Movies you thought you would LOVE but hated..

GAMBITX · 06-10-2003, 05:22 PM

Ever been DYING to see a movie, then when you see it, you can't believe you wanted to see it?
Mine:
-Pearl Harbor
-Bruce Almighty
-Chicago (I didn't really hate it, I just didn't get what all the fuss was about..)

(For some reason, it seems like a LOT of the Summer Movies are like that..for me anyway..)

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spegs · 06-10-2003, 05:30 PM

Anger Managment--not that I expect much from an Adam Sandler movie, but when my husband pressured me into seeing it with him, I expected a few laughs for my trouble.

freisss · 06-10-2003, 05:53 PM

The Time Machine....bogus, bogus, bogus. I can't believe what they did to that book.

spegs · 06-10-2003, 05:57 PM

That reminds me how much I hated the movie version of "Circle of "Friends." They just ripped the spine out of one of my favorites.

firegirl · 06-11-2003, 01:32 AM

Oh Spegs I agreeeeee!
Ummmmm Bridget Jones Diary

Mdrio9 · 06-11-2003, 03:07 AM

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Originally posted by freisss
The Time Machine....bogus, bogus, bogus. I can't believe what they did to that book.

Yeah! What was up with that movie? I thought it sucked!

ixcrisxi · 06-11-2003, 03:29 AM

I also didn't like:
Supernova
Signs
Daddy Daycare

Eh... What can you do?

They were either completely boring at parts or too stupid to be real. Signs was so fake near the end. Supernova had too much nudity and absolutely no plot. Daddy Daycare just didn't hold my interest at all (I almost fell asleep in the theater

).

jamie · 06-11-2003, 03:55 AM

Training Day- I really tried to like it but it didn't hit me at all. Sorry Denzel.

Shayla · 06-11-2003, 06:32 AM

I thought I would love "Smilla's Sense of Snow," the movie adaptation of the book by Peter Hoeg.

Yes, it is easy to get disappointed when seeing a movie version of a favorite novel.

But this situation is a bit different. All I wanted to see was one scene, just one scene. I wanted to see the scene played out. It is one of my favorite scenes from a book ever.

In it Smilla carefully articulates her love of math with a man who, the meantime, cooks her an elaborate lobster dinner.

Math and food--it is a delicious (and incredibly sexy) passage. Yet, they left it out of the movie adaptation. The adaptation was bad for other reasons, too (incomplete portrayal of the protagonist, for one). However, leaving out this scene was neglectful.

hazyshadeof · 06-11-2003, 07:40 AM

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Originally posted by Shayla
Math and food--it is a delicious (and incredibly sexy) passage. Yet, they left it out of the movie adaptation. The adaptation was bad for other reasons, too (incomplete portrayal of the protagonist, for one). However, leaving out this scene was neglectful.

Shayla... I haven't read this book, but you make me want to. The "math" thing reminds me of a book by Aimee Bender called Invisible Sign of My Own - one of those flawed characters who does everything in relation to a number. I know you have a "list" - but throw this on there somewhere, you'd like it.

06-10-2003, 05:22 PM	#1
GAMBITX Can't Wait For Survivor8 Join Date: May 2003 Age: 25 Posts: 42	Movies you thought you would LOVE but hated.. Ever been DYING to see a movie, then when you see it, you can't believe you wanted to see it? Mine: -Pearl Harbor -Bruce Almighty -Chicago (I didn't really hate it, I just didn't get what all the fuss was about..) (For some reason, it seems like a LOT of the Summer Movies are like that..for me anyway..)

06-10-2003, 05:30 PM	#2
spegs Plotting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the land of endless sunshine Age: 35 Posts: 2,226	Anger Managment--not that I expect much from an Adam Sandler movie, but when my husband pressured me into seeing it with him, I expected a few laughs for my trouble. __________________ "Look, you love me, and I love you. Maybe in a different time, a different place, this would work out. But we both know that only one of us is leaving this room alive, and I'm the one holding the flame thrower." - Film Fakers

06-10-2003, 05:57 PM	#4
spegs Plotting Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: In the land of endless sunshine Age: 35 Posts: 2,226	That reminds me how much I hated the movie version of "Circle of "Friends." They just ripped the spine out of one of my favorites. __________________ "Look, you love me, and I love you. Maybe in a different time, a different place, this would work out. But we both know that only one of us is leaving this room alive, and I'm the one holding the flame thrower." - Film Fakers

06-11-2003, 03:29 AM	#7
ixcrisxi The Truth Is Out There Join Date: May 2003 Location: Moorhead, Minnesota Age: 21 Posts: 692	I also didn't like: Supernova Signs Daddy Daycare Eh... What can you do? They were either completely boring at parts or too stupid to be real. Signs was so fake near the end. Supernova had too much nudity and absolutely no plot. Daddy Daycare just didn't hold my interest at all (I almost fell asleep in the theater ). __________________ MULDER: It's still there, Scully. 200,000 years down in the ice. SCULLY: Leave it there.

06-10-2003, 05:53 PM	#3
freisss Sloth love Chunk! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: MA Posts: 151	The Time Machine....bogus, bogus, bogus. I can't believe what they did to that book.

06-11-2003, 01:32 AM	#5
firegirl FORT Fogey Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Waiting to watch the red carpet Age: 42 Posts: 3,007	Oh Spegs I agreeeeee! Ummmmm Bridget Jones Diary

06-11-2003, 03:55 AM	#8
jamie FORT Regular Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: South/midwest Age: 22 Posts: 69	Training Day- I really tried to like it but it didn't hit me at all. Sorry Denzel.

06-11-2003, 06:32 AM	#9
Shayla FORT Spaghettio Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 35 Posts: 1,408	I thought I would love "Smilla's Sense of Snow," the movie adaptation of the book by Peter Hoeg. Yes, it is easy to get disappointed when seeing a movie version of a favorite novel. But this situation is a bit different. All I wanted to see was one scene, just one scene. I wanted to see the scene played out. It is one of my favorite scenes from a book ever. In it Smilla carefully articulates her love of math with a man who, the meantime, cooks her an elaborate lobster dinner. Math and food--it is a delicious (and incredibly sexy) passage. Yet, they left it out of the movie adaptation. The adaptation was bad for other reasons, too (incomplete portrayal of the protagonist, for one). However, leaving out this scene was neglectful.