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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 0:44:30 GMT
I thought this would be an interesting idea for a thread. Basically, what popular movies that you somehow never saw were a lot different than you thought they would be when you finally saw them?
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Oct 16, 2018 1:23:36 GMT
The Sweet Smell of Success, which was Tony Curtis finest performance.
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Post by kolchak92 on Oct 16, 2018 2:48:59 GMT
The Big Lebowski. I guess I was expecting more of a traditional neo-noir or something from it, but the actual movie took me by complete surprise.
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Post by bravomailer on Oct 16, 2018 2:52:18 GMT
Moonlight – I expected facile cheerleading for the gay world but it's a very well crafted film.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 3:00:51 GMT
I thought Good Will Hunting would actually be about hunting.
I thought Pulp Fiction would be a flat out comedy.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Oct 16, 2018 19:09:00 GMT
Moonlight – I expected facile cheerleading for the gay world but it's a very well crafted film. I expected it to be good the whole time but hated the 3rd act. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Oct 16, 2018 19:10:57 GMT
Game Night - I thought the story was primarily about a game. I heard a lot of good things about it but none of them really divulged the plot.
It - Thought it would be far more gory and scary.
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Post by James on Oct 16, 2018 21:03:30 GMT
Recently, A Quiet Place. Never knew about it having little dialogue.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 16, 2018 22:20:11 GMT
The Departed.
It took me a while to get around to it. No idea why. Eventually my expectations became so high that when I watched it, it was even better than that.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 17, 2018 0:34:31 GMT
I thought Napoleon Dynamite was gonna be just hi-larious.
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Post by Gourmando the Reindeer on Oct 17, 2018 9:24:32 GMT
I thought Napoleon Dynamite was gonna be just hi-larious. It was...gosh! "Are you gonna eat your tots?" |
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Post by Gourmando the Reindeer on Oct 17, 2018 9:31:31 GMT
I thought Napoleon Dynamite was gonna be just hi-larious. It was...gosh! "Are you gonna eat your tots?" Edit- Gentleman Broncos, by the same writer/director though is one of the absolute worst movies I have ever seen. I just couldn't finish it and that is extremely, extremely rare for me. I love so called bad movies. But GB is abysmally boring and disjointed. What I could take seeing it. Easily in my top 3 of crap movies with G.I. Joe and Doppleganger. |
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 17, 2018 10:10:34 GMT
"Gravity"
Big space nerd here. Fan of Sandra Bullock and George Clooney as well. Also a big fan of having a couple of brownies and going to blow my mind at the IMAX when a movie like this comes out.
I thought it was going to be all eye-candy and hyper-realistic. It was stunning to look at. Some of the science was a little questionable, but I didn't mind because the narrative was way more interesting that I was expecting. I was just expecting a fireworks show (and got one), but got a pretty cool character study too.
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Post by faustus5 on Oct 17, 2018 11:34:20 GMT
Some of the science was a little questionable. . . More than just a little! Newton''s laws of gravity were tossed out the window just to create fake drama, ironically enough given the title of the movie. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2018 12:12:02 GMT
Edge of tomorrow. Expected A LOT after seeing the score on RT.
It is an OK movie, but I was disappointed. No thought went into creating the Aliens. They look EXACTLY the same as the Sentinals in THE MATRIX movies. Very poor design, some truly awful and choppy editing.
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Post by twothousandonemark on Oct 17, 2018 21:17:15 GMT
The Nice Guys. I actually blind bought it on blu because Gosling & Crowe & its premise.
I was expecting Anchorman comedic lane, & thankfully it works so much better as dark humour in reality.
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Post by Spike Del Rey on Oct 17, 2018 21:46:35 GMT
48 Hrs. I saw it when it opened in 1982, being only eighteen at the time I wasn't familiar with Walter Hill's work, and it starred Eddie Murphy. So I was expecting a straight-up comedy, and instead got a violent crime drama with comedic elements (and most of it dark at that) sprinkled in. Not what I was expecting, but still loved it just the same.
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Post by kingkoopa on Oct 18, 2018 8:31:12 GMT
Some of the science was a little questionable. . . More than just a little! Newton''s laws of gravity were tossed out the window just to create fake drama, ironically enough given the title of the movie. Ha! I was trying to be generous to the movie, as I did enjoy it! They could have done well to double the scientific advisory team's budget. All of the various "safe havens" were all just a short float away. You'd think the Earth was the size of a marble. |
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Post by Winter_King on Oct 18, 2018 8:35:06 GMT
Apocalypto.
I don't know exactly what I was expecting but I definitely wasn't expecting an action/chase movie.
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