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 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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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"
"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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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"
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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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"
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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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"
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.
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Osmosis Jones.
A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.
David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.
It was fantastic. The spin-off show was good too
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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"
Battleship.
Yeah, the movie based off the board(?) game.
Feel free to fire up the torches and start handing out the pitchforks, because I'm not playing by the rules.
It doesn't just look like it will suck, it looks like a 'so bad it is bad' type of movie, an overbudgeted 'this is what is wrong with movies these days' sort of unmitigated hot wet trash from a dumpster fire in the bad part of town.
It isn't well written.
It isn't well acted.
I honestly can't even promise a good time.
These are the thoughts that went through my mind when I read about it before watching: "This is going to be awful and a waste of my time. These actor names kinda look familiar but I don't know who any of these people are. Is Rihanna her first name or last name? Isn't she just a singer. It better not have that stupid umbrella song. Wait, Liam Neeson is in this? Is he doing okay? Did he lose a bet? Does he need money? I bet that evil Jar'jar forced him to to do this. Wait, running time over 2 hours?! How is that even... the board never took more than like 15 minutes... except cheaters moving their... fuck me, I already need a drink."
Go into the movie with that mindset. Be angry at it before it starts.
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Battleship.
Yeah, the movie based off the board(?) game.
Feel free to fire up the torches and start handing out the pitchforks, because I'm not playing by the rules.
It doesn't just look like it will suck, it looks like a 'so bad it is bad' type of movie, an overbudgeted 'this is what is wrong with movies these days' sort of unmitigated hot wet trash from a dumpster fire in the bad part of town.
It isn't well written.
It isn't well acted.
I honestly can't even promise a good time.
These are the thoughts that went through my mind when I read about it before watching: "This is going to be awful and a waste of my time. These actor names kinda look familiar but I don't know who any of these people are. Is Rihanna her first name or last name? Isn't she just a singer. It better not have that stupid umbrella song. Wait, Liam Neeson is in this? Is he doing okay? Did he lose a bet? Does he need money? I bet that evil Jar'jar forced him to to do this. Wait, running time over 2 hours?! How is that even... the board never took more than like 15 minutes... except cheaters moving their... fuck me, I already need a drink."
Go into the movie with that mindset. Be angry at it before it starts.
I enjoyed it with a mindset of "This is an unofficial Crysis 1 (PC Game) movie adaption without the power-suit".
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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"
Bottoms.
The script feels terrible and they don't even try to make you like the characters. But the jokes always land perfectly. It's a great movie to have a laugh and nothing else.
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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.
The first sequel is so so, but the others that are all centered around Burt Gummer are plenty of silly fun too.
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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.
I actually loved this one, although the product placement was off the wall
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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.
There's also Tremors 2: Aftershocks.
Plus there's Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.
Followed by Tremors 4: The Legend Begins.
Then Tremors 5: Bloodlines.
Don't forget Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell.
One might think Tremors: Shrieker Island, AKA Tremors 7: Island Furry (I spelled that wrong on purpose, it has nothing to do with furries) would be enough for Michael Gross to quit his acting career but how else was he going to pay for his ludicrous railroad memorabilia obsession and also the railroad he owns and the 'safety first when crossing railroad tracks' campaign?
So no, it didn't end there. They kept the franchise going, choo! choo! with the imaginatively titled television series, Tremors: The Series.
If you skip the credits, you can watch all of it in less than 24 hours.
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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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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.
Idk, I thought the idea of the game changing itself to appeal to more people as time went on was a really cool idea.
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Osmosis Jones.
A half-and-half cartoon and live action film with Chris Rock as the titular character from the late-90s/early-00s. The movie was a flop, but I think it had more to do with lousy marketing. It was actually pretty good and a fun way to look at how things affect the human body.
David Hyde Pierce as the enormous Pill was a great choice, and Bill Murray was hilarious.
And Laurence Fishburne as Thrax. He was pretty horrifying when he would let loose and make people explode.
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I actually loved this one, although the product placement was off the wall
the product placement was off the wall
And on the wall. And some of the walls themselves are ads. Also the rubble remains of some of the walls are also still product placement.
But yes, it's a pretty good film.
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Battleship.
Yeah, the movie based off the board(?) game.
Feel free to fire up the torches and start handing out the pitchforks, because I'm not playing by the rules.
It doesn't just look like it will suck, it looks like a 'so bad it is bad' type of movie, an overbudgeted 'this is what is wrong with movies these days' sort of unmitigated hot wet trash from a dumpster fire in the bad part of town.
It isn't well written.
It isn't well acted.
I honestly can't even promise a good time.
These are the thoughts that went through my mind when I read about it before watching: "This is going to be awful and a waste of my time. These actor names kinda look familiar but I don't know who any of these people are. Is Rihanna her first name or last name? Isn't she just a singer. It better not have that stupid umbrella song. Wait, Liam Neeson is in this? Is he doing okay? Did he lose a bet? Does he need money? I bet that evil Jar'jar forced him to to do this. Wait, running time over 2 hours?! How is that even... the board never took more than like 15 minutes... except cheaters moving their... fuck me, I already need a drink."
Go into the movie with that mindset. Be angry at it before it starts.
wrote last edited by [email protected]I actually liked Rhianna in that film
Edit: downvotes? Is my personal experience somehow incorrect?
