Larissa Ione

Most Disappointing Movie. Ever.

After months and months of drooly anticipation, I finally got to see the movie I've wanted to see for, well, months.

Trembling with anticipation, I popped corn, popped a beer, and snuggled up under a blanket. I couldn't wait. I love fairy tales. I adored Politically Correct, the Ultimate Storybook. I gobbled up Grimm's Grimmest (and traumatized my son at the same time–bonus! :twisted:)

And now, there's a movie starring Matt Damon and Heath Ledger (yum!) called The Brothers Grimm. How cool! (Yeah, notice how I didn't link to it? Because it's not worth the effort.)

Needless to say, I was disappointed. Majorly.

Heath Ledger's character ended up being a wussy, sniveling little twit. The story was, at times, hard to follow in that the supporting characters' actions often didn't make sense. I'll admit that having the brothers be con artists was a nice twist, but other than that? Ick.

But I think what truly ruined the movie for me was the animal cruelty in scenes meant to be humorous. I dunno. Call me crazy, but when live horses are set on fire and kittens are splattered on rotating blades, I tend to not laugh. And the fact that the villian who performed all of the cruel acts was supposed to be sympathetic at the end was idiotic. I was absolutely NOT sympathetic toward him.

This wasn't the worst movie I've ever seen, but it was the most disappointing. It had SO much potential. The dark, grim side of the Grimm tales could have been spectacular. The actors were wasted on The Brothers Grimm.

But on the plus side, Matt Damon looked better than he usually does.

What has been the most disappointing movie you've ever seen? You know, one you waited for and saw at the very first chance you had?

7 Responses to “Most Disappointing Movie. Ever.”

Star Wars: Episode I. Lucas should have either not written it or not directed it. It was AWFUL. The Star Wars world doesn’t make much sense, but in A New Hope and later…it still WORKS. It’s fun. You get caught up in the ride. I now hate almost every single action in Episodes I-III, though. The script was bad, the acting worse, and the directing idiotic.

by Lydia on January 7th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
I agree with both of you!

I was also let down by Madagascar.

by Mary on January 8th, 2006 at 6:53 am
That sounds like the stupidest movie. I won’t waste my time on it! I agree with Lydia on Star Wars I-III. Ugh.

The one I remember the most was Ghostbusters II. I know that was ages ago, but we loved GB I. so much, and then GBII was so freaking stupid. Some are so bad I can’t even remember the names of them!

by Cheyenne McCray on January 8th, 2006 at 10:37 am
Ooh, Lydia, I’m with you. Episode I was SO disappointing. The only thing that made Episode II not as disappointing (though it sucked worse than I) was that I didn’t have high expectations. Which is actually what made Episode III such a pleasant surprise; I had such low expectations that I LIKED Episode III! LOL

Mary, Madagasgar WAS disappointing, wasn’t it? I was so bored for the first 20 minutes I nearly fell asleep!

Chey, I adore GB! And yeah, the sequel sucked. Bad. I don’t remember the details, though–I blocked it out of my mind…

by Larissa on January 8th, 2006 at 6:54 pm
Oh, bummer about The Brothers Grimm. I was planning to rent the DVD but now I’m not nearly so excited.

I was really disappointed with Underworld. I thought it had so much potential: a love affair between a vampire and a human while the vampire fought of viscious werewolves (Lycans). But none of it worked like I wanted it to. The hero was a complete waste, doing nothing at all in the story but be a prisoner. I probably won’t go see Underworld 2 but maybe give it a chance when it gets to DVD.

by Lynn M on January 8th, 2006 at 8:45 pm
I have to TOTALLY agree on Grimm. By Jimminy it was worse than the WOLVES!!!!!!!!! Maybe it needed more wolves!

by cece on January 9th, 2006 at 1:51 pm
Star Wars Episode one was HORRIBLE! Star Wars II was worse. I was excited for UNderworld until the day before it came out,a nd I saw some sort of TV hsow tie in on Sci Fi or something that made me realize how bad it was going to be. When I finally saw it on DVD I knew I’d been right.

I think the disappointment prize goes to MIBII. I loved the first one, it was so funny and imaginative and just a super fun, ridiculous, highly entertaining popcorn movie. I didn’t care that the plot made no sense. I was too busy laughing. I couldn’t wait for the second one. But it wasn’t amusing at all. I never laughed. I never cared. I walked out.

by Diana on January 9th, 2006 at 2:02 pm