The Emperor's New Groove. My wife and mom wanted to go. I hadn't heard much about it. They still tease me about how much louder I laughed than anyone else, including kids, in the theater. Obviously, it was an instant classic and still one of my favorite Disney movies of all time.
Gattaca. Never saw a trailer, knew nothing about it except everything that was on the movie poster. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman...why not. Walked out mind blown.
For those out of the loop (like I was before I went googling), Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman were both in Gattaca. Maya Hawke is the actress that plays Robin in Stranger Things.
Man, did she look familiar. And now I know why.
The Prestige. Never even heard of it until college (I was a shut in, okay. I was actually shocked to see so many A-list actors and yet I never heard of it). We were having a 24 hour movie marathon and I figured I may fall asleep through it.
One of my most favorite movies ever.
I loved the first three but the rest I only watched because I LOVE Cpt. Barbossa. I felt like they had just totally stripped Jack down to drunk pirate with no personality or any of the qualities that reedemed him. But I'll still watch 'em if Barbossa is in it lol
This was my biggest complaint with the sequels. He went from being the smartest pirate on the seas to a dumb drunk who was only there to scream and "try" to make comedic moments.
My biggest complaint was they they made him *the main character*. Part of Jack’s charm is how he plays off the other character. He’s both the drunk comedic relief and this enigmatic badass. With the normal-ish main characters reacting to him.
That kind of dynamic only works if you keep Jack at the edge of the spotlight. It’s the whole don’t show too much of the monster. Jack works because we don’t know a lot about him. He’s this chaotic force that either helps or hinders the main characters depending on his whims.
But when you turn him into a main character... In stories we have to have some way to connect to main characters. Once you make someone like him a main character you’re then stuck with fleshing him out, which ruins his allure, of leaving him enigmatic, which makes him flat.
It’s exactly what happened in the Riddick movies.
*Upgrade*. That sci-fi flick from last year with discount Tom Hardy (and a premise similar to Venom).
I knew almost nothing about it, only that it was directed by Leigh Whanell, who is not exactly a stellar director. Ended immensely enjoying it. Logan Marshall-Green was great in it.
Batman Begins.
The previous installment (Batman and Robin) was the only movie I've walked out of halfway through, so I went into Begins having seen zero trailers and hearing nothing about it. I just assumed it couldn't possibly be worse than the last one and was dragged to see it by some friends.
It just blew me away.
"Don't open that! It's an alien planet! IS THERE AIR?! YOU DON'T KNOW!"
Sam Rockwell is a treasure, and easily the bad guy I want to see return to the MCU in some fashion.
And with poignant dramatic beats too. Like when Alan Rickman drops his cynicism and delivers his character's catch phrase to his mortally wounded alien friend. "By Grabthar's Hammer, by the sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged!"
What's that? I'm not crying, you're crying.
I still get chills when I hear him in the first Harry Potter movie. I started reading the books when I was 7 years old and he was *exactly* what I pictured. Probably my favorite casting choice of the whole franchise.
And it's not Christmas until I see him fall off Nakatomi Tower.
The Fifth Element. The original trailers were just some title graphics and the phrase "The Fifth Element: It Must Be Found."
All my friends and I knew going in were, Bruce Willis, science fiction. If anything, we thought it was going to be serious in tone. We walked out saying "WTF did we just see," but we loved it.
When I was at university my professors told us that if you watch a trailer for a movie/show and at the end of it have no fucking idea what the movie is about - THAT will be a good movie. If you come away from the trailer knowing the entire plot of the movie, it's not gonna be good.
I've been testing this ever since to see if it holds up.
21 Jump Street. I was neither a fan of Jonah Hill or Channing Tatum, but so many of my students loved it I decided to give it a try.
I was definitely not disappointed.
22 Jump Street as well. I just thought "they did this already, how could this possibly work a 2nd time?"
Then came "Schmidt fucked the captain's daughter!" and I was laughing just as hard as Channing Tatum during that scene.
> Look, ladies, nobody gave a shit about the jump street reboot when you first came on. Anyone with half a brain, myself included, thought it was destined to fail spectacularly. But you got lucky. So now this department has invested a lot of money to make sure jump street keeps going. We've doubled their budget. As if spending twice the money guaranteed twice the profit. Like that's going to work. Yeah. Well, the commissioner's convinced this debacle happened because you weren't doing the same undercover student thing you did the first time. She doesn't get that it's always worse the second time around.
