The Most Disappointing Movies of All Time

They had the hype, they got your hopes up, they got you to fork over the money to buy a ticket, and then they dashed all expectations. This list is not a list of the worst movies of all time, just the ones that let you down the most. So don't put Double Team on this list because, face it, you should have known it was going to suck.
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The Top Ten

1
Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace
I have to agree. People slept outside for days to see this "movie". What a total mess of a film that was. Did George Lucas really think that we were going to like that P. O. S? Jar Jar Binks?

There are so many brilliant people in the business (directors, graphics artists, editors, writers, etc) that could have made a brilliant fourth edition to the Star Wars films. It just goes to show that George Lucas should have listened to the talented people around him instead of doing it himself once again.

That film had the worst writing and dialog of any film before or since. Way to ruin a franchise George.

corebare32

This one was so disappointing in comparison to how much we all loved the original trilogy. The characters were so strong and those films held true emotion. This new one started a new trilogy that only focused on the special effects... Which if I am being honest, were just over-done and distracting. I'd take the old Muppet creatures of the older films over this cartoonish CGI any day. I hope that with the new Star Wars films (episode 7 coming 2015), they get back to the root of what made them great in the first place.
After all the years of great star wars movies they come out with this load of BS, now I didn't mind its lightsabre scene, just the whole story intented to tell you about how they met anakin is just so stupid, and not to metion the stupid characters they put in, like seriously Jar jar binks, first off what the hell is with the name second, he only is in that movie and magically dissaperes, good job lucas, you ruined star wars 4 me =(

theTwister

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2Iron Man 2

3Spiderman 3

This movie didn't live up to the other 2. His new suit seems much less menacing, and Venom gets like 10 minutes of screen time. The whole dark version of Peter was really corny as well.

Worst spiderman film ever! Totally lacklustre plot and acting!

This was crap, but why's the Goblet of Fire here?

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4The Godfather, Part III
Yeah, I know that there was no way this could live up to the first two. But dammit! I wish I could just watch this as a decent crime film but it keeps reminding me about how inferior this is. Sure, its still a pretty good movie for what it is, but its a Godfather movie! It needs to give me more!

52012
Now we can officially put this one on the Comedy shelf
You wrote movie that could make people killed itself :p

mirzanissa


6Twilight

Wow, I just kept waiting for something cool to happen, it never did! Primo waste of time.

The WORST movie ever made, destroying all of the typical and rich 'vampire' traits!

I enjoyed the books and I loved how Stephine Meyer changed the future for YA fantasy. So many writers have been discovered because she paved the way for the YA fantasy. But the movie sucked really badly. I liked the parody Vampires Sucks better. At least Vampires Sucks was suppose to be funny.

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7The Matrix Revolutions

The first one was amazing and then they had to make this one - changing the mythology and adding completely ridiculous plot points that went nowhere.


8Daredevil

9Alexander
I expected to see a movie about the greatest general the world has ever seen managing the battlefield and using tactics that are studied to this day. No where in the trailers did it mention that I would be subjected to a shot of Alexander's package.
I'm Greek and very sad about how this movie turned out. It's an insult to our history.
Alexander the Macedonian was way better than this!
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10Eragon
Absolutely the WORST book to movie transition I have Ever seen in my entire life.

This was, and probably still is, my favorite book series I have ever read. I picked it up before it started getting popular. Honestly, this was hidden on some shelf in the back of Borders when I found it and I had never heard of it before (the first book had just barely been published at that point). When I finished the book, I remember telling someone that it would make the most awesome movie. Instead, years passed and this came out. This was the biggest movie disappointment of my lifetime thus far.

In this movie, people died who weren't supposed to. Things happened all out of order. Saphira wasn't even the right character, nor did she even have her growing up phase. It was as though the creators of the movie were trying to make something with the littlest imagination, and with apparently the lowest budget, required.

