most unexpected movie like

scottyboy76
scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
edited July 2011 in Music & Movies
Off the top of me head, easily 8 mile.

Never dreamed i would like Him, a story about his horrible life, especially if he was in it.

Movie was pretty damn good, mathers actually seemed like an actor, and his life story compelling.

And now for something completely different, men in black, never dreamed i would like it, now i have to stop channel surfing if i come across certain scenes, and could probably watch it all the way through anytime.
humpty dumpty was pushed
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  • grimmace19
    grimmace19 Posts: 1,429
    edited July 2011
    Hot Tub Time Machine... thought it would be awful and ended up thinking it was hilarious.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2011
    Transformers. I thought that movie would be okay, but was very surprised I liked it as much as I did.
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  • gudnoyez
    gudnoyez Posts: 8,132
    edited July 2011
    Super 8, I heard it was a cross between The Goonies and ET, we had a few free movie passes and my grandson wanted to see it so me and the wife took him I was expecting the worst and all three of us just thought it was great, and will be a Blu Ray Purchase when it comes out, it will sound great on the HT Rig.
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  • stuwee
    stuwee Posts: 1,508
    edited July 2011
    For me it was 'To Die For', I never cared for Nicole Kidman's acting, anyway it was on Starz this morning, I wasn't paying much attention, cleaning some stuff, then I heard some halarious unprintable lines, sat down, and I'll be damned if it wasn't one of the better flic's I'd seen recently, very dark, Kidman nailed the role, and looked mighty fine doin' it too :biggrin:

    If you haven't seen it, worth a watch!!
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  • fishbones
    fishbones Posts: 947
    edited July 2011
    Traitor - absolutely awesome movie and never expected it to be.
    August Rush - another movie I was so surprised how well I liked it.
    Iron Man - this came out when we were getting saturated with Marvel Comic superheroes, but was surprisingly enjoyable and carried its own weight above many others, very enjoyable IMO.
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  • mewisemagic
    mewisemagic Posts: 194
    edited July 2011
    "red"
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited July 2011
    True Grit remake.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited July 2011
    My Big Fat Greek Wedding, caught it channel surfing one day while in hotel on business. Turned out having some funny moments in it.

    Brooklyn's Finest, thought it would a garbage movie, cool plot all the way through.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited July 2011
    Bolt
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    John Travolta
    Miley Cyrus

    I figured it would be one of those cutesy flicks for kids. Absolutely loved it.
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  • tommyboy
    tommyboy Posts: 1,414
    edited July 2011
    Though some of you might question my sexual orientation after this one:wink:, a movie that comes to mind is brokeback mountain. When it came out I had no interest to see it whatsoever and probably never would have, but then I had to watch it for a film class. While some scenes are a little too explicit for my liking, the actual story is engrossing and sad. I recommend they make a PG-13 version:wink:

    Another one would be lord of the rings. I have never been into the magic/wizard kind of movies (most of my favorite movies all have realistic tones), so when I sat down to watch the fellowship of the ring, I had zero expectations... By the end though, I was so engrossed into it I had to watch it again. And though the next two didn't grab me as much as the fellowship of the ring did, its still my favorite trilogy.
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  • TNRabbit
    TNRabbit Posts: 2,168
    edited July 2011
    Chicago~

    Fantastic job by all (Queen Latifa, Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, John C. Riley, Christine Baranski & Catherine Zeta-Jones).

    I have 2 copies of the SACD of the music soundtrack & it is fantastic.
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  • 20hz
    20hz Posts: 636
    edited July 2011
    Sideways (not the insult to wine country one) the one about the guy doing construction work for this rich guy , no stars just good story .
    as far as my need to still see list its RED & the remake of true grit then much later cowboys & alians
    yes cowboys & alians sound stupid but the previews look good .
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  • pdxfj
    pdxfj Posts: 376
    edited July 2011
    I would have to say the original "Cars" released in 2006. The gal I was dating at the time really wanted to see it. I had zero interest in seeing it as it was an animated movie but went anyway. I remember walking into the theater thinking "WTF am I doing here for a kids movie".

    Had the totally wrong impression of a modern animated movie. I was totally impressed and thought enough of it that I bought my parents tickets to see it. I knew that I'd never get my dad to a theater to see it so by supplying the tickets he had no choice as my mother would make him go.

    He had the same thoughts I did going into it, and was also very surprised at how well it was done.