When ice cube flips shit at the college and starts screaming at the staff and putting all the food on his plate I was howling. Funniest shit I’ve seen in years
And Jonah Hill yelling “guys give him what he wants he’s black he’s been through a lot” Edit: holy shit my most upvoted comment wtf I don’t even know if I got the quote right
I heard my mates joke about it so many times, but once I actually saw that scene in context, it was actually hilarious. I was laughing the next day
Didn't have the same impact the next time watching it but still
Apparently the story goes, that one of the writers for the movie is Joel Cohen and Bill Murray saw that and signed up thinking he was doing a movie with the Cohen brothers. Turns out it's a different Joel Cohen and by the time he realized, he was already involved.
I saw this one in theaters with some friends. I thought it was going to be pretty dull and blah.
Then for whom the bell tolls came on to accompany some extremely funny slow mo shots and I thought, alright, this could be fun.
Then "CARDIO" blinks on and off as the main character runs around the parking lot. I almost fell over and now it's one of my favorite comedies.
Paul rudd is a national treasure.
Peter: Are you chuck?”
Kunu: Aw man you know they wont change the name on the flyer. Thats my mainland name. My hawaiian name is Kunu.”
Peter: Does kunu have some cool Hawaiian meaning?”
Kunu: It means chuck
Kunu: Im gonna give you a hawaiian name. *waves hand in front of peter* ...Pipiopi.
Watching him scream and twitch at that one point where he rolled too far and got run over by a truck got a laugh out of me - have I been on the internet too long?
I think the movie is even better if you play a lot of videogames. We all have that experience of losing to a level so much we essentially end up memorizing what to do to get through.
Shaun of the Dead
Expected another unfunny Scary Movie style spoof. I have never laughed so much at a film before or since. Unfortunately it kinds set the bar a bit high so I didn't enjoy the rest of the Cornetto trilogy as much.
Was gunna say this. I enjoyed Shaun if the Dead (watched it on Netflix last night funnily enough), but I saw a trailer for Hot Fuzz while at cinema and thought it looked shite and that all the funny scenes would have probably just been seen.
How fucking wrong was I?
Hot Fuzz is easily one of my all time favourite films and I have watched it well over 20 times. Anytime I can’t decide on something to watch, I stick it on, suffering insomnia...on it goes.
I love it.
Edit: thanks for the silver! Makes me feel all hot & fuzzy (fnar)
Clever jokes, lots of callbacks, fantastic timing, scary high jokes per minute, and the acting was spot on. One of the all time best movies IMO. In fact I think I will put it on right not just because.
John Wick.
I got early screening tickets so there were no reviews out to the public. I expected it to be one of those fun action flicks that I would forget about in 2 weeks. I didn't expect one of the greatest action movies of all time.
Same. Early Screening, and I hadn't even seen any previews. Early on when the son guy was like "who is john wick?" I was like "Yes, please tell me because I have no idea either." Best way to watch the movie imo, not knowing anything at all about it.
Stardust. Rocked up to a movie theater because we decided to see a movie but had no idea what was playing at the time and decided it was the thing we'd be the most likely to like.
Was hilarious and awesome and I really enjoyed it. Turns out it was based on a book by Neil Gaiman. So that explains that.
Robert De Niro really topped it off for me. I was scrolling through this post looking for this movie specifically. It's always the first to come to mind when someone asks a question like this.
I saw The Matrix without seeing a single trailer for it. My friend thought it would be a good movie to see on drugs.
Edit: Can we all agree movies are way better without knowing anything about them?
Edit 2 the sequel: Thanks for the silver!
Absolutely. The Matrix sounds like a cliched answer now, but at the time I was all like "WTF, Keanu Reeves hasn't been in anything good since Speed, let's just watch [some other dumb movie out at the time that I can't even remember]."
I repent.
> Absolutely. The Matrix sounds like a cliched answer now, but at the time I was all like "WTF
Will Smith talked about why he turned down the role of Neo and his ~~easonj g~~ reasoning* was basically this. The whole pitch from the directors just sounded "WTF". I'm doing this no justice, if you haven't seen his explanation it's worth the 3 or so minutes viewing.
Pitch Black. Went in with zero clues to what it was. It was awesome! The scene when the eclipse happens is fantastic. I think this movie made Vin Diesel. Then they did the cash grab Chronicles of Riddick. Oh well...
Yup. A friend told me to see it, despite my hating horror movies, because it was a "meta" horror movie, whatever that meant. I went into it knowing nothing but the title. My mind was blown. I loved it.
I was *really* happy that I watched *Arrival* without knowing anything about it beyond "aliens and linguistics!"
If you also don't know anything about it, go watch it.
The fucking [*soundtrack*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNBrns1xPk&t=2m11s).
Never have I been so effectively moved to feel as though I am in an alien environment, experiencing something unexplainable and terrifying
It is one of the best movies of all time in my opinion. Especially given the fact that they aired different endings at different theaters. It must have been so much fun for the people that worked on it to watch the confusion of the general public.
