What Movies Were Disappointments? Which Were Surprisingly Good?

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OneEyedDiva

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Disappointments:
2001: A Space Odyssey (WTH?!)
Independence Day: Resurgence (not nearly as good as the first)
Super 8 (not as Sci Fi as I expected)
American Fiction (I didn't find it to be nearly as good as touted, any humor was lost on me and too many F & MF bombs)
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (another WTH?)

My husband and I used to subscribe to Optimum Triple Play (landline, internet & cable). For a while, it included free movie tickets on Tuesday nights, So we went to see movies that we otherwise wouldn't have, just to have date nights. There was such a big hype about Slumdog Millionaire that we checked it out. I didn't expect to like it at all but I loved it ! I also liked Grand Torino (Clint Eastwood). One night I was watching a movie that went into early morning. The Green Mile came on.after. Since it was late, I expected I'd just watch a little of it. I wound up staying up for the entire movie. I'll probably come up with more titles later.
 

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After reading Gone With the Wind and enjoying it greatly and for years hearing about what a great movie it was, I was disappointed. I suspect it suffered from over hype! I've gotta say I loved ET.
 

OneEyedDiva said:
Disappointments:
2001: A Space Odyssey (WTH?!)
Independence Day: Resurgence (not nearly as good as the first)
Super 8 (not as Sci Fi as I expected)
American Fiction (I didn't find it to be nearly as good as touted, any humor was lost on me and too many F & MF bombs)
Kiss Of The Spider Woman (another WTH?)

My husband and I used to subscribe to Optimum Triple Play (landline, internet & cable). For a while, it included free movie tickets on Tuesday nights, So we went to see movies that we otherwise wouldn't have, just to have date nights. There was such a big hype about Slumdog Millionaire that we checked it out. I didn't expect to like it at all but I loved it ! I also liked Grand Torino (Clint Eastwood). One night I was watching a movie that went into early morning. The Green Mile came on. Since it was late, I expected I'd just watch a little of it. I wound up staying up for the entire movie. I'll probably come up with more titles later.
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I adored several of the above movies: 2001; American Fiction; and Kiss of the Spider Woman. But I also adored Slumdog Millionaire and Grand Torino.
 
Hated: anything with the new Disney-owned Muppets. Not anywhere as funny or good as the originals. I walked outta the theater

Loved: The Man Who Invented Christmas about Charles Dickens and starring Dan Stevens as CD and Christopher Plummer as Scrooge.
 
I was recently disappointed in a so-called noir film with great actors: A Crime of Passion w/ Barbara Stanwyck and Sterling Hayden. Basically a mess.
 

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