Top 10 Disappointing Movies in Good Movie Franchises

In every good franchise, there usually are good movies. However, most franchises have pretty big disappointments with some being the biggest in movie history. These are some bad movies, and some that do not live up to others. Usually, when a bad movie comes in a good movie franchise, especially one that was following up some beloved films, it usually gets remembered as a massive disappointments, some in even media history. All have problems, but most have some wins, but still does not change that they are some massive disappointments.
The Top Ten
1 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - Indiana Jones

This movie was a stain for Indiana Jones. The fridge scene. The fact that they could survive a nuclear bomb is just stupid. Really stupid. Incredibly stupid. Now, this film was hated. Good. I have some faith in humanity now. Lucas has lost his spark without guidance. First the Star Wars prequels, second the Star Wars Blu Ray changes, now this. The twist was so bad that it made Cars 2's twist look like the twist from The Sixth Sense. It also feels pointless. Was there any need? I was excited to see this movie after the three phenomenal movies in a row. Each getting better in my opinion. This went from such a high for a franchise, to such a low. We are getting Indiana Jones 5. Hopefully Lucas stays away. And compared to the three great movies before, the storyline is like Eight Crazy Night's storyline. The writing also really doesn't do good. It goes for the terrible writing, and the writing fails pretty badly. The story is not put together at all well or thought out, in fact it was ...more

I loved this movie. Especially this interaction between Indy and the main antagonist:

"Be careful what you wish for. You might just get it."

"I usually do."

Not always a good thing, Spalko. Not always a good thing. It was a great moment of foreshadowing, cause she got exactly what she wanted, and it didn't end well for her. She asked for knowledge, and the interdimensional being gave it to her, in a:

"You asked for knowledge. You asked for our secrets. Now you will have it."

The movie itself was fine but kinda forgettable... except the fridge scene in which Indiana Jones survives a NUKE by hiding in a lead lined fridge, the fridge flies up in the air and hits the ground miles away, in which Jones survives with no radiation, fall damage, or even bruises. Other then that scene, Its forgettable.

I love Indiana Jones and all, but this move just killed the feeling. I think it was the second worst movie I ever saw. And that's not even counting the hope I had for it only to find out that it was a disappointment.

2 Star Wars: The Phantom Menace - Star Wars

Actually an underrated movie, There wasn't much you could do with a movie playing around a young innocent kid that has to turn evil by the third part of the trilogy. The pod racing was enjoyable and unique, the Darth Maul fight was one of the best lightsaber duels out of the 8 movies so far, the story was good, the progress was good. the only real flaw with this trilogy was the 2nd episode and is only really hated because nothing would be as good as the original trilogy and Jar Jar Binks (and the racist stereotypes), I would say this is the is the 6th best movie or third worst of the 8 movies so far: better than the force Awakens and Attack of the Clones (5th worse if we include Solo and Rogue One)

I cannot justify any other movie to take the top spot. No other movie was so hyped, and yet so disappointing. Should people have saw it coming? Yes, it was bound to be bad. And my god, was it bad. The way the movie was hyped, it took many people to accept this was bad. Even critics got sucked into the hype. This movie was important about the flaws of Hype Culture, and expectations based on things like Movie Trailers. Now, back to the movie. The story is weak. Very weak. Politics. Because that's what everyone wanted. This movie has a lot of bad characters. Jar Jar Binks is very annoying, and the slapstick comedy feels way too out of place. Watto is very fun to make fun of, and is nearly as bad. Obi Wan was very uninteresting and was there because he is Obi-Wan. Portman is terrible as Padme. However, one of the biggest stains was Anakin Skywalker. It was like Lucas did not like Darth Vader, and tried to ruin him. He was so annoying and Lloyd put in a very performance as Anakin, it was ...more

Great movie in my unpopular opinion I loved Darth Maul, unfortuanely we didn't get to know much about him, doesn't matter in my opinion though, he was still cool. Jar Jar is rpetty good in my opinion honestly too, his stupidity and ridicoulus design kinda makes his character, and he's charming, it's honestly as good as the Empire Strikes Back in my unpopular opinion, this movie also hgad some pretty cool action scenes, I will admit, the pod racing part sucked and was super boring, but anything else in the movie was awesomne (aside from a few annoying jokes)

Conspiracy theory: Jar Jar Binks is a Sith Lord. He's the reason why Phantom Menace made Star Wars look bad. Look it up on YouTube and you will see how it all went down.

3 Spider-Man 3 - Spider-Man

Spider-Man 3. I have talked about this in a previous list, but when you are discussing disappointing movies, Spider-Man 3 is bound to be a part of that list containing other disappointments like the Top 2 especially. However, this movie is also seen as one of the biggest disappointments ever. And I can see why. The villains are flawed. Venom is underdeveloped and does not have a good motivation, but a cliché one. The side plot containing MJ and Peter's romance was bad. The dancing scene. It was so bad, and so ridiculous, that I have to bring it up again. The stupid haircut that Peter had throughout the movie, (the purple one) was stupid. Very stupid. Harry was an ok villain, but could have been done so much better. MJ could have been better and more fleshed out. However. we do not see how The Symboite affects him. I do like the scene where he pulls off the Symboite, that was pretty cool. The Symboite is way too silly, and needs more of a backstory. This is a bad movie, but at least ...more

It wasn't a terrible movie, it was just too ambitious for its own good, it is hard to make a movie with three villain plots woven in it, plus a fourth villain that redeems himself in the end

It had good parts here and there, but did it really need Venom and Gwen Stacy?

