Movies you thought that were going to be awesome but ended up being AWFUL

*Andrew NDB* · 04-02-2019, 03:21 PM

Let's see...

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens." DEEPLY disappointed. I'd dreamed about a sequel trilogy for decades and this is what they do? An ANH remake? Inexcusable.

I was disappointed with Prometheus but not as much as I was devastated by "Alien: Covenant." I thought Ridley would have been able to lick his wounds after Prometheus and right the ship instead of doubling down on everything that was BAD in Prometheus.

"The Predator." Just sad. Pretty horrible, largely the fault of the studio forcing 1/3 of the movie to be reshot. I don't even know if we can blame Shane Black. The man hasn't said even one word about the movie since it came out. After watching "Alien: Covenant" snuff out the Alien franchise I really was hoping this would be a win. It wasn't.

"Iron Man 3." This one I do blame Shane Black for, for the most part. BAD movie that I was looking forward to seeing, following the same bad choices in Iron Man 2. I still want the movie that was promised in this trailer, not some "subvert your expectations" Iron Man 2 do-over:

"Matrix Reloaded." BAD! Like between "Revolutions" and "Reloaded" they had about one movie's worth of anything, barely, so this one didn't feel like much of anything. Whole characters and storylines end up being pointless.

"Machete Kills." First one was awesome until it maybe got a little too crazy at the end. This sequel was BAD, through and through.

"Austin Powers 3: Goldmember." I enjoyed part 1 and REALLY enjoyed part 2, so I was pretty shocked to see how HORRID this was. Every joke fell flat to me, every bit of humor forced.

"Neverending Story 2." I swore by part 1 and couldn't wait to see part 2. Ghastly!

"Lawnmower Man 2." Same story! Super looking forward to part 2, super aghast at how bad and far off the mark they could get. It's pretty amazing, really.

"Highlander: The Source. To say I was expecting it to be "awesome" might not be true, but I was at least expecting something... decent. Or at least passable. Nope, what they delivered was a straight-up cinematic throat-slice.

04-02-2019, 03:21 PM	#1
Andrew NDB Weed Whacker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Auburn, WA Posts: 34,561	Movies you thought that were going to be awesome but ended up being AWFUL Let's see... "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." DEEPLY disappointed. I'd dreamed about a sequel trilogy for decades and this is what they do? An ANH remake? Inexcusable. I was disappointed with Prometheus but not as much as I was devastated by "Alien: Covenant." I thought Ridley would have been able to lick his wounds after Prometheus and right the ship instead of doubling down on everything that was BAD in Prometheus. "The Predator." Just sad. Pretty horrible, largely the fault of the studio forcing 1/3 of the movie to be reshot. I don't even know if we can blame Shane Black. The man hasn't said even one word about the movie since it came out. After watching "Alien: Covenant" snuff out the Alien franchise I really was hoping this would be a win. It wasn't. "Iron Man 3." This one I do blame Shane Black for, for the most part. BAD movie that I was looking forward to seeing, following the same bad choices in Iron Man 2. I still want the movie that was promised in this trailer, not some "subvert your expectations" Iron Man 2 do-over: "Matrix Reloaded." BAD! Like between "Revolutions" and "Reloaded" they had about one movie's worth of anything, barely, so this one didn't feel like much of anything. Whole characters and storylines end up being pointless. "Machete Kills." First one was awesome until it maybe got a little too crazy at the end. This sequel was BAD, through and through. "Austin Powers 3: Goldmember." I enjoyed part 1 and REALLY enjoyed part 2, so I was pretty shocked to see how HORRID this was. Every joke fell flat to me, every bit of humor forced. "Neverending Story 2." I swore by part 1 and couldn't wait to see part 2. Ghastly! "Lawnmower Man 2." Same story! Super looking forward to part 2, super aghast at how bad and far off the mark they could get. It's pretty amazing, really. "Highlander: The Source. To say I was expecting it to be "awesome" might not be true, but I was at least expecting something... decent. Or at least passable. Nope, what they delivered was a straight-up cinematic throat-slice. __________________ [ ODYSSEY \| ORIGIN \| THE IMAGE/VOL. 3 CONCLUSION \| THE SHELLSHOCKED PODCAST \| ON FACEBOOK ] Last edited by Andrew NDB; 04-02-2019 at 03:32 PM.