Surprisingly good movies?
- Thread starter SamFancyPants252
- Start date
Recommended Videos
Yep. Shaun of the dead: Strawberry - Blood 'n Guts.CaptainChaosify said:If you liked that movie watch Shaun of the Dead. It's by the same creators of Hot Fuzz. It's hilarious.SamFancyPants252 said:
They are going to make another movie similar to Shaun of the Dead and Hot fuzz but I have no idea when they are making it. From what my friend told me they are going to call it the Cornetto series because in both movies the secondary character is always eating a different kind of ice cream. Cool avatar.
Hot Fuzz: Classic. The Wrapper is blue, represents the Police.
The World's end: Mint. No idea what the movie's about, it's not released until 2010.
OT: Tropic Thunder, in a kind of "so crazy it's funny" way.
I gonna go with Hostage. The bad guy called Mars, i think, is just undeniably bat-shit insane...
cheers and yeah, i'm borrowing Shaun of the Dead off of one of my mates tomorrow now you recommended it, so if it's ace, i'll remember you told me that
and I thought Little Miss Sunshine was awesome, the ending was so epic!
and I thought Little Miss Sunshine was awesome, the ending was so epic!
Rocky
Thought it was jsut a mindless series of films about punching. Saw the boxset on sale thought why not and was blown away there is much more to them...well except rocky IV.
Thought it was jsut a mindless series of films about punching. Saw the boxset on sale thought why not and was blown away there is much more to them...well except rocky IV.
Went into BASEketball expecting it to be just another juvenile "hurdey-hur" movie. While there was quite a bit of that, I was still quite entertained by it. Of course, being that it's made by and stars Trey Parker and Matt Stone, I should have expected it to be fairly well-done.
The Shawshank Redemption also caught me off-guard. Thought it would be all right, but not as good as everyone said. Walked out thinking it was the best Stephen King adaption I'd ever seen, and much better than The Godfather, which was beating it on IMDB at the time.
1408 was one I went into thinking it would be just a bunch of jump scares, typical modern horror movie. What I got was one hell of a psychological thriller that was incredibly well-cast and well made.
The Shawshank Redemption also caught me off-guard. Thought it would be all right, but not as good as everyone said. Walked out thinking it was the best Stephen King adaption I'd ever seen, and much better than The Godfather, which was beating it on IMDB at the time.
1408 was one I went into thinking it would be just a bunch of jump scares, typical modern horror movie. What I got was one hell of a psychological thriller that was incredibly well-cast and well made.
Beerfest. For a direct to dvd affair which my culturally-oblivious Malaysian friend forced upon me, it was surprisingly watchable. The fact that it was unrelentingly self-mocking probably helped.
One of the characters dies and is replaced by his previously unmentioned twin brother who proceeds to have sex with his dead brother's girlfriend. During sex, the girlfriend mentions that he's even better than the original version of himself - that was the point where jumping the shark became shooting the moon.
Oh yeah, and D.E.B.S., the biggest clusterfuck of poor acting, hilarious script, and outmoded production approach ever. Bonus stunt-casting helped too. Pretty much unwatchable, except for the good bits.
One of the characters dies and is replaced by his previously unmentioned twin brother who proceeds to have sex with his dead brother's girlfriend. During sex, the girlfriend mentions that he's even better than the original version of himself - that was the point where jumping the shark became shooting the moon.
Oh yeah, and D.E.B.S., the biggest clusterfuck of poor acting, hilarious script, and outmoded production approach ever. Bonus stunt-casting helped too. Pretty much unwatchable, except for the good bits.
If you haven't seen District 9 yet, do it.
When I walked in to there I thought it was gonna be a war movie but it turns out,
the movie gets a lot deeper and serious, and you wonder what's gonna happen next.
I'm definately going to buy the DVD when it comes out.
When I walked in to there I thought it was gonna be a war movie but it turns out,
the movie gets a lot deeper and serious, and you wonder what's gonna happen next.
I'm definately going to buy the DVD when it comes out.
Love Actually. Normally I'm the chick who can't stand chick flicks or chick lit, but this movie really touched me. It was the right mix of cheese and humor, and some of the seasons made me laugh out loud. That's hard to do.
Basic. They advertised it as a war movie, so that's what I was expecting. Instead, I got a head-trippy whodunit, which is my favorite genre.
The Mummy. Again, the low expectations I had came from advertising. It was touted as a horror movie starring Brendon Fraser. The Fraser part was right, but the movie had more of an Indiana Jones feel to it than real horror. I was highly entertained, and it's one of those movies I can watch whenever it happens to come on the TV and still enjoy it.
Basic. They advertised it as a war movie, so that's what I was expecting. Instead, I got a head-trippy whodunit, which is my favorite genre.
The Mummy. Again, the low expectations I had came from advertising. It was touted as a horror movie starring Brendon Fraser. The Fraser part was right, but the movie had more of an Indiana Jones feel to it than real horror. I was highly entertained, and it's one of those movies I can watch whenever it happens to come on the TV and still enjoy it.