2007 Wrap-Up: Movies That Were All Hype

December 18th, 2007

Don’t you just love it when you go to the movies and see a trailer that is so eye-catching, so heartbreakingly good that you actually wish you were seeing that movie instead of the one you just paid for? But there’s nothing worse than after months of eagerly awaiting its release, shelling out 13 dollars for a movie that ends up crushing your spirits, your livelihood, your well being… Yes, you’ve just been Punk’d, my friends – and with that in mind, let’s get to my list of movies that were all hype:

Spider-Man 3
Spider-Man steps into the dark side – consider my curiosity piqued – well, that is until I found out that what Sam Raimi and gang considered dark was EMO. Yeah you heard right, EMO – a genre of music that is known for being soft and pansy-like…AND I’m supposed to believe that Peter Parker’s new EMO attitude gives him edge? As edgy as a dull knife. What a bore!

The Darjeeling Limited
Solid cast = Check.
Visually stunning set decoration = Check.
Quirky Wes Anderson cinematography = Check.
A script that doesn’t flow naturally = Check.
One dimensional characters = Check.
Horribly obvious metaphors = Check.

What I learned?

Even creative geniuses struggle. Wes Anderson’s Achilles Heel = expressing human emotion.

The Golden Compass
Nicole Kidman. Daniel Craig. And 180 million dollars later, this fantastical kids flick ends up being the Waterworld of 2007! A disappointment onscreen and in the box office.

The Nanny Diaries
The novel was a NY Times Bestseller. It had solid cast (Laura Linney/Paul Giamatti/ScarJo/Chris Evans/Alicia Keys) and it was slated to be this year’s Devil Wears Prada but what went wrong? People were just sick of the cliched rags to riches love story. But seriously, ScarJo doesn’t make a very believable nanny…Plus, I think ScarHo scared everyone away after her horrendous music video acting debut…

Across The Universe
Julie Taymor’s epic Beatles inspired musical Across the Universe trailer had everyone oohing and awwing in their seats…But this dreadfully cheesy musical turned out to be a complete dud with Bounty on top. Ah yes, the 60s inspired story had cliche written all over it. Unfortunately, visuals don’t suffice for Evan Rachel Wood’s wispy and annoying acting chops.

Evan Almighty
Noah’s Ark in a modern day setting = whomp, whomp.

This is what other MuchDotCom’ers had to say:

Kat
Once
No Country For Old Men
The Darjeeling Limited (didn’t need to see this to know it was overrated)

Mark
Superman Returns
Sicko
The Simpsons

Posted on Tuesday, December 18th, 2007 at 12:18 pm by Leah and is filed under Celebrities & Pop Culture.