Not only did this ruin my experience with the movie, but also those around me since I couldn't resist blurting out what actually did or didn't happen, such as the "Hey! The Ra-zac play a key role in the next book. They can't just be killed off within a minute of first being introduced to them here! " and things like that, not to mention that the ending is such that it is impossible to make the next movies.

To everyone who thinks this movie is even remotely OK. I say read the book, re-watch the movie, and see if you can try to not pull your hair out as you sit through it.

Needless to say, this is in serious need of remaking and whoever owns rights to this should be socked in the mouth, sued (just for good measure), and asked to hand it over to someone who deserves it.
Omg, I'm like a MAJOR inheritance trilogy fan and... *teary eyed*... *sniffles*
THEY KILLED MY HOPES AND DREAMS OF AN AWESOME MOVIE! *choking sobs*
*runs away crying her heart out*

raezrokin

I was so mad when this movie came out! The book was so good and then this just gave it a terrible rep. I think Christopher Paolini must have been pissed they ruined his book!
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The Contenders

11The Hangover Part II

12Prometheus

13Cloverfield

Scared the living day lights out of me and gave me a major headache... Pointless!

I remember all the hype about this movie. It was on TV everywhere, the trailer was attached to movies in theaters, and everyone was talking about it. Once it hit theaters, the buzz was gone instantly.

BKAllmighty

seriously, how did people actually like this?

nonithecat

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14Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Most entertaining movie in the Harry Potter series
Are you kidding me harry potter is one of the best mioves of all time
It's nothing compared to the story

BigZ

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15Rocky V

The Rocky movie we all like to pretend never happened

on swedish tv they said: now were gonna watch all the rocky movies except the fifth that one sucks! so stay up good folks

TopTen10

rocky moves are meant to be a good but this one is crap

bloodskull

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16The Da Vinci Code

I almost fell asleep.. what a waste of time renting it.. yawn

Ak3nator

Boy was that a let down!


17Queen of the Damned

My heart broke. I was expecting to see the Ancient's reunion, and it never happened. Even worse, they made Armand into an ugly, blond fat-ball >_<


18Slumdog Millionaire

It's wonderful, said everyone. Yeah right... Wasn't bad, but wasn't worth all those Academy Awards it won.

ohright

How this one won best picture I will never know. I saw it in theaters and was disappointed when I left. It wasn't bad. But best picture? Really?

logblobo


19The Last Airbender
This destroyed the reputation of one of my most adored T.V. shows. Seriously, the movie is crap! I wanted to claw my eyes out! But please, don't hate on the show because of it. It may be from Nickelodeon, but it is absolutely fabulous. The movie should be erased from our memories forever.
The original cartoon was original, had a good plot and real characters, and good funny moments.
The movie had none of this. It was just scene after scene of random things that were seemingly copy pasted from the cartoon and stuck together, with way too much narration.
I still get angry just thinking about this abomination to society. It stole my time and was in no way anywhere near as good as the show which has a cult following. This is a absolute piece of garbage and is the most dissapointing movie of all time!
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20X-Men: The Last Stand

21Jurrasic Park 2: The Lost World

The first movie was an exhibition of groundbreaking effects making the movie monsters appear more tangible than ever before. The sequel thoroughly shattered that illusion with a mini heroine doing a gymnastics routine in the jungle.


22Napoleon Dynamite

I watched that movie and that is one and a half hours of my life I will never get back.

I thought I had missed something after watching the whole movie twice and not cracking a single smile once. And then it dawned on me. My friends are just stupid.

All the weed in the world still wont make this movie funny. It's not one of those cynical movies that requires a bit of intellect to understand, it requires a bit of retardedness and a lot of stupidity.

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23Alien Vs. Predator

Such a dramatic letdown! So promising, hope for a sequel.

