Top 5 most disappointing movies of the year.

[A Necessary Evil]

As for the two biggest movies on this list I've seen Iron Man 3 and Man of Steel. I liked Iron Man 3, it wasn't what I expected, but it was good, liked seeing Tony deal with Avengers PTSD and thought the Mandarin twist was great, the ending destroying all the suits and fixing his heart was cool, we know he'll be back with even better armor, but the "security blanket" armor is gone. I loved Man of Steel, thought it was amazing, everything about it worked. People *****ing and moaning about the ultra violence, it's a movie about the most overpowered character ever, also the destruction was on par with last years Avengers, if superheroes were real and fighting in the city, it'd would get decimated. I don't know, I rank it on par with Donner's Superman 1, that movie may have had more heart, more Synder's actually gave us a credible villain.

 

[batfreakforever]

I can see how some fans would be upset with the Mandarin, if they did that to someone like The Joker I would be **ssed to no end. I know the in's and out's of the Mandarin's history but I don't have a emotional/personal connection to the character (don't collect Iron man comics etc) maybe that why it didn't bug me about what they did with him in Iron man 3.
I watched it again on blu-ray with my father and my father enjoyed it, maybe because he didn't know anything about the Mandarin before hand. He said he loved the Trevor slattery character. Don't know why, maybe because he is a britt too.
I enjoyed it because I like to be suprised in films which for me is rare, can see why they made the changes but can also see if they did that to a character I was looking forward from reading comics etc I would be **ssed too.

 

[redhawk23]

The difference is the Joker is an actual quality character. The mandarin has always been paper thin. They just admitted it and incorporated as part of the story.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

There' that, and we still got The Mandarin, he just used a false face to cover his identity. I bet if they had given it away in the trailers, it'd be a completely different argument.


"Why didn't they save that for the movie? Trailers spoil everything!!"

 

[Daywalker89]

I would be interested to know about the people that hated MOS what there thoughts were on Superman Returns. Were you lot expecting the same old light hearted crap, well Superman needed a new direction and thats what we got. Yea of course it had its flaws but all this about how he destroyed a whole city (it was the world engine) is just nonsence . Also how it lacks any heart or goosebumps. The scene were he is in the gravity field (defyin it) with the score in the background is some serious heart string tugging stuff.

Anyway worst film for me is easily Die Hard 5, what a pos **** film . They even used a line from DH4 which is pathetic also that was NOT John Mclane in that movie . I dont know what Willis was doing but all of Mclane's personality was non existant in this . The car chase was ridicolous . He had no respect for public safety(even punching a civilian in the face) he was in some serious accidents ,had no blood on his face or was hardly injured and to top it off the dizzy cam was in full motion so you couldnt keep track of what happened. The end scene in Chernobyle was the final nail in the coffin(and the franchise).

 

[Nathan]

There' that, and we still got The Mandarin, he just used a false face to cover his identity. I bet if they had given it away in the trailers, it'd be a completely different argument.

Syndrome is who we got.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

Wow, how quickly did this turn into the 'OMG, someone dared list MOS as a dissapointment, let's attempt to bash anyone who didn't like it's opinion' thread?

Why are people so defensive?

An individuals dissapointment is their own. It shouldn't initiate the kind of responses we get.

I mean, I don't respond everytime someone says they loved the film with posts saying 'I wonder if all the people that loved it love crap like Transformers', or listing reasons why you're wrong for loving it because it's terrible for this this and this reason...

I just accept that you enjoyed the film, feel a personal sense of bewilderment about that fact, but also feel slightly jealous that your so happy and I don't have that.

 

[Lord]

I would be interested to know about the people that hated MOS what there thoughts were on Superman Returns. Were you lot expecting the same old light hearted crap, well Superman needed a new direction and thats what we got.

Look, the usual "if you didn't like The Man of Steel you must have liked Superman Returns" argumente, nope, and no i didn't want a light hearted film, i wanted a good film about Superman. With Snyder on board i knew this was going to happen and the 2nd half still entertains me, but it wasn't a very well constructed film on the whole, the critics that dislike didn't so so because they we huge Superman fans

Yea of course it had its flaws but all this about how he destroyed a whole city (it was the world engine) is just nonsence .

Not really, if a real hero started his career like that i doubt anybody would trust him, not only was he part of the race that did that (hope that's not sounding too racist, but giving it that he's an alien i think most would think twice before trusting him) but during his fights he also lead to the death of hundreds of people, by recklessly throwing his enemies through things that blow up to trashing buildings, and he never looks back, only when that family is cornered by Zod.

Also how it lacks any heart or goosebumps. The scene were he is in the gravity field (defyin it) with the score in the background is some serious heart string tugging stuff.

