Movies you hated that won you over

[GhostOfTomJoad 9333]

Castaway is my nod. Robert Zemekis did his best to Spielberg the shit out of this thing. Originally I saw Hanks doing his best De Niro impersonation. And failing.

But almost 20 years down the road it holds up surprisingly well. Zemekis did one great thing in eschewing any soundtrack for just the natural noise of waves & wind in the trees. Give it time & it will pull you into the environment.

Whatcha got?

[Parliament 14261]

The sex tape I made with your mom. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9333]

14 minutes ago, Parliament said:

The sex tape I made with your mom. 

It insists upon itself. Like you.

[futureman 22487]

what an odd topic for a thread

[RPM 26323]

I'll second Cast Away. GF drug me to see it opening weekend and it was worse than I anticipated. Slept through about 1/3 of it. Now, I consider it a near masterpiece bit of film.

[tantric superman 4667]

I don't care for some movies.

 

 

 

[Knoxtnhorn 6059]

Hate is prob too strong of a word, but I can think of a couple of movies I didn’t care for the first time I saw them - Anchorman and Stepbrothers.  Now they’re classics to me.

[RPM 26323]

I was bored to sleep by Apocalypse Now. So. Slow

Now I can FF and it's pretty watchable.

[mulletpelini 5212]

I thought Castaway was great from the first viewing.  Anchorman other than the bit with Jack Black has never gotten a laugh from me, and I think Ferrell is hysterical.  Semi-pro is fucking great.

I thought Legends of the Fall, outside of the beautiful scenery sucked the first time I saw it.  Then after watching again, I enjoyed it more.  Now, if its on, I'll watch it to the end.

[Tuco 5076]

I went to the first Naked Gun in the theater, and just didn't get in to it at all.  Then I watched it a bunch of times drunk in college.  I now realize that is the proper venue. 

I'll say for most Coen Brother movies I leave somewhat confused, and not really sure what I think.  On additional viewings, things seems to fall in place in my head better and I end up loving it. 

Edited May 17, 2018 by Tuco

[Red Five 40862]

If I️ watch a movie and I️ hate it, I’m not going to be watching it again.

[McCroskey 1504]

Castaway is a good one though I really can't think of any others...most of what's coming to mind are the opposite that the thread is looking for...movies I initially liked but now hate.

[Noah Fence 480]

Saw Major League in the theater and thought it was meh.  Now I quote it regularly.

[Uncle Nate 2097]

Anchorman.  Not sure why I didn't think it was that great the first time.

[bschoolprof 6263]

never had this experience.  If I hated it, I hated it.  

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

Saturday Night Fever.  I FUCKING HATE DISCO MUSIC, but it's a pretty good flick.  Just saw it in it's entirety last month for the first time ever.  Before that after about 2 minutes of any dance scene I was out the door.

[Mileslong 4728]

Like most, if I hate a movie I never watch it again. One movie that was universally panned and I was very meh on was Waterworld. Now when I come across it I watch it and kind of enjoy it

[hornimal 80]

rushmore.  I think for me it was because we tried watching it on a friday night in college when people were walking in and interrupting every two minutes.  we finally gave up on it and went out to logan's or something.  it wasn't until about a year later that I gave it another chance in an ideal watching setting that I got it.

[Knoxtnhorn 6059]

I’m not so sure I liked Dazed and Confused the first time I saw it.

[Jive Turkey 12617]

Twilight. 

[Parliament 14261]

1 hour ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

I’m not so sure I liked Dazed and Confused the first time I saw it.

[SuingToGetAMessageBoard? 3861]

I fell asleep the first two times I tried to watch Fargo. 

[Native Horn 3504]

Napoleon Dynamite - the first time I saw it, I just flat out didn't get it.  Now I know almost every line.  Gosh!

[Dbeasy 15068]

Hate is prob too strong of a word, but I can think of a couple of movies I didn’t care for the first time I saw them - Anchorman and Stepbrothers.  Now they’re classics to me.

Yup, me too. I still don’t understand that phenomenon. How can it be bad the first time around then incredibly good thereafter?

