Movies that surprised you.

ILoveYourVibes · 03-11-2019 11:23PM

US. American horror film released in march of this year. Lupita Nyong'o is amazing in it.

Quantum Erasure · 03-11-2019 11:37PM

End of Watch with Jake Gyllenhaal, not sure what kind of film I was expecting, but I was very impressed

Irish Guitarist · 03-11-2019 11:38PM

Split starring James McAvoy. I couldn't even decide whether I liked or not until the end. It's hard to say much about it without spoiling it. It's best to watch it without ever having read or heard anything about it.

Between Worlds starring Nicolas Cage surprised me. Not because it was good. I just wasn't expecting

to see him have sex with a teenage girl who was possessed by the spirit of his dead wife while he read poetry from a book called Memories by Nicolas Cage

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Big Nasty · 03-11-2019 11:44PM

Any of the Disney / Pixar Movies I watch with my 5 year old daughter. Literally ball at the happy / sad / eureka moment every damn time.

ILoveYourVibes · 03-11-2019 11:51PM

I think i was surprised by sixth sense. The guy himself is dead.

Fight club!

Its hard to remember if you were surprised or not by movies.

Mulholland Drive. But hard to tell if i actually get it now or not.

Salvation Tambourine · 03-11-2019 11:53PM

Guy Person wrote: »

On the other end I love really good spoof movies Airplane, The Naked Gun, Loaded Weapon etc.. There is a spoof movie called Not Another Teen Movie that was made by MTV in the early 2000's that I thought would be shíte because it was made by MTV but actually was really funny.

I was the exact same, Not Another Teen Movie is genuinely very funny.

ziedth · 03-11-2019 11:57PM

Nokotan wrote: »

I was the exact same, Not Another Teen Movie is genuinely very funny.

I hope history will come to remember the monsters the Wayne's brothers really are for running spoof movies...... I still genuinely laugh at aeroplane

Quantum Erasure · 04-11-2019 12:00AM

Eye in The Sky, Helen Mirren, Alan Rickman, very disappointing. was expecting something like Good Kill, don't want to ruin it on anyone but you know the Americans would have handled it differently

valoren · 04-11-2019 12:08AM

Psycho was always one of my favourite movies but I never got around to seeing Vertigo until a few years ago. It's a fantastic film the kind of film I think about randomly, the mark of a good movie in my mind.

ILoveYourVibes · 04-11-2019 12:10AM

valoren wrote: »

Psycho was always one of my favourite movies but I never got around to seeing Vertigo until a few years ago. It's a fantastic film the kind of film I think about randomly, the mark of a good movie in my mind.

They are very good ..but very predictable.

Actually the film Audition ...the Japanese version. THAT really surprised me.

Yamanoto · 04-11-2019 12:20AM

Wasn't looking forward to Sing Street but found it utterly charming.

Had low expectations of Dr. Sleep and though it's far from a stellar movie, I thought it was considerably better than both IT films and didn't jar or do a disservice to The Shining.

04-11-2019 12:23AM

Someone mentioned Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

I watched it after watching a show called The Feud, which covered the professional and personal rivalry of two old movie stars, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Those ladies hated each other. The show was very good, starred Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange, and it told a good story well. In the show, the two rivals were united for the movie Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? The movie was a true thriller, exploring themes of sibling rivalry and jealousy, helplessness, delusion and mental illness, and mostly confined to a compact and claustrophobic set. The two leads were simply brilliant. Well worth a watch.

I also agree with Banie, Saving Mr Banks was a fantastic little film that had all kinds of light and shade in it and Emma Thompson was as good as she usually is. An uplifting movie that doesn't aim to bleach the shadows out of life.

On that note, there is nothing I don't love about Mary Poppins. Even Dick Van Dykes Cockney chimney sweep, and associated ridiculously bad accent.

ETA: Once, written by and starring Glen Hansard. A charming movie, and a well deserved Oscar for the music.

AllForIt · 04-11-2019 12:32AM

I don't think Jackman is a very good singer. He's an actor and does an impression of a singer.

Does he take his shirt off in the movie? If so I'd consider watching it but if not judging by the title alone it's not the kind of movie I'd go to the cinema to see.

Beanntraigheach · 04-11-2019 02:32AM

Candie wrote: »

Someone mentioned Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?

