don't you hate it when the hype train
builds to an anticlimax welcome to
watchmojo.com the year 2000 onward that
promised us so much and delivered so
little while not all of these movies are
downright awful per se we definitely
wouldn't say no to a full refund my
sympathies oh I believe sister number 20
Quantum of Solace bombed I need you back
I never left after the Pierce Brosnan
era ended on such a humiliating note the
James Bond franchise came roaring back
to life with Casino Royale
what a grittier tone and Daniel Craig's
darker portrayal we were ready for a new
golden age of double-oh-seven while
Quantum of Solace is by no means the
worst Bond movie it was a significant
step backwards coming off such a
game-changer whereas Casino Royale took
chances around every corner this sequel
played it safe with non-stop action a
forgettable plot and little insight into
the man behind the spy thankfully
Skyfall got Bond back on track although
the series hit another rough patch with
a mixed bag that was Spectre huh we're
noticing a star trek-like pattern with
these movies number 19 The Mummy while
not many people were pleading with
Universal to develop a dark universe the
idea of seeing all the classic monsters
joined forces definitely show promise
in what's got to be a record
the mummy killed the cinematic universe
right out of the sarcophagus actually
this wasn't even universals first
attempt at a shared universe of monsters
as Dracula untold was originally seen as
a potential launching point the fact
that Universal dropped the ball twice
made the mummy all the more infuriating
this movie started world-building
without even deciding what it wanted to
be combining elements of the Avengers
Mission Impossible and the Brendan
Fraser mummy movies Universal turn in a
muddled mess that tried pleasing
everybody but satisfied
nobody number 18 the League of
Extraordinary Gentlemen the lxg brings
together some of literature's most
famous figures from Tom Sawyer to
Captain Nemo to Henry Jekyll and mr.
Hyde at the forefront is the og James
Bond Sean Connery as Alan Quartermaine
throw in the director of blade and you
have a snoozefest
you were invulnerable to huh I don't
like to boast given the colorful cast of
characters not to mention the inventive
source material by Alan Moore and Kevin
O'Neill this movie should have had no
trouble living up to its title
there is nothing extraordinary about the
steampunk adventure however that is
unless we're talking about how
extraordinarily dull it is we're not
saying that this movie killed any
careers
although Stephen Norrington hasn't
directed anything since and Connery did
retire right after so yeah this was kind
of a career killer stay back
number 17 Jurassic Park 3 Jurassic Park
was the highest grossing movie upon
release and even decades later it is
still what many of us associate with the
term blockbuster check Heroes is
anything right now
I will pay you the money no matter what
while the lost world wasn't on the same
level as its predecessor it at least
understood that a Jurassic Park movie is
supposed to feel epic
none of that gravitas is on display in
Jurassic Park 3 everything from the
uninspired title to the inexplicably
brief runtime comes off as phoned in
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hello the special effects aren't
especially special the plot feels like
it was recycled from a b-movie and the
dinosaurs lack the dread that they once
filled us with well that's what happens
when you trade in a Tyrannosaurus Rex
for a Spinosaurus seriously are you
trying to be a downgrade number 16 The
Hangover Part 2 seriously what is wrong
with you three so much trace I don't
even know where to begin
we'll admit that the hangover isn't
exactly the easiest movie to make a
sequel to the 2009 hit told a
self-contained story about three guys
trying to piece together their wild
night of drunken escapades
aside from where the chicken came from
everything is resolved by the end so
what can you do beyond that apparently
nothing because the hangover part ii was
the exact same movie save a change of
scenery and substituting a monkey for
the chicken
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it literally feels like they copy and
pasted the first movie script changed a
couple of words and called it a day on
top of being unbelievably lazy the
sequel is bizarrely mean-spirited with
one character losing a finger
who wrote this thing Arthur Fleck number
15 lady in the water it may sound
strange now but there was a time when M
night Shyamalan was hailed as the new
master of horror while the endings -
signs in the village were polarizing I
need to still got excited whenever they
heard the name Shauna lon alas lady in
the water is where Shyamalan officially
went off the deep end forever changing
the public's perception of him the film
was apparently inspired by a bedtime
story Shyamalan cooked up for his kids
but the script reads more like something
you jot down on a bar napkin after
having one too many it's precisely the
moment where the mutation or beast will
attempt to kill an unlikable side
character this is the very definition of
a vanity project
right down to Shyamalan himself playing
a savior of sorts and a cynical film
critic getting his comeuppance subtle
anything you know I don't think I'm
anything special number 14 Eragon the
time of the Dragon Riders has come again
this adaptation of Christopher Paolini
fantasy novel came out following Peter
Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy and
the first few Harry Potter movies it
really shows in the end product which
feels like a half-hearted attempt to
cash in on the swords and sorcerers
trend magic must be a last resort it has
rules he has limitations
there is nothing remotely unique about
the film from the stock characters to
the generic setting to the formulaic
plot some critics may argue that the
source material suffered from similar
issues but one thing the Paolini's book
got down that this movie didn't was the
bond between Eragon and his dragon
Saphira that's what gave the story a
beating heart but their relationship is
far too rushed and exposition heavy year
