Which movie pleased you the most?

valoren

Conversely to the thread about films that disappointed you the most, what films pleased people the most?

Such as films, for any flaws they might have, that delivered on your expectation? Or films that bypassed you completely on release but you loved when you happened to see it in time?

For me it was Toy Story. My younger brother got it as a video for his birthday. It was early 2000 and the sequel was being released. I put off watching it, assuming it was just a kids movie. We all sat to watch it, me reluctantly, but within a couple of minutes knew it was something very special. I couldn't wait to see the sequel after watching it.

Goodshape

Recently enough, A Monster Calls caught me in exactly the right mood. A perfect mix of childhood fantasy and hard-hitting emotions.

Loved everything about it.

pixelburp

It didn't exactly pass me by, but I was genuinely surprised & delighted at just how awesome and enjoyable Mad Max: Fury Road tuned out to be. I wasn't sure what to expect from the film but I'd say like many my expectations were ... cautious: it had taken forever to get made, had location changes & reshoots, and in general just felt like a sequel to a franchise nobody was really expecting or looking for. Yet the end product was a heady, fuel-injected rush of beautifully crafted mayhem.

It's a TV series, but I came to the Battlestar Galactica reboot about 10 years after it aired; missed it the first time around for various reasons, but the belated watch was just 4 seasons of near-perfect TV.

silverharp

TV is easier for sure , Dexter, as above Battlestar , Sons of Anarchy and Breaking Bad. Movies I cant think of many that rise above competent or simply met expectations like the big blockbusters. The first time I saw the Blues Brothers I knew nothing about it and a friend just described it as a couple of musicians trying to put on a gig so that was a surprise. Heat maybe and Good Will Hunting

D'Agger

50/50: Probably my favourite movie, or at least up there. But I knew nothing of the movie, hadn't seen trailers or media surrounding it and it knocked me for six the way it moved between comedy and sadness. I was in knots of laughter at some very simple jokes and choking up at the more serious side of the content covered.

I'll come back on the most disappointing, can't think right now

razorblunt

Transformers - the first instalment. I think it's the most fun I've had in the cinema. My wife (then gf) had to tell me to sit back in my seat at about 3 different occasions.

Batman Begin - I had really low expectations of this. I must have been the only person that didn't realise that THAT was the Bat Cave when he's standing down there... in a cave ... with the bats flying around him. Loudly exclaiming "Holy Sh?t, that was the bat cave" didn't do myself any favours. Knowing that ending scene is coming too, makes every rewatch exciting.


I agree with Mad Max Fury Road too, I remember thinking during one of the sand storm chases "this is absolutely nuts". Driving home normally was quite the challenge after that.

MadamRazz

Toy Story will forever be my favourite movie and go to whenever i need a bit of cheering up.

Or Amelie for a general allround goodness.

Lorelli!

Sharknado :pac:

Ah no, probably Django Unchained because I'm not usually so into westerns.

Cortina_MK_IV

"The Sure Thing" from 1986. Nice mix of comedy (John Cusack) and I fancied the cacks off of Daphne Zuniga after it. Brought my then g/f. She liked the soppy romance.

Nerdlingr

Watched "Raising Arizona" for the first time a few months back. Loved it, delighted it was as good if not better than i had heard it to be.

cruizer101

LEGO movie, played with lego throughout my youth and there was so many little touches that brought back memories. It was funny for young and old and the story behind was great too I thought.
:pac: "Everything is Awsome"

Have to agree with Fury Road also

emo72

Going to go with Amelie myself. Lovely movie.

Goodshape

Fury Road is a good shout alright. I'm terrible for finding flaws in over-hyped or well reviewed films (assuming I've heard the hype or the reviews beforehand), so it's a rare treat when a film actually lives up to and even exceeds the expectations – particularly a franchise movie sequel.

Fury Road was damn good.

AOH77A

Midnight Run, seen it many years ago in the Adelphi 4. Knew nothing about it and for sure it's a classic.

FunLover18

AOH77A wrote:

Midnight Run, seen it many years ago in the Adelphi 4. Knew nothing about it and for sure it's a classic.

I remember just happening to flick over to a late night showing on RTE, no idea what to expect but I saw De Niro's name and there was nothing else on. It jumped into my top ten films, I absolutely love it.

gerrybbadd

Split, the very end scene (without spoiling it).

Unearthly

Most recently would be Logan. The trailer was great and so was the film

Santan

The Lion King. I was in my teens when I saw it and had low expectations but found it very enjoyable and still do today

Optimalprimerib

Eye in the sky. It is a political thriller involving a single situation that the military bigwigs need to define the best course of action and risk assess the consequences.

Basically everything I hate in a movie, but it turns out to be one of the most tense and debate enducing experience I have had with a film.

Also the fact that mad Max is winning both the most pleasing and disappointing polls at the same time.

fluke

Relatively recently..

The Dark Knight Rises - I really enjoyed The Dark Knight, but I felt Rises had more in common with Batman Begins and and was a story about Bruce Wayne, rather than where his arc was lost in the second movie.

Chip Whitley

I didn't have a huge interest in Guardians of the Galaxy when it came out first. I waited until DVD but when I eventually watched it I was blown away. I laughed the whole way through. Really refreshing after what I felt were a few same-y superhero flicks. Bradley Cooper/Rocket really impressed me.

kunst nugget

Most recently it would be Hunt for the Wilderpeople, I just loved everything about that film, and Get Out, which I wasn't expecting to be as fun as it was.

