Overhyped Movies That Ended Up Being Terrible

Ever wait a while for a movie, only to be let down in a major way? You're not alone. From superhero sequels to long-awaited adaptations, these films were seriously overhyped.
#Movies #Marvel #StarWars
Suicide Squad (2016) | 0:00
The Lone Ranger (2013) | 1:25
A Wrinkle in Time | 2:39
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania | 3:39
Mortal Engines | 4:53
Last Action Hero | 5:56
Glass | 7:16
Star Wars: Episode I | 8:25
I'm Still Here | 9:30
The Lion King (2019) | 10:37
Voiceover By: Alex Mitts
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[@Looper]

What do you think is the most over-hyped movie of all time?

[@blackleague212]

One of your best lists… I actually had high hopes for all the movies on this list 😢 especially mortal engines

[@ronnywillis4838]

A wrinkle in time was first made in 2003 by Disney check your facts

[@javib2978]

I care about books be made as movies. I think these adaptations have considered a deconstruction of the source material. Not a butchered one. I wish Earthsea had taken the big screen treatment. Even if it isn't perfect. I don't mind if it goes against the source material. Let the producers, and directors do their own things. And believe with what all they. Do their own best. Deconstructing the source material is something I care about.

[@dlastjedi1627]

Waterworld

[@RandomBitterMan]

Black Panther

[@tgr.4550]

WONDER WOMAN 1984 should have been included.

[@danielrubinstein896]

Black Widow should be here too

[@tgr.4550]

@@danielrubinstein896 AGREED 👍

[@Jackferrett6781]

@@danielrubinstein896 said no one ever

[@drganknstein]

Last Action Hero was great, gfys

[@owie4070]

I agree.

[@Jon-so8kh]

I loved it!!!

[@alancarnell2747]

It very much was. Agreed.

[@ericthompson3982]

One of my all-time favorite Arnold movies. Way ahead of its time. I think audiences and critics just had different expectations about what it was *supposed* to be, and weren't prepared for what it actually was.

[@rbarnett3200]

I dunno. It didn’t seem all that to me. Then again I don’t think a massive amount of E.T. or Close Encounters.. either. I’d probably go with Predator if I was to pick a favourite Schwarzenegger film. Not really sure the hype about LAH was. There was an Are you afraid of the dark? episode which had a similar plot contrivance that came out about the same time and the Canadian teenagers managed to get across the same point in a half hour episode about as well.

[@lastpme]

Alien Covenant was a HUGE disappointment. They built up Shaw...then killed her off and she wasn't in the film. People wanted to see what happened when she met the engineers...and we didn't even get the engineers. That was AWFUL.

[@paultapner2769]

I know I'm in the minority but I liked Prometheus. It was an interesting story. Covenant though fell between two stools because it had to continue from that, and yet it wanted to try and be more familiar Alien stuff at the same time. So it didn't work.

[@geegee637]

I agree, I hated that she wasn't in the movie

[@hunterolaughlin]

If I had nickel for every time a film in the Alien franchise set up certain characters to have major supporting roles in the following film only to unceremoniously kill them offscreen, I’d have 2 nickels. Which isn’t a lot, but it’s weird it’s happened twice.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@paultapner2769no, you’re not. I liked Prometheus, I thought it had a lot of interesting concepts that could’ve worked but (like most series today) the sequel ruined the potential

[@TheBenjil]

Last Action Hero was a great movie and in advance for its time. The audience then were wrong and today it is a cult classic. Absolutely not overhyped.

[@LarrySwishamane]

idk who are ranking these list, but it would be nice to have one of those tickets right now. someone made 1 BIG MISTAKE

[@GEMINIEARTHWALKER]

Last Action Hero is a classic. It has always been good, I've been a fan since I watched it on VHS. . I've never understood the hate.

[@mranapra6439]

I never watched it cuz I am 97 born but seems lit

[@FirstWardLifer]

That's where this list goes sideways - Last Action Hero holds up. It doesn't belong anywhere near this list.