thus this planned film franchise
immediately went up in smoke
number 13 fantastic beasts the crimes of
Grindelwald we may not know who he is
yet but he needs to be fine
my brother you might be the one to find
him
the first fantastic beasts was a
promising start to a new chapter in the
Wizarding World but sadly the crimes of
Grindelwald sucked out much of the
Wonder and whimsy that made people fall
in love with JK Rowling's original
creation rolling screen playing
needlessly shoehorned in characters from
the books without doing anything
interesting with them this took away
from screen time that could have been
used to develop new to Tina and other
principal characters the story somehow
managed to be both convoluted and
uneventful making the crimes of
Grindelwald feel like a minor stepping
stone in a franchise that fans aren't
even sure they want anymore
plus there were barely any fantastic
beasts this time around mr. Scamander
do you think on number 12 The Dark Tower
if the past decade proved anything it's
that the works of Stephen King are still
ripe for Hollywood who are you - I'm
Jake Jake chambers since the Dark Tower
series is largely seen as his crowning
achievement it seemed like a good idea
to bring the gunslinger and the man in
black to the silver screen rather than
focusing on the page-turning rivalry
between those two however the film saw
little Jake chambers take center stage
the results thus felt less like The Dark
Tower
and more like a last-ditch effort to
cash in on the dwindling young adult
movie craze the film wasn't even a
direct adaptation of kings books instead
delivering a bland continuation that
confused newcomers enraged fans and
completely missed the point of its
source material
number eleven Zoolander - this
long-awaited sequel immediately got off
on the wrong foot revealing that Derek's
wife is dead his son got taken away and
his Center for kids who can't read good
has been destroyed maybe it's time to
engage with the world again think about
it man this could be a sign what if it's
a stop sign Billy because that's what we
wanted to see having a Derek after 15
years but hey the plot doesn't really
matter in a Zoolander movie Zoolander
twos biggest crime is that it's
virtually devoid of anything resembling
comedy right whoo what happened to us
whereas the first film was stupid yet
clever this follow-up wound up being
just plain dumb and even lazy not only
were the celebrity cameos totally wasted
but a majority of the gags were recycled
didn't anyone working on the film notice
this it feels like we're taking crazy
pills number 10
Prometheus with Ridley Scott returning
to the director's chair fans were ready
for Prometheus to breathe new life into
the Alien franchise Oh would you go to
get what you came all this way for this
prequel admittedly wasn't without some
stunning visuals intriguing ideas and
compelling performances particularly
from Noomi Rapace and Michael Fassbender
instead of delving deeper into this
universes mythology though the film just
asked a ton of questions with few
answers did we mention the co-creator of
lost co-wrote this we're not saying that
this movie needed to explain everything
but the mysteries laid out here aren't
exactly gripping and in the end we don't
really care what it all meant while not
the franchise's darkest hour Prometheus
was nonetheless
a snooze fest and the last thing we
should be in an alien movie is bored I'm
supposed to go home number 9 the
Terminator sequels reboots and sequels
if we had to single out one franchise
that's led us down the most this past
decade it would have to be the
Terminator coming off two near-perfect
movies
rise of the machines was just a little
too awkward and goofy Katherine Brewster
salvation had the opposite problem
tearing out the franchise's soul in
favor of grainy action Oh couldn't me
that's why I don't trust you I'm the
only hope you have
Genesis attempted to wipe the slate
clean but it's somehow left the slate
even messier than before dark fate was
essentially an apology for the past
three films and while it tried much
harder to please longtime fans it was
still too little too late the happily
ever after alternate ending to
Terminator 2 might have been corny but
we gladly take it over for disappointing
sequels and Counting number eight Green
Lantern Deadpool isn't the only one who
would love to expunge this movie from
Ryan Reynolds resume you're impertinent
Al Jordan your rash volatile opinionated
it seems I've been so I found another
just like himself for decades Green
Lantern was one of the most beloved and
respected heroes in the DC pantheon
after this lackluster adaptation landed
though Green Lantern started to become
the butt of the joke and it's gonna take
an incredible reboot to restore his
former glory until then we're stuck with
an uninspired origin story that falls
back on every overused superhero trope
and packs in so much CGI that it could
be mistaken for a cartoon we're just
glad that Reynolds went on to make much
better superhero movies and so did his
co-star Tycho OTT yeah you forgot he was
in this too didn't you right number
seven The Hobbit franchise given the
success of Peter Jackson's Lord of the
Rings trilogy it was only a matter of
time until the Hobbit hit theaters fans
were given cause for concern when news
broke that this relatively short
children's book was being turned into a
- movie epic which inevitably became a
three movie epic if we have read these
signs do you not think all those will
have read them - although The Hobbit
trilogy had a theatrical runtime of
almost eight hours we didn't get to know
anybody very well the dwarves were
mostly glorified extras the new
characters contributed little
and even Bilbo got lost in the shuffle
if you edited the trilogy's best bits
into a single film we'd have a worthy
successor to the Lord of the Rings as is
though getting through this drawn-out
journey could feel like a chore studies
in there
I see people show no that's what he
wants he was situation number 6 Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull between George Lucas's Star Wars
prequels and Steven Spielberg giving et
