Any films you have been to see that you were disappointed with?

I usually find that if I have read a book, which is subsequently made into a film, the book wins hands down, which is so frustrating and annoying!!

Dunkirk agree with that. La la land and anything musical like mumma Mia and Hamilton. Love Billy Elliott though

Definitely La La Land and also The Greatest Showman

I'm sure that there are literally 1000's of films that 'someone' will consider awful but there will equally be 'someone' who loves each and every one of them.

There are loads of alleged 'greats' that I've refused to watch and people look at me as though I'm weird when I say I've not seen one of them. The list includes but is not limited to, all star wars and rocky films, lala land, et, mama mia etc etc

MayBee70

hollysteers

Hated Turner, Timothy Spaull grunted all the way through and Mamma Mia was an embarrassment.

I disliked Mrs Lowry as well as Turner, the latter being a huge disappointment as I went to see it expecting great things of it. However, in general I usually love anything that Timothy Spall does. I’ve never liked Mamma Mia but did watch the second one the other week, mainly because Cher was in it and she can do no wrong in my eyes.

I loved Mrs Lowry! Just my perfect kind of film.

Pammie1

@HemelBelle. I have the Barbra Streisand/Kris Kristofferson version of A Star is Born on DVD. Way better than the latest miserable offering.

I totally disagree. I loved the version with Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, I still get goosebumps when I hear the song Shallow.

La La Land - tedious.
(I saw Beauty and the Beast in the same week and much preferred it.)

High-Rise with Tom Hiddleston. We walked after an hour or so. Very grim and not what we expected. OH and I went to see Dogville with Nicole Kidman. A three hour film and OH wanted to leave after 10 minutes. We stayed. He despised it and I loved it.

Manchester by the Sea - yawn.

In-laws organised a big family outing to see Cats on stage years ago. I hated it, but had to grateful and very enthusiastic afterwards. (I was grateful - it was over)

FarNorth

La La Land - tedious.
(I saw Beauty and the Beast in the same week and much preferred it.)

Is that the Emily Watson Beaut and the Beast? I had it on dvd and watched it over and over again. Loved it. (wasn’t expecting to).

...I don’t mean Emily Watson....

I remember me and fiancé who was doing RAF flying training in 1970’s going to to a Manchester cinema to see ‘Jonathan Livingstone Seagull’ film which was from an acclaimed book. Absolute rubbish... but fiancé loved it with all the flying. I fell asleep.....

How anyone can say The Revenant I find surprising. Loved it (and seen many times). The Shape of Water, wtf?
And for a current one on Netflix, The Woman in the Window, crapola.

To many to mention these days.

Chardy

In-laws organised a big family outing to see Cats on stage years ago. I hated it, but had to grateful and very enthusiastic afterwards. (I was grateful - it was over)

You sound like me when I managed to drag OH to see Phantom of the Opera, I know it's not a film, we were drinking our half time drinks and I really didn't want to go back for the second half but OH was a Yorkshireman, we'd paid so we had to watch the rest.

I detested Titanic, don't know if it's been mentioned already.
Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven, after 15 minutes I went and sat in the foyer with a crossword while OH watched it.

I loved The Revenant. I thought Moulin Rouge was the biggest load of twaddle ever made!!

lovebeigecardigans1955

I've just remembered The Way We Were which could have done with at least 30 minutes lopping off. I was fidgeting in my seat and willing it to end. There were a few scenes when I thought it was going to finish, but no, still more. I'd rather stick pins in my eyes than watch it again.

Oddly enough I saw that the other day for the first time, I was really disappointed with the ending but did enjoy it. Robert Redford, what's not to like!

Calendargirl

When we were courting, we went to see ‘The Battle Of Britain’.
I found it boring, didn’t know which side was which.

DH was disappointed when we went to see ‘The King And I’, he didn’t realise it was a musical, because it had Yul Bruner in it he assumed it would be a western or an action film!

Oh I recall The Battle of Britain, we had a bubble car, a Messerschmidt, all the way home OH was playing at being a gunner, shooting down the enemy.

Generally I dislike films with a contrived message, there to prick the consciences of the Oscar voters etc!..

Pulp Fiction. Walked out.

I may be one of the very few who liked La La Land.

Really disappointed by the new David Copperfield, which altered the story beyond recognition. What a waste of some excellent actors.

Adrift. Everyone jumped off a yacht without considering how they’d get back on. VERY DEPRESSING.

nanna8

Yes Dunkirk was a huge disappointment, agree.

It was awful

Sparkling

Cats. Dreadful, but I nearly fell off my seat as I went to sleep, I just thought it very weird and boring, would have left but my friends stuck it out but thought the same.

Friends of ours took us to see Cats in London, years ago on stage. They loved it, we hated every minute of it.

Same with happened with Barnum the musical, London stage, starring Michael Crawford, mid 80s - it was dreadful!

La la Land, Cats, Brokeback Mountain.