Movies you thought looked stupid but ended up being one of your favorites

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Office Space tops the list for me. When it was in theaters I remember seeing the previews and thinking how uninteresting it looked. About a year later I had a break between class and work so I came home and turned on the TV with the intent of killing a few minutes before running a quick errand. It had just started on HBO or Showtime. By the time it got to Peter's apartment and Lawrence came over I was hooked. I didn't run that errand and ended up talking about it at work all night (and quoting it to this day).
 
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Chicago- Never thought I'd like a modern musical, but this one surprised me in a lot of ways.
 
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tumscalcium said:
Ha, considering it's considered the worst movie ever then it had nowhere to go but up, eh?
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Its so bad its good. AYK, its supposed to be a hooror flick, but its a much better comedy. I have a copy of it and "treat" my wife to a viewing of it every year or so.
 
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Army of Darkness.


Not a movie, but when I FIRST saw the previews for Game of Thrones on HBO I thought it looked like a terrible Uwe Boll directed dungeons and dragons style show. Glad I was wrong, waaaay wrong on that.
 
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Boondocks Saints. Had no interest whatsoever. Saw bits and pieces and thought it was pretty lame. Sat down and watched and was stunned at how good it actually was.
 
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It's not one of my "favorites" but I thought the previews for Life of Pi looked pretty meh. I watched the other night and it's fantastic.
 
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Amélie is another. I wouldn't call it an all time favorite but its a really good film. I don't mind subtitled movies but previews for foreign films rarely paint a good picture of what it's about. A buddy who usually sticks to action movies pressed me to watch it and I must say it was really enjoyable.
 
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The Help is another one. I was forced to watch that one with my fiancé and its actually a very good movie.
 
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In alot of ways, the Social Network. When I first heard a facebook movie was being created, I wasn't too sure about it. I finally got around to seeing and it ended up being one of my favorite movies of all time.
 
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duckman398686 said:
In alot of ways, the Social Network. When I first heard a facebook movie was being created, I wasn't too sure about it. I finally got around to seeing and it ended up being one of my favorite movies of all time.
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One of my all time favorites. Unbelievably acting and chemistry between Eisenburg, Garfield, and Timberlake.
 
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The Big Lebowski

for whatever reason, I avoided watching this movie for years
 
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