What is a movie that "looks like" it would suck, but actually is well written and acted and a good time?
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The Ice Pirates.
Ron Perlman and one of the funniest fight scenes from the 80s.
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Not sure if this exactly fits the assignment, but most people think Silent Hill (first one) was a garbage movie that made no sense. And it was if you never played the games. If you did play the games though, you can see the movie is incredibly faithful to the atmosphere. They used a lot of the OST by Akira Yamaoka too, which is an amazing soundtrack. I really liked the acting as well (except for the little kid, but it’s rare to find convincing child actors anyway). Monster design was great. I think they combined cg and practical effects so it made some things a lot more convincing.
I liked the movie when it came out and can still enjoy it today. I think the monsters are some of the creepiest in any horror movie. The janitor scene gives me nightmares. However, there was a lot of fan service that didn't need to be included. Yes Pyramid Head is the most recognizable character in the series, but he really served no purpose being in the movie. Also, the design of the nurses being "sexy" doesn't make sense. They were designed that way for James in the second game. That was how he saw them. I think they did a really good job for what they managed to pull off from that movie though. I hope they do well with the new one.
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There are so many movies I could list but for now I'll go with About Time (2013). Everything about it makes it seem like it would be a dumb sappy romcom but it manages to hit hard.
EDIT: This is the type of image they used to market the film, which is really misleading.
This was a great one.
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I liked the movie when it came out and can still enjoy it today. I think the monsters are some of the creepiest in any horror movie. The janitor scene gives me nightmares. However, there was a lot of fan service that didn't need to be included. Yes Pyramid Head is the most recognizable character in the series, but he really served no purpose being in the movie. Also, the design of the nurses being "sexy" doesn't make sense. They were designed that way for James in the second game. That was how he saw them. I think they did a really good job for what they managed to pull off from that movie though. I hope they do well with the new one.
I generally agree, but the sexy nurse critique is hard to take honestly. Even the devs themselves reused the sexy nurse in future games because it became so iconic, even though they didn't make sense for those protagonists necessarily.
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I never played d&d or any games of that style, and probably missed out on a bunch of the catered moments, but I still enjoyed it very much
It's very much worth watching the older dnd movies just to see how amazingly bad they were(i still like the first one they did but acknowledge how bad it is)
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I generally agree, but the sexy nurse critique is hard to take honestly. Even the devs themselves reused the sexy nurse in future games because it became so iconic, even though they didn't make sense for those protagonists necessarily.
They also reused Pyramid Head. Silent Hill 2 became so iconic in the series that they just brought things specific to James's experience into other games. There's been a lot of criticism of that, but also a lot of fans dont seem to mind. Even the original designer of Pyramid Head was disappointed that the character was reused in later games because he designed the character to appear as a manifestation in James' mind specifically and so the final design was based on James himself. I personally still enjoy the later games myself, but after all of this was pointed out to me I can't not see it when playing the games or watching the movies lol
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Mr. Brooks, it has Dane Cook in it but that doesn’t stop it from being amazing.
It also gratuitously uses scenery from Shreveport, Louisiana which is a very real place.
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First movie that comes to mind is the Power Rangers movie starring Bryan Cranston from like 7 or 8 years ago. Went fully expecting another Transformers-esque butchering of a nostalgic trip. Was delightfully surprised by the deep and relatable characters. I recommend it as an above-average super hero movie.
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The Jumanji sequels. You are going to take a cult classic and "revive" it by changing the premise to be a video game? Stupid. But, it was much better than it should have been.
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Clerks. It should be some stoner Seinfeld flick but it actually lines up pretty well with La Divina Comedia and the dialogue, although sometimes a bit clunky, is very well written.
37?! Like, in a row?
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"The Adventures Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension" 1984
Great script, great cast, young Johnathan Lithgow and Christopher Llyod, Peter Weller in one of his best rolls, and bonus Jeff Goldblum as they new guy.
Whole thing is still a perfect package, looking like a B movie you'd totally skip.
I like to think of it as a sci-fi movie sequel/equivalent to the short story (but not the movie) "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."
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There are so many movies I could list but for now I'll go with About Time (2013). Everything about it makes it seem like it would be a dumb sappy romcom but it manages to hit hard.
EDIT: This is the type of image they used to market the film, which is really misleading.
This is my favorite movie. It's the best that was ever written about mindfulness.
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent and Renfield were absolutely amazing and I think they fit the bill
Renfield
I'm perpertually locked in Cage but both my s/o and myself passed out on two seperate watch attempts 🫠
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I think people are missing that this movie is spelled differently than "Star Trek First Contact".
Star Trek First CONACT was a cheap, B-movie knock-off straight to DVD movie that should have sucked, but didnt.
Angela Lansbury was not nominated for an Oscar for her preformance as the Captain, but Brooke Shields notably was also in the movie as an alien.
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Wait, what are you saying. There is.a.dooferent movie named "first conact"? (Google didn't help me)
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The Jumanji sequels. You are going to take a cult classic and "revive" it by changing the premise to be a video game? Stupid. But, it was much better than it should have been.
The second one is more generic, but I agree with the first one
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"Decoy Bride" looks like once of those cheap, filler movies that actors do between big roles, and it probably was, but David Tennant, Kelly MacDonald, and Alice Eve gave great performances, the jokes really hit, soundtrack was good, and the romance didn't feel forced at all.
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wrote last edited by [email protected]Teknolust (2002)
CW: y2k aesthetic, Tilda Swinton in multiple roles.
Do not read wikipedia's synopsis of it first unless you want to spoil it. you can find it here on archive.org.
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Clue
Movie based on a board game? Blegh
But it's awesome. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren
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wrote last edited by [email protected]i've got a long list, but most recently is Heart Eyes (2025)
i went in thinking boring bullshit teenage slasher, but i'm pretty shocked how well written the dialogue is. the movie is cookie-cutter for sure, but the dialogue is well done.
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Clue
Movie based on a board game? Blegh
But it's awesome. Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Lesley Ann Warren
This is top 3 of all time for me. There is so much happening in every scene you can watch it multiple times and still catch little jokes or sight gags each viewing.
