What was the last movie that surprised you positively?
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The recent Poltergeist remake. I went in expecting the absolute pits, but I ended up like it at least a bit. I think it was because even the movie was saying "Who the fuck wanted a Poltergeist remake away?" so it just went to town with cheap scares and shameless references to the original.
I was surprised at how much I liked Interstellar. I was somewhat interested in seeing it, but I only saw it in the theater (in IMAX 3D, no less) with my boyfriend because he wanted to see it. I spent about the first hour being annoyed at how thick Matthew Mcconaughey put on his southern accent, and I spent the last two hours being dazzled by the visuals, the music, and the intensity of it all. I listened to the soundtrack constantly on Spotify, and bought it on Blu Ray the day it released. I just can't get enough of it, even though the story has a few weird quirks and the ending wasn't as sad as I would have liked.
For me, probably Dredd. I never had any interest in the comics, so my only real exposure to the character was that awful Stallone movie from the 90's. Even though I like Karl Urban, I didn't want to spend the $20+ to see it in theaters. I told myself I'd just buy it whenever its price dropped on Amazon to around the price I would have paid to rent it at Blockbuster way back in the day. I picked it up for $5 on Blu-Ray around Christmas, and just got around to watching it a few weeks ago. I was very pleasantly surprised, and then immediately disappointed because my lack of interest in it while it was in theaters means I contributed to the reason it isn't getting a sequel. /sigh
Also, with regard to Mad Max: Fury Road... I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I went to the theater expecting to absolutely love it. I enjoy the original Mad Max movies, it was getting ridiculously positive reviews from everyone, and it had like a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes (compared to like 75% for Avengers: Age of Ultron around that time)... and I mostly hated it, which apparently puts me in a TINY minority. I respect it for all of the practical effects and the vehicles were nifty, but other than that, it just really didn't do anything for me. The movie was like 80% action sequences, and I was actually bored for most of it. That's... never happened before. I don't even know why they bothered calling it Mad Max, since he barely did anything in it (hell, I'm pretty sure Nux the War Boy, had more lines and more "hero moments" than Max). I've left the theater feeling pretty 'meh' about movies, but this is the first one in a long time where I was actually disappointed. I wish I could have seen the movie that apparently everyone else saw
Also, with regard to Mad Max: Fury Road... I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I went to the theater expecting to absolutely love it. I enjoy the original Mad Max movies, it was getting ridiculously positive reviews from everyone, and it had like a 98% on Rotten Tomatoes (compared to like 75% for Avengers: Age of Ultron around that time)... and I mostly hated it, which apparently puts me in a TINY minority. I respect it for all of the practical effects and the vehicles were nifty, but other than that, it just really didn't do anything for me. The movie was like 80% action sequences, and I was actually bored for most of it. That's... never happened before. I don't even know why they bothered calling it Mad Max, since he barely did anything in it (hell, I'm pretty sure Nux the War Boy, had more lines and more "hero moments" than Max). I've left the theater feeling pretty 'meh' about movies, but this is the first one in a long time where I was actually disappointed. I wish I could have seen the movie that apparently everyone else saw
I'm probably one of 8 people that didn't like the new Mad Max. I spent half the movie wondering how much rare gas that guy was going to spend chasing 4 women in vehicles that look like they have the poorest MPG out there.
Honestly the only movie I've bought for more than the collection in the last few years was Kingsmen. February movie, big delay, generic plot idea. Nothing about it sounded more than a decent time waster at best. Who knew the humor would work, and the over the top action would be fun.
Honestly the only movie I've bought for more than the collection in the last few years was Kingsmen. February movie, big delay, generic plot idea. Nothing about it sounded more than a decent time waster at best. Who knew the humor would work, and the over the top action would be fun.
Definitely Kingsmen: The secret service I thought it would be a bit of fun, and it definitely helped that it had Colin Firth in a starring role, but I thought it would be just a bit of a forgettable bit of entertainment, but it has quickly become one of my all time favourite films, the bar fight and the church fight scenes were awesome and shocking because, even though I have always adored Colin Firth, I never really saw him as an action star. How quickly I changed my mind.
The remake of the Robocop movie surprised the hell out of me. I was expecting another tired rehash of another sequel (insert whiny rant about how all movie remakes are shit here) but it really blew me away, and not just because it was a pretty damn good movie. I went in expecting a lot of action and such, and it was there, but I was unprepared for the way the movie explores human psychology, how little we know about the brain and it's workings, and the ethics and psychology of AI. We know very, very little about the inner workings of the human brain, and almost no knowledge at all in how a human mind would interact with (or override) computerized programming. I can also understand the antagonist's motivations, even if he does become kind of cartoonishly evil at the end. I even liked that they gave Robocop two guns, one non-lethal. It reflects what modern police officers are equipped with (although his TSR-66 is much more badass than any "normal" cop taser, and I'm pretty sure no regular cop is armed standard with a gun that fires .50 Beowulf).
I think (and will draw plenty of flak for it) that the remake of Robocop was better than the original.
I think (and will draw plenty of flak for it) that the remake of Robocop was better than the original.
You've let me down Guffe.Guffe said:
Add me to mad max.
I saw the trailer and honestly thought it looked crap.
watched the film and loved it!
It's classic sunk cost fallacy though. I think both the People Eater and the Bullet Merchant bring up how ridiculous/the cost of pursuing Furiosa and the wives. But at first Immortan Joe thinks he can get them quickly. Then when he can't, he commits even more resources because he has already gone that far and can't lose face in front of his Warboys.Redd the Sock said:
