Films you thought would be crap - but really enjoyed.....

[rayny]

Some years ago I saw 'The last voyage',
a few years ago I watched 'Kingpin',
tonight I am watching Dodgeball.

Any films that surprised you folks?

[LukeBird]

The Simpsons Movie, big time!!
Thought that was going to be utter ste, but I nearly pissed myself laughing at spider-pig!

Pan's Labyrinth as well, that was excellent!
Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Wedding Crashers and one other recent film I can't think of!

[MentalSarcasm]

Chronicles of Narnia, never read the books as they didn't appeal to me so figured I wouldn't like the film either. But my family insisted I join them on their cinema trip so I did, and was pleasantly surprised!

[glazbagun]

Amazing Grace. Thought it would be really dry, but it was thoroughly enjoyable.

[CommanderJameson]

Stranger Than Fiction.

I usually prefer chop-socky, aliens being blown up, or existentialist Bergman/Tarkovsky type stuff, but I really, really enjoyed this -even though it did go a little bit mushy towards the end.

[koenig999]

30 days of Night

A few twists on the usual vampite fare.

Koenig

[Sarkmeister]

Love Actually

[Alfachick]

transformers

[Chris Type R]

50 First Dates

[Chris Type R]

rayny said:

Some years ago I saw 'The last voyage',
a few years ago I watched 'Kingpin',
tonight I am watching Dodgeball.

Any films that surprised you folks?

Quite enjoyed Kingpin

[sparks87]

Kingpin is a great film.

[Sarkmeister]

Kingpin is a classic. His comb over in the final game is awesome.

[pugwash4x4]

Alfachick said:

transformers

+1 an surprisingly enjoyable movie

[_ian_]

Gladiator - not so much that i thought it was going to be crap, i just didn't know anything about it.

Titanic - don't laugh but i really enjoyed that too!!

[glazbagun]

Oh, just remembered- "The Man Who Knew Too Little". Hired it cheap on video way back & laughed myself stupid through most of it.

I thought "The Killer" would be crap, but that was because I turned it on not knowing what it was at about midnight as a teenager. My introduction to the Chow Yun Fat/John Woo combo.

[gazza_3]

_ian_ said:

Gladiator - not so much that i thought it was going to be crap, i just didn't know anything about it.

Titanic - don't laugh but i really enjoyed that too!!

+1 to both of them. I am legend is A really good film aswell

Edited by gazza_3 on Sunday 18th May 23:29

[number2301]

Mean Girls

[john_p]

Ten Things I Hate About You

[Romanymagic]

28 days later. At the time I thought it was going to be a bit b movie/wanna be cult film. Saw at the cinema with step son and it was fantatsic!

[collateral]

Funny, I was thinking of starting a thread on this very topic.

I give you:

Ghost Dog

Spun