[Incredulity 11675]

i would go with Stepbrothers.  It has grown on me like a fungus.  My 4 year old son picked up on, "Boats N Hoes".  My wife is none too happy.  It makes me smile.

[lateshow 1304]

Mean GIrls

[DanRydell 799]

Cast Away is a good call.

Zoolander is what first came to mind for me.

[CurlyDumps 4476]

Under Siege II: Dark Territory

[butthurt 1525]

Tropic Thunder

Walk Hard

Tombstone

[Guest]

20 hours ago, Knoxtnhorn said:

Hate is prob too strong of a word, but I can think of a couple of movies I didn’t care for the first time I saw them - Anchorman and Stepbrothers.  Now they’re classics to me.

I’ll drop this motherfucker. 

[FartingMonk 3608]

the only movie that comes to mind for me is a Freddy Prinze Jr movie called Summer Catch.  I remember watching and said wow this movie is fucking stupid when it randomly came on HBO then I found myself watching the movie more than once.

[Parliament 14261]

Road to Perdition.  I thought it was slow, melodramatic and had a weak ending.  Upon rewatch I saw this scene:

 

...and realized I am an idiot.  

[mchookem 16337]

The Big Lebowski 

to this day Fargo is my absolute favorite movie. it's a masterpiece, and at the time i had not seen any other Coen bros movies. 

i was totally disappointed in TBL on first viewing, had none of what i loved about Fargo.

watched it again about a year later... have probably seen it 50 times now. easily in my top 5.

[Eskimohorn 5635]

Zoolander

Big Lebowski, cant say I thought it was bad the first time, but now its one of my favorites.

[Mez2 4024]

A Serbian film

[gecko 1104]

Zoolander

[South Austin 52521]

I really didn't care for Field of Wet Dreams and On Golden Blonde at first, but they've grown on me.

[huge 3793]

12 hours ago, Parliament said:

Road to Perdition.  I thought it was slow, melodramatic and had a weak ending.  Upon rewatch I saw this scene:

 

...and realized I am an idiot.  

yeah, and the ending was never weak

[Mileslong 4728]

I really didn't care for Field of Wet Dreams and On Golden Blonde at first, but they've grown on me.

Your mom has grown on me...

[South Austin 52521]

8 minutes ago, Mileslong said:

Your mom has grown on me...

 

 

Well, you do like your women large . . . .

[staboner 4984]

On 5/17/2018 at 9:11 AM, Red Five said:

If I️ watch a movie and I️ hate it, I’m not going to be watching it again.

the terrorists have won!

[Mileslong 4728]

Well, you do like your women large . . . .

Lulz, don’t confuse me with Vic

[futureman 22487]

11 hours ago, Mez2 said:

A Serbian film

watched this with my 10 year old and absolutely loved it from the first scene. 

[Underdog 28712]

On 5/17/2018 at 10:29 AM, Noah Fence said:

Saw Major League in the theater and thought it was meh.  Now I quote it regularly.

You were right the first time, it's pretty meh no matter where or when you watch it. 

[Gene Parmesan 4008]

7 minutes ago, Underdog said:

You were right the first time, it's pretty meh no matter where or when you watch it. 

Shut up Dorn

[TornACL 7716]

34 minutes ago, Underdog said:

You were right the first time, it's pretty meh no matter where or when you watch it. 

Next time you step into the box I'm throwing a brushback pitch at your face.

[Johnny Sack 8397]

21 hours ago, Native Horn said:

Napoleon Dynamite - the first time I saw it, I just flat out didn't get it.  Now I know almost every line.  Gosh!

This and Anchorman.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, Underdog said:

You were right the first time, it's pretty meh no matter where or when you watch it. 

Cross it off, then. You know, that movie ain’t so fuckin’ bad. 

Underdog, you just called a Top 10 comedy of all time meh. Blasphemer. 

[Underdog 28712]

LOL @ Top 10 comedy of all time.  Not even in the same stratosphere of the all time greats. 

[smuggs 9353]

I enjoyed Castaway with the exception of Helen Hunt.

I would rather achieve fatal intestinal gangrene by shoving a putrefied crab carcass up my ass than spend 4 solitary years whacking it to a photo of Helen fucking Hunt.