was disappointed?
 
I was so hoping Nosferatu was going to be terrifying and keep me at the edge of my seat. I couldn’t see it at the movies because of schedules so I was excited when it became available to stream via Peacock. Man, that movie was boring and not the least bit scary. I’m a big fan of vampire flicks. What a letdown.

Por_sha911 05-10-2025 08:29 PM

Matrix Reloaded
and as a rule, most sequels

LWJ 05-10-2025 09:19 PM

And what is it that all series type shows de-evolve into soap operas? I have seen many many outstanding shows. Get excited. And then the intensity just falls off and plot lines go to soap!

Arizona_928 05-11-2025 03:38 AM

I thought the one from 1922 was really good. Albeit, not scary compared to today’s standards, I’m willing to bet it gave a lot of people nightmares in its hay day .

Dixie 05-11-2025 04:33 AM

  • Fall Guy - This should have been great, but it wasn't. I couldn't even finish it.
  • Top Gun Maverick - Star Wars with F16s. "We didn't need no stinkin' script!"
  • Bike Riders - Another I couldn't finish. This one needed a story, and a script.

Baz 05-11-2025 05:08 AM

Nope.

masraum 05-11-2025 05:41 AM

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Originally Posted by cantdrv55 (Post 12462811)
I was so hoping Nosferatu was going to be terrifying and keep me at the edge of my seat. I couldn’t see it at the movies because of schedules so I was excited when it became available to stream via Peacock. Man, that movie was boring and not the least bit scary. I’m a big fan of vampire flicks. What a letdown.

Have you seen Shadow of the Vampire with Willem Dafoe and John Malkovich? What did you think of that one?

And yes, I've wanted to see movies and then been disappointed many, many times. And then occasionally I watch something without much interest and end up being blown away.

Steve Carlton 05-11-2025 05:44 AM

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Originally Posted by cantdrv55 (Post 12462811)
I was so hoping Nosferatu was going to be terrifying and keep me at the edge of my seat. I couldn’t see it at the movies because of schedules so I was excited when it became available to stream via Peacock. Man, that movie was boring and not the least bit scary. I’m a big fan of vampire flicks. What a letdown.

I went to a theater to watch that and walked out before the halfway point.

masraum 05-11-2025 05:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Arizona_928 (Post 12462873)
I thought the one from 1922 was really good. Albeit, not scary compared to today’s standards, I’m willing to bet it gave a lot of people nightmares in its hay day .

Have you seen Shadow of the Vampire, and what did you think?
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Dantilla 05-11-2025 07:28 AM

Got my money back.

Don't remember what film, but it was supposed to be a great comedy.
Got to the theatre, bought my ticket just as the previous showing was over.

Everybody exiting had a dead-pan, blank expression as if somebody just killed their puppy.

Asked for a refund. "Why?"
Not a single person that just saw it had a smile.
"Huh. No problem. Here ya go."

stevej37 05-11-2025 07:33 AM

Dune 1984
Was really looking forward to it..... but it really let me down.

vash 05-11-2025 08:07 AM

Covid broke me of my movie habit. last movie I saw was King Kong..and that is because my BIL rented the theater, and we sat very very far apart.

2020? so, at home streaming. if it sucks, I just shut it off.

masraum 05-11-2025 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Dantilla (Post 12462961)
Got my money back.

Don't remember what film, but it was supposed to be a great comedy.
Got to the theatre, bought my ticket just as the previous showing was over.

Everybody exiting had a dead-pan, blank expression as if somebody just killed their puppy.

Asked for a refund. "Why?"
Not a single person that just saw it had a smile.
"Huh. No problem. Here ya go."

High school. Some movies with Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason. The previews looked funny. Every funny line in the movie was in the previews, and some were only funny because of how they were edited. My buddy got a nice nap. Unfortunately I was awake the whole time.

Bob Kontak 05-11-2025 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Baz (Post 12462899)
Nope.

It was a not what I expected either.

Last movie I saw with my son. We talked about it quite a bit afterwards. Fond memory. We both liked Get Out best from that director. That was better than anticipated.

Steve Carlton 05-11-2025 08:45 AM

I saw The Pelican Brief.

Not what I expected.

herr_oberst 05-11-2025 08:51 AM

A couple that come to mind;

"Inside Llewelyn Davis" by the Coen brothers. I want to be overwhelmed by Coen brothers movies. This one had the opposite effect.

"Elvis" with Tom Hanks and Austin Butler. I'm apparently not the audience for this glitzy, fast-cut, chopped up mess. I was hoping for more traditional storytelling weighted towards the story of Col. Parker.

Lets not finish on a bummer, though. A movie I looked forward to and loved was the Coen's remake of "True Grit". What a masterpiece. I'll watch it anytime it's on.

('True Grit' jogged my memory - a movie I had zero expectations for that's now one of my favorites is 'Hell or High Water' with Jeff Bridges)

rcooled 05-11-2025 12:03 PM

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juanbenae 05-11-2025 05:37 PM

Have not been to a theater for a movie in 30+ years. Put it this way, cell phones were not a thing the last time sat with the great unwashed.

Movies I look forward to? Ones I already love and watch again after 5-10 years. Being There, with Petter Sellers, The Great Escape and a number of other McQueen offerings. Outlaw Josey Wales, any Spaghetti western with Clint, Tree Lounge written, directed and staring Steve Buscemi is really a great mostly unknown film, along with Country Man, an outstanding soundtrack.

juanbenae 05-11-2025 05:39 PM

Forrest Gump & One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest are dam good too.

berettafan 05-12-2025 02:31 AM

Greyhound was probably the biggest disappointment in recent memory.

Other ‘well that sucked’ flicks-
Return of the Jedi (maybe biggest ever)
Every Harry Potter after the second or third.
Rush Hour 3
Jackie Brown
Kill Bill series
Karate Kid 2


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