Re: Most disappointing films.

D wrote:

  On Mon, 17 Feb 2025, William Hyde wrote:
 

In a conversation the other day I came up with a list of these, and to my surprise they were all SF/F.
 (1) The Return of the Jedi
 (2) The Lord of the Rings (Bakshi version)
 (3) Dune (Lynch version).
 Not that I haven't seen far worse movies, but in each of these cases I was expecting something better.
 Of course other people may have different lists.  And I did like Dune somewhat more the second time I saw it.
 William Hyde

 I agree with Dune. LOTR (b) I saw when I was 12, haven't seen it since, so cannot say. I like 1. On my list are all the new star wars movies. Absolutely horrible! They should have let the original 3 stand, and not produce prequels that dishonored the memory of hte original. =(

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Yes, but those are not disappointments.   They were expected to be bad, and fulfilled expectations perfectly.
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William Hyde
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