- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Coaching Changes
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
0
Posted on 3/13/25 at 2:03 pm to THRILLHO
RRR - a 3 hour long Bollywood movie with unbelievable over the top action sequences? Meh, I’ll give it 15 minutes…
3hours later - Holy shite, that was actually epic!
3hours later - Holy shite, that was actually epic!
Posted on 3/13/25 at 2:06 pm to THRILLHO
Boy Kills World
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:14 pm to THRILLHO
LICORICE PIZZA
My daughter, who is into all these artsy movies and artsy directors, was all ga-ga about it and told me I might like it. The title alone seemed indicative of an artsy-fartsy movie I wouldn't like, but then I found it was a period piece, and so I watched it online.
Damn, I enjoyed the heck out of it:
--Great main role acting by Phillip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper and musician Alana Haim.
--Cool "real people" roles by Sean Penn (as a thinly veiled William Holden), Bradley Cooper as Jon Peters, and even Tom Waits as an old director based upon Mark Robson and Sam Peckinpah.
-- They NAILED the 1973 look and feel in this movie, almost as well as Richard Linkater did for 1976 in Dazed and Confused.
-- Good, simple little story about growing up, with an unusual love story at its center.
-- Fantastic soundtrack.
My daughter, who is into all these artsy movies and artsy directors, was all ga-ga about it and told me I might like it. The title alone seemed indicative of an artsy-fartsy movie I wouldn't like, but then I found it was a period piece, and so I watched it online.
Damn, I enjoyed the heck out of it:
--Great main role acting by Phillip Seymour Hoffman's son Cooper and musician Alana Haim.
--Cool "real people" roles by Sean Penn (as a thinly veiled William Holden), Bradley Cooper as Jon Peters, and even Tom Waits as an old director based upon Mark Robson and Sam Peckinpah.
-- They NAILED the 1973 look and feel in this movie, almost as well as Richard Linkater did for 1976 in Dazed and Confused.
-- Good, simple little story about growing up, with an unusual love story at its center.
-- Fantastic soundtrack.
This post was edited on 3/14/25 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:23 pm to UnluckyTiger
quote:
Dungeons and Dragons : Honor Among Thieves
I jumped the gun on this one because of Francis Daily's comments as well as I had just seen The Legend of Vox Machina on Prime. Seemed too similar, and I didn't see why we needed a live action of basically the same thing. D&D HaT wasn't perfect, but it was very watchable.
Nimona - I had no business liking this one, and I doubt few saw it but it was really well done. Saw it several times.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:41 pm to THRILLHO
quote:
Lucky Number Slevin
Initially I wasn’t interested bc the title sounds dumb. But what a great movie.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:41 pm to THRILLHO
There are movies for which I had high relatively expectations going in and the film exceeded it. Examples:
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
3. Interstellar
There are other movies that I had more middling expectations and was blown away. Examples (both have Domhnall Gleeson in the lead, coincidentally):
1. About Time
2. Ex Machina
If I'm being honest, Tropic Thunder, Superbad and Moneyball (ETA: Frankly, Donnie Darko, too) could all be in that second category as well.
(ETA: Reviewing my list, particularly Interstellar, I would say that Memento has to be mentioned as vastly exceeding my expectations going in, and that is also true of Primer.)
1. No Country for Old Men
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
3. Interstellar
There are other movies that I had more middling expectations and was blown away. Examples (both have Domhnall Gleeson in the lead, coincidentally):
1. About Time
2. Ex Machina
If I'm being honest, Tropic Thunder, Superbad and Moneyball (ETA: Frankly, Donnie Darko, too) could all be in that second category as well.
(ETA: Reviewing my list, particularly Interstellar, I would say that Memento has to be mentioned as vastly exceeding my expectations going in, and that is also true of Primer.)
This post was edited on 3/13/25 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:44 pm to THRILLHO
Man from UNCLE
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:45 pm to rebelrouser
quote:
Logan Lucky
Hollywood would revive if they made more movies like Logan Lucky.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 3:59 pm to 3nOut
quote:
About time I have told my 18 and 15 YOs about this one for a while and they kept telling me no because it sounded too much like a romcom.
It’s a top 3 movie for me, but no way I’m watching it with my teens.
Margot Robbie aye yai yai
I’ haven’t read the whole thread, but i doubt this one came up yet:
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:03 pm to THRILLHO
Top Gun:Maverick. I thought it was going to be a complete turkey. It was great.
Posted on 3/13/25 at 4:16 pm to THRILLHO
Are you referring to the Ghost Story from 1981?
Posted on 3/13/25 at 9:34 pm to THRILLHO
Recently, The Batman.
No way the dude from Twilight could hold up a Batman movie. I'm not sure we NEEDED more batman movies, thinking Nolans movies couldn't be topped.
And he was fine. The cinematography was incredible. I'm looking forward to a sequel.
No way the dude from Twilight could hold up a Batman movie. I'm not sure we NEEDED more batman movies, thinking Nolans movies couldn't be topped.
And he was fine. The cinematography was incredible. I'm looking forward to a sequel.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 1:20 am to THRILLHO
I’ll add one
Social network.
Was in college In 2010 and thought how could some nerd inventing Facebook be interesting at all. Whew boy was I wrong. An all time top 10 movie for me now. The script/the pacing/the score. It fits so well and never bogs down
Social network.
Was in college In 2010 and thought how could some nerd inventing Facebook be interesting at all. Whew boy was I wrong. An all time top 10 movie for me now. The script/the pacing/the score. It fits so well and never bogs down
Posted on 3/14/25 at 1:29 am to hogcard1964
quote:
Are you referring to the Ghost Story from 1981?
Narp. This one:
LINK
I think that it's a top 5 movie of the 2010's, but it's definitely not a film that has wide appeal.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 6:56 am to THRILLHO
The Other Guys - One of the most under-the-radar comedies of the last 20 years, IMO.
The Menu - Darkest of comedies and one of my favorites of late
American Psycho - Another dark comedy. I had an ex-GF at the time who was bothered by how much this movie made me laugh. (She wasn't much of a critical thinker)
The Menu - Darkest of comedies and one of my favorites of late
American Psycho - Another dark comedy. I had an ex-GF at the time who was bothered by how much this movie made me laugh. (She wasn't much of a critical thinker)
Posted on 3/14/25 at 7:05 am to THRILLHO
Tucker and Dale vs Evil
Posted on 3/14/25 at 8:47 am to carhartt
Bad Times at the El Royale
Shaun of the Dead
Shaun of the Dead
This post was edited on 3/14/25 at 8:59 am
Posted on 3/14/25 at 8:55 am to THRILLHO
Top Gun Maverick is a far better movie than it has a business being.
Posted on 3/14/25 at 12:30 pm to elprez00
quote:I've seen several people say that, but I would disagree:
Top Gun Maverick is a far better movie than it has a business being.
Maverick lived up to it's potential. It was as good as you hoped it would be. That's pretty rare nowadays, but I think that's a little bit different than what OP is asking.
I think OP is asking for movies that came out of nowhere, that you had no idea was being made and no desire to see, but after watching, you came away saying "damn that was good. I'll watch it again, and if they make a sequel I'm definitely there".
Page 4 of 5
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News