Re: Most disappointing films.

On Feb 18, 2025, William Hyde wrote
(in article <vp2i8d$1qc5l$1@dont-email.me>):

Ted Nolan <tednolan>  wrote:

In article<f0dc1e8c-b338-1261-cf4d-5ff6d5f503e4@example.net>,
D <nospam@example.net>  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. =(

>
Rogue One is pretty good.

>
I don't subscribe to the SF channel, but they were on for free over the
holidays and I taped a pile of Star Wars films. So I was able to watch
Rogue one last night, and agree that it is better than most of the
others. Not a disappointment.
>
But it was just jam-packed with stupidity, which can work with a light
hearted space opera like Empire, but not in this case. It's nice that
the moral landscape of the characters is more complex, but that requires
a concomitant improvement in plotting to have any real effect.
>
Still, I enjoyed the first half of the movie. The second half I found
to be dreadful.
>
I didn't realize that there's an actor out there whose entire career
seems to be as zombie Peter Cushing.
>

>
I actually quite enjoyed TFA, but then I didn't believe Han was
actually dead (I was pretty sure that with the big build-up on Maz,
her connection with the Force and having gotten a light saber
possibly through teleportational menas that she was going to pull
some mojo that would be revealed later. TMF me.)

>
That I have yet to see.
>
William Hyde

you didn’t miss much. it could have been worse. it did get worse, in the
third sequel. still not as bad as the third prequel.