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Posted by Cloudburst on Sep-20-2010 16:52:

Movies you were excited to see as a kid, but ended up being a disappointment

I'll start.

Gorillas in the Mist: The Story of Dian Fossey
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095243/

I heard the title and naturally assumed it was gonna be like awesome fucking king kong action! Huge disappointment and I still haven't seen it completely.

The Pink Panther
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/

I was so excited since I thought it was supposed to be a cartoon movie. I fucking lived for cartoons since we had only 3 channels and they showed very little cartoons. I was seriously a cartoon starved kid. Although my dad encouraged me to see it all and there were some funny parts (the hide and seek in the apartment!), but mostly boring for a 4 year old.

Posted by Halcyon+On+On on Sep-20-2010 16:54:

Child's Play

Posted by ZeJayMan on Sep-20-2010 16:54:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119718/

One of the worst of all time.

Posted by Cloudburst on Sep-20-2010 16:56:

Also: s01e01 of twin peaks

Bob scared me shitless. I couldn't sleep for weeks. I had been all tough and insisted to dad that I could see it.

Posted by Zoso on Sep-20-2010 18:06:

Sort of a reverse from the thread title, but I Netflixed The Last Starfighter the other day. Gotta get around to watching that this week. Something tells me it may not hold the same appeal as it did back in the day.

Posted by Intellekshual on Sep-20-2010 18:14:

I honestly can't think of any.

This doesn't count because the movie was superb - but I was really disappointed when Mufasa died.

Posted by Acton on Sep-20-2010 18:17:

Re: Movies you were excited to see as a kid, but ended up being a disappointment

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Originally posted by Cloudburst
The Pink Panther
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057413/

I was so excited since I thought it was supposed to be a cartoon movie.

Yeah, I thought it was a cartoon as well, I was rather disappointed when I first watched it.

Posted by WittyHandle on Sep-20-2010 18:25:

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Originally posted by Zoso
Sort of a reverse from the thread title, but I Netflixed The Last Starfighter the other day. Gotta get around to watching that this week. Something tells me it may not hold the same appeal as it did back in the day.

I've actually re-watching movies from my youth because I want to remember them as I did when I was a kid, and to see them now might lessen that.

Except Princess Bride. That movie will never change in my eyes.

Posted by Zoso on Sep-20-2010 18:30:

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Originally posted by WittyHandle
I've actually re-watching movies from my youth because I want to remember them as I did when I was a kid, and to see them now might lessen that.

Except Princess Bride. That movie will never change in my eyes.

Think I'll get Krull next.

Posted by Lira on Sep-20-2010 18:30:

Poltergeist. My parents wouldn't let me watch it because it was supposed to be scary. So, one day, I woke up in the middle of the night and watched it... and slept pretty well afterwards

Posted by Acton on Sep-20-2010 18:41:

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Originally posted by Zoso
Think I'll get Krull next.

Krull is awesome.

Posted by WittyHandle on Sep-20-2010 18:42:

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Originally posted by Acton
Krull is awesome.

Posted by Zoso on Sep-20-2010 18:43:

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Originally posted by Acton
Krull is awesome.

It certainly was at the time. It will be interesting to see how much of it I recall. If I tried to get the kids to watch anything like that with me they'd think I'd lost it for sure!

Posted by Acton on Sep-20-2010 18:50:

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Originally posted by Zoso
It certainly was at the time. It will be interesting to see how much of it I recall. If I tried to get the kids to watch anything like that with me they'd think I'd lost it for sure!

I actually watched in last year, as it was on TV. I still really enjoyed it, but nostalgia did probably play a part it that.

Posted by shaka-de-virgo on Sep-20-2010 18:56:

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3.
Super Mario Bros.

Posted by ChemEnhanced on Sep-20-2010 20:48:

The Birds

Posted by itsamemario on Sep-20-2010 21:23:

Re: Re: Movies you were excited to see as a kid, but ended up being a disappointment

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Originally posted by Acton
Yeah, I thought it was a cartoon as well, I was rather disappointed when I first watched it.

we should make an alliance

Posted by Zharen on Sep-20-2010 22:37:

Batman Returns
Puppet Master 4
Street Fighter :facepalm:

Posted by Acton on Sep-20-2010 22:58:

Re: Re: Re: Movies you were excited to see as a kid, but ended up being a disappointment

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Originally posted by dj_alfi
we should make an alliance

The Pink Panther Should Literally Be A Pink Panther Alliance?

Posted by IL Duce on Sep-20-2010 23:30:

Re: Movies you were excited to see as a kid, but ended up being a disappointment

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Originally posted by Cloudburst

simon cowell really let himself go.

Posted by AMMORA on Sep-20-2010 23:33:

not really a disappointment but funny either way..when i was like 5 or 6 my mom rented my favorite movie--The CareBears Movie-- from West Coast Video...got it home, she puts it in the VCR and I sit in front of the TV ready for my favorite bears to do caring bear shit...and what comes on? effing Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 when he's chopping the fuck outta people. I wasn't traumatized, I was one pissed off little girl..wtf carebears..

Posted by BTG on Sep-20-2010 23:58:

Posted by bas on Sep-21-2010 00:06:

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Originally posted by BTG

You shut the fuck up, this movie was amazing.

Posted by itsamemario on Sep-21-2010 00:31:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
You shut the fuck up, this movie was amazing.

Easy there, Mac.

Posted by Acton on Sep-21-2010 00:33:

quote:
Originally posted by bas
You shut the fuck up, this movie was amazing.

Hell yeah it was.

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