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Which film surprised you the MOST so far this year?

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PlatinumGold

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I went to see Pirates of the Caribean with reasonable expectations and to be honest it blew me away.

I thought it was the most unexpected great film this year.

what about you?
 
Originally posted by: Tetsuo
The Last Samurai, I thought it was going to long and drawn out and totally boring. Man was I wrong
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i haven't seen it yet. was planning on waiting on the DVD, should i see it in the theatre?
 
Matrix revolutions. I expected it to be fairly bad, but nothing quite as unimaginable as I'm told it is (no, I've not seen it).
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Tetsuo
The Last Samurai, I thought it was going to long and drawn out and totally boring. Man was I wrong
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i haven't seen it yet. was planning on waiting on the DVD, should i see it in the theatre?
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Go see it man, it's beautifully written, and the actors did an amazing job.
 
Bad Santa......left me with that WTF look most of the time. I wasn't expecting a Black Comedy so I was totally blindsided.
 
Originally posted by: Phocas
Punch Drunk Love......
That was this year right?
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You actually saw that? Adam sandler hasn't done a good movie in years, and to think that he could possibly do a good job on amovie that didn't claim to be a comedy? Good god!

 
Matrix Revolutions... I expected it to be pretty good, as I even liked Reloaded... But Revolutions made me feel completely ripped off.
Pirates of the Carribean... Heard great things, but it's incredibly average.

X-Men and X2... Watched both this week. Went in with very low expectations, but I really enjoyed both quite a lot.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Phocas
Punch Drunk Love......
That was this year right?
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You actually saw that? Adam sandler hasn't done a good movie in years, and to think that he could possibly do a good job on amovie that didn't claim to be a comedy? Good god!
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It was a romantic comedy... but it wasn't a stupid comedy like he normally does. I enjoyed it.

Edit: I enjoyed it but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, because it's not the kind of movie I think most people would like.
 
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Originally posted by: Phocas
Punch Drunk Love......
That was this year right?
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You actually saw that? Adam sandler hasn't done a good movie in years, and to think that he could possibly do a good job on amovie that didn't claim to be a comedy? Good god!
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I really hated the movie when i first saw it, then after a few days i realized that i liked it alot. The music in it is ingenius IMO.
 
I thought Kill Bill would be good, but it's one of the worst movies I've ever seen, and I've seen a *bunch* of 80s movies.
 
Originally posted by: Tetsuo
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
Originally posted by: Tetsuo
The Last Samurai, I thought it was going to long and drawn out and totally boring. Man was I wrong
Click to expand...

i haven't seen it yet. was planning on waiting on the DVD, should i see it in the theatre?
Click to expand...

Go see it man, it's beautifully written, and the actors did an amazing job.
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I agree. I thought it was going to be a let down, but it ranks among my favorite movies of all time.

Ken Watanabe gives a memorable performance. I think he stole the show from Tom Cruise.

Considering it was a big budget movie with a very high profile leading actor, it's funny to say it was a "surprise movie".
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
I went to see Pirates of the Caribean with reasonable expectations and to be honest it blew me away.

I thought it was the most unexpected great film this year.

what about you?
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Considering I had no expectations, I thought Pirates was very entertaining.

 
I was in the theater watching previews in mid May. I saw a teaser trailer for The Last Samurai. As the trailer ended, I said in a normal voice, "Great..the last thing we need is a white man trying to be a samurai." I thought it was a fluke too...

BOY WAS I WRONG.

I have never seen such a beautifully scripted film. The characters nail their roles down and Tom Cruise did an awesome job. The director of Glory has amazed me yet again. He couldn't stop at Glory.

I appeal to anyone who is even THINKING about watching The Last Samurai in the theaters, DO IT NOW. It's worth every penny. I have seen the film at least 8 times (twice in the theaters, the rest from a friend). The film never bores me. I think I might go watch it again right now...
 
Originally posted by: PlatinumGold
I went to see Pirates of the Caribean with reasonable expectations and to be honest it blew me away.

I thought it was the most unexpected great film this year.

what about you?
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Pirates of the Carribean was a big disappointment for me. Everyone told me how great it was so i went and saw it... and it was exactly what i expected.

I predicted the entire event sequence for the end of the movie half way through it 🙁
 
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