I watched it after watching a show called The Feud, which covered the professional and personal rivalry of two old movie stars, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis. Those ladies hated each other. The show was very good, starred Susan Sarandon and Jessica Lange, and it told a good story well. In the show, the two rivals were united for the movie Whatever Happened To Baby Jane? The movie was a true thriller, exploring themes of sibling rivalry and jealousy, helplessness, delusion and mental illness, and mostly confined to a compact and claustrophobic set. The two leads were simply brilliant. Well worth a watch.

I also agree with Banie, Saving Mr Banks was a fantastic little film that had all kinds of light and shade in it and Emma Thompson was as good as she usually is. An uplifting movie that doesn't aim to bleach the shadows out of life.

On that note, there is nothing I don't love about Mary Poppins. Even Dick Van Dykes Cockney chimney sweep, and associated ridiculously bad accent.

ETA: Once, written by and starring Glen Hansard. A charming movie, and a well deserved Oscar for the music.

If you liked "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?" give "Sunset Boulevard" a try.

Muahahaha · 04-11-2019 11:21AM

Movie that surprised me was The Truman Show, I didnt have any high expectations and wasnt a fan of Jim Carrey but thought it was a great movie

Seanachai · 04-11-2019 11:22AM

Doctor Sleep, just saw it yesterday. I wasn't expecting much but I really enjoyed it.

Seanachai · 04-11-2019 11:25AM

AllForIt wrote: »

I don't think Jackman is a very good singer. He's an actor and does an impression of a singer.

Does he take his shirt off in the movie? If so I'd consider watching it but if not judging by the title alone it's not the kind of movie I'd go to the cinema to see.

I thought he was brilliant in Prisoners, a lot of actors play pretty close to their own personality. His character was so far from his own demeanor.

Tammy! · 04-11-2019 11:26AM

The second Jumanji. Wasn't expecting to like it but thought it was great.

Tired Gardener · 04-11-2019 11:35AM

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. I'm quite far from the target demographic this film was aimed at... yet I really enjoyed it, and happily watch it again.

Fiddler on the Roof, I detest musicals... however that was an amazing film. Quite easy to forget that I was watching a film with singing and dancing.

razorblunt · 04-11-2019 12:16PM

Guardians of the Galaxy.

I hated the Iron Men and Spidermen and all those that had come before.Thor was the only one I enjoyed, I was completely fatigued from the whole Marvel thing at the time (it was only halfway through!) so I avoided this.

Reluctantly watched it on a Transatlantic flight as it would be a lengthy time killer.
Man, I loved it, the music, the comedy, the story. Told the wife we had to order it in the room where we were staying a few days later just to watch it again.

chrissb8 · 04-11-2019 01:07PM

The Joker was just an ok film. I thought it was going to be some acting masterpiece but indeed it was nothing even close. Yeah Phoenix acts very well, nice feel to the film but it just lacked that oomph.

People going on about the emotion of it etc. I always balk at these overtures of emotions....."he portrayed mental illness so well and put a mirror upto reality". No he didn't.....he played a famously psychotic comicbook villian known for killing people en masse because he thought it was one big joke. It was just fine for what it was but people looking for something deeper.

Manchester by the sea is a film that took me by surprise, I was in tears by the scene between Casey Afflecks character and his nephew at the table towards the end of the film. Don't think I've ever seen or will ever see a better representation of grief and the brutal nature of dealing with loss.

Seanachai · 04-11-2019 02:50PM

chrissb8 wrote: »

The Joker was just an ok film. I thought it was going to be some acting masterpiece but indeed it was nothing even close. Yeah Phoenix acts very well, nice feel to the film but it just lacked that oomph.

People going on about the emotion of it etc. I always balk at these overtures of emotions....."he portrayed mental illness so well and put a mirror upto reality". No he didn't.....he played a famously psychotic comicbook villian known for killing people en masse because he thought it was one big joke. It was just fine for what it was but people looking for something deeper.

Manchester by the sea is a film that took me by surprise, I was in tears by the scene between Casey Afflecks character and his nephew at the table towards the end of the film. Don't think I've ever seen or will ever see a better representation of grief and the brutal nature of dealing with loss.

Manchester by the sea is great for the drama and the humour, the scene with Affleck where he's arguing with the woman over the shower is priceless.

spurious · 04-11-2019 02:57PM

'Extra Ordinary'.

Irish comedy horror...uhoh I thought, but it was quite amusing.

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