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I think most of the disappointment people experienced was not so much due to the movie not living up to the hype itself, but a different expectation derived from that hype.

When a lot of people are saying a movie is great, most people expect the movie to be emotionally moving. They expect to experience an adrenalin rush, extreme sorrow, terror, pride, etc largely based on the genre. But that didn't happen here. In the end, you felt indifferent towards the characters whether they murdered, were murdered, or both, and very little was accomplished in terms of the character's goals.

This lack of relation to and sentiment for the characters was not the point. This is not what was being hyped. What was being hyped was the meaning behind it all. Most people heard the acclaim, but not specifically what that acclaim was for. They expected to be moved. They weren't, and were disappointed because of it. But they were expecting the wrong thing (through no fault of their own, really).