Movies you did not want to see at first but actually enjoyed

[LTR]

This thread got me to thinking...

I'm sure many of you refused to see a movie, anticipating that you'd really dislike it.

I'll start. I had heard good things about "Grosse Pointe Blank", but when I heard a description of it, I thought, 'Oh great, yet another comedy about a hit man, and mixed with cheesy 80's nostalgia to boot'. I had seen enough crappy Pulp Fiction ripoffs already (including the lousy "Two Days In The Valley".

Well, I finally saw it, and I thought it was damn hilarious. Dan Aykroyd was a riot!

Another one was the first "Ace Ventura". Thought it looked stupid, but I rented it anyway and thought it was pretty funny.

[Broken_Hero]

1. Memoirs of a Geisha

for starters...

The Color Purple

Where the Heart Is...

Now and Then

Steel Magnolis

Fried Green Tomato's...(you see a theme going here?)

BTW, Grosse Point Blank was awesome...:) Another one, Boondock Saints, movie looked sorta lame, previews looked lame, and then my brohter bought it, and whammo, movie was awesome...

[bigwillq]

2. I, Robot (nt)

[Broken_Hero]

3. same here

forgot about that one, movie looked uber lame on the previews, and I'm not a Will Smith fan at all...movie was a surprise.

[bigwillq]

9. I'm not a Smith fan either

although he looked hella good in that movie...

but the movie kicked ass, imo. I highly enjoyed it and I am not a sci-fi, fantasy fan.

[ScreamingMeemie]

4. Glory Road.

God, is that a great movie, and I am not a basketball fan in the least. :hi:

And I just saw Raising Helen this AM and it was really good.

[RiffRandell]

5. War of the Worlds.

With Tom Cruise. Hate the summer blockbusters, but I enjoyed that one.

[Guava Jelly]

6. Scent of a woman

I had zero desire to see it.
But then I watched it..And was totally blown away!
I laughed and cried and left the theater in awe at the story i had seen

[datasuspect]

7. i, borat

[bigwillq]

10. Did that come out yet?

:shrug:

[datasuspect]

11. not yet

that's a photoshopped poster

it would make a better version though. better than will smith any day.

[grannylib]

8. Marathon Man. Had NO idea what it was about, and was prepared to be

bored stiff.
Have seen it four or five times since. Great flick.

[Ediacara]

12. Bring It On

I was literally dragged into the theater. I watched it and I was utterly AMAZED.

[Writer]

15. I second that....

caught it on HBO and thought it was quite good. :blush:

[Shine]

13. Because of Winn Dixie

My 9 yr old dtr had been bugging me forever to watch it with her, so I finally relented and I must admit, I was pleasantly surprised. A very sweet family film. Much better than I expected...and I'm not even a "dog person". :)

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

14. Heaven's Gate - because of the way it was bad-mouthed by everyone

But after seeing it for the first time many years ago, I came away thoroughly convinced that it's a masterpiece and it's now one of my favorite films. In fact, I'm watching it again right now. It's one of the most breathtakingly beautiful films ever made and the soundtrack is wonderful as well. While it's true that it moves slowly, I don't think every film has to involve the manic cuts and editing that seem to permeate our fast-food, hyperventilating and impatient era.

I'm not sure why this movie was panned by nearly every critic and why it's still so hated by some. It could be because it's one of the most left-wing, radical films ever made about the Old West, with such lines as "it's getting dangerous to be poor in America".

[Floogeldy]

16. None. I never saw them. I used blinders and lived in ignorance.

:smoke: