# Movies You are Surprised You Enjoyed **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2008, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446 "2008-09-27T05:10:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/21 "2008-09-27T20:02:05Z")
_Robocop_. I was dragged to see this film with a group of college friends, and all I knew about it was that it was going to be a hyper-violent revenge fantasy film. Which it was, but it also managed to be clever, and witty, and show some excellent world-building, and great character acting. _Last Action Hero_. Marketed as another Ahnold movie, I was expecting same old same old, and it was a very witty, intelligent satire of the action movie genre. Great fun, and a movie that I think failed largely because of a poor advertising campaign. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/22 "2008-09-27T20:04:24Z")
- The Princess Bride\* My partner kept saying that i had to see it, but it sounded silly. But then i saw it, and really loved it. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/23 "2008-09-27T20:10:56Z")
To be fair, it is a very silly movie. ---
**Author:** ![bufftabby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/77aa72/32.png) [@bufftabby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bufftabby)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/24 "2008-09-27T20:44:36Z")
**Footloose**. The first ~45 minutes are freaking hilarious. It gets a little touchy feely after that, so I just watch up until that point. I definitely did not imagine that movie would make me laugh my ass off, but it did. ---
**Author:** ![SpecialAgentJem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@SpecialAgentJem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpecialAgentJem)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/25 "2008-09-27T21:22:53Z")
Oooh Idle Hands - almost forgot about that one! I thought it was brill. Empire records was also another one for me. Glad to see Im not the only one who thought they may not like it. Both of these were recommendations of my flatmate who has pretty much the complete opposite taste in movies give or take a few. ---
**Author:** ![Stauderhorse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@Stauderhorse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stauderhorse)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/26 "2008-09-27T21:31:00Z")
When I first saw the ads for _Dodgeball_, I thought “this is the most ridiculous, unfunny premise I have ever heard and I will never see it if I can help it”. A friend pushed me into going, and I freaking loved it. The complete irreverence, the goofball moments, the strangely likeable characters, and the innuendo-driven humor brought out the kid in me. Watched it another hundred times after it came out on DVD. _Music and Lyrics_ and _Just Like Heaven_, too. Both seemed like awful romcoms with lamer-than-usual plots, but they’re both very sweet, with some great chemistry between the leads. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/27 "2008-09-27T21:59:39Z")
Nice one Stauderhorse. I don’t even like some of the main actors, but I loved the movie. ESPN the Ocho. That’s classic. I just thought of another one. I thought The Incredibles was not going to be worth watching, I was most certainly wrong. It turned out to be one of my favorite animated movies ever. Some really great ones here folks. I share many of them with you. ---
**Author:** ![Siege](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dbc845/32.png) [@Siege](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siege)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/28 "2008-09-28T01:38:40Z")
_Dogma_. Years ago, my brother was watching it on television and called me into the family room saying it looked like my kind of movie. He was right, although I didn’t think I’d like it at first. I’m also a fan of _A Knight’s Tale_, but I’d say it’s surprisingly good rather than a movie I was surprised I liked. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/29 "2008-09-28T01:41:14Z")
_Clueless_. I was in my 20’s when I saw it and thought it would be a boring teen comedy. How wrong I was. My friend who I went to see it with and I still talk about the movie. I’ve seen it many times since then. ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/30 "2008-09-28T02:44:01Z")
I’ll second or third _American Pie_, _Clueless_, and _The Wedding Singer_ I thought those movies would all be horrible, but liked them all. Another one is _My Best Friend’s Wedding_. I usually hate Julia Roberts. Here, she plays a horrible person who learns her lesson. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/31 "2008-09-28T02:49:14Z")
**Kung Fu Panda**. I don’t like Jack Black, it looked dumb, and it was made by dreamworks (who’s CG efforts I don’t care for, Shrek 1 & 2 aside). Yet I was laughing my ass off almost the entire time. Hilarious movie; I saw it twice! ---
**Author:** ![zenith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19b73/32.png) [@zenith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zenith)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/32 "2008-09-28T03:04:01Z")
The first time I saw _Double Indemnity_ I was awed by the fact that Fred MacMurray could act. Prior to then,I’d only known him as a typical clueless Sitcom Dad. I, too, liked _Tuscan Sky_, finding it a lot less chick-flicky than most. Of course, I also love the cheese. Any of the Travolta Trilogy of Cheese: _Saturday Night Fever_, _Stayin’Alive_, or _Urban Cowboy_, especially. And, after years of leaving the room when the wife had_Dirty Dancing_ on, I found that it ain’t too bad after all. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/33 "2008-09-28T03:13:13Z")
**Tropic Thunder** , **Superbad** , and **The Wedding Singer** are the three that immediately come to mind. The first time I saw **Shaun of the Dead** , I thought it was okay, but not great. So I didn’t really have any interest in **Hot Fuzz** , but my sister insisted I go see it, and it became one of my all time favorite movies. And I learned to love **Shaun of the Dead** , too. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/34 "2008-09-28T03:15:52Z")
Varsity Blues. I normally can’t stand sports movies, but this one I’ve watched a couple of times. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/35 "2008-09-28T03:17:20Z")
Balls of Fury. Like Dodgeball, I was less than enthused, but was pleasantly surprised. In Bruges. I ended up liking Colin Farrel’s character. Starsky and Hutch. Dunno why. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/36 "2008-09-28T03:30:57Z")
I was surprised to like _Raising Arizona_ - I was thinking it was another along the lines of _3 Men and a Baby_, etc. My girlfriend, now wife, implored me to rent this one. So we got it at the local video store and popped it in the VCR. I did not _stop_ laughing until sometime during the opening credits. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/37 "2008-09-28T03:34:26Z")
_Beerfest._ Oh god was it stupid. Oh god was it funny. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/38 "2008-09-28T03:40:51Z")
\*Babe \*-- the pig movie. I liked it a lot. Though the sequel was as bad as I had expected the original to be. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/39 "2008-09-28T03:49:11Z")
Some “kids” movies, like _Babe, Iron Giant (“Suuuperman!”),_ and _Spirited Away._ _My Big Fat Greek Wedding._ _Wild Things._ I thought it would be a campy, two-hour, soap opera. And it was! And it was _fun!_ ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2008, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446/40 "2008-09-28T04:26:02Z")
_V for Vendetta_. I thought it was going to be okay, it didn’t really seem like my kind of movie but I had heard it was good. It’s now one of my favorite movies ever. Also, _Singles_. I bought it because it was cheap and I was really into Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam (still am). I didn’t even know what it was about. It’s also now one of my favorite movies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-are-surprised-you-enjoyed/465446.md?page=3)