Pleasant Surprises and Awesome Surprises

[shuah]

Since everybody seems to thing I hate everything , I thought I'd start a nice thread.
In stead of a thread about what we don't like or what our biggest disappointments were . . . how about a thread about our most pleasantly surprising movie experiences. List your top ten movies you didn't expect much from that ended up winning you over:

Here are mine:

Special

No Such Thing

Superman Returns

Terminator: Salvation

Role Models

40 Year Old Virgin

Slums of Beverly Hills

Judge Dredd

The Straight Story

May

[goochspot]

Lets see...

Slumdog Millionaire

Eyes Wide Shut

Diner

The House Bunny

Foot Fist Way

Strange Days

Citizen Kane

Sin City

Iron Man

The Devil's Rejects

[shuah]

Originally Posted by goochspot

Lets see...

Slumdog Millionaire

Eyes Wide Shut

Diner

The House Bunny

Foot Fist Way

Strange Days

Citizen Kane

Sin City

Iron Man

The Devil's Rejects

The Devil's Rejects is a good pick. The first half of the movie had me wondering why I was still watching it. The second half had me wondering if I wanted to buy it.

I'd say that Iron Man was a pleasant surprise, because I never liked the Iron Man comics and I wouldn't expect an Iron Man movie to appeal to me. And, honestly, that was my attitude . . . until I saw the trailer. Unfortunately, the trailers sucked me in and had me totally pumped to see it. Fortunately, it delivered, but the surprise was ruined by my wanton anticipation. I'd still stand by anybody's statement, however, that it was a surprisingly good movie. Who'd ever think that a concept as goofy as Iron Man would work so well on the big screen? What a fun movie.

[JamesKurtovich]

Can't remember, but a recent pleasant surprise was Terminator Salvation.

[shuah]

Originally Posted by JamesKurtovich

Can't remember, but a recent pleasant surprise was Terminator Salvation.

I agree. I didn't have super-low hopes for it, but I have to admit that I walked into it expecting that they threw Christian Bale in to give it more credibility with moviegoers. But, really, it was just a good movie.

[CHERRYGARCIA]

I know its as popular as all hell...but the first time I saw The Shawshank Redemption in 1998...avoided this like the Plague when it first came out because I thought I was going to be utterly bored with it, then my younger brother saw it and demanded that I watch ASAP..now my brother is far from a movie watcher..he watches like 10 movies a year..and hates EVERYTHING!..anyway I rented it from BB on VHS (ahh those were the days!), and was blown away..about 150 viewing later it has become one of my top 4 or 5 films ever...and to think how many more years I could have gone before I finally saw it!

[Riff Magnum]

Since it was directed by David Lynch i had pretty high hopes, but i definitely wondered if "Straight Story" could maintain that Lynch edge and still be a rated G Disney movie. Needless to say, it still kicked butt.

[Foggy]

most recent I'll say is the hangover, really didn't think it would be THAT good

[anomynous]

Sex Drive
Role Models

[jkwest]

Brokeback Mountain...

yes, i didn't want to watch it because it had to do with man on man relations, but, the wife rented it and I decided why the hell not, and..wow, this movie was great..superb acting all around.

[Diesel]

Star Trek 09

i went during the week after deciding to see it just the week before
i didn't expect to like it, but i thought it was a great movie when i walked out

[igotcabada]

shoot em up
role models
equilibrium
terminator salvation ( so many bad reviews.. )
the island
star trek (2009)
troy ( i actually liked it..)
man on fire
harsh times

[dvd_mazter]

Recent movies:
- Star Trek (Best sci-fi film in years)
- Terminator: Salvation
- Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Milk
- Bedtime Stories

Slightly Older films:
- Transformers
- Speed Racer
- X3: The Last Stand
- Juno
- Freddy vs. Jason (One of my favourite horror films of all time, cheese ball gold)

[Barbie-Shrimp]

Return of the King.

I hated the first 2, but my wife loves the books, so you know, that pretty much means I gotta see the movies with her. But that 3rd one, holy cow! It was better than Die Hard. And I love Die Hard. The first 2 are kinda like Die Hards 2-4(sucky), but that third one was supreme.

[spolcyc]

Iron Man
Rambo
Batman Begins-B&R left a bad after taste
Max Payne
Mummy 3
Indiana Jones IV
Eagle Eye
Star Trek (2009)
X3
Twilight

[Azyiu]

One of the pleasant surprises I experienced in recent years include: The Dark Knight. I am never a big fan of the so-called superhero genre, but this film blows me away on many levels!


Also, I bought Dr. Strangelove a few days ago. I heard so much about it but never seen it. Now I must say I really enjoyed it!!!

[bongzilla]

It took me weeks to finally make up my mind on,
Linkin Park- road to redemption, now is one of my favorite concerts.

[shuah]

Originally Posted by bongzilla

It took me weeks to finally make up my mind on,
Linkin Park- road to redemption, now is one of my favorite concerts.

I'm not trying to be a jerk but . . .

1) That wasn't a surprise. That was a decision or a realization.

2) That wasn't a movie. That was a concert DVD.

[P@t_Mtl]

Some of the movies I saw not expecting much and was surprise by them

The Matrix
Pirates Of The Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl

These 2 were big surprises, I wasn't expecting them to be as entertaining as they were.

I was also surprise by V For Vendetta

[goochspot]

Originally Posted by P@t_Mtl

Some of the movies I saw not expecting much and was surprise by them

The Matrix
Pirates Of The Caribbean The Curse Of The Black Pearl

These 2 were big surprises, I wasn't expecting them to be as entertaining as they were.

I was also surprise by V For Vendetta

Good answers.