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To you personally, not overall, what has been the biggest movie letdown?
Not many know, but I will come clean. I am a HUGE HUGE Star Wars fan (F*CK Star Trek). So that means for me, its totally obvious. Episode I (and II and III) were the biggest disappoints ever. I have never been more disappointed in a movie than when I watched Ep. I. Jar Jar Binks? GTFO!! Ruining the Star Wars legacy just blew me away. I cannot believe they let this piece of garbage be shown to actual people.
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Originally Posted by Biggin
I'm a fan as well, and I couldn't agree more.
They weren't as bad if you did like I did and watch them in order from Episode 1 through 6. 4 and 6 were my favorites, but I must say that I liked 3 better than 5. How could you not like Samuel L. Jackson as Mace Windu haha.
THREE BETTER THAN FIVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????
So you are saying whatever CGI **** name III was is better than EMPIRE???????????
i dont know whether to cry or vomit haha
Empire gives us the most quotable saying ever, boba fett, han getting frozen (leia: i love you han: i know FTW!!), etc...
Empire is my favorite SW movie; no way is Sith better than Empire!
I'd have to agree. The new 3 are crap compared to the original 3. Episode 3 was tolerable, but 1 and 2 were awful with Ep. 1 being the worst. I remember being so geared up to watch them when the came out in theaters and being so disappointed after watching them.
Just to add to the list, I'll add nearly every Adam Sandler movie since Happy Gilmore to the list (minus a few like The Waterboy).
i agree on the Sandler movies, i cant believe a guy with two undeniable classics put out garbage like Zohan and some of this other work (if you can even call it work)
Don't even get me started on how badly George Lucas totally screwed the Star Wars saga into the ground with Eps. 1, 2, and 3. Now I'm started....Jar Jar Binks: I do not know what that man was thinking to put the lamest character in movie history in Ep. 1. My only joy about it is the rumor that he was on Alderaan when the Death Star blew it up in Ep. 4. Lucas contradicts himself constantly about the writing of the series. (Reference the special features documentary on the 3 disc DVD collection of the original movies). He said that he had the whole backstory laid out before Star Wars came out, yet when it did, it wasn't even entitled Episode 4 in the opening crawl. Admits in the same documentary that at the time of Star Wars original release, Vader wasn't written as Luke and Leia's father, and they weren't even written as brother and sister. In my opinion, he wrote Star Wars, it became a success, and decided to write it as the six story feature afterwards...he may have had an outline of the 3 story trilogy beforehand, but nothing concrete. He just patched things together after he hit the jackpot with the original. That's why there are many contradictions in the episodes now and again.
I'm a huge Star Wars fan as well and was not thrilled with the Jar Jar Binks character. I tended not to focus on him but on the introduction of other characters such as Darth Maul ( who was killed too soon) and Qui Gon. I've read many of the Star Wars novels that have come out over the years so it was cool to see characters from the books in the movies- especially the other Jedi Knights. There were parts of Episode II I really liked- the arrival of the Jedi Knights and the subsequent battle. Episode III was really good IMO and ranked up there with Return of the Jedi as my favorite. One day I will have my killer home theater system so I can enjoy all of them again.
I have to say, hands down, the biggest disappointment of my cinematic life so far was the third Matrix movie. I was so disappointed in that movie that I now use "Matrix" as a verb that means "huge letdown." As in, "Man, I'm so excited about the last season of Lost. I really hope the series ends well... I hope they don't Matrix us."
(By the way, I felt quite Matrixed by the last season of Lost.)
The problem with the new Star Wars movies, Ep1-3, is Lucus forgot what made the originals so good....the story, He opted instead to focus more on the look, which in my opinion was WORSE than the orginals. I thought the originals looked and felt more real. you actually believed this war might actually happen in a distant galaxy. And, Hayden Christenson (sp)...ugh. I understand that Anakin was supposed to fall to the dark side through his emotional battle with his mother's death, but Christenson just came off as a big crybaby who didn't get his way. ok, rant over. So I would agree, huge letdown.
On a side note, i like both Star Wars and Star Trek. How can you not like Captain Kirk?
Id also agree the Matrix3 was also a huge letdown. Same problems as SW.
My biggest problem with Episode 3 was how Lucas carried out the Jedi Purge. Darth Vader was supposed to be at the forefront of hunting down the Jedi, but Lucas' explanation that it actually was Vader, since he had just been named Darth Vader by the Emporer, was preposterous. Everybody that paid a ticket for that movie wanted to see Darth Vader in the suit whipping some arse. His follow up explanation: Vader was too recent from his injuries to be in any action. All that time waiting to see Darth Vader in the suit on the screen again only for a minute at the most...I felt like driving to Skywalker Ranch and putting my foot up George Lucas' arse.
Considering all the Masters were out Fighting in the war and were picked off like that.. and Vader Murdered all the Future Younglings... Id say Vader was in the front, he single handedly took out the Future of the Jedi, aside from Obi wan who kicked his ass and Yoda.. and of coures Luke and Leiah weren't born yet.
