12 Terrible Movies That Blew Awesome Concepts

5. Tomorrowland

The Pitch

A washed-up genius inventor (George Clooney) and a hopeful teenager (Britt Robertson) venture together to Tomorrowland, a futuristic secret society that harbours some disturbing secrets about the future of humanity.

With Brad Bird (The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol) directing, it's safe to say that Tomorrowland was one of 2015's most anticipated movies.

What Went Wrong

Though the performances are fine enough and it sure looks handsome, Tomorrowland is, for all of its fist-pumping about the boundless possibilities of human achievement, a rather ironic monument to failed potential.

Bizarrely charmless and sterile, the film sees Bird misguidedly keeping Clooney off-screen for around an hour, while forcing Robertson to follow a series of uninspired plot threads towards their inevitable collision. Tedium isn't even the word.

Even the second half is more depressing and miserable than exciting, with a couple of iffy tonal shifts and Bird's typical Randian political agenda - bemoaning the Special People being kept down by the rest of us Mere Mortals - yet again shining through.

Boring at best and slightly troubling at worst, Tomorrowland sees Bird taking a big 'ol swing and missing spectacularly, squandering a cracking cast and $200 million of Disney's money in the process.