Husker62


24X-Men 3

I agree with rorschach1011. They shouldn't have killed cyclops

Heman

They killed Cyclops, the best X-Man ever, so that pretty much ruined the movie

rorschach1011

As a maniac fans of previous X-men movie, I was so dissapointed with this one!
damn, why Bryan Singer didn't direct it.. it just look all dark, without any escent like previously made.. Bret Ratner suck!

mesh13


25Batman Forever

I rank this one as more disappointing than Batman & Robin because after this one, you knew the fourth iteration was going to be a stinker. I had hoped for much more from a cast that included Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey and Nicole Kidman.


26Eyes Wide Shut

It is still an amazing movie but I'm so deceived by it... Because we will never know what Kubrick has in mind for editing it! He was unhappy by this version before he died? Why? What would have been cut, changed and improved? Scorcese had written on this movie: This cannot be called a Kubrick movie because the final editing is what makes the entire tone of the film. A director must not die before completing it

I can't believe it that this is the last Kubrick's movie..So sad..


27Avatar
I can't believe this is on the list. This film is actually one of the best and most memorable of the 21st century. Please this must be off the list along with I Am Legend

28King Arthur

When I heard they were making a realistic interpretation of the stories of King Arthur, I was hoping for another Troy. Instead I got a dull, wannabe buddy flick with completely non-endearing characters and a weak storyline.

The scene on the frozen lake was the only good part of the movie. Oh, and I kinda liked Keira Knightley's war bikini. But as a "history" movie, and as a movie in general, it overall sucks.

alinaschneider


29I Am Legend

30Lord of the Rings - The Animated Version
What a letdown after reading the book! The new series kicks its ass by a mile.
All of these movies are terrible... Not just the animated one. Put this series at the top of the list!

phigginskc


31Pearl Harbor
Is this a true story? Must have been a bad one.

aeromaxx777


32Men in Black II

33Inherit the Wind

I excitedly rented this film thinking I was getting an engrossing film on the famous monkey trial. What I got was a cartoon.


342001: A Space Odyssey
Lets see, 4 hours of a single panoramic shot of a space ship that looks like a gum-ball floating endlessly across a screen, then 3 minutes of foreshadowed, boring, plot. The only way anybody could ever have liked this movie is if they had just taken about 10 pounds of LSD, then eaten a pound of crack.

QuarantineGames

I don't hate this movie but it's not a good movie and I don't understand why it is worshiped as one of the greats of all time. Before I saw this movie I had heard some HAL quotes and seen a clip of the monkey oracle scene and feel like that's all I needed to see not endless hours of boredom
Could NOT understand the plot!

Zordon2010


35Shrek the Third

It wasnt horrible but I just expected more out of it.

jso11

Worst movie ever. There really is not much more to say, but I need more words. Mm, okay, I'm good now.

Does not hold up to the first two. Shrek 2 may be the greatest movie of all time.


36The Core

37Jackie Brown

Let's see here... Resevoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill and Jackie Brown... which one is not like the others.


38Forrest Gump

Decent flick but no way should it have won best picture against the likes of Pulp Fiction or The Shawshank Redemption. Tom Hanks given his 2nd consecutive oscar is a joke considering that all he did was act slow. Gary Sinise stole the film.

Worst movie ever so boring all he says "momma used to say " just like waterboy it gets so annoying!

Hype... hype... hype... then nothing but Tom Hanks pretending to be slow? Awful... just horrendous.


39Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I liked this new Indiana Jones movie, but with Shia Labeouf, No!

How the hell this movie is so low on this list? This movie is the most horrible sequel of all time. This movie have horrible story line from begging to end, comparing to the other 3 masterpieces. Putting this movie on theater and putting this movie on DVD is more offensive to the Indiana Jones series(1~3) then putting all the Indiana Jones movies for the "worst movie ever".

I was so excited about this. Its not a bad movie, it just wasn't as good as I thought it would be.


