Archive through February 06, 2002
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TV ClubHouse: archive: Movies Sept 2002 - April 2003: Movies you thought you'd love, and ended up disappointed in: Archive through February 06, 2002

Shmoopie

Tuesday, November 07, 2000 - 03:55 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

And on another note.. how about this. Any movies that you were SO excited to see, then ended up regretting you ever paid the price??

-Blair Witch Project (although I don't HATE this movie, it left a LOT to be desired based on previews)
-I Still Know What You Did Last Summer (in the grand tradition of most sequels before it.. this movied sucked)
-Scream 3 (ok, I really like Scream 2, which blew me away since it was a sequel, but the third installment in the trilogy was absolutly horrible)


I know there are MANY more of these, but apparantly they were so bad, I put them as far away from my mind as possible. When they come to me, I'll let ya know!

Soeur

Tuesday, November 07, 2000 - 04:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

The Talented Mr. Ripley was ~ho hum~ for me.

Gail

Tuesday, November 07, 2000 - 04:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Battlefield Earth - major bummer for me. The book, Battlefield Earth: Saga of the Year 3000 by L. R. Hubbard has been one of my top 5 favorite books since it came out. I have read it over and over and even have an unabridged copy on tape that I listen to about once year. For years, I wished over and over that someone would make a mini-series out of it. . When I heard it was going to be a movie, I was thrilled but worried because I knew there was no way it could be made into a 2 hour movie.

The reviews said it totally sucked. The reviews were pretty correct. But, I wanted to see it for myself. I will still buy it if it comes out on DVD but to me, the people who changed the book into a movie screwed up. The things that made the book exciting, fun, impossible to put down were not conveyed into the screenplay. Things that were funny in the book looked stupid in the movie. And, the plot was non-existent.

Battlefield Earth still remains at the top of my favorite book list and always will be there but the movie was a mistake. :(

Movieguy30

Wednesday, November 08, 2000 - 09:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Weekend at Bernie's 2.

It just wasn't as powerfully moving as the first one ;)

Enbwife

Sunday, November 12, 2000 - 08:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP

I thought that I would LOVE What Lies Beneath with Harrison Ford and Michelle Pfeiffer, but I didn't. It was okay, but I was a bit disappointed.

Gail

Sunday, November 12, 2000 - 10:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP

That reminds me - Random Hearts! - ugh! I liked almost everything that Harrison Ford has been in except Hanover Street (that kind of sucked) Random Hearts - I rented it when it came out - it was the first movie I had rented in over a year (I have Direct TV so don't rent things) I thought Random Hearts was a totally pointless movie.

Optics

Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 06:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP

I hated American Beauty shut it off after 20 minutes, crappies movie I've seen in ages.
But I found Talented Mr. Ripley excellent.

Soeur

Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 02:22 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

~ho hum~

Enbwife

Tuesday, November 14, 2000 - 04:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Hey Optics - long time no talk to. There's a whole topic on American Beauty. I can't believe you didn't like it! Oh well

Flint

Monday, November 20, 2000 - 08:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Highlander 2. It had potential, but they totally ruined it by making the Immortals beings from another planet. yadda yadda yadda. It bit big time. It bit SO badly that under most circumstances I refuse to acknowledge it was even made. Evidently it had the same effect on the creators because ine the subsequent movies they ignored the fact it was made as well. ;)

Flint

Monday, November 20, 2000 - 08:07 am EditMoveDeleteIP

Oh yeah, Messenger: The Joan of Arc story. I went in expecting a good movies, and halfway through it was pissed off because I couldn't get my money back. While it had some good scenes (combat) and the whole concept behind her final days was interesting overall it pretty much sucked. Milla spent too much time screaming, bad acting by others, modern colloquelisms being used in a movie about centuries past, little things like that all added up to me not liking the movie that much.

Enbwife

Monday, January 15, 2001 - 03:53 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Dude - Where's my Car??? Totally stupid movie!!! I love dumb movies sometimes (Night at the Roxbury, The Wedding Singer, etc.) so thought I might like this one. Luckily we snuck in for free after seeing Unbreakable (good movie). Dude sucked!!! I couldn't believe we sat there through the whole thing. The only thing funny about it was the supporting actor looks just like a friend of ours, so whenever he said anything or laughed, we cracked up!!!

Dangergirl

Tuesday, January 16, 2001 - 12:58 pm EditMoveDeleteIP

Robin Hood Prince of Thieves

Far and Away

Untamed Heart

Pocohantas

The Story of Us

Angelnikki

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 07:36 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OH OH I HAVE ONE. i hated The Pledge!!! Jack Nickleson I thought would be good but i couldnt stand that movie. I was ticked that i wasted money on renting it.

DONT RENT IT

Max

Sunday, January 27, 2002 - 08:00 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Finally watched it (courtesy of NetFlix) this weekend. After hearing so many people RAVE about this movie, I have to say I just don't get it. Yeah, the fight scenes were interesting for a bit, but got rather boring. Yeah, it was nice to see women as the heroes. But I didn't find the storyline very compelling and I got really tired of all the "flying". Maybe I'm just dense.

Gail

Monday, January 28, 2002 - 12:23 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I think that movie was one that just did better on the big screne. I loved that movie in the theater but on video, it is easy to get distracted and lose interest.

Whoami

Monday, January 28, 2002 - 04:25 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Artificial Intelligence. What a waste of a good actor.

Jbean

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 07:11 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
america's sweethearts
what women want
the astronaut's wife

Knightpatti

Tuesday, January 29, 2002 - 08:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
The Castaway - come on we have to be entertained with a painted ball
The Two of Us - what a depressing movie!

Muse

Sunday, February 03, 2002 - 01:24 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon - It was okay, but I felt it was overrated.

Unbreakable - Loved The Sixth Sense, and I thought the previews for Unbreakable looked promising. But I ended up really disliking it.

Teddybear

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 06:48 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Vanilla Sky definitley!!!
The Royal Tenenbaums
America's Sweethearts
American Beauty

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 10:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Dang, I better go see America's Sweethearts. I loved the other three. I liked Vanilla Sky so much I went and rented Abre Los Ojos, Spanish language version, the next day.

Julieboo

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 11:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Juju and Teddy, are you sure you guys are talking about movies you did not like?

Julieboo

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 11:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ignore my last post. I just reread some stuff and I now realize that I need a nap! (sorry ju & teddy)

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, February 06, 2002 - 03:57 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Julieboo, here is a posting tip for you. You see those four icons that look like paper and pencil right next to the time in your post? If you want to change your post withing ten minutes of the time you posted it, click on the first icon, and it will let you edit your post.

I took Teddy's post to mean movies she did not like, but I bet you are right, and she meant she did like them. My post meant that if Teddy dislikes those good movies, then I need to see the other ones she disliked, because those are good!

<falls down exhausted>