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Default Most Disappointing Movies of 2015

Creating this thread as a sort of sidekick to the Worst Films of 2015 thread.

This may be somewhat redundant with that thread but I, like many others, tend to avoid movies that either genuinely look terrible or are panned by critics (at least until they release on home video), so it's hard to make a "Worst Of" list. What I'd like to see here is maybe more discussion as to why you thought certain movies were disappointing? Maybe you still enjoyed them but there was just something holding it back for you. Was 2015 in general a disappointing year or was it good overall?

I'd say it was disappointing, but I haven't had a ton of time to head out and see much. With a few exceptions the blockbusters were fairly middle-of-the-road to awful. The independent scene has been fairly good, but it seems like there's less out there that's really hitting hard compared to previous years. For me the most disappointing, in no particular order are:
Tomorrowland: Original concept, good message, but bogged down with a propoganda ending and didn't capitalize on the National Treasure-esque mystery and hunt elements.

Spectre: Great acting and cinematography, and I respect the effort to try and connect the Daniel Craig films (since that's what they initially had setup) but the old-school Bond camp and humor don't mix with the serious and dark Daniel Craig era. It felt to me almost like it was alternating scene-to-scene between Daniel Craig Bond and Homage.

Furious 7: Kept the humor, action, and tongue-in-cheek attitude of 5 and 6, but felt broken at parts which I imagine was due to Paul Walker's passing. On top of that, the loss of Justin Lin was felt. Some of the action (primarily hand-to-hand combat) just was not as well-directed (too many edits, camera too close). The Rock is one of my favorite characters, and I felt putting him on the sidelines was a mistake. Vin Diesel just doesn't do it for me as a major lead...

The Good Dinosaur: I was emotionally exhausted after seeing this. It was just too heavy. Started like Up but then never let up after that. Animation was gorgeous and I respect the storytelling skills (both classic Pixar) though.

Age of Ultron: Saw it twice, still liked it and had fun but just too much interference from Marvel and too much setup. Whedon was clearly exhausted during and after filming, and he wasn't able to do what he needed to make this count for much. It's not even remotely a stand-alone story, and it really doesn't even come to any closure. Plus I really didn't like how the fall of SHIELD was pretty much glossed over. I understand that that is mostly handled in Agents of SHIELD I feel like it was a pretty big oversight and hasn't had the effect on the MCU that I thought it would walking out of CA:TWS.
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