# I Can't Believe I Loved That Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 28, 2007, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488 "2007-12-28T17:27:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/21 "2007-12-29T00:09:53Z")
**Enchanted**. My kids MADE me go, and I was gritting my teeth and dragging my feet all the way to the theater. Loved it. Saw it again. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/22 "2007-12-29T00:16:22Z")
Grr. An hour ago my wife started watching _Love, Actually_ again, and again I’m hooked into it. This must be the fourth time I’ve seen the damn thing. It really is a bloody good movie. ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/23 "2007-12-29T00:26:10Z")
I’ve always hated westerns (John Wayne is a big reason) but I loved \*\*Tombstone \*\* and, surprisingly, **The Quick and the Dead**. Scary movies are not my bag, but An **American Werewolf in London** and \*\*28 Days Later \*\* were great IMO. I almost missed seeing **American Psycho** thinking it was a slasher film. My cousin talked me into watching and now it’s one of my favorites. One last - \*\*What A Girl Wants \*\* is so much better than I thought it would be. I’ve watched it 3 or 4 times and I enjoyed it each time. ---
**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/24 "2007-12-29T00:30:29Z")
[John Tucker Must Die!](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0455967/) I just saw this 3 nights ago. Why I would enjoy the hell out of a teenybop flick is beyond me, but I did! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/25 "2007-12-29T01:11:11Z")
I have essentially zero interest in musical theatre, but I was surprised at how much I was entranced by **Topsy-Turvy** , when it popped up on cable one day. Of course, I suppose I should have known better, because I _do_ usually like Mike Leigh. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/26 "2007-12-29T01:20:02Z")
_Love, Actually_ just finished and yet again I had to get up and go to the toilet so I could blow my nose. What a sap I am: it’s so brilliantly manipulative. (BTW I loved _Topsy-Turvy_. I think it’s just so brilliantly acted - not a miscast in the whole movie.) ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/27 "2007-12-29T02:11:08Z")
f First Shrek. I had no interest and it was actually quite cute. Napolean Dynamite, I do not know why. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/28 "2007-12-29T02:29:39Z")
Tough question for me. I can find movies I like in just about any genre, from gore to action to weepies to western to chickflick to cult, etc. One that comes to mind is **Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure**. When it came out I thought it looked like a low-rent Jeff Spicoli knockoff. The ads looked terrible. One day, years later, I was at a party and this was playing. Not only did I laugh my ass off, I thought it was a very clever movie. Even in the cold sober light of day I ended up really liking it a lot. ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9d8465/32.png) [@wolf\_in\_second\_hand\_clothing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_in_second_hand_clothing)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/29 "2007-12-29T03:22:34Z")
**Sugar and Spice** , a movie about a bunch of cheerleaders who rob a bank. Who knew? ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Who](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Doctor\_Who](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Who)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/30 "2007-12-29T03:43:35Z")
_Transformers._ Seriously. I’m the biggest geek + the biggest snob I know. I didn’t see Fantastic Four for about a year because I _knew_ it sucked. I figured… Transformers? Michael Bay? Bumblebee is not a beetle? Suckage. But you know what? It’s a good movie. No. It’s a great movie. That is all. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/31 "2007-12-29T04:08:06Z")
I cam in to say “Harold and Kumar,” but that’s been taken. So I’ll go with “South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.” I hated the show, always have, and still do. For some reason, the movie was ten times better. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/32 "2007-12-29T04:15:15Z")
Who would have thought that Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl would turn out to be as good as it was (given that it was inspired by the Disney theme park attraction and was produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, a major schlockmeister)? But it was great. Sadly, the sequels were not. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/33 "2007-12-29T04:31:41Z")
I was surprised at how much I enjoyed _Mona Lisa Smile_. I knew nothing about it, except it had Julia Roberts in it, and was a chick flick. But one night, my wife suggested we watch it, since she wanted to see it. So, partly since we’d sat through a number of my selections in the week prior, I put it in. What a surprise it was–like _Dead Poets Society_, only better, IMHO. I was drawn into the story, and ended up enjoying the film very much. I’ve seen it at least once since then, and will watch it again sometime. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/34 "2007-12-29T05:08:02Z")
The first time I watched Resident Evil, I turned to daHubby and said “I can’t believe I blew $2 on renting that dog!” When it came on sci-fi a couple weeks later, I made myself sit thru it and became a fan of the series. ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/35 "2007-12-29T16:57:32Z")
[QUOTE=Starving Artist] _Harold and Kumar go to White Castle_. I detest movies about young dumb guys and that was what I was expecting this to be, but I was wrong. It was funny, well acted and not at all what I thought it would be. I enjoyed it about 50 times more than I expected and even watched it again a couple of days later. [/QUOTE] Damn you! _shakes fist_ That’s what _I_ came in here to say! You only watched that movie because I tied you down and made you watch it! ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/36 "2007-12-29T17:01:52Z")
[QUOTE=Struan] _The Wedding Singer_ - I mean c’mon it’s an Adam Sandler film - but I watched it because of Drew Barrymore and found it to be an utterly charming and sweet film. [/QUOTE] Thirded. I usually can’t bear watching the unfunny oversized infant, but that movie was great. I don’t really have any genres that I out-and-out hate. I really shouldn’t like _Dragonfly_ as much as I do, but God help me, it broke me in half. _My Best Friend’s Wedding_ surprises me every damn time I watch it - I don’t like movies like that, but I do like that movie. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/37 "2007-12-29T17:10:26Z")
**The 40 year old virgin** - I don’t really like dumb comedies but laughed my arse off with this film, and actually thought it was quite touching as well. In a similar vein **Evil Woman** which I liked so much I got on DVD (I mean it’s got Jason Biggs in it for fucks sake, how could it be that good - but it was!). Agree that **Pirates of the Caribbean: Cure of the Black Pearl** was WAY better than I was expecting it to be (and that the sequels sucked like a nuclear powered vacuum cleaner). ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/38 "2007-12-29T17:58:54Z")
[QUOTE=liirogue] Damn you! _shakes fist_ That’s what _I_ came in here to say! You only watched that movie because I tied you down and made you watch it! [/QUOTE] So you see…there can be a downside to fighting ignorance. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/39 "2007-12-29T18:05:06Z")
Being the type of person who HATES dumbfuck teenager movies, I fully expected to hate _Superbad_. I laughed my ass off! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2007, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488/40 "2007-12-29T18:12:28Z")
I recently watched \*Kiss Kiss Bang Bang \* expecting an OK movie. (I don’t watch things I’m expecting to hate) I didn’t expect it to be a fandamtastic movie. One of the best I’ve seen in a long time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-believe-i-loved-that-movie/431488.md?page=3)