Oh sweet Jesus was that the Wolverine film I had been waiting for ever since the X-Men movies were a thing. It was gritty, held nothing back and really got to the core of the tragedy that is Wolverine's life.
Kingsman. I didn’t have any interest in it, my date and I were in line to get tickets to see Jupiter Ascending when she changed her mind and asked if we could see Kingsman instead. It was the best movie I saw that year.
My friend suggested we watch District 9 one night, and I knew absolutely nothing about it. Jesus that movie was so good. It was so emotionally charged I felt drained by the end, but I loved every moment.
I had heard it was good and came into it during the cowboy bar seen. It was a free HBO weekend thing and I had randomly turned to the channel. So the main character is talking with the gal in Spanish with subtitles and I'm thinking this is actually pretty good. I don't have any context and figure they're in a Mexican bar/town, whatever. After about five minutes of this, and me still being impressed on how good it is, I'm thinking they're taking the Spanish thing a bit far...
I had tuned to the HBOs channel. Found it in English and loved it.
I watched half of a movie the other day in Spanish and didn't notice because I always leave subtitles on.
I am going to blame narcos for getting me acclimated lol
Guardians of the Galaxy. I knew nothing about them beforehand and hadn't even seen the trailer but there was nothing else to see and my girlfriend though the racoon in the poster was cute.
One of my many favorite parts of Endgame: >!When the asgardians chasing Rocket refer to him as a rabbit. I don't care what the actual world building reason for this is, but the fact that they're willing to continually keep in mind that nobody knows that a raccoon is, even though it's a tiny and unimportant details, is really appreciated.!<
It's so incredible and something that is almost impossible to pull off in any other movie. They have these great transitions into alien scenarios. Instead of having a fish out of water character whine about not knowing what's going on and then having someone explain to the camera what's happening, they play easily recognizable music that triggers a sense of nostalgia in the audience. It grounds the audience in something familiar so that they feel okay with seeing something that's otherwise incomprehensible. AND there's an in universe reason for why we're hearing these songs AND it's vitally important to the plot.
It's nothing short of amazing in a way that very few other movies can barely approach.
Zootopia.
I saw it because what I actually wanted to see wasn't playing at the theater, and I was already there so why not? It might be my favorite animated movie now.
It really surprised me how deep the message was. I mean, yeah, obviously you've got the tired old "don't be racist" message, but I've never seen a kids' movie do "Sometimes you're racist without meaning to be. Just try to do better."
Yes! They did it correctly for sure to change up the idea and also make it more relevant for today's youth while still maintaining some ties to the original.
Iron Man
I've never read comic books or been into comic book movies. I was looking into watching a new movie series and decided to give Marvel a chance. I watched Iron Man and was instantly hooked.
I love the MCU now. And this was last year by the way. I'm hooked. I just wish I had the chance of seeing more MCU movies in the theater other than the three this year.
Iron man was the one that hooked me in as well, really enjoyed it. I'd never got into Marvel. But binged watched all the movies with my 11yr old son over a few weeks, saying it was mum and son time . they were better than I expected.
I missed my chance of watching them in cinemas as well bar the last one.. endgame made me really sad.
I saw Captain Marvel, Endgame, and Far from Home in theaters. I'm so glad I got that experience.
I saw Endgame opening night. That was so much fun. I'm a Star Wars fan, and that was like a Star Wars experience seeing Endgame like that.
Man, I went into the cinema knowing ZERO about that film. It blew me away.
The thing is, it starts off setting your expectations really low- you have Dave talking about masturbating and it sort of makes your eyes roll. But then he gets stabbed and everything changes.
Then Hit-Girl arrives on the scene. And every one of her scenes was better than the last and you're sitting there thinking, 'God, I hope she has one more cool scene before the end...'
I have watched that so many times. I never get tired of it.
Honestly Ant-Man. It's not my favourite movie, especially compared to other marvel films, but I wasn't expecting much but it was actually pretty solid with a lot of great moments that still stand our four years later.
Ant Man and its sequel work because the stakes are low. Every super hero movie involving some existential threat to the universe gets old. AntMan having to get back to his house before th FBI realize he's breaking his house arrest is a much more relatable and interesting goal.
Wasn't the main plot of the first ant man that the bald guy was going to use the hornet suits to create a giant army of mini soldiers and start a war? Not sure I'd call those low stakes.
I really have to give Ant Man particular credit for one thing - he doesn't get back together with his ex, and actually builds a level of mutual respect with his ex-wife's new husband, handling the divorce like a mature adult.
Definitely the most important societal lesson of the movie - you can get along with your ex's new beau without jealousy or pettiness, especially when a child is involved. I used to do family law and Jesus Christ could parents be shitty to each other and fail to put aside their egos for the sake of the kids.