[@pyrolight7568]

It was not what people expected. No one really knew how to take it. I thought it was a great movie but I didn't have any real preconceptions going into it.

[@MrSGL21]

i saw it in the theater.

[@marialuisamilagrosbullfern9816]

The problems with Ant-man: -Bad CGI -Give a 15 or so year old girl more moral power than the adults around her, even when she's completely wrong. -NO LUIS! WHY?! He's the best character in the previous movies!

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

The Lion King should have NEVER been remade. The original is fantastic. And if you are doing a remake, then Jeremy Irons should have been Scar again.

[@IfYouCnKeepIt]

I left the theater after that HORRIBLE rendition of Be Prepared.

[@jodi2847]

And yet it's their most financially successful animated film.

[@AshBeckham-jm3jg]

Till this day I’ve never seen the new Lion King.

[@lindacoolbaugh962]

@@AshBeckham-jm3jg Me either. I refuse too!!

[@kaaronhudson8112]

1.6 billion

[@SteveGillow]

My opinion is that Disney has made and will re-make their classics just to extend copyright protection, they don't appear to have any original thoughts.

[@bradwinfield5672]

😂 they don't have to extend copyright protection on what they own, lots of studios have done retellings on Disney stuff

[@patrickdoyle6201]

MOST of DISNEY's 💩 doesn't need to be remade for copyright as theyre either original or copied from things that are already public domain like Hans Christian Andersen's Little Mermaid, LION KING is Hamlet

[@kuramayoko23]

They could just rerelease them back in theaters. I prefer watching movies on a big screen. All these live action remake flops are old and I hope they stop. I will never watch another after Beauty and the Beast. That was terrible.

[@halenwoodstudios6672]

Phantom Menace is way better than the new trilogy we got

[@brokentoothstudio4929]

Big facts, Daisy Ridley and Adam Driver were the worse characters to ever be introduced

[@brokentoothstudio4929]

Big Facts

[@alabamaman1372]

Jar-Jar was way better than the new trilogy. 😂

[@Gor85]

It's great. I love it

[@jekw23]

Setting the bar very low there

[@adriennemeyer3408]

The second Suicide Squad was excellent though.

[@patrickdoyle6201]

I honestly enjoyed everything with Harley Quinn

[@blackleague212]

Just like game of thrones… As good as the new one may be, the first one destroyed the momentum for any sequels . If you say suicide squad 2 was good then I’ll check it out .

[@patrickdoyle6201]

@@blackleague212 I would say at least watch it for yourself once. Even if you end up hating it, at least you've seen it and judged it on it's own merits yourself, right?!🤔 *EVERYONE* 💩 on the last TMNT movie BUT I loved it because it had Bebop, Rocksteady & Krang & I saw it with my family

[@weasle5022]

Last Action Hero was underrated and ahead of its time, it's a great movie that just shows off action movie tropes.

[@wrathchylde9539]

That Wrinkle in time movie was so bad...

[@hunterolaughlin]

Still waiting for someone who is a fan of the book and has a basic understanding of the source material to give us a more faithful adaptation. I’m sure there’s plenty of fans out there that would be willing to undertake the assignment.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

I get it confused with the "Eternals" which was also very hyped and terrible

[@tiamystic]

⁠@@hunterolaughlinI have the graphic novel and it seems to be a decent adaptation. It’s my favorite book and I would love to do an animated adaptation but I can’t draw at all! 😭

[@hunterolaughlin]

@@tiamystic That’s alright. There are many others who are great artists that could help you.

[@Jon-so8kh]

Common thread in this video is most of the movies are Disney releases. Disney is more miss than hit these days it seems.

[@ross-carlson]

A Wrinkle in Time is my ALL TIME favorite book - such a disappointment the movie was SOOO awful.

