5 Times Bad Movies Tragically Wasted Their Amazing Premises
Sometimes it is beyond comprehension how an idea destined for success can be so poorly executed.
Have you ever seen a trailer or read a premise for an upcoming movie and thought to yourself how great, unique and interesting it seems, expecting to see a masterpiece, only to be sorely disappointed by the result later?
Well, these five underwhelming movies did just that, wasting absolutely great premises to the shame of the audience.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003)
The creators had strong source material in the form of a comic book series using classic literary characters like Captain Nemo, Dorian Gray, and several others, along with a pretty solid cast, and they blew it all spectacularly, creating a total mess that was so bad it convinced Sean Connery that it was finally time to retire.
Hancock (2008)
Before Deadpool ( 2016) showed us how to do wacky anti-heroes right, director Peter Berg tried his hand at directing this movie starring Will Smith and Charlize Theron.
And while the first half of the movie did a decent job, with Hancock drinking, swearing, beating up criminals and destroying the city in the process, the second half quickly devolved into an utterly generic story.
Passengers (2016)
Not only did the trailers spoil the big twist that Jim (Chris Pratt ) deliberately woke Aurora (Jennifer Lawrence ) from a cryosleep, but the movie ended with her forgiving him for condemning her to spend the rest of her life on the ship and treated it as a typical love story.
It would have been much better, for example, to show us Aurora's point of view, with her slowly realizing that Jim might not be as innocent and nice as he seems.
Downsizing (2017)
Despite the great premise of people willingly shrinking to reduce their living expenses and a talented cast, the plot was just boring, with an unnecessary "end of the world" twist.
Prometheus (2012)
When it was announced that Ridley Scott himself would be making a movie explaining the origins of the Xenomorphs and Space Jockeys from the Alien franchise, fans were excited beyond measure.
Unfortunately, the movie failed to fill in the gaps in a satisfying way, and its sequel, Alien: Covenant, was somehow even worse, completely ruining the premise.
