Movies you didn't think you'd like but wound up loving..

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KrangPrime

Master Member

• May 2, 2016

• #1

any movies where you saw a trailer, thought 'I don't want to see this', but got dragged to see it anyway?

I remember not liking the Addams Family trailer for some reason, with Raul Julia. Then I went to see it and it's one of my favorites.

Forever Young, a movie about a guy who gets frozen for 30 years and winds up aging was another movie I wound up liking...

sometimes you get surprised by stuff..

 

NeoRutty

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• May 2, 2016

• #2

I actually liked Prometheus... A LOT.

I know it's flawed to no end... but it's like Dark Knight Rises... I just had so much fun I ignored all the problems.

 

SofaKing01

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• May 2, 2016

• #3

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

 

Stormie

Well-Known Member

• May 2, 2016

• #4

MD Geist 1 and 2.

 

kristen jones

Master Member

• May 2, 2016

• #5

Moulin Rouge.

Deadpool.

Hanna.

there are undoubtedly more. LOL

 

judgedredd

Sr Member

• May 2, 2016

• #6

New Judge Dredd hated the whole thing until i saw it

 

astroboy

Master Member

• May 2, 2016

• #7

Dredd
Cabin in the woods
Scooby doo
Interstellar

 

dascoyne

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• May 2, 2016

• #8

more than any other film: Fight Club

 

Edraven99

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• May 2, 2016

• #9

The Crow for me...

Never knew anything about it, never knew the comic book existed... but went to go see it in the theater because a cute girl in high school wanted to go see it. Have loved it and the soundtrack ever since....

Dunno what happened to the girl though

 

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Jeyl

Master Member

• May 2, 2016

• #10

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- Trailer spoils a major plot point near the end. Producer Harve Bennett fought with the marketing department to leave the bit out but lost.

Batman
- It's just randomly spliced together clips with no context or structure.

Frozen
- This is a teaser trailer so bad and so irrelevant to the tone of the movie that you're better off pretending it never existed.

Star Trek Beyond
- You like Star Trek? Well, too bad. This is an action film with rock n roll, pretty ladies and motorcycles! Oh, and the Enterprise gets destroyed again.

 

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hdtheater

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• May 2, 2016

• #11

Oblivion. Can't stand Tom Cruise, but I love this movie.

 

Laspector

Master Member

• May 2, 2016

• #12

Forrest Gump. When that came out I was sure it would be some dumb chick flick. Couldn't have been more wrong. One of the greatest ever.

 

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Wes R

Legendary Member

• May 2, 2016

• #13

Oblivion. Was surprised how good it was for so few actors.

 

AJTaliesen

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• May 2, 2016

• #14

Forest Gump
Sixth Sense

both of those trailers were a bit misleading. Especially Gump: Peo-le forget that Hanks was known as a goofy comedy actor back in the day.

 

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Wes R

Legendary Member

• May 2, 2016

• #15

The original Rollerball movie from the 70s, the Michael Caine spy movies from the 60s, the Odessa Files with John Voight.

 

Lost in Trek

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• May 2, 2016

• #16

Moulin Rouge
Driving Miss Daisy

 

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Wes R

Legendary Member

• May 2, 2016

• #17

The live action he-man movie, even as a kid when it came out i knew it wasn't right or good but it could have been worse. The original Fantasic Four movie with Jessica Alba, for all it's flaws it had the best cast.

 

mugatu

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• May 2, 2016

• #18

Galaxy Quest. I'd never been a Tim Allen fan until that movie.
The Shawshank Redemption. A prison movie didn't interest me, now it's my favorite.

 

OldKen

Master Member

• May 2, 2016

• #19

#1 hands down for me:

Pulp Fiction.

All I knew of John Travolta was grease and disco dancing and really hated both growing up.

Really didn't know what to expect, was dragged to see it by a pretty girl.

I saw it like 6 more times in the theater.

There are many others, and I agree with lots of you here.

Chris Lloyd as Fester??? Every actor did an amazing job portraying the originals in that movie.

 

dbuck

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• May 2, 2016

• #20

The Princess Bride. A friend's dad said we should go see it one night while sitting in his house irritating him. Really? The Princess Bride? Sounds like a twelve year old girl movie.

The Gods Must be Crazy. A slightly easier sell because it didn't have princess in the title.

Mission Impossible 4 and 5. Hated the first one, hate Tom Cruise. Ignored the existence of the second one because of John Woo AND Tom Cruise. Saw the third one on a plane trip and it was okay thanks to Hoffman. Got 4 as a freebie on Vudu. Enjoyed the heck out of it, same with 5, but a bit less than 4. Cruise is better with a good ensemble cast surrounding him.