Most disappointing comic-book movie

[Human Torch]

Don't bother trying to explain this to him.He's a S-M 3 troll.He basically belittles anyone who has a kind word for that film.

[Anno_Domini]

Once again, I must ask...how can one be a troll towards a film that is plain awful?

Although, the topic at hand isn't about S-M 3....but thanks for giving your two cents on me being a "Spider-Man 3 troll"

[Anno_Domini]

Originally Posted by DX

Hey, if it makes you feel better, I do think TDKR and the first two Raimi Spidey films are definitely better.

Oh, you better

Originally Posted by noeld932

I'm obviously not the only one who thinks this, judging by the poll. TDKR is just behind S-M3.

Oh no, a poll with a few votes!

Oh shucks, you showed me

[weezerspider]

It depends on what you mean by disappointing. The Dark Knight Rises is sophisticated filmmaking and light years better than everything else on this poll, which is all mostly ****. However, most of these films weren't concluding a trilogy that includes two of the most beloved superhero films, so by hype alone, its common sense and a safe bet that 'Rises' was going to disappoint some people. Seeing how TDK is my favorite film, my hype was too high for 'Rises' and I was disappointed and it hit me harder than a lot of these films because expectations were so high. That said, 'Rises' got incredibly better on repeated viewings, so the initial disappointment wore off the disappointment lessoned over time.

However, Spiderman 3 was in a similar situation. SM1 and SM2 were basically BB and TDK before BB and TDK and Spiderman 3 was complete ****. Complete ****. So, yeah, Spiderman 3.

[Human Torch]

Originally Posted by Anno_Domini

Once again, I must ask...how can one be a troll towards a film that is plain awful?

If you don't like SM3,that's your opinion.Fine.But you seem to think despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary,the film is universally despised.It aint "Batman & Robin".

As I said before,it was a film that disappointed many.Probably as many as were disappointed by TDKR (as the poll indicates)

[Anno_Domini]

Originally Posted by Human Torch

If you don't like SM3,that's your opinion.Fine.But you seem to think despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary,the film is universally despised.It aint "Batman & Robin".

What "overwhelming evidence"? Oh, please, now you're just giving the film way too much praise.

As I said before,it was a film that disappointed many.Probably as many as were disappointed by TDKR (as the poll indicates)

Once again, one poll with votes only in the very low double digits. Or is this some kind of evidence to you that TDKR is viewed as a "bad film"? Lol.

[Human Torch]

SM3 isn't in Batman & Robin,Catwoman,Howard the Duck territory in most people's estimation..Nowhere near it.

And BTW,I don't think TDKR is a "bad" film (I didn't even consider it largely disappointing,though I think it could've been better in a few areas).

I think both films have loud detractors,but are more or less excepted as "good" by the general public.

[jmc]

For me it's Green Lantern. Even though I'm a Batman guy it really cuts me when other DC characters get screwed over. If was the one superhero film in 2011 that had to be great, not just good, not just average, it had to be great. People wrote it off well before the first trailer was released, in fact it was almost as if the entire online community was against that film and it was up to WB to ensure every naysayer shut up.....but they didn't. They completely ballsed everything about the movie up, not only did they prove every doubter right, many of the doubters actually felt pity for the movie due to how bad it was. Not only that, they insulted GL fans and by extension DC fans who had longed to see someone outside of Bats and Superman by producing a half baked Iron Man ripoff instead of actually making a GL movie. I actually watched the trailer the other day and all I could do was shake my head. The silver lining however is WB tend to learn from their mistakes as they did with both Batman and Superman, hopefully if MoS is the success it looks like being GL will get another shot and this time maybe they'll get a team together who are actually interested in making a proper GL movie.

[B]

Disappointing & bad are 2 completely different things.

The most disappointing for me was without question Superman Returns. Simply because I'd waited for 20 odd years to see the greatest hero of them all back on the big screen after seeing years of television shows like L&C, Smallville & STAS. Bryan Singer had a clean slate to tell his own Superman story, to re-imagine the character & bring him to life the way he feels should have been best. But no, what did he do? He made a Christopher Reeve & Richard Donner tribute film. A film that was supposedly a sequel, but not really a sequel to a 26 year old (at the time) film, Superman II. Man of Steel, whether it is good or bad, is at least the film we should have got in 2006. A proper reboot of the Superman franchise with an origin story. Bryan Singer got so much wrong with that film from plot, to tone, to casting, to setting.. it was all incredibly disappointing..and bad.

Green Lantern as well was quite disappointing & bad as well, but for myself personally Superman Returns was the biggest disappointment by far. I knew it was going to be disappointing as well the more & more I heard & had seen about it during development.

[Anno_Domini]

Originally Posted by Human Torch

SM3 isn't in Batman & Robin,Catwoman,Howard the Duck territory in most people's estimation..Nowhere near it.

No one's saying it is in that territory of films. It can be a true disappointment to Raimi's previous two Spidey films and still not as as dreadful as the films you mentioned.

But even saying that, you're still not giving me "overwhelming evidence" to it not being a bad film in itself.

And BTW,I don't think TDKR is a "bad" film (I didn't even consider it largely disappointing,though I think it could've been better in a few areas).

I think both films have loud detractors,but are more or less excepted as "good" by the general public.

Trust me, I am aware that TDKR isn't a bad film

But...both are "good" by the general public?

That's why one film has a 92% audience rating while the other has 54%, yes? Lol.