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Movies You Wish Didn't Exist Because The Premise Was Good Yet The Execution Sucks

tredlowtredlow
edited March 2010 in General Chat
... therefore they waste the idea.

For me, it's Cool World and Gentlemen Broncos.
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  • kaptein_kaffekaptein_kaffe
    edited March 2010
    Oh, that's a good question. Some friday the 13th and troma movies come to mind. I don't really wish that they didn't exist though. It's allways good to have a bad movie that you can refer to in an argument :D
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited March 2010
    Heh, yeah.

    Oh, and Monkeybone. I don't hate it that much, but I definitely expected better from Henry Selick.
  • kaptein_kaffekaptein_kaffe
    edited March 2010
    tredlow wrote: »
    Heh, yeah.

    Oh, and Monkeybone. I don't hate it that much, but I definitely expected better from Henry Selick.

    Speaking of Henry Selick, I'm gonna have to watch Coroline one day!
  • YohmiYohmi
    edited March 2010
    Dragon Ball Evolution. Do I need to explain ? ^^
  • GuybrushWilcoGuybrushWilco
    edited March 2010
    Star Trek V
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    Dragonball Z evolution
  • Edgy_McSpoonEdgy_McSpoon
    edited March 2010
    Dead Like Me: Life After Death

    If you're a fan of Dead Like Me, don't watch this film. I personally think it was a waste of money and time to produce it. I was traumatized by how bad it was.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    The new Wolfman movie.
  • ShaggEShaggE
    edited March 2010
    tredlow wrote: »
    Heh, yeah.

    Oh, and Monkeybone. I don't hate it that much, but I definitely expected better from Henry Selick.

    Monkeybone could have been so amazing. :( I like it for what it is, but it's still a wasted opportunity on a grand scale.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited March 2010
    I love the premise behind Soylent Green but I've never actually seen it, knowing that I would be disappointed from how campy it would be.
  • FriarFriar
    edited March 2010
    Eragon. The book was awesome, and the film had the potential to rival The Lord of th rings. Instead, we got that godawful film. Luckily, their are no known plans to continue with the saga.
  • natlinxznatlinxz
    edited March 2010
    I'm going to get flamed for this, but I'll say it anyway: Ghostbusters. In my opinion, half of the jokes were pretty lame. Going around with radioactive devices capturing ghosts was pretty cool, and most of the scenes could have been hilarious, but the writing was just... so bad.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    the mortal kombat movies
  • brunnerbrunner
    edited March 2010
    Back to the Future Part II was really quite lacking for me. I kind of wish they would have stopped after the first one.
  • Guy in a BoxGuy in a Box
    edited March 2010
    brunner wrote: »
    Back to the Future Part II was really quite lacking for me. I kind of wish they would have stopped after the first one.

    IIRC, the sequels were done because the studio execs forced Zemeckis to do them.

    I honestly didn't like Part III though. That one was a bit too convoluted.
  • FriarFriar
    edited March 2010
    natlinxz wrote: »
    I'm going to get flamed for this, but I'll say it anyway: Ghostbusters. In my opinion, half of the jokes were pretty lame. Going around with radioactive devices capturing ghosts was pretty cool, and most of the scenes could have been hilarious, but the writing was just... so bad.
    If it wasn't for the awesome Theme song, and the StayPuft marsmallow man, i would agree with you.

    @Guy in a Box: I always thought Part III was the best of the trilogy!
  • IcedhopeIcedhope
    edited March 2010
    Sailorcuteness wrote: »
    the mortal kombat movies

    The first one was amazing, and at the time kept true to the first video game. The second completer and utter trash, that should be removed from people minds.
  • Guy in a BoxGuy in a Box
    edited March 2010
    Friar wrote: »
    If it wasn't for the awesome Theme song, and the StayPuft marsmallow man, i would agree with you.

    @Guy in a Box: I always thought Part III was the best of the trilogy!

    Well, it's the one that I remember the least of. My favorite's the first one. But still, to each his own.
  • RemolayRemolay
    edited March 2010
    Icedhope wrote: »
    The first one was amazing, and at the time kept true to the first video game. The second completer and utter trash, that should be removed from people minds.

    second game. They skipped over the first game
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    The Star Wars Prequels. I actually don't wish that they didn't exist entirely, just that they had been done better. Also, anyone who doesn't like Back to the Future II doesn't like fun and happiness.

    Also, TMNT. The first three Ninja Turtles movies were just fantastic. Even the third one which is by far the weakest one was still pretty good. I just hate the fact that they resorted to using CGI when the live-actiony goodness was what made the first three so amazing.
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited March 2010
    plrichard wrote: »
    Also, TMNT. The first three Ninja Turtles movies were just fantastic. Even the third one which is by far the weakest one was still pretty good. I just hate the fact that they resorted to using CGI when the live-actiony goodness was what made the first three so amazing.

    I'm with you here.
  • splash1splash1
    edited March 2010
    That Moses movie that was made by Dreamworks before they made the 3D ones.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    plrichard wrote: »
    The Star Wars Prequels. I actually don't wish that they didn't exist entirely, just that they had been done better. Also, anyone who doesn't like Back to the Future II doesn't like fun and happiness.

    Also, TMNT. The first three Ninja Turtles movies were just fantastic. Even the third one which is by far the weakest one was still pretty good. I just hate the fact that they resorted to using CGI when the live-actiony goodness was what made the first three so amazing.

    Pretty much all of these. TMNT disappointed me so much I don't even want to talk about it. I liked the prequels when I was younger but now I can't stand them. Maybe because I had a friend who kept wanting to act like Anakin, which means he wanted to act like Hayden Christensen, which means I wanted to strangle him.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited March 2010
    Secret Fawful wrote: »
    Pretty much all of these. TMNT disappointed me so much I don't even want to talk about it. I liked the prequels when I was younger but now I can't stand them. Maybe because I had a friend who kept wanting to act like Anakin, which means he wanted to act like Hayden Christensen, which means I wanted to strangle him.