[@eliselambson7448]

I LOVE the book. However, none of the trailers inspired any confidence that they had made a good adaptation-even with all the star power attached. From all I have heard, I’m glad I skipped it.

[@Yesica1993]

I adored that book growing up! I caught the trailer in the previews and for the life of me, I could not figure out what it was until they said the title! It was unrecognizable to me even from the trailer.

[@hunterolaughlin]

Maybe you could do justice to the source material and make a better adaptation than Disney.

[@yudhazacharias9377]

Spider-Man 3, here's why: Sandman's whole "I have a daughter, so it's okay for me to steal money", and Peter just let him keep stealing without finding any other solution to his financial problem. Venom should have killed Peter at the church. Why bother making MJ the hostage over and over again? Why did the police kept Marko a secret from Peter and May, why? If they didn't wanna upset those two, why tell them now, to upset them? Lack of showing Black Suit Spidey being aggresive to criminals. Why did Bernard kept the truth about Norman? Harry just swore on his father's grave to kill somebody, goodness

[@dimitrytimothee1590]

NWH sucked

[@PS2vibez]

Disney’s Wish was a disappointment. It became a standard animation kids film with crappy pop songs as musical numbers rather then a typically expected Disney film, A USUALLY TRADITIONAL DISNEY ANIMATED FILM. And it was meant to be for Disney’s centenary year and they lie on the changes to the final product. WHAT HAPPENED?

[@RightURKen7]

I can assure you that all these movies put together don't match both the hype and then massive disapointment of the 1976 King Kong movie. No internet didn't matter, every magazine, every newspaper, every talk show, every media outlet we had at the time was hyping this movie. Even before Star Wars made special effects a big deal a year later we were all excited about what modern special effects could do for King Kong. And they built a 40 foot robot of Kong!! I personally couldn't wait to see what the fight between Kong and the T-rex would look like. Instead what did we get? A guy in a monkey suit fighting a rubber snake. When a 12 year old boy hates your monster movie you failed big time.

[@tgr.4550]

BLASPHEMY!

[@thetraveler1182]

I remember falling asleep to that movie…they failed BIG time

[@mississippi_burning]

Last Action Hero was great!

[@angryb0325]

I enjoyed it

[@wrathchylde9539]

Agreed. The movie going audience at the time had no idea what the movie really was about. They were just expecting another big budget Arnold movie.

[@Gor85]

Completely

[@GEMINIEARTHWALKER]

*IS

[@mississippi_burning]

@@GEMINIEARTHWALKER touché

[@BrontoSmilodon1]

I'm pretty sure that Storm Reid girl wasn't a famous actor when Wrinkle in Time was made

[@cryingbananajo]

Wrinkel in time is the most soulless movie I have ever seen. It literally made me feel nothing but boredom.

[@the_grand_inquisitor2511]

Not really really famous but she had played in some a-lost movies before this one

[@thisisdeadboy]

I kinda liked Glass

[@TIGER-xk4gk]

Phantom Menace has received a bit of redemption after the disastrous response to the sequels, particularly Last Jedi and Rise of Skywalker

[@hunterolaughlin]

I also heard its re-release for its 25th anniversary this year is doing better than its previous re-release back in 2012.

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Last Jedi and Rise were way better than Episode 1, are you crazy

[@gutlunch]

I love last action hero

[@ericthompson3982]

I'm sorry guys, Last Action Hero is classic. It's hands down one of my favorite Arnold movies. It was ahead of its time, and audiences and critics were so focused on what they thought it was *supposed* to be that they couldn't enjoy it for what it was. I've loved it since the first time I saw it and continue to enjoy it to this day.

[@jkb2016]

Last Action Hero is actually a fun watch. Not a masterpiece, but still fun.

[@DavoneRice]

I can't believe Last Action Hero was on this list....

[@elizabethherrera9618]

My 6th grade class read a wrinkle in time the same time it was released in theatres. We were incredibly disappointed with the movie, especially compared with the book

[@dinomonzon7493]

Surprised Disney's John Carter film didn't make this video's list.