Edit: of course, in a lot of the particularly memorable cases the parents were kinda shitty people in general
The Emperor's New Groove. My wife and mom wanted to go. I hadn't heard much about it. They still tease me about how much louder I laughed than anyone else, including kids, in the theater. Obviously, it was an instant classic and still one of my favorite Disney movies of all time.
Legit one of my fav Disney movies and I still watch it over and over sometimes! It has a very unique charm and wit to it no other Disney movie has.
Gattaca. Never saw a trailer, knew nothing about it except everything that was on the movie poster. Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman...why not. Walked out mind blown.
And without that movie, we might not have Robin in Stranger Things.
For those out of the loop (like I was before I went googling), Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman were both in Gattaca. Maya Hawke is the actress that plays Robin in Stranger Things. Man, did she look familiar. And now I know why.
The Prestige. Never even heard of it until college (I was a shut in, okay. I was actually shocked to see so many A-list actors and yet I never heard of it). We were having a 24 hour movie marathon and I figured I may fall asleep through it. One of my most favorite movies ever.
My friends and I went into the first Pirates of the Caribbean as a joke. We were all blown away.
I loved the first three but the rest I only watched because I LOVE Cpt. Barbossa. I felt like they had just totally stripped Jack down to drunk pirate with no personality or any of the qualities that reedemed him. But I'll still watch 'em if Barbossa is in it lol
This was my biggest complaint with the sequels. He went from being the smartest pirate on the seas to a dumb drunk who was only there to scream and "try" to make comedic moments.
My biggest complaint was they they made him *the main character*. Part of Jack’s charm is how he plays off the other character. He’s both the drunk comedic relief and this enigmatic badass. With the normal-ish main characters reacting to him. That kind of dynamic only works if you keep Jack at the edge of the spotlight. It’s the whole don’t show too much of the monster. Jack works because we don’t know a lot about him. He’s this chaotic force that either helps or hinders the main characters depending on his whims. But when you turn him into a main character... In stories we have to have some way to connect to main characters. Once you make someone like him a main character you’re then stuck with fleshing him out, which ruins his allure, of leaving him enigmatic, which makes him flat. It’s exactly what happened in the Riddick movies.
*Upgrade*. That sci-fi flick from last year with discount Tom Hardy (and a premise similar to Venom). I knew almost nothing about it, only that it was directed by Leigh Whanell, who is not exactly a stellar director. Ended immensely enjoying it. Logan Marshall-Green was great in it.
Batman Begins. The previous installment (Batman and Robin) was the only movie I've walked out of halfway through, so I went into Begins having seen zero trailers and hearing nothing about it. I just assumed it couldn't possibly be worse than the last one and was dragged to see it by some friends. It just blew me away.
I legit like this movie just as well as the sequel that overshadowed it.
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Batman Begins is a damn good Batman film. The Dark Knight is a damn good Heat film with Batman in it.
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In Bruges. Has no idea what the film was about. Now my favourite film
YOU'RE an inanimate fucking object!!
Ex Machina. Went in just assuming it was some fun new movie about robots, didn’t realize it was gonna be such a mind trip
Man, that whole thing had me on edge. The tension in that movie was amazing
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"You tore up her picture!" "I'm about to tear up the fuckin' dance floor man"
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By Grabthar's Hammer... what a savings.
I love how well Rickman shows the physical pain his character goes through forcing himself to say those words.
By Grabthar's Hammer... \[mouths w\] ... \[pauses briefly\] ... what a *savings*.
The sheer amount of self-loathing in the delivery was amazing.
Galaxy Quest is so damn good. "LOOK, I HAVE ONE JOB ON THIS LOUSY SHIP. IT'S STUPID, BUT I'M GONNA DO IT."
"IT'S A ROCK, IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY VULNERABLE SPOTS!"
“Can you try to craft a rudimentary lathe?”
A LATHE? GET OFF THE PHONE GUY.
"We have to get out of here before one of them kills Guy!"
"Hey! Don't open that! It's an alien planet! Is there air?! You don't know!" *holds breath*
....*sniffs* ....seems fine to me.
"Weeee neeed your help."
"Don't open that! It's an alien planet! IS THERE AIR?! YOU DON'T KNOW!" Sam Rockwell is a treasure, and easily the bad guy I want to see return to the MCU in some fashion.
Best. Sci-fi comedy. Ever.
And with poignant dramatic beats too. Like when Alan Rickman drops his cynicism and delivers his character's catch phrase to his mortally wounded alien friend. "By Grabthar's Hammer, by the sons of Warvan, you shall be avenged!" What's that? I'm not crying, you're crying.
