Mad Max: Fury road far exceeded my expectations.
I'd heard good things about the movie, and actually went in with reasonably high expectations of it, and it completely amazed me anyway. Just an incredible spectacle of a film.
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Into the Spider-Verse.
I was kind of aware of that sort of plot line in the comics. And I loved The live action Spider-Man movies.
Was blown away at how complete a package it was: visuals, score, writing, voice acting. It was just an all around great movie.
Tropic Thunder. Went in knowing it was a new Ben Stiller movie and nothing else.
I love Tropic Thunder, and I hate Ben Stiller movies!
I remember sitting in the theatre and the intro commercials integrated seamlessly with the previews and it was just hilarious from the start.
Train to Busan. Shit was INTENSE.
Bullet Train was fun as hell.
Edit: I just realized that I saw John Wick based on, "Hey I want to see a movie today. John Wick? No idea what this is, but if it's in IMAX it might be fun!"
It was.
The new Puss In Boots. I went to see it mostly for my husband who likes Puss, but oh my goodness it was actually REALLY good. The animation was really interesting.
You beat me to this answer. I knew it was going to be good because of its phenomenal word of mouth and I was still surprised. There are so many cool details that no one will notice on a first watch, but show how much care the creators had for it. By way of example, Death can be seen in the crowd during the opening giant fight (he was there to witness each frivolous end, after all), and the numbered cards denoting each death have the silhouette of Death holding his shotels in the corners.
This!!!!!!
2 movies immediately come to mind, and I think it's because I went in with an expectation that the movie is gonna suck.
- Pacific Rim
- District 9
It's probably been 10 years since I watched either of those movies so I'm not sure how they have aged...
District 9 was very good! I think that was my first bluray.
I knew I was going to love Pacific Rim (giant robots and monsters? Sign me up) but I didnt expect the horror element of it and exactly how menacing each kaiju would be. I can easily rewatch it many times.
To the original question, from recent memory a film that surprised me was Dungeons and Dragons Honor among Thieves. The IP didnt have a great track record in film, but this one was entertaining, funny, heartwarming, and highly recommended.
Dune
My expectations were sky-high for Dune and they were still exceeded.
12 Angry Men - the original b&w one. I read a quick review and it sounded interesting enough to at least try.
Started slow and a bit dull but so well written and shot that it quietly builds the tension and kinda sneaks up on you.
I didn't think it would be able to hold my attention; black and white, several decades old, and filmed in a single room..no thanks.
But then I started watching and got sucked in. Before I knew it I was hanging on every word and was completely mesmerised. It's an incredible movie.
The Suicide Squad
The first one was so bad, was surprised the sequel was watchable haha
:)
Kung Fu Panda
They Cloned Tyrone was an unexpected gem from Netflix of all places.
The New Jumanji. The first one, I never saw the second. I expected it to be a dumb, corny movie made just to fill the years reboot quota, but it was a VERY enjoyable movie.
The Super Mario Bros Movie. I pretty much put it on expecting to be disappointed, as video game based movies are almost universally terrible, but ... I actually had a good time and really enjoyed all the reference humor.
Free Guy! I had very mediocre expectations for that movie, but I ended up loving it.
I worked on it. It was really fun to work on too. I got to meet Taika Waititi at lunch one day. He introduced me to the TV show of WWDITS.
I'm not super into celebrity culture, but i'd love to hang out with Taika!
I'm not either but he is incredibly approachable and gregarious in person, so I wasn't at all worried about him going to his people afterward and having me fired like some celebrities
might.spoiler
(Martin Lawrence/Jake Gyllenhaal)
Based on the trailers and ads, I thought Kung Pow was gonna be a piece of crap. I only went because my parents made me take my younger siblings who wanted to see it.
Turned out to be one of the funniest fucking movies I have ever seen.
THAT'S A LOT OF NUTS!
Both Prey & Bullet train I was expecting average action movies, and both ended up being some of my favourite movies last year with great rewatchability.
Frailty. Starring and directed by the late, great Bill Paxton. 20 years later this one still sticks with me. Best to go in without knowing anything about the plot.
Hot Tub Time Machine, I thought it'd be awful but it was worth a chuckle.
Yes, saw it in the theaters and laughed my ass off. It's a super fun movie. Not the sequel though, it sucked.
Came here to say Hot Tub Time Machine and This is the End
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On.
I loved the original videos, but doubted it would make a good movie.
Zoolander. Thought it looked bad from the trailers. I was wrong.
I just finished Host last night.
I had low expectations because of the Zoom format of the movie. I expected it to be real cheesy and low quality.
But man, I was blown away. The Zoom video chat made the whole thing feel more real and once the scares started, they really didn't stop. It's only a 50 minute runtime, so it's short and sweet. Even when I knew what scares were coming, they still got me.
Babylon... I watched it recently and was pleasantly surprised.
Somebody should just put the rest of my filmography here already.
Grosse Pointe Blank - I was expecting a cheesy action movie. That is in there, although it's a better than it has any right to be. And at the same time it manages to be a good romantic comedy. The script and the cast nail the human side of the story. (Except for Dan Akroyd, who I have never liked in anything.)
I just watched Oppenheimer. I went in with no expectations, but a solid grasp of the history (except I did not know Lewis Strauss's role in the clearance hearings, so that was good to learn).
I was deeply moved by the film. I have never conceptualized the person that Robert Oppenheimer was. Being a scientist working in the nuclear industry, I owe him a lot. And I find he was someone to look up to; and I also empathize with him as a person. I'm definitely not as brilliant as he was, but there are parallels between us personally and in our careers to date (albeit on a much smaller scale for me!). I understand the struggles he went through regarding his position on nuclear weapons. I believe he was someone who lived in contradiction (by seeing pros and cons to every stance, moral benefits and burdens) and was ok with living with the controversy internally... Much like quantum mechanics provides in general.
Barbie
It was everything I expected it to be and I love it.
Yay
Renfield was hilarious in an Army of Darkness kind of rediculous horror way. If that's your thing.
- I watched it going in blind. I knew it was praised by many, but then again, so are many other war movies. Now it's my favourite movie. I cannot help but cry at the scene in the basement, even thinking about it gives me goosebumps.
Added to my watch list 👍🏻
Pacific Rim and Blade Runner 2049.
Pacific Rim was the first GDT movie I watched and was blown away that I could like mech/Kaiju so much.
Blade Runner 2049 was one I went in with low expectations because of how much I loved the OG even if Villeneuve had directed a ton of excellent movies prior. Came away with 2049 probably being my fav movie of all time.
spoorloos
Left me horrified and speechless. Amazing Dutch movie!
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