# Movies you thought you would hate but ended up loving? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891 "2010-04-04T04:43:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/61 "2010-04-05T17:25:08Z")
The Last of the Mohicans and Death Becomes Her both fit the bill. My best friend dragged me to both of them back in college; we went to the movies each weekend, and alternated who got to choose. She was very annoyed both times that I loved a movie she wanted to see and ended up hating. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/62 "2010-04-05T17:36:12Z")
Years ago, the ex and I shuffled into the Metreon in San Francisco as was our weekly wont, but there wasn’t anything really good playing that week. I suggested **Galaxy Quest** , just for the heck of it. I was fairly certain it was going to be horrible, but it was my week to pick and I figured 90 minutes of it wasn’t going to kill us. She had more misgivings than I and I had to talk her into it. So we walk into the theater and there is no one in there. Not a soul. We took this as proof of it’s worth and walked out before the movie even started – we theater hopped and went to see something else instead. So I held on to that bias for years until I caught it on HBO one day. Loved it. Not that it’s the most brilliant movie ever made, but I love it, if for nothing else, Alan Rickman’s delivery of the line: “By Grabthar’s Hammer … … what a savings.” ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/63 "2010-04-05T17:39:46Z")
_Napoleon Dynamite_ and _American Pie_ were a couple that I figured were just dumb teenage comedies full of crude sexual references. Well, okay, _American Pie_ is, but I thoroughly enjoyed both and have seen them several times each. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/64 "2010-04-05T17:47:29Z")
I hated Dreamworks’ “Shark Tale” so much that I had zero hope for “Kung Fu Panda” but it’s now my favorite movie. I adore it. Likewise, I didn’t think I’d like “Semi Pro” but it was a very funny and charming film. I think there’s a knee-jerk reaction against Will Ferrell, but he’s done a lot of charming and funny films (Elf, Stranger than Fiction, Semi Pro, Blades of Glory, even Talladega Nights has a few laugh out loud moments). ---
**Author:** ![Jim\_s\_Son](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e19adc/32.png) [@Jim\_s\_Son](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_s_Son)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/65 "2010-04-05T18:19:43Z")
I avoided watching “Father Goose” for years because 1) it’s a dopey title and 2) 40 years ago our PTA forced our junior high school c to rent it instead of “Psycho” and “The Birds” for a student movie day. But for what it is, it is pretty charming. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/66 "2010-04-05T18:27:31Z")
From the ads, I thought **The Terminator** would be a cheaply-made thriller with people in rubber masks running around LA, shooting each other up. What I got was savvy, informed, darkly witty science fiction. It blew me away. The ads for **Robocop** made it look like a stupid, formulaic big-budget dumb SF film. But, again, it was witty and informed. who woulda thought there’d be two films within a couple of years of each other by people who actually knew and loved science fiction? ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/67 "2010-04-05T18:30:42Z")
> [@Equipoise](#): > > **Terminator** : > **Under Seige** : Looked dumb. Sounded dumb. Assumed it would be dumb. Was very wrong. I knew it might have potential when Seagal’s character puts some pies in the oven, then is taken away and I thought, those pies are going to burn and of course the screenwriter isn’t going to care, but then he calls out “Someone take my pies out of the oven!” :eek: It was fun, funny, exciting, and we even get the always great Tommy Lee Jones as the quippy bad guy. What’s not to love? Under Siege is actually a pretty decent flick and probably the best Seagal has ever done. They were smart enough to put some real, good actors around him in Tommy Lee Jones, Colm Meany, and pre-complete freakout Gary Busey. Seagal’s squinting, growling, stilted line delivery worked and wasn’t a detriment to the movie, and he hadn’t regressed into the “two punches then I twist your neck” fighting style he fell back on in the movies that came after. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/68 "2010-04-05T18:48:12Z")
> [@Krokodil](#): > > **The Dream Team** with Michael Keaton and Peter Boyle. For some reason I was convinced that the **Batman** movie was taking so long to make was because Keaton wanted to do this one first. Frankly, of the two, **Dream Team** stands up better to repeated viewings. That’s because it’s a **much** better movie. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/69 "2010-04-05T18:48:34Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > The ads for **Robocop** made it look like a stupid, formulaic big-budget dumb SF film. But, again, it was witty and informed. who woulda thought there’d be two films within a couple of years of each other by people who actually knew and loved science fiction? The title probably didn’t help either. I remember seeing an AMC special some years back about the movie. Apparently everyone who worked on the picture wanted to change the title because it sounded so cheesy, but for whatever reason couldn’t think of anything better. Either way, I agree with you. A pretty kickass movie. ---
**Author:** ![Dante](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dante/32/9673_2.png) [@Dante](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dante)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/70 "2010-04-05T19:09:59Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > 1977, I’m 7 years old. My mother and aunt wanted to take me and my cousin to a movie. I wanted to see the new Benji movie but instead they insisted that we go to some dumb war movie. I was VERY pissed. I didn’t want to see a stupid war movie, I wanted to see Benji! > > Of course, it was Star Wars, and it pretty much framed my existence for the next, oh, 30 years or so. Substitute “western” for “war movie” in the above post, and that’s me. I’d seen a picture of Han Solo in his vest, and I thought it was a western for some reason. > [@JoelUpchurch](#): > > I was also surprised how much I liked **Night of the Comet** , “Daddy would have bought us Uzis.” It’s the look of utter disdain that Kelli Maroney gives while delivering the line. It’s perfect. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/71 "2010-04-05T19:11:56Z")
Here is a movie I thought would be OK, then I saw it and hated it, but then saw it later again and realized it is brilliant. Shrek 2 Seriously, that movie is amazing and I didn’t realize it until I started using it for rewards for the kids at school. It’s an impressive movie. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/72 "2010-04-05T22:05:42Z")