This was an okay movie, but just disappointing compared to the first two

4 Star Wars: The Last Jedi - Star Wars

This movie was really pretty descent, I really don't understand why a person can dislike this movie but like Force Awakens.

It has a good story, create character Kylo and Rey arc is good, Luke's old Jedi questioning his philosophy is really good that everyone bashes because they want to see awesome young Luke not a Ben Kenobi Luke, Rose and Finn's relation is beautiful.

There is a lot more action in this than Force Awakens, more inventive

This movie tells no story. All it's about is the rebel groups trying to get away and Rey can just instantly know how to use the force with no training. Rose tico was very pointless. All she did was save animals and knocked Finn and claimed, "War isn't about fighting the people you hate, but saving the ones you love," when Finn could've saved so many rebels but Rose had to steal Finn's hero moment.

For most people the Worst of Star Wars since Phantom Menace! I cannot say too many Nitpicking Horrible things because be patient for Episode 9. After Christmas 2019 and we See Episode 9. Last Jedi may not be THAT HORRIBLE?

When I watched this, I thought the prequel movies were better. For a Star Wars movie, it sucks. For a normal (not Star Wars) movie, it still is lame, action scenes... well there isn’t even that many. And in J.J abrams The force awakens, at the end it was a dramatic moment. Luke having his lightsaber handed to him... but then the sequel ruined it and had him throw it away?

5 Godzilla (1998) - Godzilla

It’s so bad, it ruined the best movie monster of all times. Godzilla is truly iconic and everything. But this movie screwed him up big time. Do yourself a favor and ignore or forget this abomination. It’s disappointing, the design looks wrong, the story is boring, his character is just not right, and the ending was bad.

Why? this movie had good graphics for its time and I loved this movie when I was a kid

Okay kaiju movie... AWFUL Godzilla movie. Name just slapped on for Marquis value.

6 Alien 3 - Alien

I have to bring up this movie again. However, it really deserves it. I like most of 'Alien' movies other than Alien: Covenant. And this movie. But this is the worst of the franchise. The director went on to Direct 'Fight Club' and 'Zodiac' (I have not seen Se7en). The plot is a good ending to the trilogy (But Alien: Resurrection exists, but I like it fine). This movie is an absolute mess. Not Fincher's fault, the studio get intervened and it really shows. The movie's plot goes all over the place. Ripley does not get as much attention as she should, unfortunately, as this was really the chance to take the next level with her character. The villain is as bland as you can get, you can predict the story by googling the movie. It is for science, very bland. I would not really mind, but considering how awesome Xenomorphs are, and they are one of my favourite monsters, it is such a big disappointment. The story is terrible, and affects so many moments and does not make them good at all.

A terrible movie especially after two classics in Alien the best horror movie and the sequel Aliens the best action movie

7 Superman Returns - Superman

Superman was returning after a interesting two movies, which are both awful, in particular 'Superman IV: The Quest For Peace'. I actually found this the most disappointing because not only did seem brilliant, but it had Bryan Singer, and he directed one of my favourite superhero movies 'X2: X-Men United', a phenomenal movie that challenged themes like prejudice. So it slightly takes the spot over 'Spider-Man 3'. However, it is that praise to the Spider-Man 3? No, that is a worse movie, but this had more potential. I liked Routh as Superman. Then he disappeared into thin air, and went to an actor struggling work, just as much as someone called Jake Lloyd, who played 10 year old very annoying Anakin Skywalker. Some moments are very boring, and this should be interesting, it should be a great movie, but however, it was Superman Returns. A boring film, that is poorly paced, Spacey (disgraced rightfully) is good as Luthor, but ultimately wasted in a film that is very uninteresting.

Oh come on after the last two it barely qualifies as a disappointment.

Always super hero

8 Man of Steel - Superman

Wasn't bad just made Superman into a more bleak movie which most people don't like since every movie before was always light hearted

9 Men in Black III - Men in Black

The only reason that this movie is worse than the others is that the first two are so good.

Wasn't a bad movie, just wasn't has good as the first

10 Batman & Robin - Batman

Somebody call christopher nolan becuase george clooney batman movies are killing me with batman forever,ad batman and robin.
Christopher Nolan:What do you need
I need all of your 3 batman movies,but I mostly need The Dark Knight.

This Movie Made Cher (Alicia Silverstone) Irrelevant

Whatever...and I prefer 60s version.

The Contenders
11 Godzilla's Revenge - Godzilla

A very terrible film!