40Hostel

41No Country For Old Men

Ok movie... but Best Picture? No.

theforce427


42Paranormal Activity

During the whole length of the movie, I was waiting for something to happen, it took AGES. I could have fell asleep

God this movie was aweful! I watched it five times hoping to not be able to sleep that night but I slept like a rock! This is THE worst, most un-scary, and at best kinda funny (e. g. Katie being "dragged" out of bed.

fireinside96

This movie was awful, I thought it would be insanely scary and guess what... I LAUGHED at how stupid and cheesy and how un-scary it was, hype x 1000.


43Van Helsing

I like the concept and the feel enough to have tried to get through this multiple times in hopes that it will get better And for all I know, it might if I could stop from falling asleep.


44Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

45Dream Girls

46Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

The acting was 10x better in the first movie. The acting in this move is just terrible.


47Jaws - The Revenge

This butchers the jaws series with its cornball story. It's definitely safe to back in the water!

A shark seeking vengeance, swimming thousands of miles in only a couple of days, able to rear up on its fin out of the water and roar (yes, a roaring shark, urgh), the main character having flashbacks of events she didn't even WITNESS and the shark exploding upon being impaled.
I bet the shark was thrilled when its death scene came up.


48Spiderman

49Alien Vs. Predator - Requiem

ah yes and yet another potentially excelent movie ruined by the government just nuking the place.


50Superman Returns

51The Chronicles Of Narnia

I walked out after the first scene, should give some idea how good it was.


52Kingdom of Heaven

53Mars Attacks!

could be the worst movie of ALL TIME

lazerous68

all star cast with very lame plot. Not even funny for a comedy.

junelm


54The Unborn

55Monster House

56The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

57Hulk

MAN was this movie a let down? I wanted to see it but ended up seeing Pirates of the Caribbean instead. Boy am I glad I went for that over Hulk?

Shadsilvson11

The cheesy tv show was better.


58The Twilight Saga: New Moon

59Chronicles of Riddick

For all I know, this movie has the best ending sequence ever. I just haven't been able to watch it long enough to find out.


60Silent Hill

61The Mexican

62Ghostbusters 2

63The Matrix Reloaded

64Dragonball: Evolution

65ATL

Movie sucked BIG TIME....Some rappers need to stick to rapping


66The Count of Monte Cristo

greatest story ever told...weak movie.


67Death Proof

68Waterworld

It was filmed in secret. In a secret location. With an unlimited budget by Costner who brought us "Dances with Wolves. " And what did we get? Villians on jet skies.

It was like waiting the summer for the Beatles and showing up for a Ringo Starr concert.

Just aweful.

People really don't understand how big a flop this movie was. Mostly because it was so bad every body forgot about it.

Ace15


69Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

70Terminator Salvation

71The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

72Bride Wars

73Battlefield Earth

74Date Night

when I saw the trailer I go "OMG TINA FEY AND STEVE CARELL IN THE SAME MOVIE OMG", but when I saw it I go "... is that it? really? "

LucasMota


75Quantum of Solace

76Wall-E

77Shrek Forever After

78The Hunger Games

79Obsessed

80Alone In The Dark II

81Independence Day

Was billed to be the best "sci-fi" film since "Jurrasic Park. " Yeah right. The dialog was worse than something George Lucas could have written. They had a chance to combine new special effects technology with an almost unlimited budget to create a film about what really might happen if Aliens landed on Earth. Instead, they went for the almighty buck and made a "Hollywood" film. After half an hour you knew the whole story; "The aliens will be voilent. Panick will ensue. Someone will die. Someone will become the hero and all will be well in the end. "
What a waste of time and film.


82Fantasia

I went to that as a kid expecting to be swept away by Disney... Instead I slept in a movie threatre for two and a half hours...


83Wanted

84Oliver Twist

85Knowing

86The Day After Tomorrow

87Dawn of the Dead (2004)

88Catwoman

89Firewall

90Timeline

911941

92Bonfire of the Vanities

93Stephen King's It

94Star Trek (2009)

95Glitter

96Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

97Cinderella

98Jurassic Park III

This movie burned my childhood! Never let a spinosaur defeat a rex!


99Dumb and Dumberer

100Saving Private Ryan

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