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I can't imagine walking out of Fury Road in a theater.

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It's definitely not walk out worthy by any stretch, but I do agree that movie was massively overhyped.

You'd think it was the next Matrix by the way people spoke about it.

Proposition Joe said:

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I can't imagine walking out of Fury Road in a theater.

Whatever you thought of the story/plot/acting... That film was absolutely beautiful.

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Well....we did. Neither one of us thought the movie was absolutely beautiful, and I guess we just did not have our hearts set on seeing a movie that day that glorified violence and seemed to use gore as it's main plot driver. I am glad others have enjoyed it, but it was not what we were expecting that day.

While not as dramatic, our exit from the theater reminded me of the older retired couple that could not get out of the theatre fast enough when I saw Zombieland. They did not even make it through the entire opening sequence, and I have never seen an older guy with a cane run so fast. I am sure that we looked like that when we left Fury Road to some. I know we at least made it twenty minutes in. Seems like I remember the old white guy with the long hair pickup up a dismembered girl. That was when we left.

Compared to the hype? Barbie. It's not that it was a bad movie....it just didn't live up to what I thought it was going to be by any stretch of the imagination.

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Practically a meme at this point, but Last Jedi. On my first and only viewing, I got to the Canto Bight scene and had an epiphany - nothing in the movie to that point had resonated with me or even sparked more than the mildest of interest. So I stopped watching and never revisited it or watched Episode 9.

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Easily The Rise Of Skywalker

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These two back to back? Chef's kiss

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I can see someone not liking Ghostbusters if they saw it for the first time as an adult many years after it came out. That's how I feel about The Goonies. Despite being born in 1979, I didn't see it until I was in my 20s. I thought it was dumb.

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I saw it in the theatre when it came out and I was 12. Something felt off about it. Not sure what.

Saw it again with another friend. Something felt off.

Saw it again when my son was younger. Something felt off.

I never really liked it.

Liked the song tho and named my cat buster. I

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Two things in common with all those viewings. Either the movie or you must be off.

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Rudyjax said:

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Bruce Almighty said:

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I can see someone not liking Ghostbusters if they saw it for the first time as an adult many years after it came out. That's how I feel about The Goonies. Despite being born in 1979, I didn't see it until I was in my 20s. I thought it was dumb.

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I saw it in the theatre when it came out and I was 12. Something felt off about it. Not sure what.

Saw it again with another friend. Something felt off.

Saw it again when my son was younger. Something felt off.

I never really liked it.

Liked the song tho and named my cat buster. I

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Two things in common with all those viewings. Either the movie or you must be off.

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Both more than likely. I just never really liked it.

I did like the reboot tho as I'm a huge Harold Ramis fan.

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Both more than likely. I just never really liked it.

I did like the reboot tho as I'm a huge Harold Ramis fan.

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These don't check out back to back.

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Proposition Joe said:

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I can't imagine walking out of Fury Road in a theater.

Whatever you thought of the story/plot/acting... That film was absolutely beautiful.

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Well....we did. Neither one of us thought the movie was absolutely beautiful, and I guess we just did not have our hearts set on seeing a movie that day that glorified violence and seemed to use gore as it's main plot driver. I am glad others have enjoyed it, but it was not what we were expecting that day.

While not as dramatic, our exit from the theater reminded me of the older retired couple that could not get out of the theatre fast enough when I saw Zombieland. They did not even make it through the entire opening sequence, and I have never seen an older guy with a cane run so fast. I am sure that we looked like that when we left Fury Road to some. I know we at least made it twenty minutes in. Seems like I remember the old white guy with the long hair pickup up a dismembered girl. That was when we left.

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People make no sense.

Hey, honey, let's go see this zombie movie.

OMG zombies! Let's get out of here.

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I think they walked into the wrong theatre. Surely they didn't expect to enjoy Zombieland. I guess I should not have expected Fury Road to be like the originals.

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Both more than likely. I just never really liked it.

I did like the reboot tho as I'm a huge Harold Ramis fan.

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These don't check out back to back.

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You can like someone and not be a fan of all their work.

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But that was his best work.

Butler's acting was the only thing that kept us from walking out.

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I'll take a different route here and bring up my first recollection of being disappointed with a movie when I was a child.

Contact.

Granted now as an adult I appreciate it much more….but as a child and expecting to at least see some aliens (remember Independence Day was a huge thing then)….and boy was the child version of me let down with that film

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good call. The movie had such a goooooooood buildup. Then it was basically Ralphie-level disappointment.

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Scarface

I watched it and thought, "What's the big deal?" I didn't see the attraction.

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It's hard for me to fathom someone coming away with that opinion. That movie was a gangster masterpiece.

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The Matrix Resurrections

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This one made me sad. I didn't even mind 2 & 3 even though they clearly weren't at the same level as the first one.

As someone who can often enjoy mediocre movies, #4 was just bad. I thought the trailer showed promise, so I was really hyped up to get another Matrix movie. Wish it would have been on par with 2 or 3 even.

