De website mania.com heeft een lijstje gemaakt met zes films die hun hype niet waar hebben gemaakt. Opvallend is dat er twee comic films in staan, waaronder het belabberde Spider-Man 3 (2007) en Superman Returns (die overigens niet zo heel erg slecht was). Eigenlijk had Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008) die nu op de tweede plaats staat op de eerste moeten staan.

The Hype:

Like Superman Returns, this film promised to bring back a classic American hero who had been out of theaters for almost two decades. Unlike Supes, though, Indy wouldn't have to be recast or handed over to a new director. He would be played by the beloved Harrison Ford and shepherded onto the screen by legendary creators Steven Spielberg and George Lucas. It would be just like the good old days!

The Letdown:

You can decide for yourself where Indy 4 went wrong. Did it jump the shark right off the bat with the infamous nuking-the-fridge sequence? Were the aliens a bad idea? Or are Soviets just less innately hate-able than Nazis? Overall, this movie seemed to have too much silliness and not enough of the thrills that made the original trilogy so popular. We did get a pretty good South Park episode out of it, though.