You know the ones. Things you thought 'that looks great' only to watch/listen to it and conclude that its utterly pants.
I watched Four Lions last night. I even bought it on DVD as, being a Chris Morris film, I reckoned it'd stand up to repeated viewing. How wrong I was. One viewing was more than enough. Its absolute crap!!! Embarrassingly awful!
Your nominations please
In terms of the greatest difference between experience and hype, I've got to go with Withnail and I. I thought it was utterly terrible.
Reservoir Dogs. Over-blown crap.
Cocaine.
Drum 'n' Bass.
+1 Withnail and I.
+1 on Four Lions.
Pretty much everything by Morrisey/The Smiths. Some of it's fine and some of the lyrics are quite good but really it's so far overhyped that it's hard not to hold that against it. And he's a miserable, grumpy sod.
The Matrix sequels.
Zodiac - heard it raved about, saw it at the cinema, thought it was toss.
sex...a poor substitute for the real thing
The Matrix sequels
I've not been disappointed by the sequels, mainly because, after being so disappointed with The Matrix, I haven't bothered watching them
Oasis - Be Here Now.
Been Played Once would have been a more apt name. Utter bobbins.
Withnail & I is a work of genius IMHO, but you have to watch it a few times.
Oasis' entire output since Definitely Maybe.
[edit - damn, too slow]
2012. Worst. Film. Ever.
Yeah that was awful but I wasn't expecting much from it so wasn't disappointed...
Gorillaz new album, utter crap.
Breville toasted sandwich makers.
Filthy, Rich & Catflap.
High Definition TV.
Angel Delight.
The pubs in Berwick Upon Tweed.
Drum 'n' Bass.
Heard any London Elecktricity?
There's a lot of awful DnB out there but there's some great stuff too, it's a massive genre. I'm not a fan of stuff like DJ Hype which is what most people think DnB is. Hospital Records podcast is a good start to hear a range of styles if you care, which I suspect you don't!
Kill Bill was appallingly awful. That said, I didn't expect it to be great. I saw KB 2 on DVD and watched perhaps 20 minutes. If Tarantino had edited the two films together he might (just maybe) have made a good film, but for me, it's easily the worst thing he's done. Yes, even including Death Proof
Possibly a bigger disappointment was Shrek 3. I had premiere tickets through a work contact, took the kids, who gave a resounding thumbs-down. They'd been so excited after the first two instalments, but the third was astonishingly poor.
On the flip side, just watched Iron Man on DVD, and expected it to be utter bobbins. For what it was, the result was surprisingly well-scripted and acted.
I thought Kill Bill (in a good cinema) was brilliant - properly blew me away. Kill Bill 2 was a massive disappointment. As strangely was seeing Kill Bill 1 on TV - a real underwhelming sensation having liked it so much at the cinema.
Lifer, cheers for the tips.
Try and have a open mind when it comes to music but as much as I've tried, just can't get into it - was out around Bury for an all day music festival yesterday and the only bit I didn't really like was the D & B set
at Siberia.
Luke Aznavour, a shouty bald chap with a backing track and a theramin was a highlight - a cross between Bob Calvert and John Shuttleworth 
the film "oh brother where art thou"
sorry but i just didnt get it at all... 
24
Considering it was billed as gritty etc it's turned out to be a bit of a steaming turd.
(Just borrowed the entire box set which is why I'm so far behind with this particular series)
organic food
"classic" films and rock music (just 'cos something's old doesn't make it a classic!)
+1 the matrix sequels
+1 Withnail and I.
american nature documentaries (in my humble opinion the tv liscense fee is worth it for the Blue Planet episode "the deep" alone)
facebook
london
hot girls who open their mouth to reveal harsh accents
sean lock's live stand-up dvd
frankie boyle's live stand-up dvd
my sister's choices in life
my mum's inability to budget
food that turns up with onions in/on it when you've specifically asked for no onions.
listen to some jungle and not dnb. as far as dnb albums go try beats by design by dj zinc. also timeless by goldie.
Top Gun. I thought it was utter, predictable tripe.
Debbie Does Dallas.
I mean, we don't even see her get to do Dallas ffs.
So I'm told. Not that I've watched it or anything... 
"Ooh Mr Hardwick!"
Lost-stuck with it from the start,the end was guff
Muse- stadium dross
iphones
Real Ale
other people
but hey were all different,if we all liked the same thing yadda yadda yadda
x
Real Ale? You've tried them all?
of the dozen or so iv'e tried over the years never found one that tasted alright,most were like ditch water
A book for me, Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Yeah, it was good, but it wasn't thatgood.
Oh, and Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland. I expected it to be at least a bit interesting and different. Was just awful from start to finish.
most music since the 90's
we finally got up to speed with the rest of the world and bought an IPOD, had a few mates over saturday night and they were laughing as 90% of the albums were fomr the 90's.....
most of the bands these days are utter tripe, i was watching the highlights of V and reading and i was almost crying....
The Green Zone
I'm with you 100% on the real ale thing Alcopop. All the beardy types chortle at me for orering fizzy euro-lager in the pub, but to me real ale all tastes like stagnant pond water.
I gather from your name, that your tipple is WKD blue? 
Muse, The Resistance- really, really looking forward to it. Oh well.
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Gorillaz new album, utter crap.
i'm outraged. it's a brilliant, very well rounded album. albarn is a genius.
I kind of agree on the real ale a few are fantastic but lots are "wanna be's"in my opinion.and again imho when something really good does get created it tends to eventually go into lots of pubs and be commonly found everywhere thus not realing classing it as niche "real ale"
i could be wrong tho...
Dry cake.
Cash-in sequels to films that ended properly. Highlander 2 ('there should have been only one'), Alien cubed, The Matrix Rebooted and suchlike.
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