Crazy Rich Asians

I was late to the party seeing this movie and heard tons of hype going into it. Very blah to me

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I'll take a different route here and bring up my first recollection of being disappointed with a movie when I was a child.

Contact.

Granted now as an adult I appreciate it much more….but as a child and expecting to at least see some aliens (remember Independence Day was a huge thing then)….and boy was the child version of me let down with that film

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good call. The movie had such a goooooooood buildup. Then it was basically Ralphie-level disappointment.

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Just reminded me of an old classic….

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I've been watching tons of random YouTube reviews out of boredom and I was reminded about how terrible and nonsensical Prometheus was. I remember being so excited to get that movie and to explore the world and origins again with Ridley Scott back at the helm and instead we got an absolute abortion. I remember all of the argument on here about it, but for me, that movie is one of the biggest disappointments I've ever had between walking in to a theater and walking out.

What movies were just a complete let down for you?

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The very first movie that came to my mind was Prometheus. My expectations were sky high, and it was so disappointing. I was hopeful going into The Last Jedi, but honestly not very optimistic after The Force Awakens. A good start, but just too derivative and unoriginal. TLJ made me angry, not disappointed. Prometheus was a bigger letdown.

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So many people mentioning Prometheus. I'm in the minority I guess because I thought it was great. It was flawed but I loved the themes they started exploring.

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This.

Prometheus was not a perfect film, true. But what were people expecting out of it, another Aliens? I mention Aliens rather than Scott's own Alien since most folks here seem to rate Aliens as the superior of the first two movies (IMO they are wrong but they are entitled to their opinions).

The concepts of faith and spirituality, of the Engineers actually being the "god" that created us (flies in the face of my Christian beliefs but it's a fascinating idea nonetheless), all of that was compelling without a need for an actual xenomorph. Most of the characters were bland and nameless. Others were just complete dumbasses - looking at you, "scientists" who do the most insanely stupid things in response to encountering an unknown lifeform. But if I'm being honest, I'll slam Alien a bit for the same thing (Alien is in my top 5 favorite movies) - you have an unknown lifeform that you know spews acid for blood loose on the starship, you are part of a 3-person crew looking for it with a cattle prod, and you wander off alone in search of a freaking cat, going into dark spaces. Not exactly a smart move for an engineer.

The primary characters were interesting enough - Shaw, Charlie, Janek, Vickers, and old-man Weyland. Then there is David the android. With this series, we're 1 of 2 on the android characters being good, so there was a bit of question as to which direction David would go. I loved the idea of him "awake" during their long trip into the galaxy, watching Lawrence of Arabia and shooting a basketball, but I got a vibe out of him early on that turned out to be correct. That is one of the most evil characters ever put to film, a point that might not have been crystal clear in Prometheus but became so in the underrated Alien: Covenant sequel.

One of the most interesting scenes in Prometheus, and I don't remember the dialogue, is when David is talking to the boyfriend and has the alien organism on his finger. I remember thinking that David was debating whether or not to put the thing in the drink and whatever the other guy said pushed him to do it.

Maybe I should watch the movie again, lol

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One of the most interesting scenes in Prometheus, and I don't remember the dialogue, is when David is talking to the boyfriend and has the alien organism on his finger. I remember thinking that David was debating whether or not to put the thing in the drink and whatever the other guy said pushed him to do it.

Maybe I should watch the movie again, lol

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David was definitely going to contaminate drink no matter the answer, but I thought the point of that scene was to underscore that David is always studying, learning and exploring. He seems to constantly explore the motivations of the crew he interacts with, and you always wonder if he is trying to be sympathetic but in the end you understand he never is. It's what makes him such a great character, he is evil and you want to hate him, but you know he isn't human, has no concept of morality, and is only furthering his programming.

David is another fascinating theme the movie explores (technology destroys mankind), and does it with the subtlety that other movies lack.

I'll throw Star Trek: Insurrection into the mix as well. it came right after First Contact, in my opinion the greatest Star Trek movie of all time, and just laid a big fat turd on the screen. I haven't seen one second of it since I saw it at the movies and can't remember a thing about it. The one after that, nemesis, featuring an insanely skinny and young Tom Hardy, was a little bit better, but no home run either.

Star Trek, as a movie franchise, seems to rarely be discussed around here. I wonder if there are others, like me, who haven't seen all the films. For instance I haven't seen First Contact or Insurrection.

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Star Trek, as a movie franchise, seems to rarely be discussed around here. I wonder if there are others, like me, who haven't seen all the films. For instance I haven't seen First Contact or Insurrection.

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I think First Contact was a great movie for fans and non-fans alike. You should watch it.

Nemesis and Insurrections we OK for fans, but probably not much better than a typical TNG storyline.

Generations probably falls somewhere in between. I don't think it lived up to the potential with both Kirk and Picard being in it, but not a bad movie.

All those TNG movies are on the list to watch at some point. When Netflix was making the transition to full streaming I think I had them queued up in my DVD list. Lol