• Drudge@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    2 movies immediately come to mind, and I think it’s because I went in with an expectation that the movie is gonna suck.

    1. Pacific Rim
    2. District 9

    It’s probably been 10 years since I watched either of those movies so I’m not sure how they have aged…

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      1 year ago

      Yeah. Pacific Rim was a breath of fresh air just to be getting a Yaeger/Kaiju movie at all. Then to watch it and discover it was made by a true fan of the genre, just fantastic.

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      I knew I was going to love Pacific Rim (giant robots and monsters? Sign me up) but I didnt expect the horror element of it and exactly how menacing each kaiju would be. I can easily rewatch it many times.

      To the original question, from recent memory a film that surprised me was Dungeons and Dragons Honor among Thieves. The IP didnt have a great track record in film, but this one was entertaining, funny, heartwarming, and highly recommended.