Most disappointing movies of the year?

Pirate Radio is my choice. It is sad how disappointing that film is, and part of the reason is that more than 10 minutes were cut from it in America, the original title was The boat that rocked, which is a much better title. Also the scenes were changed around so the film doesn't flow very well and seems more convoluted than it really is. There are too many characters, they funny parts are not funny enough and the serious parts are taken too seriously. This is a shame because the director wrote one of the greatest British sitcoms ever, blackadder:D which was heavily rooted in history. That is what made it so good, while Pirate Radio just vaguely refers to the real Pirate Radio and avoids most of the actual history which could have added so much to the film. In the end the film has too many things going on and too many characters to give a crap about and not enough reason to care about them. Also the cliche part about the government trying them down could have been done much better, Kenneth Baranagh was great but he was wasted in the government scenes.

Another disappointment was A Christmas Carol. I have seen countless christmas films and a few Christmas carols, but this just felt hollow. I loved the effects, and the voice work was great by everyone. In the end though it was all flash and no substance, the story has been done so many times before and better that this film only had it's visuals and that was not enough.

I also watched The Box recently and it was just dumb. The concept was good, I love the original short story but this film was just too ridiculous to take seriously. Good acting for the most part. Richard Kelly is a talented director, but this and Southland tales show that he is starting to lose his creative grip. Maybe next time he will get it right.

Loved Pirate Radio, laughed alot during the whole movie IMkavanaugh77

I laughed a few times too, I especially liked Phillip seymour hoffman's character, Rhys Darby's character Angus, and Nick Frost's character Dave, but it felt like it had so much more potential. Compared to his work on the Blackadder series I thought Pirate Radio was lacking in content. I do look forward to the DVD though, hopefully then the film will have all the scenes from the original UK version back.

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[QUOTE="Mkavanaugh77"]Loved Pirate Radio, laughed alot during the whole movie IMkavanaugh77

I laughed a few times too, I especially liked Phillip seymour hoffman's character, Rhys Darby's character Angus, and Nick Frost's character Dave, but it felt like it had so much more potential. Compared to his work on the Blackadder series I thought Pirate Radio was lacking in content. I do look forward to the DVD though, hopefully then the film will have all the scenes from the original UK version back.

Oh yeah it was very fun, I guess I just set my hopes too high. I would give it a 6.5, maybe a 7.

None really, that I have seen.

Bruno was good
This Is It was good
Harry Potter VI was good
Astro Boy was good.

What can I say, I pick great movies to watch.

So why was Pirate Radio altered for us stupid Mericans?

So why was Pirate Radio altered for us stupid Mericans?

Nifty_Shark

Im not sure, all i know is they took out at least 10 minutes of scenes, some of which you can see in the film's trailer such as a character being surrounded by women after an orgy, and a more detailed stag party scene. Also I am pretty sure the scenes were put in a different order, why I have no idea. I am starting to think the studio who put this film out over here is trying to make it fail on purpose.

Pirate Radio is my choice. It is sad how disappointing that film is, and part of the reason is that more than 10 minutes were cut from it in America, the original title was The boat that rocked, which is a much better title.

Film-Guy

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Pirate Radio is my choice. It is sad how disappointing that film is, and part of the reason is that more than 10 minutes were cut from it in America, the original title was The boat that rocked, which is a much better title.

vaultboy_ninja

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Pirate Radio is my choice. It is sad how disappointing that film is, and part of the reason is that more than 10 minutes were cut from it in America, the original title was The boat that rocked, which is a much better title.

vaultboy_ninja

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Pirate Radio is my choice. It is sad how disappointing that film is, and part of the reason is that more than 10 minutes were cut from it in America, the original title was The boat that rocked, which is a much better title.

biggest_loser

Brüno was beyond disappointing.

Brüno was beyond disappointing.

Shad0ki11

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Brüno was beyond disappointing.

TreeMoBMoney

• Public Enemies
• Funny People

These would be the two most disappointing so far. With the cast and director in both I expected these films to be a whole lot better.

transformers 2 was terrible. joel_c17

[QUOTE="joel_c17"]transformers 2 was terrible. VaguelyTagged

Public Enemies is the correct answer considering who all was involved with it.

Up really did suck. Good thing Toy Story 3 is their next movie cause their last few movies have been lame.Y2Jfan23

transformers 2 was terrible. joel_c17

I didn't expect it to be lame but it was. Also Harry Potter IV wasn't very good, and GI Joe was a joke.

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]Public Enemies, Transformers 2 (though, fully expected. The first sucked and Michael Bay sucks all together, so does Megan Fox and Shia Labauf), Bruno (had funny moments, but overall Borat was better). Up was disappointing? What? Pixar is awesome. Though I'd think its one of their weaker films but it was still a lot of fun.TreeMoBMoney

[QUOTE="Haziqonfire"]Public Enemies, Transformers 2 (though, fully expected. The first sucked and Michael Bay sucks all together, so does Megan Fox and Shia Labauf), Bruno (had funny moments, but overall Borat was better). Up was disappointing? What? Pixar is awesome. Though I'd think its one of their weaker films but it was still a lot of fun.TreeMoBMoney

I disagree, I think he is quite bland. Emile Hirsch, Paul Dano, Ben Whishaw, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Jamie Bell, Ryan Gosling, and Jim Sturgess are all better than him imo.

Watchmen. I hated the movie.JML897

This is the one that comes to mind. I'm a huge fan of the graphic novel.

shia labouf is a good actor.TreeMoBMoney

I've heard it all now.

Ummm, the most disappointing movie that comes to mind is District 9. Complete let down, wasn't what I was expecting at all. I had hopes of a mentally stimulating story, and all I got was a rehash of the apartheid and people getting liquefied every 5 seconds.

Paranormal Activity

public enemies didn't develop the charactors enough