12 Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Star Wars

This movie is a horribly anticlimactic ending to the original six episodes.
-Plot against Jabba takes forever and bores me to tears
-As with the rest of the OT, badly acted (Harrison Ford excepted)
-Dull scenery. Either desert, plastic looking spaceship interior, or generic forest.
-Visuals might have been good when it was released, but now they are so bad they are laughable.
-The ultimate climax (spoilers) includes poorly made teddy bears swinging on ropes onto a small band of stormtroopers, a horribly choreographed lightsaber fight, a space battle that is literally the same thing we saw in A New Hope, and the villain dying because he was shoved down a tube.
Revenge of the Sith was a much better climax, and the two movies in the sequel trilogy are great.

Who the heck put this movie on this list?! It is the best star wars movie ever!

This movie was my favorite of the star wars franchise

13 Batman Forever - Batman

I swear, if it took itself seriously the whole time and did away with the comedy and CG it could have been amazing. So close yet so far.

14 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 - Spider-Man

Felt more like an unintentional parody and it was all the more hilarious as a result.

Worst Spider-Man movie ever!

Good but not good enough

15 Star Wars: Attack of the Clones - Star Wars

I would expect this to be so much higher seeing that this represented the worst part of Episode 1-3, This is the point that the Jar Jar Binks character is the most annoying and the love story gets really cringy, which is the two biggest complaints about this trilogy

I'm haunted by the kiss!

16 Spider-Man 2 - Spider-Man

Did you men Amazing Spiderman 2, This is considered to be the best Spiderman movie ever made

Maybe The "Amazing Spiderman 2" should've been on the list

Why is this here? It's a masterpiece in my opinion!

This movie was amazing, Why is it here?

17 The Lost World: Jurassic Park - Jurassic Park

Wait this is the second best Jurassic Park movie, why is this getting so disrespected

I never really liked the 2nd jurassic park movie anyway...

I love this movie

I kinda like it!

18 King Kong Lives - King Kong

Not just disappointing. But definitely the worst Kong movie ever.

I don't like Kong

19 X-Men: The Last Stand - X-Men

The Dark Phoenix Saga is the one of the best comic book stories, and 'X-Men: The Animated Series' did some of its best episodes using the saga. This is not as high because Singer left to direct 'Superman Returns'. We got one of the worst directors, Brett Ratner. I have again, like all the third instalments, talked about this before. But some of those movies were unavoidable to talk about. The character cramming into this movie a big problem. Many of the villains like Juggernaut are undeveloped and should be more developed. Mostly the original knew how many X-Men to cram in, but in this movie some characters are in there out of nowhere like Colossus. The climax is the best thing about the movie other than having Beast, the best character introduction and the only good one. It really isn't needed too have that many, maybe other than get good box office results.

This movie had the most potential it being based on one of the best Sagas in X-Men but this was butchered but hopefully the new movie around this saga with be a redemption

When it's a bad film but you watch it 10 times cause you love the franchise...

Yeah this movie left a bad feeling in my stomach

20 Star Trek: Insurrection - Star Trek

Of all the Trek movies, this is the one I dislike the most. By far. The reason being there is not really any good things in the movie. While The Final Frontier and The Original Picture while both bad, have good things in them. However, this movie does not unfortunately. It is pretty forgettable. The villain is bland, and I usually really like Star Trek villains like Khan or Q. The villain is very forgettable. Many people disagreed, and there might be a good reason why this an unconvincing Trek movie. It is pretty boring and not well done when the characters debate the issues at hand in the movie. There is no good feeling, just wanting to get through the scenes of the movie. It has shots at races, but that is not exactly new in Star Trek; some of the movies have done that before in fact. The plot is pretty good, but they do not execute it well. Really, there is no wins, but just a bad film, that is pretty forgettable as well.

Star trek sucks

21 Rocky II - Rocky
22 The Godfather Part III - The Godfather

Again, I have talked about this movie before. But god damn, that list had some of the biggest disappointments in cinematic history. Unfortunately, after two of the best movies (my two personal favourites as well), this has just thrown that out of the window. This has a helicopter, and the deaths in the first two films were some of the best portrayed in movie history, and it is like something you would see in an action movie, not some of the best media ever to be produced in all formats, and there is a helicopter shooting people. It is like I am watching an entirely different franchise. Sofia Coppola cannot act. May have talked about this in 'Top 10 Most Disappointing Third Installments in Movie Franchises', but she can directly pretty well, but for the love of God, she is so bland. Almost like Emma Watson when she is not doing voice acting. We have some dialogue which would not look out of place in some of the worst cinematic garbage like 'A Christmas Story 2' and Home Alone 3'. This ...more

I either like the films on this list or don't like the franchises to begin with. But this...this just didn't come off, and a big part of it comes down to nepotism. Yeah, Sofia Coppola.

23 Mad Max: Fury Road - Mad Max

This is a awesome movie ever brilliant action scenes.

Tom Hardy? More like Tom Hardly

Really, this was amazing

This movie was awesome.

24 Final Destination 2 - Final Destination

I don't know about Final Destination 2 but I found the the fourth one to be a failure

25 Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales - Pirates of the Caribbean
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