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Post by Baby Firefly on Sept 1, 2018 0:22:09 GMT
For better or worse, what are some films that you've misjudged (thought they looked amazing but ended up hating them, loved them at first but grew to dislike them, and vice versa)?
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Post by MacReadyOrNot on Sept 3, 2018 5:04:41 GMT
Just to name a few...
Movies I Thought Were Going to be Good or Were Good:
The Midnight Man I thought I was going to like it, but the rules of the game confused me a bit and after the opening everything seemed to come to a halt. I don't know. I just grew tired of it and turned it off. So, no, I haven't seen it all the way through, but I don't know if I'll ever give it another chance. Sorry.
Open Water I love a good shark movie, and this isn't one of them for me. I was hugely disappointed by it. My mother too. I don't like the couple in it, and, to be frank, it is extremely boring. No tension whatsoever for me. I was happy when it was all over.
April Fool's Day Being a classic I thought this would be amazing. Not to say that it's terrible, I just was expecting more from it. I've grown to accept the ending, but I still feel there could have been one more twist.
Movies I Thought Were Going to be Bad or Were Bad:
The Boy (with David Morse and Rainn Wilson) When I first "watched" this, I'll admit I tuned out early. I wasn't in the best of moods. Luckily, I actually watched The Boy and I have to say I was quite pleased with the movie. As slow going as it is, it really puts you in the mindset of a bored little kid. Who just happens to turn to murder to pass the time.
Halloween III: Season of the Witch I didn't like this as a kid because Michael Myers wasn't in it. A commercial for Halloween the movie does not count. But after rewatching it and rewatching it I have to admit this is one of the better Halloween entries in the series. It certainly has an amazing ending. Gives me chills just thinking about it.
Sleepaway Camp If I'm being honest again, I have to admit I wasn't crazy about this film when I first saw it. But after recently watching it again on Shudder I have to say it's a really good horror flick. Fun lines. Solid kills. Not the greatest in quality, but still. Well worth rewatching.
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Post by ElectrocutionLessons on Sept 4, 2018 23:59:18 GMT
^ That reply brings up an interesting topic that's very relevant to this discussion: expectations.
I'm starting to resent expectations. A lot. In the end, if I absolutely hate a film whether it's good or not (The VVitch)- the reason why is likely going to be that I'm putting pressure on it to be something it's not. (Though, in the case of The VVitch, I walked into it blindly and it traded in all of the stuff in drama that I flat-out despise. It's a treatise on nobility and I hate nobility on film.) You're stuck with something you never wanted to physically sit down and experience. At that time in your life. Your response is to lash out at it and run it by your own standards for what it should have been.
I make slight differentiation for movies that are intentionally condescending and pointlessly antagonistic.
However, movies I've made a big positive change in the last 3 or so years include:
Fulci's The Beyond Rob Zombie's Halloween II The Blair Witch Project Don't Look Now A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors Evil Dead 2 Kill, Baby Kill Curtains The Brood Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) The Fly (1986)
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Post by Baby Firefly on Sept 5, 2018 6:33:47 GMT
I try to avoid having inflated expectations for a film, especially standalone films. I usually avoid most trailers, most stills, and most reviews. Whether I hear "it's the worst movie ever made" (far too used nowadays and a clear sign that the person saying it should probably watch more movies) or "it's a masterpiece, one of the best of the century", I don't let it impact what I feel a film will end up being. One of the worst mistakes a Horror fan could do, especially nowadays with everyone being so picky, is to let angry Facebook "reviews" steer them away from a film they might enjoy. I believe in giving everything a chance.
Dawn Of The Dead (1978) is my biggest one I've ever misjudged. As a kid, I thought it was terribly BORING (funny too, since I still basically worshipped Night and Day) but it's grown on me so much over the years, becoming one of my all-time favorite films.
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