Movies you never thought you'd love...
02-02-07, 11:02 PM
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Movies you never thought you'd love...
I just saw "The Devil Wears Prada" and enjoyed it so so much. "SGLDWP"!!
It was so smartly crafted, witty dialogue and some really good performances, especially Meryl Steep and the always versatile Stanley Tucci. I mean i rented it simply because i wanted to see what the hype was about.
i thought it might be ok, but that i would skip through parts. But, i didn't. i really enjoyed it all. it WAS highly predictable and it WAS formulaic and some things i wish didn't progress character wise like MS would stay icy throughout, but in her subtlety it really worked and was rightly nominated.
anyway, i really enjoyed it and never thought i would.
Others:
"Love Actually"(really blew me away when i begrudingly saw it with a gf in the theaters, but it actually made me tear and have wound up watching it many times)
"Mean Girls"(this movie just screams not-a-straight-guy movie, but it was so silly and warm all at the same time)
It was so smartly crafted, witty dialogue and some really good performances, especially Meryl Steep and the always versatile Stanley Tucci. I mean i rented it simply because i wanted to see what the hype was about.
i thought it might be ok, but that i would skip through parts. But, i didn't. i really enjoyed it all. it WAS highly predictable and it WAS formulaic and some things i wish didn't progress character wise like MS would stay icy throughout, but in her subtlety it really worked and was rightly nominated.
anyway, i really enjoyed it and never thought i would.
Others:
"Love Actually"(really blew me away when i begrudingly saw it with a gf in the theaters, but it actually made me tear and have wound up watching it many times)
"Mean Girls"(this movie just screams not-a-straight-guy movie, but it was so silly and warm all at the same time)
02-03-07, 12:02 AM
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The Shawshank Redemption - I was 13 when I first watched it, and figured it would just be a boring prison movie. But I liked it even at that age.
School of Rock - I've never been a big Jack Black fan, so I was apprehensive. But this was the perfect vehicle for him. And the kids and music were great, too.
City Slickers - I hate westerns, mostly because my father loves them and kind of forced them upon me as a kid. And I know this isn't really a western, but to me it's close enough.
Dazed and Confused - No good reason I figured I wouldn't like it. As a kid, the box art didn't really do anything for me. Guess it was a case of "don't judge a book (or movie) by it's cover," even though I love that cover/poster now.
School of Rock - I've never been a big Jack Black fan, so I was apprehensive. But this was the perfect vehicle for him. And the kids and music were great, too.
City Slickers - I hate westerns, mostly because my father loves them and kind of forced them upon me as a kid. And I know this isn't really a western, but to me it's close enough.
Dazed and Confused - No good reason I figured I wouldn't like it. As a kid, the box art didn't really do anything for me. Guess it was a case of "don't judge a book (or movie) by it's cover," even though I love that cover/poster now.
02-03-07, 02:17 AM
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Mean Girls
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
10 Things I Hate About You
Not my favorites by far, but I went in hating to watch them but came out thinking they were more than halfway decent.
How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days
10 Things I Hate About You
Not my favorites by far, but I went in hating to watch them but came out thinking they were more than halfway decent.
02-03-07, 11:54 AM
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I agree on The Devil Wears Prada. Loved it.
Chicago
Love Actually
Singing in the Rain
Citizen Kane
Chicago
Love Actually
Singing in the Rain
Citizen Kane
02-03-07, 01:08 PM
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The Devil Wears Prada
Mean Girls
Chicago
Love Actually
Freaky Friday
Monster House
Mean Girls
Chicago
Love Actually
Freaky Friday
Monster House
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02-03-07, 03:26 PM
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Moulin Rouge
Lord of the Rings
Those two stick out in my head, because I outright refused to watch these two, and then finally did, and loved them
Lord of the Rings
Those two stick out in my head, because I outright refused to watch these two, and then finally did, and loved them
02-03-07, 04:49 PM
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Moulin Rouge
Spy Kids
Galaxy Quest
The Iron Giant
The Blair Witch Project
Never Cry Wolf
The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio
Blast From the Past
Notting Hill (though this particular sub-genre is getting tired now so might not play as well to someone just viewing it depending on other films seen before it)
Shakespeare in Love
The Journey of August King
The Man in the Moon
Life as a House
Sense and Sensibility
Spy Kids
Galaxy Quest
The Iron Giant
The Blair Witch Project
Never Cry Wolf
The Prize Winner of Defiance Ohio
Blast From the Past
Notting Hill (though this particular sub-genre is getting tired now so might not play as well to someone just viewing it depending on other films seen before it)
Shakespeare in Love
The Journey of August King
The Man in the Moon
Life as a House
Sense and Sensibility
02-03-07, 06:20 PM
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Originally Posted by mijorico
The Shawshank Redemption - I was 13 when I first watched it, and figured it would just be a boring prison movie. But I liked it even at that age.
02-03-07, 08:42 PM
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The Pursuit of Happyness. It was much more well-made and acted than I expected. Will Smith was really great. Probably because he wasn't being Will Smith.
02-03-07, 08:46 PM
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I'm pretty open-minded about movies. So lots of the mentions above don't really apply to me.
HITCH is one that comes to mind. Plays on the Starz stations regularly. I found myself watching it again this evening. This was the second time I sat down and watched it pretty much begining to end.
Not yet certain what it has that bad romance comedies don't.
HITCH is one that comes to mind. Plays on the Starz stations regularly. I found myself watching it again this evening. This was the second time I sat down and watched it pretty much begining to end.
Not yet certain what it has that bad romance comedies don't.
02-03-07, 09:31 PM
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About a Boy
American Dreamz
Love Actually
Rent
American Dreamz
Love Actually
Rent
02-03-07, 11:44 PM
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Originally Posted by BrentLumkin
I find it interesting that so many people are listing Mean Girls. That's the very first movie I thought of when I read this thread topic.