10 Movies That Had No Chance Of Living Up To The Hype

Upon watching The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, you can tell that Peter Jackson's heart isn't really in it the second time around. Stepping in behind the camera after Guillermo Del Toro left the project with the start of production looming, Jackson's return to Middle-Earth is nothing more than okay, clearly the work of a man familiar with the world working on autopilot.

It may be stating the obvious, but that isn't really the ideal way to follow up what might just be the greatest cinematic trilogy in history. The thought of more stories set in Tolkien's huge sandbox was an enticing one for fans, which helped power An Unexpected Journey to over a billion dollars at the box office despite a rather muted critical response.

The decision to turn the adaptation into a trilogy when cameras had been rolling for over a year can clearly be felt in the opening chapter's sluggish pace, with the narrative seemingly treading water in order to set up the bigger and more important events still to come and instead of living up to the hype, An Unexpected Journey only tempered expectations for the next two instalments.