Your biggest disappointments in the theater...

[Zardoz!]

BTW, if I'd seen it in a theater, I'd add MST3K to the list for being too short, ripping on a halfway decent movie and using 4 letter words not used on the TV show which were just unnecessary...

[SecretAgentSuperDragon]

BTW, if I'd seen it in a theater, I'd add MST3K to the list for being too short, ripping on a halfway decent movie and using 4 letter words not used on the TV show which were just unnecessary...

Ripping on halfway decent movies... you've just alienated over 1/4 of all rifftrax.

People enjoy Casino Royale, ID4, Bourne, 300, Indy, LOTR, etc......

I don't see how ripping on a halfway decent movie can be a complaint if your a fan of rifftrax.

[kodiakthejuggler]

BTW, if I'd seen it in a theater, I'd add MST3K to the list for being too short, ripping on a halfway decent movie and using 4 letter words not used on the TV show which were just unnecessary...

Such a disappointing statement...

[Bob]

It has GOT to be the US Godzilla.   Two friends and I went and we all were godzilla fans.    We started the movie sitting at attention on the edge of our seats.    Half way through we we all slumped over and ripping on it.    Just a disaster.

[RoninFox]

BTW, if I'd seen it in a theater, I'd add MST3K to the list for being too short, ripping on a halfway decent movie and using 4 letter words not used on the TV show which were just unnecessary...

As someone who DID see it in a theater, here's my take.

Yeah it's too short, and the cussing was a little odd when you're used to the characters saying "poopie" and the like, but it was still well worth the price to see it blown up into a full theater experience.

The little problems were likely trying to draw in more viewers instead of focusing on their own fanbase, strikes me as a studio note.  Ah well.

[Jinto]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was just so... American... or something.

[RoninFox]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was just so... American... or something.

I loved seeing that movie, especially for the little things that Douglas was able to change before he passed.  Yeah it's different than the previous versions, but the only version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that closely resembles any other version is when Douglas Adams published the scripts to the radio series.

Also, the extra focus on the Vogons alone kept it from feeling too American for me.  They're clearly the symbol of British bureaucracy.

[Darth Geek]

Tomb Raider. That was the last time I have ever paid full price (non Matinee) for a movie ticket.

[Darth Geek]

I aso like the suggestion of Mortal Combat: Inihilation. When the first one came out I was a teenager, and loved it! Now it is at best a guilty pleasure. But the sequel was Cancer on a stick.

[gbeenie]

I agree with Spider-Man 3 and The Lost World. To those I would add:

30 Days of Night. I had just just gotten done reading the graphic novels, and I really really really wanted to like this movie. Alas, 'twas not to be.

[Jinto]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was just so... American... or something.

I loved seeing that movie, especially for the little things that Douglas was able to change before he passed.  Yeah it's different than the previous versions, but the only version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that closely resembles any other version is when Douglas Adams published the scripts to the radio series.

Also, the extra focus on the Vogons alone kept it from feeling too American for me.  They're clearly the symbol of British bureaucracy.

The biggest problem to me was the dialog and extra-info about the characters. For example, the whole scene with Arthur's house in the beginning lacked something like half the dialog of the book's version of the scene and I don't recall it even alluding to the foreman's lineage that made him an embarrassment to his ancestor.  In other words, most scenes seemed half of what they could've been.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

It has GOT to be the US Godzilla.   Two friends and I went and we all were godzilla fans.    We started the movie sitting at attention on the edge of our seats.    Half way through we we all slumped over and ripping on it.    Just a disaster.

I'll second that.  Especially after such great trailers for same...

Not just the bad interpertation of Godzilla....but the endless Siskel and Ebert crap!

Okay, so you're pissed that Siskel and Ebert panned ID4.  So, go to a therapist and deal with it...don't charge us $8 a piece to listen to you whine.   

[RoninFox]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It was just so... American... or something.

I loved seeing that movie, especially for the little things that Douglas was able to change before he passed.  Yeah it's different than the previous versions, but the only version of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy that closely resembles any other version is when Douglas Adams published the scripts to the radio series.

Also, the extra focus on the Vogons alone kept it from feeling too American for me.  They're clearly the symbol of British bureaucracy.

The biggest problem to me was the dialog and extra-info about the characters. For example, the whole scene with Arthur's house in the beginning lacked something like half the dialog of the book's version of the scene and I don't recall it even alluding to the foreman's lineage that made him an embarrassment to his ancestor.  In other words, most scenes seemed half of what they could've been.

Well they were making a movie, and sometimes things have to be sacrificed for time.  I loved the setup on Arthur's house in the previous versions too, but if they left the narration completely intact the film would have been four hours long at least.  When it comes to the foreman's lineage, that was only in the book anyway.  Keep in mind that the books aren't actually the original source material.  The BBC radio drama didn't have that detail, it was something that Adams decided to flesh out later for a few jokes since he had a lot more space to play with in book form.

[bettertomorrowamy]

I agree.  You have to cut things when you are adapting a book into a movie, otherwise the end product would be 8 hours long.

Much like Lord of the Rings should have been trimmed from the three movies into one.  Did we really need to see the hobbits walk the entire route?  Couldn't they have just shown them walking sometimes, and then cut away and we would just assume they kept walking? 

[Crazy_88s]

My biggest disappointment in the theatre? Cops and Robbersons!!!! As Charlie Brown says... AUUUGGHHH!!!