    I actually met Hayden Christensen at Star Wars Celebration II in Indianapolis. It was a convention before Episode II came out and I had no idea who he was. The security guards there were wearing Storm Trooper armor and I thought it was just one of those guys with his helmet off. I talked to him for like 5 minutes while my friend was in the bathroom and then we went to like a presentation and the host was like "and now the man who will become Darth Vader!!" Hayden then proceeded to talk about how he got the chance to walk around the convention center disguised in Storm Trooper armor. I guess he thought he was actually famous before that movie but like I said, I had no idea who he was and I talked to him for at least 5 minutes. I had such high hopes for him because he was a really cool guy. Needless to say I was very upset when I actually saw Episode II and saw his terrible acting...*sigh*.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited March 2010
    Yohmi wrote: »
    Dragon Ball Evolution. Do I need to explain ? ^^

    No, it's supposed to be bad movies with good ideas. A live action Dragon Ball film is a horrible idea. Yes, I've seen the first, more faithful attempt. It's still weird.
  • FriarFriar
    edited March 2010
    plrichard wrote: »
    The Star Wars Prequels. I actually don't wish that they didn't exist entirely, just that they had been done better. Also, anyone who doesn't like Back to the Future II doesn't like fun and happiness.

    Also, TMNT. The first three Ninja Turtles movies were just fantastic. Even the third one which is by far the weakest one was still pretty good. I just hate the fact that they resorted to using CGI when the live-actiony goodness was what made the first three so amazing.

    I thought the prequels were better than the sequels (well, EpIII is the best), and i didn't really like BTF:ptII, so i guess i'm a miserable old coot:(
    Now, get off my lawn Dagnammit!
  • BlankCanvasDJBlankCanvasDJ
    edited March 2010
    Starship Troopers. That movie could have been so great.

    And I actually thought the animation of the turtles was the best thing - strike that, the ONLY good thing - about TMNT. The live action films were fun and all in the early 90s, but you couldn't have done that Raph vs Leo rooftop fight with guys in suits and that was awesome.
  • JenniferJennifer Moderator
    edited March 2010
    Master of Disguise. It has it's funny moments, but it could have been so much better.
  • vange13vange13
    edited March 2010
    Daybreakers.

    Such an interesting concept trapped in such a predictable and lame film.
  • LeplayaLeplaya
    edited March 2010
    Please for the love of god dont get me started on Thief and the Cobbler or even cool world for that matter.
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    the colour of magic the ending was a big let down
  • HaydenHayden
    edited March 2010
    Avatar. Good visuals, good potential, good cast, bad plot, cliche story. It was a good movie in my opinion, but they should've worked on the storyline more. I don't want the movie to exist in its current form because I see it as a failure. They just should've taken longer to work on the storyline so that there's not a paper-thin plot, but that can't be done. The movie is out how it is. I don't want it not to exist, I just want it to not exist right now, but in a year-or-so with a better plot.
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    Superman 3, Superman 4

    I love the Man of Steel, but those 2 of his movies suck.
  • S@breS@bre
    edited March 2010
    I bet I'll get lynched for this, but Godfather II. They should have just made the film with the De Niro storyline, because there wasn't a coherent storyline in the Pacino parts.
  • LeakLeak
    edited March 2010
    Come to think of it - Tim Disney's "Alice In Wonderland (In Haphazardly Added-After-The-Fact 2-and-three-quarters-D)"

    It wasn't earth-shatteringly bad, but my final verdict is still "meh".
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited March 2010
    Chyron8472 wrote: »
    Superman 3, Superman 4

    I love the Man of Steel, but those 2 of his movies suck.

    I tried to watch Superman 4 and failed. I almost died! It was really scary!


    However...


    I freakin adore Superman 3. It has a fun campy pulp serial style story, very much like the old comics, and reminds me of the Superman equivalent of the 1960s Batman series. And I freakin love Richard Pryor in it. Sure people complain about him ice skiing off of a skyscraper, but its not supposed to be realistic! Unwedgie your underwear dudes!
  • Chyron8472Chyron8472
    edited March 2010
    First Knight.

    A movie about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table sounds cool, but really the movie just seemed to be about how Richard Gere's Lancelot character has no purpose in life other than to seduce Queen Gwenivere, [who incidentally seems young enough to be Sean Connery's (King Arthur's) granddaughter.] While the rest of the movie seems like one big subplot revolving around their illicit relationship.

    Really, I thought the legends supposedly portrayed Lancelot has having been noble and such, despite his stupidity at having an affair with the King's wife. This movie portray's him as nothing more than a man-whore who is only ever interested in this one married woman and nothing else. He even joins the Knights of the Round Table just so he can be closer to her.
  • Captain MickeyCaptain Mickey
    edited March 2010
    haydenwce27 wrote: »
    Avatar. Good visuals, good potential, good cast, bad plot, cliche story. It was a good movie in my opinion, but they should've worked on the storyline more. I don't want the movie to exist in its current form because I see it as a failure. They just should've taken longer to work on the storyline so that there's not a paper-thin plot, but that can't be done. The movie is out how it is. I don't want it not to exist, I just want it to not exist right now, but in a year-or-so with a better plot.

    I fully agree with what you've said regarding Avatar.... and for that I thank you. You just gave me hope in terms of movie viewers.
  • IrishmileIrishmile
    edited March 2010
    Pathfinder
  • coolsomecoolsome
    edited March 2010
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_to_Rumble

    "The Wrestler" was how a wrestling movie should be unlike that load of crap
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