Live Die Repeat /Edge of Tomorrow
As much as I hate Tom Cruise as a person this movie was one of the most fun sci-fi action flicks I have seen in a very long time.
Same. This was actually an incredibly solid movie. And I also dislike Tom Cruise.
Mad Max: Fury road far exceeded my expectations.
I’d heard good things about the movie, and actually went in with reasonably high expectations of it, and it completely amazed me anyway. Just an incredible spectacle of a film.
Into the Spider-Verse.
I was kind of aware of that sort of plot line in the comics. And I loved The live action Spider-Man movies.
Was blown away at how complete a package it was: visuals, score, writing, voice acting. It was just an all around great movie.
It’s a perfect movie. The art, the music, the recursive pacing, everything about this is composed absolutely perfectly. I don’t remember if my expectations were high or low for it but it’s so, so good.
Tropic Thunder. Went in knowing it was a new Ben Stiller movie and nothing else.
I love Tropic Thunder, and I hate Ben Stiller movies!
I remember sitting in the theatre and the intro commercials integrated seamlessly with the previews and it was just hilarious from the start.
Bullet Train was fun as hell.
Edit: I just realized that I saw John Wick based on, “Hey I want to see a movie today. John Wick? No idea what this is, but if it’s in IMAX it might be fun!”
It was.
The new Dungeons and Dragons movie. It was a blast
What a fun movie. I hope they make more.
I think people only complained about the owlbear because everything else was so damn authentic. The lore, the feeling of a DnD session, the classes, etc. And to top that of: It was just a good movie. Even for a non DnD player it is worth watching as a comedy/action movie.
What was wrong with the owlbear? Owlbears are authentic to DnD.
Owlbears are monstrosities not beasts and therefore the druid probably shouldn’t of been able to shapeshift into one (I think. I’ve never actually played as or with a druid)
Haven’t played a druid either, but just checked the Player’s Handbook, and the Owlbear is above the combat rating that a Druid can Wild Shape into as well. But hey, it’s cool so i give it a pass.
My first thought as well. I figured I’d enjoy it, but it was better than I expected. Very well done all around.
The new Puss In Boots. I went to see it mostly for my husband who likes Puss, but oh my goodness it was actually REALLY good. The animation was really interesting.
Train to Busan. Shit was INTENSE.
Both Prey & Bullet train I was expecting average action movies, and both ended up being some of my favourite movies last year with great rewatchability.
Coco.
I went into thinking it’d just be another generic Disney animated movie that my sister kept pestering me to watch.
Ended up crying at that last 15 minutes of the movie. Wow was it good.
Same! It’s so good!
Yeah that whole “remember me” stuff where the last person who ever knew him was about to die was just… Uff… That tore me up.
Remember Me was the best Disney song in the last 20 years. The way it plays into the themes of the movie, the way the meanings change each time someone sings it, just perfect.
The New Jumanji. The first one, I never saw the second. I expected it to be a dumb, corny movie made just to fill the years reboot quota, but it was a VERY enjoyable movie.
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Bullet Train. I didn’t know what to expect going into it really, but it turned out to be a super fun movie.
2 movies immediately come to mind, and I think it’s because I went in with an expectation that the movie is gonna suck.
- Pacific Rim
- District 9
It’s probably been 10 years since I watched either of those movies so I’m not sure how they have aged…
Yeah. Pacific Rim was a breath of fresh air just to be getting a Yaeger/Kaiju movie at all. Then to watch it and discover it was made by a true fan of the genre, just fantastic.
At first Asteroid City got my attention with it’s title. But after watching the movie I am amazed and wondering why are movies like this not more successful.
You really have to like Wes Anderson style. It’s not for everyone. It’s a niche taste to be honest. A few love Anderson peculiar movie style, but many despise it. I’m in the former group.
I always go into a Wes Anderson film expecting it to be good, and it ends up being even better than that.
I immediately put his movies on the first place of my must watch list.
Demolition Man - I was expecting a dumb violent scifi action flick - which it was, but it also had a great scriptwriter and some really funny, witty lines in it which was an unexpected treat
