Movies that are Sh*tlisted
By Shifty
302 days ago
Updated 135 days ago
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Introduction
What is a Sh*tlisted movie you say? It is any movie in which the main/lead/hero character is worse off at the end, than when the movie started. Some of the time leaving you with a feeling of sadness instead of that "entertained" feeling you were hoping for. Being on this list doesn't mean it's a bad movie, just that it fits into the criteria above. Mostly what it means to be on this list is that if the movie is playing on TV, I will watch it. But I am not going to be buying the DVD, hunting for it in a video store, or going out of my way to recommend it.
Hero
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_%282002_film%29
So Jet Li kicks some major ass, just to get to the emperor to assassinate him, spares his life and that bastard still has him killed. Show a little compassion man, it was just shown to you.
The Matrix: Revolutions
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix:_Revolutions
I don't care, just don't care.. Neo should have been able to beat the shit out of all those Smiths. Why didn't he just dive into him and make him expload like he did in the first one?
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean:_A…
So Tia gets Freed, Jack is alive again, Barbossa is chillin out, and Will gets a 10 year vs 1 day sentence with his wife and child. Sure, way to end it. Will's Father should have been the one to stab the heart. He loved sailing in the first place, and would have made an excellent out for everyone to live happily ever after.
Powder
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Powder_%28film%29
Ok, so it's what he wanted and decided. But I still think I would take joining the circus vs getting my ass zapped by a million volts of electricity..
Saving Private Ryan
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Private_Ryan
Yeah, we all saw it coming, but losing 9 men in the retrieval of one is just bad planning. When he told them he wasn't going to be going with the squad, would have been the point I would have shot him myself.
The Perfect Storm
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Perfect_Storm_%28film%2
He even made it out of the boat for goodness sake! Tread water damn you! This is why reality should never be made into films. And yes, I realize it was based on a true story so no offense to the real sailors that lost their lives.
City of Angels
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Angels
Are you kidding me? He gives up EVERYTHING for her? And she goes and gets hit by a Truck???? What a load of bull. I've never had more of a betrayed feeling in my life while watching a movie then from this right here.
Open Water
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_water
At the request of a user. I never actually saw this movie, but I did Wiki it, and if I watched it, would be pretty pissed at the end.
Impostor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impostor_%28film%29
Lets survive car battles, hunting parties, search helicopters, and bullets from various guns only to be the bad guy in the end and nuke alot of people. Damn aliens...
Aliens Vs Predator
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_vs._Predator_%28film%…
Can't believe the way they butchered this movie. Within 5 minutes of the Preds meeting the aliens 2 of them are jacked already, then at the end the final one gets hosed as well. Even if you don't think that the Predators were the main leads in the film, just remember that the girl is still in the middle of the arctic circle with no way of getting back to the ship because I doubt she knows how to fly a chopper. Thanks for the lift fellas..
Jeepers Creepers
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeepers_Creepers_%28film%29
Technically the Creeper is the focus, but Darry and Trish are the lead screen players. What a way to go, skinned fully after playing the hero and protecting the girl the whole movie
Becoming Jane
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becoming_Jane
So you have the ability to get married to a wealthy handsome man, or you could choose the guy you fell in love with who is penny less. Either way you'd be happy. But no, lets stay at home and take care of our family for the rest of our lives and become social shut ins, argh!
House of Sand and Fog
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_sand_and_fog
So you got evicted.. Wrongly.. Oh well, lifes a bitch. You were alone so you fell for someone who is married. Wanna know why he was married? Because a woman already discovered he was a good find. Too bad it wasn't you, and now you're homeless yet again.
Fearless
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fearless_%282006_film%29
To come so far and discover within yourself the honor and truth of life. Wanting to better not only yourself but the world as a whole. Cut down by poison while trying to do so, and still, not going out with a ferocious bang. Honor..
Braveheart
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braveheart
Ever notice that a lot of movies that are "Based on a true story" or something similar, are many times depressing? This is one of those. Based semi in fact and much in hollywood fiction. They decided to kill him off right as he started to get his forces and himself back on the right track after a huge defeat. Can't say I was too pleased about watching 7 minutes of Mel Gibson torture either, who wants to see that?
V For Vendetta
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V_for_Vendetta_%28film%29
Voilà! In view, a humble vaudevillian veteran, cast vicariously as both
victim and villain by the vicissitudes of Fate. This visage, no mere
veneer of vanity, is it vestige of the vox populi, now vacant, vanished, as
the once vital voice of the verisimilitude now venerates what they once
vilified. However, this valorous visitation of a by-gone vexation,
stands vivified, and has vowed to vanquish these venal and virulent vermin
vanguarding vice and vouchsafing the violently vicious and voracious
violation of volition. The only verdict is vengeance; a vendetta, held
as a votive, not in vain, for the value and veracity of such shall one day
vindicate the vigilant and the virtuous. Verily, this vichyssoise of
verbiage veers most verbose vis-à-vis an introduction, and so it is my
verygood honor to meet you and you may call me V...........How the hell can you kill a guy who talks like that?????
The Mummy / The Mummy Returns
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mummy_Returns
While not truly a Sh*itlist, I feel it deserves honorable mention. At it's core what this is, plain and simple, is a love story. The fact the "creature" was to come back and rule the world, was only cause he was forced to through the curse. If they would have just killed him, he would have come back, resurrected his girlfriend, and lived in a quiet corner of the desert for the rest of his life. When that ungrateful b*tch betrayed Imhotep you can see the absolute sadness in his eyes. He thwarted death 2 times for her, if that's not love I dunno what is.. Women, come back from the dead and they still are selfish. So while he wasn't the "main" guy, he didn't deserve that horrible ending.
Cloverfield
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloverfield
Now, don't get me wrong. I understand Hollywoods' idea by leaving ambiguous endings that aren't clear on what happens in order to create sequels and draw the lemmings into the theaters to spend their hard earned cash. However for the moviegoers that have to endure the waiting on this, it's as close to a kick in the balls as you can get.
Event Horizon
I don't know what it is with Hollywood thinking that the whole "sacrifice yourself to save the others" formula works on everyone. Especially after a hell of a struggle that the hero deserves to live
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