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I had no expectations for Ocean's Eleven when I first saw it and loved it. That film exceeded my expectations.
Crash exceeded my expectations, but I had little to no expectations going into it. I may have to go home and look at my DVDs and really think about this, cause I am drawing a blank right now. As far as TV shows go, I would certainly HAVE to add the OC to that list. While in college I mocked relentlessly my roommates for watching that show the first season that it came out. Until I actually sat down and watched it and it was pretty good. Then I found out my parents watched it as well, and I didn't feel quite as bad. |
01-06-2007, 12:16 AM | #12 |
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01-06-2007, 12:38 AM | #13 |
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Dumb and Dumber. I almost didn't see it because I hated Jim Carey so much. Another one is Kingpin. Time to pay the rent!
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01-06-2007, 01:11 AM | #14 |
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01-06-2007, 02:51 AM | #15 |
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01-06-2007, 08:08 PM | #16 |
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One movie that really surprised me was the original Halloween. I was expecting a run of the mill slasher movie, but was surprised at how well it was put together. There are only a handful of movies where the music does such a good job of conveying atmosphere -- Jaws and Psycho are a couple of others. In fact, the theme music is so creepy it is currently the ring tone I hear when my soon to be ex-wife calls.
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01-06-2007, 09:29 PM | #17 |
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01-07-2007, 12:26 AM | #18 |
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Just saw one. Pursuit of Happyness.
I honestly didnt even know what it was about, just that Will SMith was in it. Turned out to be a very good movie.
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01-07-2007, 02:10 AM | #19 |
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Recently, there were a couple:
The latest Rocky was much much better than I expected. The Descent was much better than I had expected. |
01-07-2007, 04:50 AM | #20 |
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The Freedom Writers.
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