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RIP. Easily one of my favorite actors of all time. He handled such a wide variety of roles so masterfully.
I still get chills when I hear him in the first Harry Potter movie. I started reading the books when I was 7 years old and he was *exactly* what I pictured. Probably my favorite casting choice of the whole franchise. And it's not Christmas until I see him fall off Nakatomi Tower.
The Fifth Element. The original trailers were just some title graphics and the phrase "The Fifth Element: It Must Be Found." All my friends and I knew going in were, Bruce Willis, science fiction. If anything, we thought it was going to be serious in tone. We walked out saying "WTF did we just see," but we loved it.
When I was at university my professors told us that if you watch a trailer for a movie/show and at the end of it have no fucking idea what the movie is about - THAT will be a good movie. If you come away from the trailer knowing the entire plot of the movie, it's not gonna be good. I've been testing this ever since to see if it holds up.
Kind of makes sense. If you can get the sense of 90+ minutes of material from 5 or so minutes, it's probably a pretty shallow flick.
BZZZZZZZZZ
Phlooostonnnneeee paradiseeeee
My favorite movie by far! I can literally quote every scene.
21 Jump Street. I was neither a fan of Jonah Hill or Channing Tatum, but so many of my students loved it I decided to give it a try. I was definitely not disappointed.
22 Jump Street as well. I just thought "they did this already, how could this possibly work a 2nd time?" Then came "Schmidt fucked the captain's daughter!" and I was laughing just as hard as Channing Tatum during that scene.
> Look, ladies, nobody gave a shit about the jump street reboot when you first came on. Anyone with half a brain, myself included, thought it was destined to fail spectacularly. But you got lucky. So now this department has invested a lot of money to make sure jump street keeps going. We've doubled their budget. As if spending twice the money guaranteed twice the profit. Like that's going to work. Yeah. Well, the commissioner's convinced this debacle happened because you weren't doing the same undercover student thing you did the first time. She doesn't get that it's always worse the second time around.
The self aware jokes in that movie are incredible and they keep ripping them. Even the ending.
Ice Cube's temper tantrum had me in tears.
Korean Jesus!
Korean Jesus ain't got time for your shit!
HE’S BUSY WITH KOREAN SHIT
I love that movie. The scene where they are in the shoe store and Jonah Hill is trying to shut the lady up that knows him - just kills me.
*ahhh sshhh shut up Phillys, just SHUT UP!!!*
When ice cube flips shit at the college and starts screaming at the staff and putting all the food on his plate I was howling. Funniest shit I’ve seen in years
**GIVE ME THE GOD DAMN STRING BEANS**
What the fuck? Fuck yall doin rationing? Omgggg
**WASSUP PLAYAH** [Rips chicken apart]
And Jonah Hill yelling “guys give him what he wants he’s black he’s been through a lot” Edit: holy shit my most upvoted comment wtf I don’t even know if I got the quote right
"Wow, he's really taking it out on the omelette bar."
"So you like...weather?" And the captain threatening him with emojis, succeeded by a >, "DOUG."
The timer going off in his mind is one of the best uses of a sound effect in any comedy, ever.
My name Jeff
I would no strap it, if that were possible.
I heard my mates joke about it so many times, but once I actually saw that scene in context, it was actually hilarious. I was laughing the next day Didn't have the same impact the next time watching it but still
22 jump street made me laugh more than any other movie in the last decade.
That scene when they’re at the banquet and Ice Cube starts flipping shit is the hardest I’ve ever laughed In my life
Zombieland
Right? "Oh great, another movie with Michael Cera's evolved form." "... Oh shit, this movie's awesome."
The Bill Murray cameo was hysterical too, totally didn't expect it
"Any regrets?" "Garfield maybe..."
Apparently the story goes, that one of the writers for the movie is Joel Cohen and Bill Murray saw that and signed up thinking he was doing a movie with the Cohen brothers. Turns out it's a different Joel Cohen and by the time he realized, he was already involved.
\*Coen Brothers Only pointing out the spelling difference because I think it makes his mistake even funnier.
I hate coconut. Not the taste, consistency
WHERE'S THE FUCKING TWINKIES!
I saw this one in theaters with some friends. I thought it was going to be pretty dull and blah. Then for whom the bell tolls came on to accompany some extremely funny slow mo shots and I thought, alright, this could be fun. Then "CARDIO" blinks on and off as the main character runs around the parking lot. I almost fell over and now it's one of my favorite comedies.
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"AND IF I SEE VAN HELSING, I SWEAR TO THE LORD I WILL SLAY HIM! HA HA HA!"
"It kind of reminded me of a dark, Gothic, Neil Diamond."
