What movie were you “forced” into watching that you ended up loving?

[threattonature]

500 Days of Summer. The Matrix. Blade. Hell there's so many just from hanging with friends or females. Usually I'll check anything out even outside of my comfort zone.

 

[KalKal]

Titanic

My mother begged me to go with her to this, but I didn't go because I expected it to be tedious.

When I finally caught it on TV, it wasn't that bad

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

The Game
Arbitrage
Star Wars OG trilogy

 

[Hagendas]

As good as it gets

Jack is hilarious in it

 

[OmegaK2099]

William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (96) my sister and my mom dragged me with them to see it. I didn't really like it at first but there were elements that I thought were dope, like just the idea of Shakespeare in modern times was interesting, customized guns as swords and 'when doves cry' as a church hymn.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

That movie is a classic no doubt, but I dont know about constantly re-watching it. Its super bleak & depressing

Yeah schindlers list is a pretty somber flick. But it's also so well made you watch it like wow, technically it's on another level.

But after a few watches that wears off and it's just so well made I'm always in awe everytime I watch it. Spielberg was in the zone. I miss his old movies.

 

[sjankis630]

Pirates of the Caribbean, it was Disney and it was pirates. I was prepared to hate that shyt as I went in.

Same for me. I thought a movie about a ride? Went to see it with my boy in a packed theater. The whole place just ate it up. I am glad I saw it in the theater.

 

[Suspicious Dingo]

My brother saw the play when he visited NYC and he kept going on and on about it and said I would love it because I like musicals. I just never got around to seeing it so when it was on Disney + he literally made me watch it and it was the best musical I’ve seen in a while.

Random question: Will I enjoy this as a non American? Like, do I need to be really familiar with American history to fully appreciate it?

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I watched The Lego Movie because of kids I had to look after (not mine), and that shyt ended up being fire.

 

[Love Sosa]

Office Space

 

[Ricky Dunigan]

Edge of Tomorrow: My ex put me on, what can I say? She got good movie tastes

A Star is Born: Tinder date had free tix. I came in wanting to hate, but it caught me, and when I saw Chappelle, I was hooked.

The Godfather: My older brothers hyped it up so much that I had no intention to watch. Then I caught a bad flu ( delirious, bed bound) and it was on tv on repeat so I had no choice but to watch. One of my favs now.

 

[KalKal]

Random question: Will I enjoy this as a non American? Like, do I need to be really familiar with American history to fully appreciate it?

No, it assumes you don't know the story.
Beyond the fact that there's a guy named "Washington" that's the leader of a rebellion against the King of England. You literally don't need to know who ANYBODY else is before going in, everyone else is explained to you.

I *guess* it might be helpful to know that a city called "Washington" didn't exist yet, but that's about all I can think of.

 

[nairdas]

Armageddon. My dad would take my sister and I somewhere every weekend when we're little and this time her friends were with her and wanted to go to the movies. But nothing really was playing so they just chose Armageddon and I was like man I don't want to see this shyt. I even feel asleep in the theater

But years later I caught it on TV and now I love that movie. I was tripping as a kid.

 

[ShaneTheRogue]

Had to watch Cinderella Man for a history class back in highschool.

Wouldn't say I loved it exactly but my girl drug me to see Black and Blue last year and I was pleasantly surprised.

The fwb I had before my girl convinced me to go see the Blumhouse Halloween remake and I ended up liking it more than she did. But she's a diehard fan of the series and was disappointed to the lore changes.

 

[FreedMind]

The X-Men movie where they time travel to the 70s.

I hate superheroes but that one wasn't too bad.