10 Movies That Aren’t As Bad As Everyone Says

4. The A-Team

Joe Carnahan's The A-Team is probably the best film based on the eighties TV show that could have been made. Smart casting, a knowledge of the few elements of the show's legacy that remained in the popular consciousness and a sense of fun made for a cracking throw-back with a decidedly modern sheen. Not that anyone realised.

Back when the idea was first conceived in the mid-nineties and the show was still culturally relevant you can imagine it being a smash success, but in the 21st Century the nostalgia factor could only carry it so far. Marketed as a generic action film with none of the joy present in the finished product (the exhilarating flying tank sequence was presented unbelievably po-faced), the film was a box office disappointment. And if no one sees your film they're going to take it at face value.

Not only did this poor advertising create an idea of the film in people's minds, it also affected the opinion on those who saw it too. Ever notice how the moments in films that get laughs in a packed auditorium tend to be those from the trailer? It's because if it's not signposted audiences are never sure whether to laugh with the film or not. The A-Team wasn't as potent an action-comedy as, say, Guardians of the Galaxy, instead going to an overall light tone. That's a hard sell without any prior warning.