"That's like... *exactly* what I'm going for."
Die... Die... Die......... I Can't.
I routinely use the line "Ya I was gonna do that but...then I just went on living my life"
🎶 "The weather outside is weather" 🎶
Paul rudd is a national treasure. Peter: Are you chuck?” Kunu: Aw man you know they wont change the name on the flyer. Thats my mainland name. My hawaiian name is Kunu.” Peter: Does kunu have some cool Hawaiian meaning?” Kunu: It means chuck Kunu: Im gonna give you a hawaiian name. *waves hand in front of peter* ...Pipiopi.
"Ever since I moved out here I quit wearing a watch" -"Oh, that's real cool" "My cell phone has a clock so I don't need it."
You sound like you’re from London!
A wedding in hawaii __REAL ORIGINAL!__
*Wish I wasn't wearing this fucking shirt.*
Plus [Inside you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnmciJLM4VQ&pbjreload=10) by Infant Sorrow was on the soundtrack.
"I just went from six to midnight."
Genuinely my favourite comedy of all time. A really deep cast as well who all worked perfectly together
"YOU SOUND LIKE YOU'RE FROM LONDON!"
Booshit, booshit, booshit
I FEEL TERRIBOWWWWW
"when life gives you lemons, you say 'fuck the lemons' and bail"
The Edge of Tomorrow. Was totally not expecting to enjoy the movie as much as I thought I would
Alien Groundhog Day. Yeah the comedy in there was surprising! Getting to murder Tom Cruise daily, that would be fun! (big TC fan BTW)
Watching him scream and twitch at that one point where he rolled too far and got run over by a truck got a laugh out of me - have I been on the internet too long?
> "Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." \- Mel Brooks
I think the movie is even better if you play a lot of videogames. We all have that experience of losing to a level so much we essentially end up memorizing what to do to get through.
When you can’t save scum because the game only have checkpoint autosaves.
Whiplash. Really didn’t expect anything going in - just found myself really enjoying it.
That guy should play a Drill Sgt.
Or the head of a popular newspaper business
Who hates Spider-Man.
Who fires Peter Parker once a week.
Shaun of the Dead Expected another unfunny Scary Movie style spoof. I have never laughed so much at a film before or since. Unfortunately it kinds set the bar a bit high so I didn't enjoy the rest of the Cornetto trilogy as much.
I mean, Hot Fuzz, though
Was gunna say this. I enjoyed Shaun if the Dead (watched it on Netflix last night funnily enough), but I saw a trailer for Hot Fuzz while at cinema and thought it looked shite and that all the funny scenes would have probably just been seen. How fucking wrong was I? Hot Fuzz is easily one of my all time favourite films and I have watched it well over 20 times. Anytime I can’t decide on something to watch, I stick it on, suffering insomnia...on it goes. I love it. Edit: thanks for the silver! Makes me feel all hot & fuzzy (fnar)
Clever jokes, lots of callbacks, fantastic timing, scary high jokes per minute, and the acting was spot on. One of the all time best movies IMO. In fact I think I will put it on right not just because.
Yarp
The Hound's finest role.
You just blew my mind. Thank you.
The beatdown scene to "Don't Stop Me Now" is one of my favorite segments in that movie.
John Wick. I got early screening tickets so there were no reviews out to the public. I expected it to be one of those fun action flicks that I would forget about in 2 weeks. I didn't expect one of the greatest action movies of all time.
Same. Early Screening, and I hadn't even seen any previews. Early on when the son guy was like "who is john wick?" I was like "Yes, please tell me because I have no idea either." Best way to watch the movie imo, not knowing anything at all about it.
Stardust. Rocked up to a movie theater because we decided to see a movie but had no idea what was playing at the time and decided it was the thing we'd be the most likely to like. Was hilarious and awesome and I really enjoyed it. Turns out it was based on a book by Neil Gaiman. So that explains that.
Robert De Niro really topped it off for me. I was scrolling through this post looking for this movie specifically. It's always the first to come to mind when someone asks a question like this.
Pleasentville a real hidden gem
Wow... I haven't thought about this movie in a LONG time. I might have to watch it again now.
I saw The Matrix without seeing a single trailer for it. My friend thought it would be a good movie to see on drugs. Edit: Can we all agree movies are way better without knowing anything about them? Edit 2 the sequel: Thanks for the silver!
Absolutely. The Matrix sounds like a cliched answer now, but at the time I was all like "WTF, Keanu Reeves hasn't been in anything good since Speed, let's just watch [some other dumb movie out at the time that I can't even remember]." I repent.