After many years i call that Nakama (friendship in Japanese) punching, not good writing by any means, and the same score was being used again and again, it's not really well placing the soundtracks, it's putting cool music all around the film to make it look emotional and dramatic, it's actually quite common with Zack Snyder in his films. At a time the main theme just loses punch.

 

[Daywalker89]

Oh how ironic to say why people get defensive, was my original message a personal attack to you . No it wasn't , i just wanted to get a balanced response about the MOS vs SR crowd. I said the film has flaws simple as that then i got my knifes out for DH5 but i understand why you responded

 

[Daywalker89]

(off topic)Lord and Hopefuldreamer are you optimistic about MOS2 because for me personally im not because of Batman being involved. There was a lack of character development in MoS and now it seems its gonna be even harder to balance the characters .

 

[Lord]

Which part of my post was specifically attacking you?

I was just answering your post, specifically the parts where you say criticising the destruction in the city is nonsence, or where you accused those who dislike it of expecting a lighthearted film, or said that the idea of a lighthearted film was crap, something that could be perceived as an attack to those who did indeed want it to be lighthearted.

My post was never trying to be a personal assault or flaming to years, i'm just disagreeing with you and giving my reasons.

 

[Lord]

Lord and Hopefuldreamer are you optimistic about MOS2 because for me personally im not because of Batman being involved. There was a lack of character development in MoS and now it seems its gonna be even harder to balance the characters .

I'm optimistic it's gonna be entertaining, since this is Zack Snyder after all and we're finally getting a Superman/ Batman crossover, However i don't think it's going to be very good, Goyer seems to take it that the first film has already dealt with the characterisation and the characters and so they won't focus on that as much, i can see the focus shifting a bit from the Daily Planet to Bruce Wayne and possibly Lex Luthor.

Don't get me wrong, i did enjoy The Man of Steel and am hyped for the next due to it being an event film, i just don't think they've very well constructed films. Another example is that i do enjoy most of Michael Bay's work, but i mostly look at them on the technical and entertainment level than their quality as good films.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

Wow, how quickly did this turn into the 'OMG, someone dared list MOS as a dissapointment, let's attempt to bash anyone who didn't like it's opinion' thread?

Why are people so defensive?

An individuals dissapointment is their own. It shouldn't initiate the kind of responses we get.

I mean, I don't respond everytime someone says they loved the film with posts saying 'I wonder if all the people that loved it love crap like Transformers', or listing reasons why you're wrong for loving it because it's terrible for this this and this reason...

I just accept that you enjoyed the film, feel a personal sense of bewilderment about that fact, but also feel slightly jealous that your so happy and I don't have that.

No one's opinion got bashed.

 

[Kane52630]

A Good Day to Die Hard
The Hangover Part III
The Purge
The Lords of Salem
Fast & Furious 6*

*only because it didn't live up to Fast Five.

 

[Daywalker89]

A Good Day to Die Hard
The Hangover Part III
The Purge
The Lords of Salem
Fast & Furious 6*

*only because it didn't live up to Fast Five.

Kane can i ask, why ' A good day to die hard ' was a choice. You are probs the only other person to nominate this film. I would be interested to hear your views as this film struck a very bad note with me.
P.S freaky avatar brother lol

 

[amazingfantasy15]

On par with The Avengers? I don't even think the death and destruction there were as bad as 9/11, while The Man of Steel's destruction was some 10 times worse.

They may not have died on screen, but come on, there's was some massive damage done to New York in that final battle in the Avengers and like someone else said they did show memorials set up in that news footage montage.

One thing that I loved was when some fans pointed out that in the comics and even some of the Superman cartoons, Superman throws and gets thrown into skyscrapers, destroying them. Those get a pass while the movie gets torn apart.

I do understand the complaint that it should have shown more of the consequences in regards to the lives lost, or even what Superman plans to do to help with the aftermath, but I still think some of the crying over that was ridiculous.

Yeah, just look at the Doomsday storyline, Metorpolis was destroyed after that fight. Sure Superman's inner monologue was he needed to get Doomsday out of the city, but we didn't have the inner monologue here. Heck Superman didn't even have anyone to mention something like that to.

Wow, how quickly did this turn into the 'OMG, someone dared list MOS as a dissapointment, let's attempt to bash anyone who didn't like it's opinion' thread?

Why are people so defensive?

An individuals dissapointment is their own. It shouldn't initiate the kind of responses we get.

I mean, I don't respond everytime someone says they loved the film with posts saying 'I wonder if all the people that loved it love crap like Transformers', or listing reasons why you're wrong for loving it because it's terrible for this this and this reason...

