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Post by TheGoodMan19 on Jun 25, 2021 15:43:39 GMT
Movies that you thought would stink but became a favorite
1. O Brother Where Art Thou. I had zero interest. Not a fan of George Clooney and lukewarm on the Coens (loved Fargo, didn't love The Big Lebowski). My soon to be 2nd wife really wanted to watch so I put on my headphones to ignore the movie. I happened to look up at the credits and see "based on the Odyssey by Homer" and said "whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?" so curiosity got the best of my and I liked it better than she did.
2. Moneyball. I'm a huge baseball fan. I read the book by Michael Lewis. I know the theory behind "moneyball" and remember the 2003 Oakland Athletics vividly. And I thought you had as much of a chance of making an interesting movie about that as the phone book. Dry as the Sahara and if you weren't a huge baseball fan you couldn't possible give a single damn. The movie had flaws, you would think Scott Hatteberg and Dave Justice were the only players on that team and that Art Howe was a malignant troll. But the movie was really good. It should have won Best Picture Oscar just for that.
and yours...
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Post by bravomailer on Jun 25, 2021 15:59:47 GMT
Didn't think I'd like Forrest Gump but I did. Not a favorite though. I took Gump as an allegory for Americans: not very bright but they mean well.
I disliked O Brother at first but its rollicking anarchy grew on me.
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Post by FrankSobotka1514 on Jun 25, 2021 16:14:47 GMT
“Stink” might be too harsh of a word but The Others, starring Nicole Kidman, was a movie I ended up really liking. I’m generally not a fan of period pieces and horror movies I enjoy are pretty much limited to The Exorcist and The Ring. Also wasn’t a huge Kidman fan but what can I say, I thought it was great and she was great in it. Didn’t see the ending coming either.
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