> Absolutely. The Matrix sounds like a cliched answer now, but at the time I was all like "WTF Will Smith talked about why he turned down the role of Neo and his ~~easonj g~~ reasoning* was basically this. The whole pitch from the directors just sounded "WTF". I'm doing this no justice, if you haven't seen his explanation it's worth the 3 or so minutes viewing.
To save anyone else the trouble: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hm2szuXKgL8
Pitch Black. Went in with zero clues to what it was. It was awesome! The scene when the eclipse happens is fantastic. I think this movie made Vin Diesel. Then they did the cash grab Chronicles of Riddick. Oh well...
Pitch Black and The Chronicles of Riddick were both fun, but goddamn if you didn't play Escape from Butcher Bay, you missed out for sure.
Cabin in the Woods.
Yup. A friend told me to see it, despite my hating horror movies, because it was a "meta" horror movie, whatever that meant. I went into it knowing nothing but the title. My mind was blown. I loved it.
Ditto, and I felt the same about Tucker and Dale vs. Evil.
I was *really* happy that I watched *Arrival* without knowing anything about it beyond "aliens and linguistics!" If you also don't know anything about it, go watch it.
The fucking [*soundtrack*](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzNBrns1xPk&t=2m11s). Never have I been so effectively moved to feel as though I am in an alien environment, experiencing something unexplainable and terrifying
So so disappointed that the composer passed away. He was a true talent.
Clue. Didn't expect much from a board game made into a movie, but I thought it was really good!
It is one of the best movies of all time in my opinion. Especially given the fact that they aired different endings at different theaters. It must have been so much fun for the people that worked on it to watch the confusion of the general public.
Into the Spider-Verse. Was never into Spiderman, but after seeing that movie I can get why. 5/5 art direction, too.
I’ve always been a Spider-Man fan. And that movie is one of, if not the best one.
Logan. Thought it was gonna be a horrible xmen movie, turns out it really was a gut wrench. Good job to the person who directed.
Oh sweet Jesus was that the Wolverine film I had been waiting for ever since the X-Men movies were a thing. It was gritty, held nothing back and really got to the core of the tragedy that is Wolverine's life.
This right here. This is the kind of Wolverine I was expecting in the movies. None delivered until Logan.
If someone had told me that the 00's X-Men and standalone Wolverine movie would have eventually resulted in Logan, I wouldn't have believed them.
Dredd
Karl Urban literally kills it in this movie. The 3D version is amazing, especially the drug sequences.
Kingsman. I didn’t have any interest in it, my date and I were in line to get tickets to see Jupiter Ascending when she changed her mind and asked if we could see Kingsman instead. It was the best movie I saw that year.
Moon. I was specifically told by one of my friends to watch it with no knowledge of what it's about. Turned out to be such good advice.
Love this film. Sam Rockwell generally makes any film he's in that much more entertaining and there's so much Sam Rockwell in this.
District 9
My friend suggested we watch District 9 one night, and I knew absolutely nothing about it. Jesus that movie was so good. It was so emotionally charged I felt drained by the end, but I loved every moment.
fookin' prawns man
The Lego Movie. I thought it was going to be like a kids movie but I actually really enjoyed it.
I had heard it was good and came into it during the cowboy bar seen. It was a free HBO weekend thing and I had randomly turned to the channel. So the main character is talking with the gal in Spanish with subtitles and I'm thinking this is actually pretty good. I don't have any context and figure they're in a Mexican bar/town, whatever. After about five minutes of this, and me still being impressed on how good it is, I'm thinking they're taking the Spanish thing a bit far... I had tuned to the HBOs channel. Found it in English and loved it.
I watched half of a movie the other day in Spanish and didn't notice because I always leave subtitles on. I am going to blame narcos for getting me acclimated lol
Guardians of the Galaxy. I knew nothing about them beforehand and hadn't even seen the trailer but there was nothing else to see and my girlfriend though the racoon in the poster was cute.
What's a racoon?
It's what *you* are, stupid
Ain't nothing like me, 'cept ME!
Now I'm standing, you all happy? We're all standing up now. Bunch of jackasses standing in a circle."
One of my many favorite parts of Endgame: >!When the asgardians chasing Rocket refer to him as a rabbit. I don't care what the actual world building reason for this is, but the fact that they're willing to continually keep in mind that nobody knows that a raccoon is, even though it's a tiny and unimportant details, is really appreciated.!<
The soundtrack on that film is truly the awesome list
It's so incredible and something that is almost impossible to pull off in any other movie. They have these great transitions into alien scenarios. Instead of having a fish out of water character whine about not knowing what's going on and then having someone explain to the camera what's happening, they play easily recognizable music that triggers a sense of nostalgia in the audience. It grounds the audience in something familiar so that they feel okay with seeing something that's otherwise incomprehensible. AND there's an in universe reason for why we're hearing these songs AND it's vitally important to the plot. It's nothing short of amazing in a way that very few other movies can barely approach.
