My hand to God, when I watched RV on demand at a friend’s house a few years ago, not only did it not suck, but it was actually fairly enjoyable.
OTOH, when that same friend brought the School of Rock DVD over to my house to watch a couple years ago, I found that the movie couldn’t end fast enough to suit me. Plus, it pretty well ensured that I’d be avoiding any future Jack Black product like the proverbial Black Death (heh).
And this.
Pricillia, Queen Of The Desert was a lot better than I thought it was going to be.
Silent Hill was much better than I expected especially when you consider how badly most video game movies suck.
I enjoyed “Showgirls” and have never really understood the critical junking it gets…doesn’t seem cinematically any worse than the “average” movie. It told a story I could somehow relate to although my lifestyle is lightyears from the main characters’.
There’s a Robert Downey flick I rented once I thought would be great - it turned out to be at least an hour of Downey ranting and conducting some sort of soliloquy in a girl’s apartment; I’ll never know how it turned out because I cut it off. Embarassing because I assurred my husband it had to be good…
Transsiberian turned out to be very compelling, an enjoyable flick.
The Colour of Magic was a horrible disappointment, despite such hopeful signs as stars like Tim Curry, Christopher Lee, Jeremy Irons, and Sean Astin.
This came up recently from another source, but Down Periscope is actually quite an enjoyable flick with some very clever parts and a good cast. It’ll never get critical acclaim, but who cares?
I agree. I liked it a lot.
Great movie. I really wished they mad a second one with his same crew on a new sub near Iraq or something.
Shrek. I had no desire to see a ‘kids movie’, but was incapacitated due to Theraflu when my roommates put it on. I literally couldn’t get out of the papasan chair I was miserably ensconced within, and to this day I have no idea whether I fell completely in love with the whole Shrek franchise due to drugs or what. But I’m a complete sucker for it now.
For a sec, I thought you were describing Doc Hollywood…which also wasn’t as bad as it probably should have been. 
I really liked Patrick Stewart in Safehouse. Yes, some plot elements were out there, but I loved the film overall.
Seconded for Robocop.
Boiling Point was a horribly mis-advertised movie. It was billed as an action thrill ride, but was actually a character drama. I rented it for mindless entertainment and didn’t get it. Darn you for being good!
Oh, that’s another one. Yeah, it’s a silly little film, but it was a lot of fun.
Ohh… Mom and Dad Save the World was like that. A fun comedy that didn’t try to take itself seriously.
I expected to hate Fight Club but ended up loving it.
I expected to love Star Wars The Phantom Menace and it ended up destroying the whole series for me
I also have to say that Pathfinder, staring Karl “Eomer” Urban, was better than I figured it would be.
Glitter wasn’t nearly as terrible as people think. It wasn’t The Godfather mainly because it wasn’t trying to be. By the same token, it wasn’t Waterworld either
My favorite part of The Sweetest thing isn’t even in the movie.
Will Farrell’s Stranger Than Fiction was my pleasant surprise.
Underworld- I expected it to suck. But a friend had it on DVD and really wanted to see Underworld Evolution with me. I hadn’t seen my friends in a while and wanted to hang out with them. I expected a pointless wire fu, Hong Kong action shootout. But Underworld turned out to be a good movie.
Underworld Evolution- I went in expecting good things because of the first movie. I was extremely disappointed. The characters were cardboard. The plot was stupid. blecch
Hampshire NEVER badmouth the work of Ray Harryhausen! Not only was the man a maestro of stop motion who imbued his creations with life. Cal Meacham has an orbital laser that can vaporize human targets.
Repo Men surprised me not only by being more entertaining than it should have been, but also not as brainless as it seemed. I’m sort of surprised it was so ill-received - only a few reviews I’ve read among those who panned it seemed to get that there was something more to it than mindless violence.
I did not expect I’d like Moulin Rouge, but I did.
I’ll add another voice of agreement on The Sweetest Thing. Though I’d watch Selma Blair in almost[sup]*[/sup] anything.
[sup]*[/sup]There’s a movie called Storytelling that should be avoided at all costs.
I thought Armageddon was going to be horrible… when I discovered that it was merely mediocre, I found myself enjoying it more than I thought I would.
Not exactly the best of praise, but whatever… 
I, too, thought I would hate Moulin Rouge!.
Speaking of Will Farrel…I’ve never liked him, never want to see anything with him in it.
But I love Anchorman, for some freaking reason.
I was tricked into watching it >.<
No drugs this time!