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Films/Shows that you thought you'd love but didn't.

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TheTroubleWithShoes · 09/05/2021 20:06

What films/shows disappointed you?

There's so many but the first that comes to mind for me is Amadeus. I love Mozart and I love Biopics but I hated this. It took me several attempts to get through it. I thought it was so dull and Mozart was utterly insufferable.(Probably the point but he annoyed me so much that I gave up.

Another is The Grand Budapest Hotel. I love Ralph Fiennes and I thought it looked funny and utterly charming but I really didn't enjoy it. Having tried a few other Wes Anderson films, I think that he just isn't for me.

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PrincessesRUs · 09/05/2021 20:07

Parks and recreation- the odd bits been funny but it's nowhere near as good as I thought

suckingonchillidogs · 09/05/2021 20:33

Schitts Creek - so many people love it and I thought I would too. Nearly finished season 2 and I'm just not getting what everyone else seems to see in it

Spudlet · 09/05/2021 20:34

Breaking Bad. I gave it a good few episodes but I just couldn’t get into it. I think it had been overhyped and our expectations were a bit too high tbh.

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Standrewsschool · 09/05/2021 20:35

La La land - love musicals but never been able to get into this

A Star is Born - as above, although I do like the music from this

Marlena1 · 09/05/2021 20:38

The Fall - completely my kind of thing and I love Jamie Dornan but I just didn't enjoy it (although I can appreciate it was really well done).

Londonmummy66 · 09/05/2021 20:40

Last Christmas - so disappointing

adawong · 09/05/2021 20:50

Hamilton. Tried to watch it 3 or 4 times barely made 45 minutes, so bloody dull.

WildRosie · 09/05/2021 20:52

Half Moon Street - Sigourney Weaver and Michael Caine. Balderdash. I didn't watch it to the end.

Standrewsschool · 09/05/2021 20:53

@adawong

Hamilton. Tried to watch it 3 or 4 times barely made 45 minutes, so bloody dull.
I agree,. My DS raved about Hamilton. Just couldn’t into the film, and turned it off after thirty minute.

(I can see a theme developing, but I do love musicals, ho est)

gabsdot45 · 09/05/2021 20:55

Shrek the musical.
I love the Shrek movies but this was extremely lame.

GlutenFreeGingerCake · 09/05/2021 20:56

Dolly Parton's Christmas musical, I like Dolly but it was not my cup of tea.

Gingernaut · 09/05/2021 21:00

The Godfather Part 3

Indulgent direction, poor casting, over long and played in cinemas with an interval.

Story was good, but the acting from the younger characters was poor.

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LubaLuca · 09/05/2021 21:05

Parks and Recreation. Nowhere near enough laughs per episode.

Allbymyself1 · 09/05/2021 21:10

Yes Londonmummy66!
Was looking forward to Last Christmas for months, love George Micheal and his music, liked a lot of films with Emma Thompson in and loved Whatshername in Me Before You but I came out of the cinema really disappointed! 😥
Didn't like Judy either, just made her seem so pathetic and desperate which may have been true but I didn't like thinking of her that way. Also Renee seems to have a very distinctive way of smoking and every scene in Judy where she smoked, I just saw Bridget Jones!

BackforGood · 09/05/2021 21:12

Schindler's List - really couldn't 'connect' emotionally. I expected to be drawn in, and be in floods of tears. I generally like true stories.

La La Land - I'd heard the marmite reviews, but am generally a fan of a musical, but I couldn't 'get it' at all and turned it off.

Hamilton - I did watch to the end, but I was disappointed considering the rave reviews.

Sleepyquest · 09/05/2021 21:15

I'm not sure anyone loves Schindler's list @BackforGood !! It's harrowing but very well done and an important film

Darklane · 09/05/2021 21:17

La La Land. I love musicals but turned it off. Same with Les Miserables, The Glums we call it.

Mr Turner, about the painter.

Peterloo.

HelloOldSport · 09/05/2021 21:18

Yes to Hamilton! I was bored stiff and just did not find the storyline one bit interesting.

The Breakfast Club. Thought it would be brilliant because it's so talked about, but I just thought it was so dull. Can't even remember what happened.

GrouchyKiwi · 09/05/2021 21:18

Van Helsing tv show. Usually that kind of thing is right up my street but this was too serious and too icky. I hoped it would be more like the gloriously terrible film, which I adore.

Ditto The Alienist. I enjoy serial killer shows, but that felt like it gloried in the horror.

MiddleClassProblem · 09/05/2021 21:19

@PrincessesRUs and @LubaLuca did you get past the first series of Parks and Rec? Because the first series is a dud and completely different from the rest of it.

LunaNorth · 09/05/2021 21:19

YY to Mr Turner. I had to turn it off, I couldn’t bear all the snot.

VienneseWhirligig · 09/05/2021 21:22

I can't get into Hamilton. DS thinks I'm a heathen, and says it's the greatest musical he's seen (and he's a big musicals fan) but it isn't for me.

Brooklyn 99 is another one - I can take or leave it, it doesn't irritate me if it's on in the background but I wouldn't choose to watch it.

Comefromaway · 09/05/2021 21:22

La La Land definitely

Funny Girl

I loved Hamilton.

Susie477 · 09/05/2021 21:29

Star Wars : Phantom Menace.

I loved the SW films as a kid, and I'm old enough to have seen them all at release, so I was hugely excited to see Phantom Menace. It took about 15 minutes for me to realise that I was watching total crap. I left before the end, and haven’t watched a SW film since.

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