    Now and days I find most of the animated movies to be more entertaining than traditional movies. Being a bit of a geek I can appreciate the amount of work that goes into them.
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  • Tony M
    Tony M Posts: 11,181
    edited July 2011
    G Force....

    Kind of like Bolt. which I liked also.


    Great movie.

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  • carvcom
    carvcom Posts: 240
    edited July 2011
    I have to agree with "Bolt", had zero expectations & I really liked it.
    The dog & the cat were great together, but the hamster put it over the top.
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited July 2011
    tommyboy wrote: »
    Though some of you might question my sexual orientation after this one:wink:, a movie that comes to mind is brokeback mountain. When it came out I had no interest to see it whatsoever and probably never would have, but then I had to watch it for a film class. While some scenes are a little too explicit for my liking, the actual story is engrossing and sad. I recommend they make a PG-13 version:wink:

    Another one would be lord of the rings. I have never been into the magic/wizard kind of movies (most of my favorite movies all have realistic tones), so when I sat down to watch the fellowship of the ring, I had zero expectations... By the end though, I was so engrossed into it I had to watch it again. And though the next two didn't grab me as much as the fellowship of the ring did, its still my favorite trilogy.

    No questions about your sexual orientation at all......anymore
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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  • jpena53
    jpena53 Posts: 68
    edited July 2011
    I actually liked "Rio", I got a bootleg copy at work about a month ago and have watched it about 4 times since then.
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  • Joe08867
    Joe08867 Posts: 3,919
    edited July 2011
    Despicable me. Thought it would be horrible but it was way better than I thought it would be.
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  • SDA1C
    SDA1C Posts: 2,072
    edited July 2011
    The girl that plays with fire series, Dragon Tatoo, The girl that kicked the hornets nest. Euro films w/subtitles and I absolutely loved them. I was totally skeptical for about 10 minutes then forced myself to watch one at a time.
    Too much **** to list....
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  • scottyboy76
    scottyboy76 Posts: 2,905
    edited July 2011
    SDA1C wrote: »
    The girl that plays with fire series, Dragon Tatoo, The girl that kicked the hornets nest. Euro films w/subtitles and I absolutely loved them. I was totally skeptical for about 10 minutes then forced myself to watch one at a time.

    saw girl with tattoo on netflix, cant wait to see the others, have begun to really check the foreign stuff, hollywood has descended so far, even the big money stuff is awful,
    humpty dumpty was pushed
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  • breal74
    breal74 Posts: 324
    edited July 2011
    Stranger Than Fiction. Did not expect that kind of performance out of Will Ferrell.
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  • 20hz
    20hz Posts: 636
    edited July 2011
    I heard "true grit " should be seen .
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  • shepx2
    shepx2 Posts: 646
    edited July 2011
    I don't think it would be the most surprising for me ever, but most recent was The A-Team movie. I expected it to be a total ****, but I ended up quite entertained by it. Nice homage to the original series.
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  • quadzilla
    quadzilla Posts: 1,543
    edited July 2011
    Suprise dislike: Remake of True Grit. Heard nothing but good things from people that saw it. I wanted my time back after watching it. I especially hated the "extra" bit they tacked on at the end. Just made a bad remake even worse. Fortunately, I was redeemed as the original happened to be on cable just as I finished watching the remake. So, Pro Tip: Never try to remake a perfect movie. You will fail.

    Surprise like: The Kids Are All Right. Caught it on cable last night. Completely character driven plot, and it's rare that I like those because script writers usually comes up with such bad characters, which are then poorly acted.
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  • 20hz
    20hz Posts: 636
    edited July 2011
    grimmace19 wrote: »
    Hot Tub Time Machine... thought it would be awful and ended up thinking it was hilarious.

    I thought it was great to .
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  • 20hz
    20hz Posts: 636
    edited July 2011
    Idiocracy W/luke wilson
    Its a comedy about the IQ dropping over the years
    Worth seeing
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  • shepx2
    shepx2 Posts: 646
    edited July 2011
    quadzilla wrote: »
    So, Pro Tip: Never try to remake a perfect movie. You will fail.

    Considering the awards it was nominated for, and the way it was received, I'd say your opinion failed, not the movie.
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  • obieone
    obieone Posts: 5,077
    edited July 2011
    I thought Bolt sucked. I wanted to like it, but couldn't get into it. Was hoping for another Ratatouille, or Toy Story, but, nope, not even close.
    I refuse to argue with idiots, because people can't tell the DIFFERENCE!
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