disappointing blind buys

[thedude]

which blind buys have you purchased and been disappointed with? when eastern promises came out on people were raving about how good it was but imo i would have rather spent my money on something else. it was an okay movie but i could live without it and it doesn't get good until the last 30 mins.

[ruckus81]

The Game HD DVD
I'm sure there are more in my collection, just can't think of any others right now. I was really looking forward to that and when the review came out when my Amazon order was still shipping I felt like refusing the package. I decided the hell with it it can't be that bad. Yeah. It was. The transfer sucked.

[manictuco87]

Hancock for sure. It had good audio and video but the movie was a total letdown. Good thing I sold it off to someone here on the forums!

[Snowwhite]

I'd have to agree with hancock lol. But I have to admit I was pretty let down with Beowulf .

[taygan315]

For 2008....Speed Racer.

2009..the early favorite is Bangkok Dangerous.

[CaptainCanuck]

Transformers,King Kong,Day After Tomorrow,Hell Ride.

[Jawsfan]

Originally Posted by manictuco87

Hancock for sure. It had good audio and video but the movie was a total letdown. Good thing I sold it off to someone here on the forums!

Make that two for Hancock.

[ocielz]

i'd have to say The Signal bluray, that was a let down. that movie was good the beginning, then it got really boring and the ending was a let down. also all the comedy movies on bluray are a let down, id rather spend money on normal comedy dvd than blu comedies. the only good one so far is Tropic Thunder and Talledega nights, good audio!!

[manictuco87]

Originally Posted by Snowwhite

I'd have to agree with hancock lol. But I have to admit I was pretty let down with Beowulf .

I didn't buy Beowulf, but I rented it on Netflix and I couldn't finish it, it was really bad and surprisingly, graphically violent. But, from what I remember from my high school English class, the story was pretty violent too.

[ruvic]

Zombie Strippers

[BigSlade]

Originally Posted by ruvic

Zombie Strippers

Ha ha ha ha. Good one. Michael Clayton. Got it as part of a buy 2 get 1 free deal, and still regretted it. Just could never get into the movie. I'm pretty selective about what movies I buy, but I've had many that I've regretted renting.

[IceNine]

Batman: Gotham Knight (Blu-ray)

Horrible.

[smockaveli]

when I picked up a PS3 a few months after launch, I just assumed all Blu-ray's looked pretty decent. (I hadn't discovered this site til a month or two later) So my first and most rememerable "disappointing blind buy" would have to be "The House of Flying Daggers". I thought the PQ was so horrible that I almost convinced myself to exchange it for another one....then I found this site and realized that some discs are just bad. The funny thing is that the other choice I was gonna make was "The Fifth Element" (before the remaster). I was doomed either way.

[ruckus81]

Just thought of another one. T2 Blu ray. 1st Blu ray I ever bought and it was a HUGE disappoinment, especially after I found out how much better all the HD DVD versions were. I knew about this site at the time but I didn't bother reading the review first. It doesn't matter cause I woulda still bought it at the time because it's one of my favorite movies and I would want to have the only HD version out at the time.

[thedude]

Originally Posted by taygan315

For 2008....Speed Racer.

2009..the early favorite is Bangkok Dangerous.

i haven't seen either one of those yet but i have them in my netflix queue