[@showme2540]

It became a cult classic. Many people enjoyed it after

[@worsethanhitlerpt.2539]

Jona Hex also springs to mind but Im the only person on Earth who remembers that one

[@MetalTrenches]

Last Action Hero rules.

[@jameslanclos568]

I had big expectations for a wrinkle in time, seeing that Oprah, who did The Color Purple, which is a great movie, thought that Wrinkle would be great too, but disappointing.

[@kashifevans9072]

I actually liked Leto as the Joker. They have multiverses. Many versions.

[@dragongeraldb]

Last Action Hero was bad because it did not have awareness of the times, i bet it was made by guys who drove convertible Coverts, wore their shits unbuttoned to the pubes, put on a ridiculous amount of cologne and drove around with Van Halen blasting out of the car because they still thought it was "cool", in the grunge era.

[@cyclopstb]

X-Men The Last Stand ended up disappointing to me.

[@johnestrada294]

How come Rebel Moon didn't make it to the list?

[@ChrisOnStage2]

"cause it wasn't that hyped

[@danielrubinstein896]

Everybody was expecting that movie to be bad

[@danielrubinstein896]

@@ShoeMaxi i dunno, I never see any online hype about this one, watchmojo is the only one that hype it before it came out

[@mojothedeadman]

This video is why I don't follow looper, you don't seem to read the room, like most critics, doubtful your opinion about half these film is shared

[@frankmccormick5499]

This was more a list of "movies that didn't meet box office expectations" than overhyped movies. Both "Quantumania" and "Last Action Hero" are excellent movies on rewatch. I see that "Mortal Engines" is currently on Netflix here in the US, and I look forward to watching it this weekend.

[@bradwinfield5672]

I liked Antman 3 lol especially modok 🤣

[@frankmccormick5499]

@@bradwinfield5672 "Don't be a dick." should be a more popular watch cry.

[@daneo617]

Mortal Engines was a disappointment imo

[@patrickdoyle6201]

The only thing missing from QUANTUMANIA would have been a Stan Lee cameo

[@me3333]

Maybe A Wrinkle in Time would have done better if Reese would've left her spoon at home and they just filmed Reese without her spoon...

[@GingerSnape46]

I take it that you like Thomas Sanders too?

[@me3333]

@@GingerSnape46 I did not know who he was but I am definitely going to check out his work now. He sounds interesting

[@Yesica1993]

I grew up loving the book A Wrinkle in Time. I remember being in the theater to see some other movie and the the trailer for the WiT movie came on. I sat there wondering what on earth this horrible thing was. It was utterly unrecognizable to me until they actually stated the name of the movie.

[@danielrubinstein896]

The problem with casting the right person for the role is that the people who pays to see the movie doesn't care about the right casting and the ones who care doesn't even go to the movie theater

[@mamabee4360]

Theatrical yes- but Alfre Woodard already made a wrinkle in time 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@1972LittleC]

Last Action Hero was completely misunderstood.

[@Gor85]

Shame they failed. Last Action Hero is fantastic. Phantom Menace too. Qui-Gon is perfect Jedi Master. We could all use teacher and friend like him. Shame new Lion King failed. There's no Be Prepared too. 1994 is pure epic too. Maybe they shouldn't have made shot by shot remake. Great video

[@pyrok007]

Last Action Hero was awesome

[@mattmc5069]

For me "Halloween ends". This was to be the final battle after 40+ years between Laurie and Myers. Jamie plugged it every day. Promised an epic finalie. This was her last Halloween and she was going out with a bang. This is what we have been waiting for they promised. The last 2 where 🔥 this was gonna be even better!!! What we got was...well we see Micheal defeated by a guy we just met this movie who is there the whole movie except for the 10 minute epic fight we where promised. And while "Halloween kills" was much better the tagline was "evil dies tonight" ummm no he didn't.