Gravelly

One of the most enjoyable experiences I ever had at the cinema was when my wife and I went to see Shrek (we didn't have kids at the time) - not so much for the film itself (though it was brilliant) but because there was a very elderly couple in the seats in front of us, who were in tears of laughter for almost the whole movie - their laughter was so infectious that we laughed the whole way through because of them.

O Brother Where Art Thou is one of the most unexpectedly enjoyable films I've watched.

weldoninhio

Its mad how peoples tastes differ. I thought Fury Road was awful. Great to look at visually, but the story was meh!

I loved Little Miss Sunshine, wasn't sure what it was about or what would happen in it.

More recently, Hunt for the Wilderpeople was brilliant, and I also loved Captain Fantastic. Both movies I hadn't heard of, but gave a go and was delighted I did.

Liam McPoyle

Martyrs.

I'd heard some buzz around it on other forums, a couple of people on Boards had talked about the brutal, affecting nature of the movie so I'd kind of avoided it as more often than not, I'm left disappointed by horror movies that receive a lot of praise.

I couldn't have been more wrong.

For me personally, it was one of the most distressing, heartbreaking, soul crushing films I've ever seen.

It started out as an off shoot of the home invasion genre but skewed into much darker themes mid way. The final 45 minutes was as gruelling a watch as I've ever had and I say that as someone that watches the extremest of the extreme when it comes to horror movies. It stayed with me for weeks afterwards.

The likes of A Serbian Film uses nothing but pure shock tactics to get an audience reaction. Martyrs, while undoubtedly shocking, has so much more meat on its bones than the former. It is IMO, the pinnacle of the new wave of extreme French cinema.

LCD

500 Days of Summer was a film I really enjoyed. Wasn't expecting anything as I knew nothing about it

restive

The nice guys & Hell or high water. The nice guys was a genuine Oasis in a desert of mediocre blockbusters last summer.

NIMAN

Could be here all day naming films, but recently the one for me was Deadpool.

I am not a fan of the comic book films and out off watching it for a couple of years. Everyone was telling me to watch it, that I'd really enjoy it. Still didn't watch it, always found something else to watch first.

Got round to it about 6 months ago, fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

callaway92

D'Agger wrote: »

50/50: Probably my favourite movie, or at least up there. But I knew nothing of the movie, hadn't seen trailers or media surrounding it and it knocked me for six the way it moved between comedy and sadness. I was in knots of laughter at some very simple jokes and choking up at the more serious side of the content covered.

I'll come back on the most disappointing, can't think right now

Good call. I'd throw 500 days of summer into a similar category there.

Movie that please me the most is 12 Angry Men. Class overcomes arrogance.

Sad Professor

I was never a huge Mad Max fan, but I adored Fury Road. It's just a masterpiece of visual storytelling and easily the best action film of the 21st century. The fact that it was made by a 70 year old is extraordinary but perhaps not all that surprising. It's only older guys like Miller and Scorsese who are brave enough to jettison all the baggage that comes with classical narrative cinema. Both this and Wolf of Wall Street were the purest distillations of their respective director's styles.

I also loved Moonlight. I'm a big Wong Kari-wai fan and Jenkins is probably the first American filmmaker since Sofia Coppola to be significantly influenced by him. A beautiful, compassionate, and deeply soulful film.

WHIP IT!

There are certain films that, no matter what, if you're flicking through the TV channels and you come across it, you'll always stop and watch from whatever part you happen to have arrived at... Goodfellas, the Godfather, Jurassic Park and plenty of others...

For me, I'd probably put Heat at the top of my list. I just think it's almost perfect. Brilliant cast, brilliant characters, fantastic action and an ending that stays with you. No matter how many times I watch it, I still wish de Niro gets away - my heart always sinks when he pulls off the road to go back after Waingro!

I'd also tip the hat to Fury Road. As someone else said, I hadn't seen a whole lot beforehand as regards trailers, reviews etc but I found myself, 45 minutes in, just going "Holy f*ck... this is crazily amazing!"

AMGer

I remember watching Back to the Future as a six year old when it first came to home video in 1986. Came down stairs on a Saturday morning, saw a video tape box next to the TV, had no idea what it was, thought it was something I wasn't supposed to see so obviously I watched it I can still remember it, loved it instantly and have lost count of how many more times I've watched it over the years.

FunLover18

AMGer wrote:

I remember watching Back to the Future as a six year old when it first came to home video in 1986. Came down stairs on a Saturday morning, saw a video tape box next to the TV, had no idea what it was, thought it was something I wasn't supposed to see so obviously I watched it I can still remember it, loved it instantly and have lost count of how many more times I've watched it over the years.

I had a similar experience with Die Hard, although I think my parents watched it with me and I was about 8. I just remember the sense of awe watching it, especially the moment when John jumps off the roof with the fire hose. It's my favourite film and I watch it every Christmas.

My younger cousin will probably never have an experience like that as her parents are ridiculously over protective of what she watches. I remember watching Little Mermaid with them when she was 5 and they fast forwarded through the "scary bits".

henryporter

The Matrix or Blade Runner, can't decide which most - both cinema viewings (although Blade Runner was directors cut). Both films possessed an originality that now seem somewhat old hat. Matrix sequels kind of ruined the original, so on that note Blade Runner (at least until October )

MilesMorales1

Captain America Civil War for exceeding my hype, which doesn't happen as often as I like.

Whiplash - just great acting and a great ending.
Actually I must watch it again.