Just to clarify, we're not saying these films are terrible. That's not the case. It's just that we had such maddeningly high expectations of them and they didn't live up to them at all. Our worst films of 2013 can be found right here. Here, instead, is the five most disappointing films of 2013...

5. WELCOME TO THE PUNCH

We wanted this to be so much more. You had James McAvoy, Mark Strong and a director eager to recreate Heat in the streets of London. We fucking love Heat. We were totally up for this. Instead, we caught something a little bit tepid and a little bit silly. The dialogue was cheesy as all hell - “Stop! You're obsessed!” - That was said in the first five minutes of the film. Also, there are other colours in the palette besides blue and green.

4. ONLY GOD FORGIVES

Reteaming Nicolas Winding Refn with Ryan Gosling seemed like a no-brainer. The two worked hand-in-hand to create one of 2011's most acclaimed films. We are, of course, talking about Drive. Therefore, when we heard that they were working on a thriller set in Bangkok about kickboxing and a character called the Angel of Vengeance, we were beyond excited. Imagine our disappointment when we sat down to watch Only God Forgives and met with, well, what it was. Weird. Long. Boring. No dialogue. No atmosphere. No Kavinsky. No soundtrack. Just Ryan Gosling getting the crap kicked out of him by an Asian dude.

3. THE COUNSELLOR

Ridley Scott. Michael Fassbender. Cormac McCarthy. In a film about drug cartels in Mexico. We were so ready for The Counsellor to be the greatest thing ever and return Scott in our minds to his place as one of the best living directors out there. Instead, we got Cameron Diaz mounting a sportscar and Javier Bardem's hair. Did we miss something? Did it fly over our heads? Is it the sort of thing that, in twenty years time, we'll look back at The Counsellor and call it a masterpiece? It's unlikely. That dialogue was too stupid to be taken seriously.

2. ANCHORMAN 2: THE LEGEND CONTINUES

It may just be that Anchorman 2 needs repeat viewings to get funnier. After all, the first Anchorman film didn't immediately go over on the first viewing. But, watching Anchorman 2 and its running time of TWO HOURS, we knew there was something missing. It didn't have the same spark, the same passion that the original one had. And with a ten year gap between them, it should have been a case of leaving it well enough alone rather than trying to find it again.

1. MAN OF STEEL

Right. Man of Steel was going to be a tough sell. You have Henry Cavill in the suit. We're sorry, but Henry Cavill isn't a great actor. You've got Zack Snyder directing. His last film was Sucker Punch. You've got Christopher Nolan somewhere in the background to give it a sense of legitimacy. The trailers for Man of Steel suggested a completely new take on Superman. The religious subtext was evident in these trailers, but when it came to the film, they were as subtle as a fart in a bath-tub. The constant hammering away at this, coupled with the over-use of CGI, meant that Man of Steel just didn't resonate the way it should have. The final sequence – where Metropolis is destroyed – was just plain silly. We should have had controllers to make it more palatable. Instead, it was like the finale in Matrix: Revolutions.