Sentences with phrase «movie as a disappointment»

The only reason I'm rating this movie as a disappointment is because it was sold as something else and didn't deliver.

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Perhaps this blasé disappointment in «The Canyons» is typical of Schrader, as seen in his earlier movies with George C. Scott «Hard Core,» let alone Richard Gere's «American Gigolo.»

Among the many things the movie made me think about was this: perhaps if we want to have long - lasting love we have to keep finding new things to love about each other instead of just thinking of our beloved as static — he's this, she's that — which, as Clementine and Joel discover, only leads to frustration, disappointment and, eventually, rejection.

The picture is an enormous disappointment... The result is one of the most self - consciously grimy movies on record - it looks as if the negative were developed in a mud bath.

The ensemble is a disappointment, though some truly hardcore horror fans will like a few of the casing choices, such as B - movie scream queen Barbara Crampton (Body Double, Re-Animator) as the mother, schlock writer / director / actor Larry Fessenden (Habit, The Last Winter) as one of the first victims, and director Ti West (Drinking Buddies, Silver Bullets) as one of the significant others.

To some David O. Russell fans, every movie the writer - director has made this decade qualifies as a disappointment.

Not only does the uneven Tomorrowland ultimately disappoint as a Bird film, its failure carries potential disappointment for Disney fans hoping the company might find a reason to produce more in - house movies beyond live - action recreations of their classic cartoons.

That Tyler is a disappointment as an actress is underscored by the fact that when Bertolucci turns to events that have only to do with her, the movie goes a bit dead.

And while the almost Napoleon Dynamite-esque sensibilities of Andy Stock and Rick Stempson's screenplay might be enough to sustain the interest of certain viewers, it's ultimately impossible not to view the movie as anything more than a disappointment (albeit one that boasts a central performance that needs to be seen to be believed).

By Bob Bloom When you have reviewed movies for as long as I have, your reactions vary from exhilaration to disappointment to disgust.

Although it sets itself up for the possibility of a sequel, as a first entry, it's a bit of a disappointment that so much expense and energy, plus some very good performances, couldn't result in a more satisfying movie.

Overall, the lack of noticeable improvement in the audio presentation is definitely a disappointment, especially for a musical with a collection of songs as memorable as most of Muppet Movie's tunes are.

That doesn't change the fact that there are still some movies that you want to see more than others, and as long as you don't mind the possibility of disappointment, it's okay to let your inner fanboy out every once in a while.

We did get some good ones: Annette Bening on the verge of tears of disappointment when Natalie Portman went up on stage; Helena Bonham Carter saying (correctly, as it turned out) to her seat neighbour, «I won't win» during the best supporting actress announcements; Harvey Weinstein glowering menacingly every time any movie other than The King's Bloody Speech was mentioned; Justin Timberlake only starting to laugh at Randy Newman's speech when he noticed the camera was on him — but it was not enough.

As I expected, despite a relatively modest budget of just $ 25 million, the movie still ended up a commercial disappointment, grossing just $ 32 million domestic and a quarter of that overseas.

I found The Hangover Part II to be a major disappointment, mainly because it was the exact same movie as the first pic with only a change of setting.

Directed with the usual dark and bleak look of Zack Snyder films like last year's fan disappointment Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, the new movie fails to find the fun in all of this and ranks as a setback for the genre after three previous winners this year: Wonder Woman, Spider - Man: Homecoming and the current Thor: Ragnarok.

The problem of what to do with Katie (Lyndsy Fonseca) is easily handled as the movie quickly, much to my disappointment, writes Fonseca's character out of the movie never to be heard from, or spoken of, again.

Now, despite their status as the ceremony to find the worst movies of the year, the Razzies tend mostly toward big - budget disappointments.

If the target audience of teens and «tweens went to the multiplexes expecting that magical a movie, they were setting themselves up for disappointment, because «Prom,» though solid as a made - for - TV movie, isn't a «forever» experience.

Such a disappointment: The new Jason Bateman - Rachel McAdams movie billed as «action - comedy» by the marketing department at Warner Brothers had a gorgeous package and brilliant advertising, promising some grown - up entertainment with a mischievous twist.

As we all know, that DC Comics adaptation proved a commercial and critical disappointment and Reynolds himself has excoriated it on numerous occasions (including in the first Deadpool movie).

While the wait may come as a disappointment to diehard SHIELD fans, there's a very good chance that holding off the show's return could actually be a very good thing given the lineup of Marvel's upcoming movies.

So once again with THE HOBBIT we're in a scenario of discussing a movie that is going to make a metric pantload of money as being some kind of a «disappointment.»

What's a disappointment is how surprisingly tame the comedy feels and how conventional the movie feels as a whole, but if it's simple, off - the - wall entertainment you're after, you're going to leave the theater mighty happy.

The movie was a critical disappointment when it came out and Leonard Maltin's Guide went as far as to assign a «Bomb» rating.

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For is, by no means, a bad movie, but there is a bit of a disappointment that it just isn't as good as the first one.

Inarritu is out to make a statement about his disappointment with certain aspects of modern society, namely social media, the preponderance of superhero movies, and the faults of criticism as an enterprise.

Diesel left the series (his character, Xander Cage, was killed off in a DVD supplement and replaced by Ice Cube for the poorly received sequel xXx: State of The Union) to embark on a string of drama, sci - fi and family - comedy roles; but after a string of disappointments with Chronicles of Riddick, Find Me Guilty and Babylon A.D. he ultimately returned to the Fast series - only to see it reborn as an ensemble action franchise that's now one of the biggest and most beloved movie properties in the world.

The result is a game that should entertain fans of the movie, and even a few who haven't seen it, though there may be some disappointment in graphics that aren't as polished as THQ's WALL * E — which released last year.

DAVID SALLE survives his premiere as a movie director, if not with flying colors, at least without egg on his face - a great disappointment, I'm sure, for those jealous members of the New York City art world who won't forgive him for being successful and famous in the»80s.