Vader was powerful but he couldn't have possibly beaten any of the Masters 1 on 1 the Obi-Wan fight proved that. Hell the Emperor couldn't even take out Mace w/o the assistance of Vader. During Ep 3 Anakin has lots of experience and is really powerful with the force, but hes not a master becuase he cannot control himself, which is what gets him sliced and diced by obi-wan when he very badly acts and say "You under estimate my powers" No he didn't...
Only way vader could have been a forerunner of murdering each and every Jedi and the Jedi Masters would be to be fighting along side them and Bushwack them... but that would have taken more time than needed rather than saying oK vaders gonna kill the Future of the jedi the rest are getting punked out by the Clones
Im with you guys I hated Jar Jar Binks But Ep3 wasn't so bad.. Empire Still Rules the Roost... someone said 3 > 5 Thats Blasphemy!
And to tall the "Boba Fett Fan boys out there" What did he EVER do in any of the movies? Nothing. He got punked out harder than his old man did, at least his dad was slew by the baddest mother ****er with a light sabre... I know the books have Boba Fett living inside that thing that ate him and surviving... but movie wise Boba Fett is the Biggest ***** of the series and people love him. You can polish a turd but its still a piece of ****!
My biggest movie let down tho wasn't anything with Starwars... It was District 9 that movie sucks ass, and people love that too... People SUCK. Whats appealing about a 2 hour movie that poses the WHOLE time like a generic News broadcast.. I hated it, terrible Even boobies coudln't have made that movie worth watching, and I love Boobies.
I see your point, but nobody cared about seeing Anakin as Vader whipping Jedi arse. Everybody I know who was foaming at the mouth for Ep. 3 to come out and see Vader again was hoping to see him being bad-arse in the suit. The image of Darth Vader isn't one of Anakin, it's the imposing figure of him in that black suit. It has endured all these years and what has made the character so popular. If Anakin hadn't been injured and didn't need the suit, I promise you, Star Wars wouldn't be nearly as popular as it is today.
Another thing did anyone else find Darth Vaders "Noooooooooooooooooo" ... just ****ty?
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Originally Posted by Skeletor
I found it humorous as well, pretty terrible way to end the new series.
That movie was great from the special effects, the plot, and all-around aspects of it. It's filmed in a documentary/mockumentary style, not some news broadcast for starters. And has some deep undertones dealing with racism and xenophobia, it was great, glad to own it. Looks like you went in there expecting something different and didn't get it, then you declare it sucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Skeletor
Didn't suck, but I don't think you have to look into it that much. If memory serves me correctly, it originated from the idea for the Halo movie. They pulled the plug and came up with that.Quote:
Originally Posted by R13
And to every one else, why didn't you just call this "Fanboys, which StarWars sucked?" ha ha
Watchmen, 300, Paranormal Activitiy 1/2, Superman Returns (so boring), (new) Nightmare on Elm Street.
After you watched the first paranormal why bother with the second? I am glad I watched the first one online for free and ended up fast forwarding through most of it to see if anything ever happened worth watching, which it didn't.Quote:
Originally Posted by steer
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That movie was great from the special effects, the plot, and all-around aspects of it. It's filmed in a documentary/mockumentary style, not some news broadcast for starters. And has some deep undertones dealing with racism and xenophobia, it was great, glad to own it. Looks like you went in there expecting something different and didn't get it, then you declare it sucks.
Why didn't they go ahead and say this is a propoganda film and not really for entertainment? Just like Avatar that even Cameron admitted was a propoganda piece.
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Originally Posted by TheBeast
I don't care if the 1st is a let down of any series. When they build up hype, I just want to see it, to see what the hype is built around.
I'll give Paranormal Activity 2 some credit, it has one of the single best jump scenes in ANY movie EVER. On a big screen, it would have floored the biggest "non-scare" person.
However, they were both trying to be "Blair Witch" and they couldn't. That will always be the ground breaking film for the first person genre.
No I got it.. I completely go it... and it sucked. One of the worst movies ever. If the plot and all this is SOOO great about this movie, what about the Alien just NOT take the vial with him? Because of a ****ty Plot! The "Mocumentary" you call is only becuase the movie had such a low budget. I said lots of people like this movie, im glad you do. Lots of people like crappy movies, and this is one. Sorry your favorite movie EVER is a pile of Rat vomit to me, thats my opinion and no "Racial Undertones" you feel this pile of Roadkill had in it... it was just nothing special, and really daft. I didnt' see paranormal activity cause everyone said it was boring and stupid till the last 3 or 4 minutes.. but I imagine that movie being much more exciting than District 9 If you feel like sitting and watching nothing really happen no real story driven events push an almost 2 hour movie along than I recommend District 9 to you.Quote:
Originally Posted by R13
Dude the movie is based on(well racism factors) that took place in District Six - Cape Town, South Africa during the apartheid. Of course it uses aliens, but it's based on that same story of moving them into camps and racism/xenophobia.Quote:
Originally Posted by steer
Just because there's a more serious moral to the story means it's propaganda? Wow, it just means it's a little deeper than just a sci-fi flick about aliens, a lot of movies have that and have a deeper meaning, a lot of people just either aren't smart enough to get it or take it for face value and don't look.Quote:
Originally Posted by TheBeast