Whereas reflecting on the highs and lows of a yr previous, we’ll admit it’s greatest to remain optimistic. We’ll additionally admit it’s enjoyable, in a masochistic kind of method, to ruminate some time on the extra dismaying occasions of the previous 12 months. As a result of films are inclined to fall someplace on the dimensions between “good” and “unhealthy,” not every little thing that got here out this yr made it into everybody’s favorites.
So let’s give in to our worst impulses and spotlight not simply the unhealthy stuff, however the stuff that was simply actually, actually disappointing. It’s simple sufficient to resolve on what was unhealthy, and usually the actually unhealthy stuff by no means actually has any hope of being good. It being unhealthy, then, doesn’t come as a shock. However the disappointing stuff nearly hits worse — primarily as a result of there was a lot potential for it to have been higher.
For this record, these are the films we’re working with, those with promising premises, beloved administrators, a killer solid, and/or incredible supply materials to work from. And but, for no matter motive, none of this stuff was sufficient to make them good, and our pleasure to see them rapidly died a couple of minutes in, after we realized, uh oh, what have they accomplished? We’re not saying you aren’t allowed to take pleasure in these, however we’re saying that they have been unhealthy (and even merely okay) when they need to have been nice.
The Most Disappointing Motion pictures of 2024
These films have been method worse than merely unhealthy.
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The Worst Motion pictures of 2024
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