Films you changed your mind over

NyOmnishambles · 01-10-2015 4:10pm

MilesMorales1 wrote: »

Oh and Moonrise Kingdom. I watched it when it came out on DVD with a friend, and I thought it was ****e. Rewetted later on after seeing the grand budapest, thought it was amazing.

tunguska wrote: »

This happens to me all the time..........

The darjeeling limited

Loved Wes Anderson's other movies but when I saw this first I was disappointed. Didnt really get it. But a few years later it was on CH4 and I just happened upon it as it was starting. Really lliked the start so I said id watch that.........man how wrong I was about this movie, its pretty brilliant. I think I just wasnt mature enough to understand it the first time around, but second time I just got it. One of my favorite films now.

Must be a Wes Anderson thing

I hated The Royal Tannenbaums on first viewing which bugged me for years as I loved and enjoyed his previous and subsequent works

On a rewatch I very much fell in love with it though it isn't my favourite of his

sky88 · 01-10-2015 4:38pm

Casino loved it when i watched it first then watched it recently and thought it was terrible and slow just didnt enjoy it at all which was disappointing as i was really looking forward to watching it again

alex.middleton · 02-10-2015 6:21pm

the first time I saw "there will be blood" starring daniel day lewis I found myself bored by the apparent oil focused theme of the film - one year later I re-watched it and was dissapointed by how narrow my mind had been to not appreciate the brilliant characters and actors who cover such a plethora of humanity.

Tony EH · 03-10-2015 1:58am

There's been a few. But, I'm a serial re-watcher of films (which some people find bizarre) and there are pictures that do improve with subsequent viewings. So, to mention just a few:

'Fargo'. Didn't get it when I first saw it. Now, I love it.

'The Big Lewbowski'. Thought it was hideously overrated by some, but now think it's great.

'They Live'. Couldn't believe one of my "heroes", John Carpenter, could direct such bollocks. Then one day, it simply clicked and now it's brilliant. He has actually directed some bollocks though.

GerB40 · 03-10-2015 2:08am

Home Alone 1 + 2. I loved those movies as a kid. Christmas just wasn't complete without them. To this day I could probably say most words from both movies off by heart. I don't know what age I was when I realised that both movies are basically about two career criminals trying to murder a child. I felt betrayed by this realisation and could never watch them again...

Tony EH · 03-10-2015 2:29am

Keep the change, ya filthy animal

Chain Smoker · 03-10-2015 10:43am

Babe: Pig in the City
From the second I realised James Cromwell's role would be drastically reduced, I was disappointed. The setting in the city was fairly different and George Miller's typically bonkers direction (having opted to not direct the first one because he felt his style wouldn't suit it, which it wouldn't have, only to get in a bit of a huff when Chris Noonan was getting a lot of the accolades for it) was extremely disorienting.

With the exception of the goofy ending, I absolutely love it now. Rather than retreading the original it throws the character into a totally different environment, one where the awfulness of the world is a lot more universal (as opposed to the original where it's fairly focused on Babe being an unfortunate figure in a system which is not so bad overall) maintaining and furthering the character's integrity.

That scene on the bridge was always magnificent though, cannot believe it isn't on YouTube. Just thinking of it makes me cry a bit.

Wedwood · 03-10-2015 4:17pm

2001: A Space Odyssey.

I thought this was a terrible movie the first time I saw it as a kid on TV.

Years later, I gave it another go on DVD on my first widescreen TV and finally understood why it was considered a masterpiece.

Blade Runner went thorough a similar process, where I eventually changed my opinion of the film after the first Director's Cut was released on DVD.

Finally seeing both these movies in their correct aspect ratio after years on 4:3 pan and scan videos was perhaps the critical factor.

Cb9 · 03-10-2015 4:27pm

I liked the star wars prequels as a kid, now I hate them.

Unearthly · 04-10-2015 1:10pm

Good topic.

As a kid I hated the Shining, but now is one of my favorite ever films. Same with the Thing.

On the other hand I loved Saw 1 when it first came out. Watched it again recently and the acting is woeful, like just really really bad. Shocked me

Cows Go µ · 05-10-2015 11:37pm

Until I hit my late teens I hated James Bond. The character, the movies, all of it. I just didn't get why it was so popular.

Then at about 16/17, my dad got me the first 3 books as a "present" (ie something that he wanted but to justify the purchase to mum, he bought it for me) and I loved them. Then soon after that Casino Royale came out and I loved that too.

I've never gone out of my way to watch the older movies but if I see them on tv I'll flick over. At least now I will happily watch them. I think my problem was that because they were so popular I was expecting masterpieces but now that I view them as a bit of fun, I can appreciate them for what they are.

Tar.Aldarion · 06-10-2015 10:51am

e_e wrote: »

Blade Runner

Brother lent it to me when I was 12 (when I had this really shallow "I demand to be entertained!!!!" approach to movies), expected an action movie and it bored the hell out of me. Gave it another chance on DVD a few years later, appreciated it a little more but didn't yet love it. Then a few months back I finally gave the Final Cut on blu-ray my undivided attention and holy ****ing ****, what a movie.

I'd say this, when I was young I didn't really get it, saw it in the cinema recently and it was amazing.

Nice to see a film that doesn't have bad guys for the sake of it, that are jsut up to evil for no good and all that.

Mister Vain · 07-10-2015 9:50pm

I didn't like Fight Club when I first saw it. I turned it off before the twist at the end, big mistake. I really liked it after seeing it the second time.

I loved Transcendence the first time but it wasn't nearly as good the second time, I don't know why.

Films you changed your mind over

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