I just accept that you enjoyed the film, feel a personal sense of bewilderment about that fact, but also feel slightly jealous that your so happy and I don't have that.

Seems like I started this and I'm sorry, I really just voiced my opinion on why I liked the movies and why some of the most popular criticisms didn't bother me.

 

[Kane52630]

Kane can i ask, why ' A good day to die hard ' was a choice. You are probs the only other person to nominate this film. I would be interested to hear your views as this film struck a very bad note with me.
P.S freaky avatar brother lol

The trailers made it look good and I was hoping it would better than 4, but I was disappointed. The movie was a damn cartoon.

 

[A Necessary Evil]

I can't say DH5 was disappointing, because I didn't waste my time on the POS

 

[smallville fan]

One thing that I loved was when some fans pointed out that in the comics and even some of the Superman cartoons, Superman throws and gets thrown into skyscrapers, destroying them. Those get a pass while the movie gets torn apart.

I do understand the complaint that it should have shown more of the consequences in regards to the lives lost, or even what Superman plans to do to help with the aftermath, but I still think some of the crying over that was ridiculous.

The sequel's going to address the consequences of Man of Steel. Goyer intended Man of Steel to be the cause and sequel to be the effect. I agree with this idea as there are just some issues too big to be explored in one tiny section of a movie, I foresee all that stuff that happened in Man of Steel will be plot devices that will drive all the future films in the DCCU forward. For example, I think it will be unanimously agreed that all that destruction in Metropolis will provide the essential foundation of the best possible Lex Luthor we'll ever see on screen, one which could potentially topple Gene Hackman and would become the definitive Lex Luthor.

Another good example is that the alien invasion and presence of Superman on Earth as their champion who repelled said invasion might awaken higher forces that, in the words of Thor from the Avengers "shows the Earth is ready for higher forms of war". This might bring certain people of interest out of the woodwork like Wonder Woman who ventures out into man's world to be the Amazon's champion or Aquaman from Atlantis or Green Lantern from space and of course Batman from Gotham.

One thing that I was hoping for in Agents of Shield and Iron Man 3 to an extent was an adequate chance of exploring the consequences of the events of the Avengers, we only got small glimpses and I felt that wasn't enough in my opinion. Heck it looked like everybody else moved on too quickly.

If people here and everywhere else are ******** that Goyer/Snyder want to have the freedom in going in their own direction rather than be constrained to some silly unwritten rules laid down, then maybe you should just suck it up and move on.

 

[Daywalker89]

The trailers made it look good and I was hoping it would better than 4, but I was disappointed. The movie was a damn cartoon.

Yep totally agree . I touched up on it earlier , they just totally dropped the ball. I cant see them redeeming themselves if they made another one. I personally think its curtains closed.

 

[Daywalker89]

I can't say DH5 was disappointing, because I didn't waste my time on the POS

t: I blame my cineworld unlimited card . Its funny though because there were a group of die hard fans walking out infront of me after the movie finished. One had his hand on his head trying to figure out wtf just happened and the others looked in total disbelief of trying to figure out what happened aswell. Obviously you had your casual swearing etc but everyone was deeply dissapointed. Mind you i heard the U.S got a different version to the U.K still that wouldn't of saved this trainwreck.

 

[B]

Iron Man 3 kinda disappointed me a little, the sort of last 20 minutes or so where the plot unfolds being the main contributing factor.

Still not a bad film, just was expecting a little more.

 

[Figs]

If people here and everywhere else are ******** that Goyer/Snyder want to have the freedom in going in their own direction rather than be constrained to some silly unwritten rules laid down, then maybe they should just suck it up and move on.

I fixed 'you' to 'they'. I wasn't one of the ones that complained about the route they took Superman. Personally, it seemed like a good number of people/critics didn't like it because it simply wasn't like the Donner films.

We've had the do gooder/goody two-shoes boyscout for a long ass time, this version was a nice change.

 

[hopefuldreamer]

No one's opinion got bashed.

My post was mostly based on this:

I would be interested to know about the people that hated MOS what there thoughts were on Superman Returns. Were you lot expecting the same old light hearted crap, well Superman needed a new direction and thats what we got.

But maybe I take that more offensively than some, because I hate SR so much

 

[smallville fan]

I fixed 'you' to 'they'. I wasn't one of the ones that complained about the route they took Superman. Personally, it seemed like a good number of people/critics didn't like it because it simply wasn't like the Donner films.

We've had the do gooder/goody two-shoes boyscout for a long ass time, this version was a nice change.

Yeah but what I was referring to was the direction that they took by making the destruction was a "forgotten afterthought". I was saying that it's not and that all those consequences are saved for the sequel as it's too big to be explored in 1 minute with media montages as seen in Avengers.