and unnecessary CGI makeover the writing
was truly on the wall for this 4th
Indiana Jones crusade nevertheless we
all went into the theater wearing
optimistic smiles but left with our
faces melted
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we're all familiar with the laundry list
of criticisms for this movie the
inconceivable presence of aliens the
over-reliance on cgi the complete
disregard for the laws of refrigerator
physics
Shia LaBeouf playing Shia LaBeouf
playing Indy Sun etc what's worse the
film was coming off a universally
beloved trilogy that many felt ended on
just the right note almost two decades
earlier
whatever adventures lie on the horizon
for dr. Jones it's hard to imagine a
bigger letdown than this number five The
Last Airbender on the one hand anyone
who is looking forward to the Last
Airbender should have known they were
setting themselves up for disappointment
as wonderful as the animated series is
you can't condense an entire seasons
worth of storylines into a feature film
and expect the same results on the other
hand it was a live action version of
avatar at the bare minimum this
adaptation should have offered some
inventive action sequences inspired
casting choices and fun recreations of
beloved scenes with M night Shyamalan
helming the project however the action
was sluggish the casting was mystifying
and the best moments from the show were
robbed of their humanity whatever the in
development live-action Netflix series
has in store for us at least nothing
will ever be worse than this one he had
a vision at the southern air temple
prayer field he talked to a dragon
spirit who he thinks can help us he
thinks if he goes to another spiritual
place he can get back to the spirit
world I don't think that's a good idea
number 4 x-men The Last Stand
come on grow those back sure x-men
origins was more insulting but we
weren't prepared for the worst by that
point the last stand on the other hand
was the follow-up to two of the
century's most influential superhero
movies this third installment is far
more bombastic than its predecessors
which would be all right if it had
strong character development and a
focused narrative to back it up
unfortunately the film packs in far too
many characters some of which primarily
exist just to be unceremoniously axed
and the story is all over the place
you're making me blush you reading my
thoughts what should have been an epic
conclusion to the initial trilogy
instead ended with a facepalm after such
a colossal disappointment at least
Hollywood would never make the same
mistakes in another superhero movie
right number three
spider-man 3 my god Eddie oh my spider
sense is tingling if you know what I'm
talking about it's funny slash
infuriating how Sam Raimi spider-man
trilogy followed the same trajectory as
the x-men trilogy the first to set a new
standard for superhero movies and their
impact is still felt today the scars
that the third movie left behind remain
intact as well like many other modern
blockbusters spider-man 3 was so focused
on fanservice that it never stopped to
consider what fans truly want a coherent
story the film she warned in a plethora
of villains supporting players and ideas
that could never be fleshed out in just
one movie
well the spider-man franchise would live
on this film demolished our faith in
Sony as well as our interest in this
particular continuity and all it took
was one emo haircut
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number two
The Matrix Revolutions while the Matrix
Reloaded had its issues we were willing
to let those shortcomings slide as long
as revolutions provided the landing okay
you got yourself in here you can get
yourself out this grand finale didn't
just fly too close to the Sun however it
flew directly into the Sun and caused
the lights to go out submerging the
franchise into nearly two decades of
perpetual darkness perhaps the most
disappointing aspect of this matrix
equal is that it doesn't delve much
deeper into the actual matrix instead we
get to watch neo hanging out at a subway
people standing around talking and a
climax that rips off everything from
aliens to Dragon Ball Z it all builds to
a hokey storybook ending complete with a
rainbow that needs to be retconned in
matrix for when we ever see him again
I suspect
jeongae I sound like a broken record but
the Dark Tower was a travesty and it's
only number 12 on this list can you
imagine how disappointing our number one
is gonna be let's look through some
honorable or dishonorable mentions and
then we'll find out which 21st century
movie has bummed us out the most so far
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Chris Marley the basic concept is this I
play an LAPD cop who isn't who he seems
he's a paranoid schizophrenic who has a
supernatural gift he sees things your
Frank Walker right my name is Casey and
I want you to take me there take you
where by the screaming no no no there
they're not screaming he says orcs more
solves everything
then why is he here God because we're
gay just save my people you've always
thought you could come in here and steal
all these beautiful what a / thank dear
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Superman dawn of Justice
what does that mean why did you say that
man you could argue that Suicide Squad
was the lesser film but the DCE use
avalanche of disappointments started
with this train wreck how do you screw
up a live action movie that finally
unites Batman and Superman on the big
screen for that matter how do you botch
a movie that borrows from the Dark
Knight Returns and the death of Superman
well you remove all the color crammed in
and dozen other DC characters cast Jesse
Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and hire the guy
who directed the sucker punch to tie it
all together that's how boys boom Bruce
Wayne meets Clark Kent I love it I love
bringing people together how are we
Batman vs Superman was such a colossal
letdown that our hopes for Justice
League were crushed and we're just gonna
say it the Snyder cut would not have
magically fixed everything do you agree
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