What movie surprised you the most, for good or bad ?
POSTED BY: AURaptor
UPDATED: Monday, March 4, 2024 21:18
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
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Good
2001 A Space Odyssey, saw this as a young lad way back when in the theatre, with a girlfriend, and totally forgot she was there.
Shiny! That is so funny!!
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Inception - again storytelling as an erector set, built brick by brilliant brick. There, for me, was one flaw, the casting of Helen Page. Although she was capable, my choice would have been Natalie Portman.
As ever Shiny, spot on. I totally agree with you about Ellen Page. She just didn't suite the role. Natalie Portman is a good alternative...
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One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest - In every way shape and form a true film story that spoke volumes. I was genuinely moved by film's end and got off guard by it's ending.
Ahh one of the greats! Jack's ultimate role for me.
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Cloud Atlas - you guys know how I feel about this movie. I was skeptical because of the failure of Matrix: Revolutions. Boy was I ever wrong.
Ah now see, now I have to see this. If you give it the thumbs up then I'm in.
Bad
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Prometheus - Great production values, but piss-poor plot. I expected more from Ridley Scott. There were some actual dumb scenes that made most audience members groan. This should have been a masterpiece.
I had forgotten about my feelings towards Prometheus... I was very, very disappointed by this too! None of this made sense, and like you there were moments where I was looking at it not wanting to laugh because I respect Scott so much, so I just groaned!
°...Well here I am.°
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Just covering the past few years.
The Good:
The Tree of Life
Cloud Atlas
Hugo
Persepolis
Cabin in the Woods
The Avengers
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Moon
Another Earth
Into the Wild
Monsters
Sound of My Voice
The Man From Earth
Attack the Block
Inception
District 9
Pan's Labyrinth
Pacific Rim
Safety Not Guaranteed
In Limbo between Good and Bad:
Gravity
Man of Steel
Ender's Game
Upside Down
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Oz, the Great and Powerful
John Carter
The Hunger Games
Cloverfield
The Bad:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (I'm sad to have to put it on this part of the list)
Sucker Punch
The Master
Skyfall
Star Trek (2009)
Apollo 18
Super 8
Paul
The Adjustment Bureau
Total Recall
The Dark Knight Rises
Chronicle
Shutter Island
The Downright Ugly:
Elysium
Oblivion
Prometheus
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Interesting to read the comments about Prometheus. HBO must have a fetish for this movie because it's always on at least one of their channels. I've seen it several times, yet very little of it makes any sense to me.
A few older movies that were new to me that I've seen recently on cable and liked were Pushing Tin, Space Cowboys, and Rounders.
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Hey Sleepy,
Thanks for your post. I do appreciate your point of view on film, and I've come to respect your opinion. Cloud Atlas totally surprised me, that's how good - no great - this movie is. I've watched it about 5 complete times since I purchased it and I find something new every time that I didn't pick up on during prior screenings.
It took a couple of viewings for me to absorb it all. Brilliant in script, plot, casting, pacing and theme. I have one very small nitpick - I won't say anything for now, I'll wait until you see it. Tell me what you think.
SGG
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EC, I really like your lists and mostly agree with few exceptions.
I will comment later, right now I need some R&R.
SGG
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just watched "Now You see Me" for the 2nd time...
John Carter - wasn't even aware of the flick, and wasn't expecting much from it...but the neighbor's wife kept laughing at her husband for watching it like 15 times!! so I did a quick itunes rental one night...and I'm guilty of owning the DVD now with I think about 4 viewings on it
but one of the richest movies that I really enjoy - The Prestige.
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Originally posted by SHINYGOODGUY:
EC, I really like your lists...
I shouldn't have included so many, but those are the ones that came to mind from recent years. To answer Auraptor's initial question more succinctly, for what I was most surprised by for the good, it would be a tie between Persepolis and Into the Wild. For bad it is indisputably Prometheus.
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail. I never 'hated' this movie, though I have to admit , the first time I saw it, I wasn't all that impressed. Brit humor is an acquired taste. Now, I own the dvd and even saw Spamalot, at the FOX.
I've been tempted on Pacific Rim , as mentioned above. I mean, it LOOKS cool as hell, but stupid 'old guy' me won't let the kid me enjoy it, I think, for obvious reasons. I slogged through parts of Battleship, and it was about what I expected. How LIam Neeson was roped into that, I'll never know.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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John Carter - wasn't even aware of the flick, and wasn't expecting much from it...but the neighbor's wife kept laughing at her husband for watching it like 15 times!! so I did a quick itunes rental one night...and I'm guilty of owning the DVD now with I think about 4 viewings on it.
Disney really dropped the ball with marketing that one.
It's a great movie, I wish I had seen it in the theatre.
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Disney really dropped the ball with marketing that one.
It's a great movie, I wish I had seen it in the theatre.
I agree... i was turned off by the ads I saw. Looked 'weak', having not read the original story.
The movie, while not " awesome! ", was a decent, solid sci-fi flick.
Fathom the hypocrisy of a government that requires every citizen to prove they are insured... but not everyone must prove they are a citizen
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