2022 was filled with movies and TV shows that didn't deliver as well as hoped.
The thing about disappointment is that it requires certain expectations and enthusiasm, which spares something like Mike Myers’ awful Netflix series “The Pentaverate” any further abuse on this year-end list. Still, 2022 was filled with movies and TV shows that came armed with advance recognition, committed fan bases, prior track records, or simply intriguing creative pedigrees and casts that, for one reason or another, didn’t deliver as well as hoped.
Amsterdam” The combination of director David O. Russell and a star-studded cast headed by Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington couldn’t salvage this muddled period piece, whose message about the dangers of the military-industrial complex were obscured by its uneven tone. “Morbius” Jared Leto looked like the right choice to play Marvel’s antihero vampire, but the anemic movie wound up sucking in more ways than one.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” : Here expectations play a major role, since this ambitious prequel to J.R.R. Tolkien’s saga wasn’t bad, exactly, just boring, especially when compared to Peter Jackson’s film trilogy. While its epic and much-discussed budget definitely translated to the screen, the characters didn’t rise to the occasion. “The Rings of Power” had its admirers, and its grandeur reflects Amazon’s massive investment in and commitment to the project.
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