[@WarpRulez]

I wonder if there's an example of a movie that went through several script rewrites and different directors, and ended up being a huge success, one of the classics remembered to this day.

[@KadeemG61]

Just because Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania was overhyped doesn’t mean that the movie wasn’t that bad. Despite a disappointing box office, fans are always fickle. I enjoyed the movie and one of the most underrated movies of last year. But I agree with some fans that the MCU’s content was way too much thanks to Chapek’s ego that hurt the MCU’s diminishing returns. I hope that 2025 could be a rebuilding phase for Marvel and if Deadpool and Wolverine a success (if they don’t reach a billion dollars), then Marvel is back on top

[@MsMockingbird06]

It was better than Eternals IMO, and Thor Love and Thunder.

[@user-zc5bs9zq3w]

I agree ant man 3 wasn’t that terrible but it definitely had issue.

[@DoctorTron]

*Anecdotal *

[@yskitv5118]

I’m still mad about A Wrinkle in Time.

[@hunterolaughlin]

I’m sure you can make a better adaptation than Disney.

[@kelst75]

I was disappointed with The Watchmen movie. I was so looking forward to it and then......oh, that's it?

[@whyjnot420]

Live action remake of The Lion King? No, get it right. It was the 2nd remake Disney made of Kimba the White Lion. Personally waiting for an Atlantis: The Lost Empire remake. So that I can remind people that all they are doing is ripping off another anime, again. Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water

[@dragonnet289]

The last action hero was great Looper is just copying Watch mojo

[@AUGHHHHHBBG]

Don’t come for a wrinkle in time. It’s a banger

[@SylvesterAshcroft88]

Thor The Dark World.

[@redfive5856]

You've mistaken Phantom Menace with The Force Awakens.

[@bheast86]

A few blinkers in evidence: Martin Scorsese and the Nolan brothers often make things that should fall into this category, Oscars and all

[@AdLockhorst-bf8pz]

What was "every Starwars movie except the very first one"? Jeopardy answer in the "disappointing overhyped movies" category.

[@andrewgrove1691]

Ghostbusters 2016 was overhyped

[@Jackferrett6781]

I was never hyped for it

[@_BlackPaladin]

7:44 Glass was AMAZING, cult classic.

[@JacQues58]

When will they learn? I was under the impression that directors, producers, writers, and other people involved in making films, knew which movies to make. Hollyweird has been giving a lot of turkeys lately. Nothing recently has drawn me to the cineplex. I think the last time I went was in the mid-2000s. Prequels, sequels, superhero movies, and live-action remakes should not be made. There have been about 5 good films released recently that meet my criteria. I watch films from the 20s to the present and the earlier films are still better. I have been watching classic Hollywood films and foreign films that satisfy the film fan in me.

[@susannpatton2893]

I enjoyed watching A wrinkle in time, Ant man, Last Action Hero and The Lion King

[@Scifi4life]

Phantom menace was great

[@Watcherofeverythingg]

It is pathetic that you are still whining about Star Wars prequels.

[@filipigic1286]

For me it's definitely Suicide Squad and The Huntsman Winter's War! But the Trailers for them were just epic!

[@tacoenvy]

Last action Hero is underrated. Awesome movie

[@brokentoothstudio4929]

Last Action Hero and Glass are the only movies that were decent on this list. I like how most of the movies are disney failures. Go woke go broke

[@Adamguy2003]

You should have included the abominable 2014 'Annie' remake. The studio did everything they could to hype up that movie. Its trailer aired before pretty much every movie that year, there were posters and cardboard standups that played music from it in the theaters, a big deal was made in stores about the soundtrack, and it even got a float in the freaking Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade that year! It was all to cover up what a truly horrible movie it turned out to be.

[@thetraveler1182]

Phantom Menace was great too me, it had to “start” somewhere. The politics seemed slow to me when I was 14, now in my 30s I more than appreciate it because I see the long game that Palpatine played. Jar Jar…y’all need to get over it. Star Wars will always have something silly in it somewhere (Ewoks, Chewy, etc..) it happens. The fight scenes were Iconic.

