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 second one is more generic, but I agree with the first one
But I do love Kevin Hart's Danny Glover impression.
"That... Is a mandrill."
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Cop Land.
I didn't have Sly Stallone outacting Robert Deniro as a possibility, but then that movie happened.
Cop Land is amazing. Most people forget that Stallone has been nominated for three academy awards.
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Event Horizon. The trailers made it seem like just another 90s sci-fi horror flick trying to ride the Alien high, but it ended up being such a good movie with a tight script, beautiful set design, actually smart characters, and great acting.
I will forever mourn the movie we could have had. The theatrical cut ended up being a Disney movie compared to the original. Alas, all footage is lost to time.
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Free Guy
Generic video game movie stuffed with trendy references and fanservice is actually a really good singularity story
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Hamlet 2
A delightful comedy about a bumbling highschool drama teacher writing and directing his magnum opus. It's hilarious, heartfelt, and subversive. The cast is excellent.
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Here's a bold one: "Atlantic Rim".
Yes. It is just a low budget cash grab meant to fool grandparents into buying little Johnny the wrong film by accident. (When little Johnny asked for a copy of "Pacific Rim".)
But somehow it actually has a decent script, and passable acting.
The effects are bonkers cheap, though.
Okay, I'm really stretching it with this one.
But I tried to hate-watch it, and couldn't actually hate it.
Idc about nuthin, and will defend the first Pacific rim any time! This is also coming from someone who legit got a lump in my throat watching the first Kong v. Godzilla trailer from like six or seven years ago!
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Is it better than Pacific Rim: Uprising? Lol
Hands down. Assuming you saw the second, the first doesn't have the bullshit love sorry.
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wrote last edited by [email protected]...hot tub time machine; absurdly better film than its pitch had any right to be...
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wrote last edited by [email protected]Disney's "The Black Hole". It came from a time just after Walt Disney had died and they were still figuring out their shit.
So they made an extremely dark SciFi flick with a cute robot that appeals to children which is such a weird combination, but I liked it a lot. I can't even say why.
The U.S.S. Cygnus looks fucking badass, too. One of the best ship designs in a SciFi movie, change my mind.
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Event Horizon... terror in space? Worse the Alien? can't be.
but it is haunting and PTSD inducing, very well made
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Disney's "The Black Hole". It came from a time just after Walt Disney had died and they were still figuring out their shit.
So they made an extremely dark SciFi flick with a cute robot that appeals to children which is such a weird combination, but I liked it a lot. I can't even say why.
The U.S.S. Cygnus looks fucking badass, too. One of the best ship designs in a SciFi movie, change my mind.
Oh yeah that thing is a classic.
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Pandorum. At a glance it like like just another bad sci-fi, but it's really good horror sci-fi mind fuckery with a fantastic twist. Dennis Quaid is great in it.
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I mentioned this one on another post. It's good enough I'm gonna throw it out there again. Kung Fu Mahjongg. All 3. ....and Kung Fu Hustle
Edit to add, thier whole troop is amazing. Silly stories made amazingly entertaining, due to the charismatic cast and, creative and well executed choreography.
Kung Fu Hustle was amazing. Watched it randomly and still think it's the best Kung Fu movie I've ever seen.
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P.S. I love you.
When we were dating, my wife and I just went to the theater and picked a random movie and I left a blubbering fucking mess. We had to go directly to a bar to get a drink to take the edge off. We usually watch it once a year and it still destroys me.
I watched that when I had PMS and bawled through the whole thing, I was expecting a romantic comedy and I have never been so upset by a plot twist.
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Disney's "The Black Hole". It came from a time just after Walt Disney had died and they were still figuring out their shit.
So they made an extremely dark SciFi flick with a cute robot that appeals to children which is such a weird combination, but I liked it a lot. I can't even say why.
The U.S.S. Cygnus looks fucking badass, too. One of the best ship designs in a SciFi movie, change my mind.
wrote last edited by [email protected]A space-ship that’s 60% glass, 20% stiffener bars and 20% normal space-ship stuff,
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Tremors
Looks like a B movie, cheesy horror flick.
It's got a great cast with supurb acting. The script is easily one of the tightest ever written. Every line is important to the overall story. And it's just fun to watch.
Omg, Tremors...I haven't watched it in years. That was such a good movie.
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Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves is always a good mention.
It's a fun and very accessible movie.
I just went and watched it for the first time because of this message. FANTASTIC movie! Excellent recommendation!
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...hot tub time machine; absurdly better film than its pitch had any right to be...
I figured out why that movie is so good because it bothered me for a while.
The casting is absolutely perfect. Its not terribly special in any other way, but they nailed the cast. Even dumb lines like "cox n dix" work.
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wrote last edited by [email protected]Ghosts of Mars by John Carpenter
Set on a colonized Mars in the 22nd century, the film follows a squad of police officers and a convicted criminal who fight against the residents of a mining colony who have been possessed by the ghosts of the planet's original inhabitants.
Ghosts of Mars received mostly negative reviews and was a box office bomb, earning $14 million against a $28 million production budget.
Ghosts of Mars has received a cult following since its release, with critics praising the action sequences, soundtrack and blending of genres.
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I sometimes like to pride myself on my ability to take a different viewpoint, but today it's absolutely failing me, lol. I really thought this was a movie everyone could at least enjoy.
I guess it hit every nail on the head. That’s all it hit, actually.
That's a fascinating statement. Could you elaborate a bit?
wrote last edited by [email protected]Not much to it outside of trying to convey "perfect by RPG standards, tropes and parameters (probably)", but failed to "hit" me in any way.
Watching it, I was expecting to see something akin to a Franchise movie, where you may miss a bit or two if you're not in on all the lore. But I was also expecting true entertainment with striking visuals, gripping storytelling, stuff like that
Imagine watching a spy movie. 20% in you have adversarial hierarchy, 30% in the car chase, 66% in the romantic pause, 80% in the unexpected traitor, 95% in the final hand-to-hand fight to avert the end of the universe or whatever... And it's boring, but everybody around you is telling you it was so great because it's got it all, the car chase the traitor the, the.
Doesn't make a good movie.
