re: Movies you hated....and now love

Thought tropic thunder was terrible when I first saw it, now I find it hilarious

Step Brothers- thought it was meh the first time, gets funnier every time I watch it.

Big Lebowski for me.

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anchorman for me hated it the first time I watched it for some reason. Watched it again and nearly pissed myself

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same here

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Lost in Translation. Absolutely hated it the first time I saw it. Then I got in Bill Murray's situation and was able to completely identify with it. I was going through a period of loneliness at the time, and that film greatly helped me cope with my new situation of being a stranger in a strange land.

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Same here. I actually liked it the first time, but once I shipped out to grad school I popped it in again. I was depressed as it was my first time away from home. I wondered if I could be as happy in my new surroundings and that movie gave me a lot of hope at the time. It turns out I found new people in my life like Murray's character did... and now I feel nostalgic about those days.

I agree with several others in this thread.

Watchmen. I think the first time I watched Watchmen, I had read the graphic novel too recently. That compounded with the fact that it wasn't the extended cut. The second time I was able to separate it from the novel a lot more.

Jackie Brown. Hated it the first time, second time I wondered what I was thinking.

And now for my original contribution... The Thing (1982). It became one of my top 25 favorite films the second time I watched it a few days ago. I think a lot of people like this more on the second watch. It was actually a subject they talked about on the documentary on the DVD.