Films that you weren't expecting to be so good

Warper

The Hunger Games Catching Fire for me. Just saw this the other day and loved it. It is much darker than the first one and i just found it really intriguing. Captures a dystopian society brilliantly.

OU812

Drinking Buddies.

No script. Acting & dialogue was totally improvised to the director's guidance. By that I mean the actors got to the set, director told them "In this scene, you answer the phone while you try to distract her".

Wonderful acting, makes you appreciate the difference between actors & movie stars.

Stone Deaf 4evr

Vanilla Sky, lots of people didnt like it, they complained that it made no sense, were they even paying attention?

The Matrix - went to the cinema without having seen so much as a trailer for it. talk about blown away.

Gone baby Gone - myself and my wife debated the ending for weeks afterwards - an excellent film.

I also seem to have a tolerance for big loud action films that tend to rankle the intellectuals - e.g. I actually enjoyed that Battleship film with liam neeson. They're essentially cartoons made real.

amandaf675

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Only seen it recently.

padd b1975

The Count Of Monte Cristo.

D1stant

District 9. Curiously charming

Fago123

Rise of the Planet of The Apes. Really excellent summer popcorn movie, which is extremely rare nowadays if you ask me

maximoose

Latest one that comes to mind is Ruby Sparks.

Went in knowing very little about it - thought it was a very well written, hilarious, charming little gem of a movie.

Looper007

Warrior

Turned out to be a great bromance that had me in tears and turned out to be Rocky of this generation.

zarafiq

Little Miss Sunshine
Big Lebowski
Sideways
Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
The sea inside

byronbay2

Dumb and Dumber: I usually hate this type of "broad" comedy - absolutely can't stand Adam Sandler - and Jim Carrey is an immediate warning sign for any movie. However, I never laughed so much in my life - got the Cringe Vs Laugh ratio spot on!

e_e

Die Hard (On a rewatch over 10 years after first seeing it)
Dredd 3D
The Grey
Pulp Fiction

johnny_ultimate

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