Couple’s Retreat got a lot of bad reviews, it looks pretty lame in the trailers – as if they packaged all the alleged funny bits right there and gave it away for free, a lot of the jokes are tired, it’s not quite dirty enough for adults and not quite clean enough for kids, there’s a lot of depth to the characters that’s completely skipped, and it kind of looks like all the actors and director took a vacation at some awesome tropical island and half stepped their way through a movie to show for it. Despite that, I actually really identified with Vince Vaughn in it. I wouldn’t say that I loved it, but it wasn’t a half bad movie with a handful of comedic moments that worked for me. ---
**Author:** ![JoelUpchurch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@JoelUpchurch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoelUpchurch)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/73 "2010-04-05T22:38:11Z")
> [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](#): > > The Last of the Mohicans and Death Becomes Her both fit the bill. My best friend dragged me to both of them back in college; we went to the movies each weekend, and alternated who got to choose. She was very annoyed both times that I loved a movie she wanted to see and ended up hating. A girl made me take her to a local cinema to see a French movie, “The Dinner Game” and I ended up laughing my head off while she just sat there. She was from Croatia and couldn’t understand the English subtitles well enough to follow the jokes, while I was laughing ahead of the dialog. ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2010, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/74 "2010-04-05T22:40:33Z")
I thought for sure I would hate **The Hangover** , the story didn’t appeal to me and who needs another lame Vegas comedy. I wasn’t boycotting it per se, but I didn’t go out of my way to see it. My brother popped it in the DVD player when I was visiting and I literally laughed so hard I was crying! (during the scene with the condom, for some reason). I will be watching it again soon to see what I missed while I was guffawing uncontrollably. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/75 "2010-04-06T01:48:44Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > That movie killed me, because if you pay careful attention, you will see that ‘‘[dragons](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:How_to_train_Your_Dragon_poster.jpg)’’ are really cats. They eat fish for goodness’ sake. I took comfort knowing I had a little [Toothless](http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/lb3JlaxOx4VuLZSk-BptEg?feat=directlink) of my own at home. So now all your girlfriend has to do is swing by your local shelter. Poof! Instant dragon.\* > > \*Minus the flying part. Unless you’re willing to devote hours of training to achieve flight with your cat. Ambitious, but, I am certain, possible. > > (And yes, this movie rocks. But I knew it would.) Not quite…cats with a liberal dose of parrot. The upchuck at the beginning is this _highest_ form of thanks for a parrot. (And perhaps a little bat in there, too) I’ll agree with Speed Racer, but I understood it from the beginning, loved it all the way through, and was visibly choked up at the finishline at the end. Anyone that’s been in-the-zone in a car would feel the same. And it looks epileptic-ally AWESOME in Blu-Ray. I’m a third for **Night of the Comet** “Who’s DMK?” Die Hard. I went in after having a rotten month after a nasty breakup thinking it would be a stupid movie (Bruce Willis? An Action Hero™? The Dude from Moonlighting?) ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/76 "2010-04-06T02:00:26Z")
**The quiet man** with John Wayne. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/77 "2010-04-06T02:38:20Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > The remake of the Wizard of Oz, The Wiz?, with a young Micheal Jackson as the main character. Rather than taking place in the land of OZ, it take place in some sort of strange industrial/ghetto wasteland. I only went cause we were already at the theater and it was the only thing not sold out. Thoroughly enjoyed it a the time. I love this movie so much. I was amazed to learn that most critics panned it, and most people consider it really bad. I was like, huh? Also, interestingly, I was shocked to learn as an adult, that a lot of white people never even heard of the film. It was a staple of my childhood. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/78 "2010-04-06T02:45:30Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I love this movie so much. I was amazed to learn that most critics panned it, and most people consider it really bad. I was like, huh? I havent seen it in a long time. I wonder what I’d think of it today? And I miss remembered it. Jackson didnt play the main character, he played the scare crow (and did a pretty good job too IMO). ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/79 "2010-04-06T03:08:04Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > I havent seen it in a long time. I wonder what I’d think of it today? And I miss remembered it. Jackson didnt play the main character, he played the scare crow (and did a pretty good job too IMO). It ages very well, I think. What the hell, [lets link something.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YrinCQOxB0) ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2010, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891/80 "2010-04-06T04:56:11Z")
Saw RESIDENT EVIL on DVD and kinda hated it as I had no clue about the game itself. Read up about the franchise, watched it over and now I LOOOVE RE. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-thought-you-would-hate-but-ended-up-loving/534891.md?page=5)