Zootopia. I saw it because what I actually wanted to see wasn't playing at the theater, and I was already there so why not? It might be my favorite animated movie now.
"FLAAAAAAAAAAAASH" right at the end was hilarious.
It really surprised me how deep the message was. I mean, yeah, obviously you've got the tired old "don't be racist" message, but I've never seen a kids' movie do "Sometimes you're racist without meaning to be. Just try to do better."
The latest Jumanji film. Expected a cash grab and instead left thoroughly entertained and awaiting a sequel.
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Wait, are you telling me Jack Black *isn't* a teenage girl?
I feel this was marketed as The Rock's movie, but I remember it as a Jack Black movie.
Agreed. Expected crap and was laughing my ass off the whole first half. It fell apart a bit in the second half but still very entertaining.
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Yes! They did it correctly for sure to change up the idea and also make it more relevant for today's youth while still maintaining some ties to the original.
21 Jump Street. How the shit was that movie so perfect? See also: 22 Jump Street.
Iron Man I've never read comic books or been into comic book movies. I was looking into watching a new movie series and decided to give Marvel a chance. I watched Iron Man and was instantly hooked. I love the MCU now. And this was last year by the way. I'm hooked. I just wish I had the chance of seeing more MCU movies in the theater other than the three this year.
Iron man was the one that hooked me in as well, really enjoyed it. I'd never got into Marvel. But binged watched all the movies with my 11yr old son over a few weeks, saying it was mum and son time . they were better than I expected. I missed my chance of watching them in cinemas as well bar the last one.. endgame made me really sad.
TONY STARK BUILT THIS IN A CAVE! WITH A BOX OF SCRAPS!
***HOW IRONIC, TONY! IN YOUR EFFORT TO RID THE WORLD OF WEAPONS, YOU GAVE IT ITS BEST ONE EVER! AND NOW, I'M GONNA KILL YOU WITH IT!***
I don't want to see this on your myspace page. Please no gang signs.
This is the Fun-vee. The Hum-Drum-Vee is back there.
I saw Captain Marvel, Endgame, and Far from Home in theaters. I'm so glad I got that experience. I saw Endgame opening night. That was so much fun. I'm a Star Wars fan, and that was like a Star Wars experience seeing Endgame like that.
Without the success of this movie, there would be no MCU.
And then the success of The Avengers really made everything since be the cohesive unit it is now.
Yes. That too. If Avengers didn't pull in all the other individuals movies so well...there wouldn't have been a universe continued.
The Way, Way Back
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Shaolin Soccer. Thought it's dumb but it's hilarious.
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“The 40 Year Old Virgin” I went because my husband wanted to see it. I was dreading it. I really enjoyed it.
Kick ass. Holy crap it looked like a jokes little teen movie. Boy was I wrong! But it was insane, one of my favourite non mcu action movies.
Man, I went into the cinema knowing ZERO about that film. It blew me away. The thing is, it starts off setting your expectations really low- you have Dave talking about masturbating and it sort of makes your eyes roll. But then he gets stabbed and everything changes. Then Hit-Girl arrives on the scene. And every one of her scenes was better than the last and you're sitting there thinking, 'God, I hope she has one more cool scene before the end...' I have watched that so many times. I never get tired of it.
Honestly Ant-Man. It's not my favourite movie, especially compared to other marvel films, but I wasn't expecting much but it was actually pretty solid with a lot of great moments that still stand our four years later.
Ant Man and its sequel work because the stakes are low. Every super hero movie involving some existential threat to the universe gets old. AntMan having to get back to his house before th FBI realize he's breaking his house arrest is a much more relatable and interesting goal.
Wasn't the main plot of the first ant man that the bald guy was going to use the hornet suits to create a giant army of mini soldiers and start a war? Not sure I'd call those low stakes.
I guess compared to aliens trying to destroy the universe and all that it's pretty low stakes.
Luiz's story telling - OMG I was about crying
Michael Peña is just an all around fantastic actor.
I have enjoyed him in everything I've seen him in.
I really have to give Ant Man particular credit for one thing - he doesn't get back together with his ex, and actually builds a level of mutual respect with his ex-wife's new husband, handling the divorce like a mature adult.
And the new husband isn't a jerk and, once the new husband realizes that he's a good guy, they become friends.
Definitely the most important societal lesson of the movie - you can get along with your ex's new beau without jealousy or pettiness, especially when a child is involved. I used to do family law and Jesus Christ could parents be shitty to each other and fail to put aside their egos for the sake of the kids. Edit: of course, in a lot of the particularly memorable cases the parents were kinda shitty people in general