So, you’ve trounced all the other members of the chess team, read all the Batman comics, played with your Wii until your arms are sore and broken up with the only guy or girl who ever talked to you in order to have more time for World of Warcraft. The only thing left to do is pick out the soundtrack for your particular brand of misery. Let’s get you to the ball, Cinderella!

One of the things I’ve noticed on some of my more recent columns is that I’m liking everything. Everything’s getting ***-**** unless the movie flat-out sucks, and part of me was beginning to wonder if I was becoming easier to please or whether I’ve just been on an incredible roll.

Well whatever the reason, that roll has ended. This time, we’re looking at films that I have been eager to see, only to be let down by the end result. And it has certainly not been intentional. These are literally five of the last seven or eight films I’ve Netflixed, (and it’s a little late for Bad Santa.) So here’s a look at some films that aren’t necessarily terrible, but I’d get them ol’ expectations lowered.

Of all of the superheroes that have graced my comic book collection over the years, the one that has caused me to seriously doubt the credibility of the whole enterprise is Guy Gardner. Why DC chooses not to kill this guy off, at least permanently, continues to elude me.

He who must not be named had stolen from Keyser Soze and Soze was out for revenge. Since you know who has no living family, Soze struck at his Death Eaters. Brutally raping and murdering his way through the group, everyone from Peter Pettigrew to the Lestranges and Malfoys fell victim to his wrath.

The Dark Lord had to put an end to this insolence and set out to destroy Soze. Unable to find him, he was able to capture a criminal named Verbal who knew something about him. Voldemort planned to interrogate, (and torture, if necessary), Verbal until the whereabouts of Soze could be determined. Verbal was a toady little criminal, weak and stricken with palsy. He would be no match for the persuasive powers of you know who.

Sideshow Bob crept through the graveyard as he slowly made his way to the mausoleum. He had located an artifact that was essential in his latest plan to murder that wretched Bart Simpson.

Unfortunately, at that same moment, Spike was approaching the crypt in search of the very same tool of destruction. They arrived at the doorway at the same time, each one sizing up the other.