[@palams7861]

I saw the Thumbnail and thought it was Xerxes from 300

[@DarkFr3ak101]

The made for tv version Wrinkle In Time is far better than the remake

[@Goodiesfanful]

Should The Golden Compass be considered? And The Black Cauldron was also overhyped and turned out to be a disappointment.

[@c3920]

“Last Action Hero” is fantastic. Never understood the hate.

[@rjdub8455]

How much did star wars make?

[@l4xx03luyf6l0to]

Several of these are my favorite movies.

[@Thomas-VA]

If only they had been hyped or underhyped, a world of difference

[@madameblackimusprime]

A Wrinkle in Time and the Lion King remake disappointed me greatly....also Eternals.

[@taotaostrong]

Suicide Squad made me think I was suffering a depressive episode. I wasn’t. It was just a really bad movie.

[@RezzoCreeSavage69]

i would've liked to play tonto in the lone ranger. hopefully in the next reboot. lol

[@aliservan7188]

Last Action Hero is BRILLIANT! Glass is fantastic too. Terrible movies? Most of the rest though... oh God yes

[@hunterrousseau3770]

3:39-4:52 Projects like this here is exactly why the MCU should possibly soft reboot after the upcoming movie "Avengers: Secret Wars" by then

[@dereoncarter8709]

Wait I like that joker wish we could have seen more of him

[@SilverSpectre266]

I dont even remember why, but I got so pumped watching the trailers for Mortal Engines initiaily. Without knowing anything else, I feel like looking at the trailers kind gave off this of Snowpiercer + Sky Mad Max + Robin Hood esque vibes.

[@twancoates1084]

This list should be way longer, don't you think? 😅

[@matthewnicholas6365]

I still can't wrap my head around how bad Suicide Squad was. And how amazing THE Suicide Squad was.

[@ChristianSandviknes]

With exception of jar jar, I liked the phantom menace. Split was alright, though not great. As for the rest I haven't seen most of them.

[@BlindGirlMadness_78]

I loved last action hero, and I was very disappointed with glass and lion King was horrible lol

[@alexshank1414]

Last Action Hero is fantastic! So quotable.

[@Daeduluus]

Replace The Phantom Menace with the LastJedi and that makes more sense the release of that is when Star Wars was permanently broken

[@kamichan127]

What slander is this against phantom menace?! It was great and a huge cultural moment

[@davidtaylor5204]

I loved Last Action Hero, but the genre was already dead.

[@RonsaRRR]

Last Action Hero is an awesome parody.

[@kellywall3656]

Suicide Squad was simply dreadful. The best thing about The Phantom Menace was Darth Maul. Thankfully the prequels got better with Revenge of the Sith being my favorite. I enjoyed the Lion King remake, don’t understand all the hate.

[@merciless.v]

Last Action Hero is one of my all time favorites, along with Hook, another movie y’all like to badmouth…

[@kezzmoon8917]

The only thing to be done with A Wrinkle In Time is to READ THE BOOK!🙄🤓

[@rochambers6370]

We were part of test audiences for the Lone Ranger.. my son complained about tanto being played by a white guy.

[@dlastjedi1627]

not sure if it was hyped but Kingdom of the crystal skull is my biggest let down.

[@tommystrickland6268]

Idk why people didnt like wrinkle in time i thought it was a really cool movie

[@bobxkennedy2008]

I’m not going to watch the whole video but dune 2 better be on here

[@daisylavender5275]

Glass was definitely a disappointing mess.

[@tajidaartist]

The Lion King movie was great, they should’ve made it more cartoonish

[@AllHailDiskordia]

I think all the remakes Disney made in recent years were awful

[@daneo617]

Yup like Godzilla vs Kong 2 Planet of the apes 4 Furiousa a Mad Max saga 🤦🏼‍♂️