10 Movies Which Refused To Give Fans What They Came For

Sometimes moviegoers just want a film to do deliver what it promised.

Expecting the unexpected is a cornerstone for any film fanatic; but whether it's the source material, the trailer or sometimes the director's historic films as evidence, sometimes we expect a certain something from our movies.

Much like you expect to be scared during a horror film or to laugh during a comedy, our pre-designated expectations warrant some reward. So imagine the surprise on the audience' faces when the film they set out to see was not only not what they expected, but didn't even deliver on what they were "promised".

Yes, we shouldn't be so naive when it comes to trailers. And maybe as an audience we're getting a little entitled, but sometimes we just want things to do exactly what they say on the tin - and that is to entertain and amuse us.

In this article, you'll find ten films that gave audiences a certain assumption going in, only for that expectation to be denied. Not necessarily for the worst, but it just wasn't what they spent twenty pounds on a ticket and a bag of salted popcorn for.

The Hangover movies may not have aged all that well, but there was something to admire about them.

Essentially 'Dude, Where's My Car?' but for adults, they incorporated something audiences would appreciate - gross-out comedy with a little mystery. If you were a fan of the first film and understandably "meh" on the second, then your ears might have pricked up when a third and final film in the Hangover saga was announced.

Assuming The Hangover III would follow the traditional mystery plot of the first two films, there was surprise when the Wolf Pack weren't wandering round a city trying to piece together events from a previous night, but instead found themselves embroiled in a weird heist/manhunt adventure that bared no resemblance to the first two.

There's nothing wrong with changing the formula, but the third Hangover movie was so different from the first two films, it might as well have been from a different franchise all together. The tone, character motivations and general plot didn't feel like the first two. Heck, there were even fewer laughs at the Wolf Pack's expense this time around.

Third films in a trilogy don't always land, but in the case of The Hangover III, the film didn't do itself any favours by abandoning a formula fans had gotten used to.