A movie you have been surprised by.

[Battlestar]

Have you ever watched a movie and been surprised by it? I don't mean a twist at the end that you did not see coming, I mean a movie that you thought you would hate or would never find your self watching because its not "your thing". Have you seen it and really enjoyed it? has it got you into other movies of the same genre? Were you forced to sit through it by your partner and were pleasantly surprised? or did you just take a chance on a DVD rental at blockbusters. I would like to see your thoughts on this .

There is nothing recently that I have seen that I can think of, but I remember Taking a risk on the movie "The usual suspects" a long time ago. I took the then girlfriend out for a meal and then we fancied renting a movie for the evening ( amongst other things ) Of to the video shop we went without any idear of what we we fancied to watch. I can remember that a few of the titles that we wanted were not in ,so , not really being a fan of the crime thriller type movie, I was talked in to getting it by the girl friend and off we went.
What can I say, I wont go in to a review of the film but I can say that this movie really surprised me ( not because of the twist ) but because of the way the whole film was put together. Sharply made and acted ,it really kept my interest and in turn widened my film viewing horizons a little.

Dave.

[Razor]

I'd go for True Romance, I thought it was a romantic comedy. We all know that aint right.
True Romance is one of my all time fav's

[Marc]

i'd probably have to say Love Actually, i didn't watch it for a very long time because i thought it'd be another rubbish british romantic comedy like four weddings or bridget jones, and it turned out to be so much better

[Razor]

Originally Posted by Marc

i'd probably have to say Love Actually, i didn't watch it for a very long time because i thought it'd be another rubbish british romantic comedy like four weddings or bridget jones, and it turned out to be so much better

[Marc]

Originally Posted by Razor

wow, did i find one you don't like?

[jace22]

HITCH

got it for the missus and found that i enjojed it aswell lots of funny bits and not to cheesy

[Steve_P]

Fight Club...

I started watching it with the preconception that it was just another action/fight movie... Boy was I wrong

Another that pleasantly surprised me was Forrest Gump. I thought it would be over smaltzy suggary feel good movie and it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be.

S.

[Razor]

Originally Posted by Marc

wow, did i find one you don't like?

LOL...

Yes you did.

[scrapbook]

Toy Story for me.

I assumed it was going to be some sort of childish movie so read my newspapers whilst an Ex loaded it into the video. It didn't take long before I was hooked

[domtheone]

Originally Posted by Marc

i'd probably have to say Love Actually, i didn't watch it for a very long time because i thought it'd be another rubbish british romantic comedy like four weddings or bridget jones, and it turned out to be so much better

Originally Posted by Razor

Love Actually better than 4 weddings!

That's like saying Alien 3 is better than Aliens

[Battlestar]

Originally Posted by Razor

I'd go for True Romance, I thought it was a romantic comedy. We all know that aint right.
True Romance is one of my all time fav's

It is a true story though, isnt it?

Fried Green Tomatoes....wife got it and as I watched it wasnt to bad

[Mendes]

Love actually is one for me as well, I too enjoyed that more than three weddings

But one film i was really suprised by was Phantom of the Opera, didnt know a great deal about the story, not a fan of musicals but sat and watched and really enjoyed it. (recently got the region 3 version )

[crobo]

Bored rigid in Munich 20 years ago I went into the only English language cinema to see a film I knew nothing about, purely because it had Helen Mirren and John Gielgud in it. From the few adverts I thought it would be a Roman era classic, maybe a modern day Ben Hur. Yes you've guessed it. Surprising it definitely was.

[hostage]

(2005)Crash

amazing