Films that exceeded your expectations

Julie and Julia. Meryl Streep thing about a tv cook from the sixties. Was expecting to ignore it whilst mywife watched and i pissed about on my phone, loved every minute.

On a related note, I accidentally watched the Christmas special of Downton Abbey. Am now totally unabashedly addicted and about to start series 2. Really.

+ 1 for How To Tame Your Dragon. Wasn’t expecting much but the OH and I were absoulutely enthralled.

Stardust. One of my favouritest films. Due another watch.

Yes yes a thousand times yes, one of my favourite films that.

The Emperor’s New Groove is also pretty awesome.

Bridesmaids
Expected it to be along the lines of “Hangover” but for the girls(very sexist I know)
However was quite impressed,dont get me wrong its not the best film ever but much better than expected.

End of watch
Another good un that exceeded expectations.

Moon.

The Guard.

Wasn’t expecting much but it’s comedy genius.

In Bruges

Hot Tub Time Machine – it’s just so ridiculous.

Just got around to watching Dredd, I didn’t realize the screenplay was by Alex Garland otherwise would have checked it out ages ago. My one word review is ‘brutal’.

Stardust is awesome. Makes me cry at the end too. Love the centegenarian kungfu wall guard as well, and the pirate whoopsie.

Just seen Django Unchained. Had expectations based on the thread last week, but it exceeded it. Loved the krap klansmen scene.

‘Shrek’…thought I was going to see a film to keep the kids happy…ended up seeing a film that entertained me at the same time.

‘Matrix’…so good on so many levels….it’s just a shame the Wachowski’s couldn’t keep the dream going.

+ Another for Apocalypto, had me hooked all through the film, despite the bad things he has done in the past (the drunken racial remarks and more specificaly, lethal Weapon 3) I will always remember Mel Gibson for this gem.
Pan’s Labyrinth, dragged in to see it, great on so many levels.
Others….Moon (shows what you can do with a good story), Thank you for Smoking (great topic) , Ill Manors (really suprised by this one as I cant stand UK gangsta stuff) and the last Rambo film (classic 80s shoot fest with a classic Terry Thomas style villian).
Another + for the recent Dredd film, bought back my youth a little, now where is the Rogue Trooper film?

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Inglorious Basterds

But especially Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. If you haven’t seen it – rent it NOW. Very funny.

Kiss Kiss, Inglorious and Apocalwhatsit added to my LoveFilm list. Cheers.

+1 for How To Train Your Dragon. Rented it on a whim and it’s superb.

The Sessions

A great movie based on a true story about a bloke who had polio when he was a kid and hires a sex surrogate to help him lose his virginity

The Bourne Identity. Saw the trailer and thought ‘that has the potential to be ace but will probably be guff’. bored one evening and went to see it and have loved it ever since. It is probably one of my favorite films.

Stardust was great too. I thought id really dislike it. Loved it.

Moulin Rouge. Wasn’t a big fan of musicals so was very sceptical. It is fantastic. The segment where they dance around to ‘Like a virgin’ is brilliant.

Hairspray. Travolta aside it is great.

Kevin & Perry Go Large 😀

+1 for despicable me.
watched it last weekend and wasn’t expecting much. Was brilliantly good fun. The minions were the superstars

Dead Man’s Shoes.

Oh and really liked ‘oh brother where art thou’. Rightly or wrongly.

Moon. Low budget, but well shot and well acted. Well, I enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed the Colin Farrell Total Recall. Thought it was much better than Arnie’s.

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I really enjoyed the Colin Farrell Total Recall. Thought it was much better than Arnie’s.

What!

The only film CF hasn’t managed to ruin ([cough] Alexander, Miami vice ffs! [/cough]) is Horrible bosses, and that’s only because I never realised it was him. Let him off for In Bruges, but only because of the quality of the dialogue and other actors.

Girl with Dragon Tattoo – the one with Daniel Craig in but watched for Rooney Mara’s performance. Clubbed, District 9, The Eagle (had very low expectations), Wolverine, The Wrestler. Not many lately.

Just watched the remake of Total Recall – was expecting it to be rubbish, but I was pleasantly surprised. You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of Kate Beckinsale 😯

Oh, I would.

Hot tub time machine 🙂

Oh, burn after reading, awesome! Especially when get to the dildo rocking chair scene. Along with O brother where art thou Clooney has done some pretty decent films

Troll Hunter – class film

The first Matrix film
The Bourne Identity
Collateral
Toy Story
Casino Royale
Pans Labyrinth

The lives of others
The wrestler
Skyfall

Kung Fu Panda and only a bit different was Human Centipede; Sat through the whole film thinking this can’t get any more disturbing and in that very respect it most
definitely exceeded my expectations.

I’ll add a couple of others too.

Fight Club. The title is awful and I expected it to be a film about fighting which is why I took so long to watch it. Now it’s in my top three films ever. I’ve seen it about ten times. AWESOME!

Up. I wondered how a cartoon could be that good so never watched and turned it on by accident over christmas. Best love story intro ever and a really good film.

You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of Kate Beckinsale

oooh, she can punish me any time she likes.

….Human Centipede; Sat through the whole film thinking this can’t get any more disturbing …..

You obviously haven’t seen the second one then!!

Argo,
Love Actually,
Get Him to the Greek (even though i hate Russel Brand),
The Fighter,
Crazy Stupid Love

…Basically anything the wife makes me watch. I should really be less reluctant!

Watch UpsideDown (2012) very good

Just watched the remake of Total Recall – was expecting it to be rubbish, but I was pleasantly surprised. You wouldn’t want to get on the wrong side of Kate Beckinsale

That anorexic bird who can’t act would die if you so much as sneezed in her direction.

I’ve never laughed so hard before at a ‘bad guy/girl’ in a film.

Katee Sackhoffs ‘Starbuck’ is the best ‘tough girl’ act I’ve seen and she’s also the only actress I’ve properly fancied.

American Mary- shocking and captivating

Hot Fuzz – was almost forced to watch it by the Mrs..I must have seen it about 20 times now! Brilliant

Yeah district 9. Went to see it cos someone said it was good and i like a bit o sci fi. It was sooo much better than i was expecting. Really fresh take on that old aliens come to earth idea and a great modern subtext racism/segregation/aparteid etc. Really enjoyed that film.

Oh and solaris. What?with gorgeous george clooney out of er? That’s going to be the worst remake ever right? Thought it was ace!

yeah I ended up enjoying the Solaris remake.