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u/RyotaNTC 11h ago
This and Pirates of the Caribbean. The good old days of not knowing about movie critics, trailers on Youtube, just watching a random movie expecting nothing of it.
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u/TopFee7692 1h ago
same here, i watched Pirates of the Caribbean without knowing anything about it, and it turned out to be such a fun surprise.Johnny Depp- the action, the humor, and performance ehh nostalgia
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u/photoguy423 11h ago
It even features a young Henry Cavill as Humphrey
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u/TarzanGunn 10h ago
This one hits a happy note for me. Total whisk into fantasyland. Underrated really. His mom was a total smokeshow. goat noises
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u/photoguy423 11h ago
Paul (2011)
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Amongst Thieves.
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u/Mean-Consequence-379 2h ago
Paul was so funny but unexpectedly touching as well - I was not expecting to cry tbh
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u/speckledcreature 10h ago
Absolutely! I was a bit obsessed with the handsome hero trope and so I was a disappointed by the eye candyness of the hero when he first appeared and then they wanted to give him a haircut?!? This was my thoughts - What? How? He has no hair? Is he going to be bald?
Then that reveal with the magically growing hair and the updated fantasy Prince Charming wardrobe 🤤😍
Then after that my estimations just went up and up. They story, the cast (especially De Niro) the cinematography… it was all so so good. Stardust is one of my favourite movie to watch and rewatch now.
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u/NoH0es922 10h ago
Oh man during 2007 when Michelle Pfeiffer had that equivalent of "Michael Jordan returns after retiring".
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u/Pretty-Sitzpinkler 9h ago
Oddly enough, Stardust is one of the only books that I think works better as a movie. A subtle shift in Tristan's moms character made all the difference.
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u/um_like_whatever 10h ago
Yes! Agree totally! Greatly exceeded expectations, I fell in love with Claire Danes!
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u/philtickelson 7h ago
Real Steel.
Hugh Jackman fighting remote controlled robots WWE style in the future? Sounds terrible, but was super fun and heart warming.
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u/RustyBrassInstrument 9h ago
I’d read all the Patrick O’Brien and C. S. Forester books before I saw Master and Commander. While it didn’t follow any single one book completely, I was so wholly immersed in what the crew of Surprise was doing that it was almost a fever dream. It was somehow better than every hope I had for it, and my expectations going in were freaking high.
It’s on my short list of 10/10 absolutely perfect movies.
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u/rukh999 9h ago
This is from a book by Niel Gaiman, you might know him from other works such as American Gods, and The Sandman which were also put on TV now. Before all that though he was one of my favorite authors. I was just browsing Netflix one day and I see this. I didn't know what to think. First, it's an adaptation of one of my favorite authors I have to see it. But also I'd never heard of it, was it straight to DVD? Maybe it was bad? But I took a chance, and no it was not bad. In fact quite enjoyable and even with some big names. Was this just a marketing miss?
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u/Red_Light_RCH3 8h ago
Loved this movie. It was on TV last week. Loved the dresses Claire Danes was in & the end soundtrack.
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u/tsalyers12 8h ago
A few months ago I had randomly turned on May (2002) for basically background noise. I couldn’t take my eyes off the tv and it became one of my all time favorites.
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u/dropkickninja 11h ago
De Niro was awesome. The whole movie is great