Movies you thought you would hate but ended up liking..................

[respectmeordye3]

I tell ya--been lotta those movies with me.

Secondhand Lions and Holes are just a couple of them......

[Pilgermann]

Mean Girls comes to mind.

[Dawley]

I ended up enjoying She's The Man, for some reason.

I was working a shift at Blockbuster at the time, though.

[HappyGilmore]

Off the top of my head:

Mean Girls- Surprisingly, very funny and well written.
A Walk to Remember- Chick flick, but in a nice way.
Princess Diaries- can't really explain it.
Arsenic and Old Lace- I watched it on video a couple years ago, and thought I'd hate it, seeing as it was WAY before my time.  Glad I watched it.
Monsters Inc- Loved Toy Story, hated Bugs Life, so I was up in the air.  Great movie.

[D-Man]

Raising Arizona: At first glance, it looked too much like Three Men and a Baby with a white trash, criminal twist.  I was pleasantly surprised to find it was much more clever than that.

[Justy]

The re-make of Dawn of the Dead. I hated the idea, hated the changes. Yet overall it was a pretty decent movie. There still are parts of the plot that I have trouble with particularly with what happened to Andy. They gave the head mall cop who was total ass through most of the movie a more honorable death. But still it was better than I thought it would be.

[ZombieGangster]

The re-make of Dawn of the Dead. I hated the idea, hated the changes. Yet overall it was a pretty decent movie. There still are parts of the plot that I have trouble with particularly with what happened to Andy. They gave the head mall cop who was total ass through most of the movie a more honorable death. But still it was better than I thought it would be.

I loved Dawn of the Dead, and I loved the use of blood.  Looked totally real.

- if only they didn't make the zombies run.

I still loved it.

:)

[Killer Bees]

Not liked exactly, but just didn't hate.  Beware, here be spoilerage!


Alfie with Jude Law.

I've never met Jude Law, but I can say with certainty the guy's a tosser  *lol*

Saw Alfie last night because there was NOTHING else on telly and I was too lazy to get up and put in a DVD.  I hated his character and thought he was a tosser and a wanker.  And the girls who fell for his "charms" deserved to get taken for a ride.  All I can say is, if that's the way that men really think, women are in for a heckuva shock!

As bad things started to happen to him, he was supposed to become a more sympathetic character, but I didn't feel that at all.  I just thought, "good, he deserves it".  Because at the end of the movie, when every avenue he went down was closed off to him, he didn't really learn anything.  I could see that he was just ready for his next big adventure.  And all the bleating and posturing he did about maybe having someone to love is a good idea, just rang hollow with me.

I guess that may have been what the film makers had in mind.  Maybe he wasn't really supposed to be a sympathetic character.  Of course, if they wanted him to be a rascally naughty boy you constantly forgive, it didn't work with me.

I have seen the original with Michael Caine, but I understand that Caine's Alfie, was supposed to be a bit of a bewildered naughty boy instead of a narcissistic player.

Either way, it was entertaining in a remote kind of way.  Wouldn't recommend it.

[Ryantherebel]

Caddyshack, it was mainly because I was in bad mood that day but then I saw that Gopher. 

[soylentgreen]

MISSION TO MARS.  I thought I would hate the sucker...and at first I really couldn't get past the APOLLO 13ish accomplishment-to-disaster ratio.  Then it just started growing on me.  I actually get a little choked up with Gary Sinise's scene as he begins his "voyage home".

Though they do commit that weird oversight in films when a character has a "life flashes before their eyes" moment and every flash is a scene from the (arguably limited time frame of the)movie itself! 

[GrandMaster]

Knocked up, it was funny but way too long and turned into a chick flick for the last half.

[Sister Grace]

I've had this happen a couple of times, the ones that mostly come to mind though are...

Silence Becomes You
Mousehunt--it was hilarious
Bee Movie
The Running Man
The Onion Field--which is now one of my favorite movies, it really turned me on to a few actors
Knocked UP

It seems though usually when i think i won't like a movie, its usually a family orientated film, which i don't really care for family/romance films. but everyonce in awhile i'll come across one i really like.

[Jay the Magnificent]

something about mary...thought it was going to be some chick flick but ....surprise, surprise 

[Justy]

The re-make of Dawn of the Dead. I hated the idea, hated the changes. Yet overall it was a pretty decent movie. There still are parts of the plot that I have trouble with particularly with what happened to Andy. They gave the head mall cop who was total ass through most of the movie a more honorable death. But still it was better than I thought it would be.

I loved Dawn of the Dead, and I loved the use of blood.  Looked totally real.

- if only they didn't make the zombies run.

I still loved it.

:)

I heartily agree about the zombies running. Running is the antithesis of zombiedom. Sure they could have made them more ambulatory, but running??? No. The zombies already have the advantage of numbers, worldwide chaos, highly infectious bite, lack of pain and being a b***h to kill. The least they can do is shamble around.

[HappyGilmore]

The Elephant Man- Loved it.  Kinda interested me, but didn't think I'd like it. 

Freaks- Wanted to see it, if anything because the Ramones were a fan, and they referenced it on the Clerks cartoon.  Thought it was a well done movie.

8 Mile- I was a fan of Eminem's music, but wasn't sure if I'd be able to stomach two hours of him 'acting.'  Good movie.