Live Die Repeat /Edge of Tomorrow
As much as I hate Tom Cruise as a person this movie was one of the most fun sci-fi action flicks I have seen in a very long time.
Same. This was actually an incredibly solid movie. And I also dislike Tom Cruise.
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.
It's a perfect movie. The art, the music, the recursive pacing, everything about this is composed absolutely perfectly. I don't remember if my expectations were high or low for it but it's so, so good.
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.
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.
Dune
My expectations were sky-high for Dune and they were still exceeded.
The new Dungeons and Dragons movie. It was a blast
I think people only complained about the owlbear because everything else was so damn authentic. The lore, the feeling of a DnD session, the classes, etc. And to top that of: It was just a good movie. Even for a non DnD player it is worth watching as a comedy/action movie.
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.
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.
Hot Tub Time Machine, I thought it'd be awful but it was worth a chuckle.
Train to Busan. Shit was INTENSE.
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.
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.
Zoolander. Thought it looked bad from the trailers. I was wrong.
Coco.
I went into thinking it'd just be another generic Disney animated movie that my sister kept pestering me to watch.
Ended up crying at that last 15 minutes of the movie. Wow was it good.
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.
2 movies immediately come to mind, and I think it's because I went in with an expectation that the movie is gonna suck.
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.
At first Asteroid City got my attention with it's title. But after watching the movie I am amazed and wondering why are movies like this not more successful.
You really have to like Wes Anderson style. It's not for everyone. It's a niche taste to be honest. A few love Anderson peculiar movie style, but many despise it. I'm in the former group.
They Cloned Tyrone was an unexpected gem from Netflix of all places.
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.
Bullet Train. I didn't know what to expect going into it really, but it turned out to be a super fun 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.
The Suicide Squad
The first one was so bad, was surprised the sequel was watchable haha
:)
Wolf of Wall Street. Mainly because I saw it on a whim pretty much as soon as it came out, and didn't really have any expectations. Holy fuck what an entertaining and hilarious film, three hours long and not a single boring minute. I've not seen it since but I consider it my favourite film regardless.
How about that lead actress whatshername though, she was pretty good in it right?
Oh no, I think you're thinking of Jonah Hill. He was great I'm the movie.
But Academy Award nominated character actor Jonah Hill never fun-posted on Lemmy... 🥺
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.
Demolition Man - I was expecting a dumb violent scifi action flick - which it was, but it also had a great scriptwriter and some really funny, witty lines in it which was an unexpected treat
Snowpiercer - I was expecting typical scifi channel fare, and got to watch an elaborate and thoughtful science fiction movie.
Kung Fu Panda
Basically half of the films with Dwayne Johnson. Everytime I see a film with him I am like: "yeah, this won't be good, but at least funny", but some of them are really enjoyable
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.
Pleasantville. Talk about a movie the trailers did NOT prepare me for…
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.
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