Product of the Cosmos Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 To me it was the Matrix. The first one. I went in thinkin this will be some crap Keanu reaves movie and it was amazingly great. A movie you go into thinking it will be **** and it turns out good is awesome.. Quest for fire is great also.. I heard no words?! wtf?! But really, no words and its still awesome! Quest for Fire, check it out if you havent. Whats your most suprising movie you've seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitemithrandir Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Surprisingly good would have to be Hidalgo. I sat through the first 10 minutes thinking it was gonna be crap. But the second part really surprised me and raised my rating for the movie from a 1/10 to 7/10. Surprisingly bad would have to be Reloaded. I gathered a bunch of friends to go to the AMC theatre in NYC to see it. Oh man, was it a dissapointment. Word economics To express my vast wisdom I speak in haiku's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Recently, I'd have to say Second Hand Lions was suprisingly good. I thought it would be rather schmaltzy and sweet, but it was extremely well done. I think that was due primarily to the strength of the cast (Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osmet). A remarkably good film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deganawida Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Recently, I'd have to say Second Hand Lions was suprisingly good. I thought it would be rather schmaltzy and sweet, but it was extremely well done. I think that was due primarily to the strength of the cast (Michael Caine, Robert Duvall, Haley Joel Osmet).A remarkably good film. That'd get my vote as well. I thought that it'd be stupid, but my wife made me sit through it once, and then I made her sit through it a second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'JN Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I would actually have to go with The Matrix here as well. I thought it was just going to be mindless killing, throwaway entertainment at best, and it actually turned out to be the most complex, mind-boggling film I'd ever seen. It's just too bad that the sequels didn't live up to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 For surprisingly bad recently I'd have to say Van Helsing. Now, I didn't expect it to be great, but I had really liked the Mummy movies so I assumed VH would have that same kind of humour and overall adventurous fun. And I like Hugh Jackman and Kate Beckinsale, so I figured it would be good, tongue-in-cheek adventure film. But gods, it was poor. Horrible dialogue, no characterisation at all, not a trace of the humour that made The Mummy good (the laughably bad faux Hungarian accents were not good humour).. Some nice visuals here and there, but that was about all it had going for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKing Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I nominate "The Crying Game" for nasty surprises... If you mean films I thought would be crap that turned out ok...I was pleasantly surprised by the remake of "Dawn of the Dead" recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Product of the Cosmos Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 ya.. I agree Ven Hellsing blew.. But I kinda expected that.. lol. We actually agree on something JN.. lol. Although the next 2 I wouldnt say were bad. But its like the first Matrix suprise inverted. High expectations for a decent movie=dissapointment feeling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'JN Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 They would have been fine if they hadn't put the hype machine into overdrive and insulted our intelligence with their shameless advertising. "You didn't like the movie? Well that's OK, go see it again, and it will grow on you. In the meantime, drink some more Powerade" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinIchiro Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Matrix 2...tried to act as profound as in the first one but didn't have anything to do so about. Though smith was consistantly good in those two movies. As for a suprise, Kill Bill 2. It's style was so different. ANd I thought they would never stop talking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Lobotomy Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 The "twist" in Fight Club, I didn't see that coming even though the hints were all there. So messed up yet made sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinbote Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 I liked the guy who wanted to move back into the matrix and have himself a nice big steak. That was about as profound as that otherwise very juvenile movie got. The biggest surprise (that I can think of off the top of my head) in terms of a movie I thought would be good is The Wicker Man. I've yet to hear a negative word said about the film, but to me it was just a lot of 60's flower child silliness, sort of a horror equivalent to Easy Rider. But you can just ignore me, since I tend to be very much in the minority on this subject; after all, I detest Stanley Kubrick and Tim Burton too! As for movies that are supposedly awful but that I quite liked, I'll nominate The Ninth Gate. It's no masterpiece, but a consistently entertaining little movie, with plenty of Roman Polanski's subtle homor and some lovely sets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Teatime Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Bubba Ho Tep. I thought it sounded interesting but after watching it it's one of my favourites now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinbote Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Isn't Quest for Fire the caveman movie with an original language created by Anthony Burgess? As a Burgess fan, I've always been intrigued by that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 *ignores Kinbote* Though gives credit for liking Polanski. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Product of the Cosmos Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 Im not sure I have the DVD lent out or I'd check it. But the original language is like.. lol universal ug language.. But ya its a caveman movie.. Damn good IMO too.. GREAT movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonIrenicus Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Butterfly Effect I thought it would be another psycho-supernatural crap but it turned to be one of my favorites ever! Amazing just amazing! B) Life... is strength. That is not to be contested; it seems logical enough. You live; you affect your world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deganawida Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Actually, I enjoyed Van Helsing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Product of the Cosmos Posted July 19, 2004 Author Share Posted July 19, 2004 Really? I thought it was gimmicky and stupid. But I was entertained overall.. I just wanted a movie like Troy and got.... Ven Hellsing.. lol. And the screaming vamps were annoying as... something very annoying.. lol. It had its entertainment values tho IMO. Just not something I was glad to pay to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deganawida Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 It was B-horror mixed with pulp action. <shrugs> I guess I have different tastes than some of y'all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phosphor Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 It was B-horror mixed with pulp action. <shrugs> I guess I have different tastes than some of y'all. But it wasn't even good B-horror or pulp action. I fully expected B-horror and pulp action like the director/writer did in The Mummy films, but that just wasn't there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Posted July 19, 2004 Share Posted July 19, 2004 Starship Troopers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tripleRRR Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Well there are several, The mummy Spider-Man X-Men Fellowship of the Ring The butterfly affect The Matrix These are the most recent, there are others but I am too lazy to try to remember them all. TripleRRR Using a gamepad to control an FPS is like trying to fight evil through maple syrup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 Fight Club & The Matrix.....sadly Eurotrip. You can't help but laugh at the robot scene! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted July 20, 2004 Share Posted July 20, 2004 I, Robot. I expected it to be a mindless popcorn Will Smith action film, but it was actually a popcorn Will Smith action film that was decently intelligent. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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