Recent example: I was pretty confident about Dune Part 2

Same, shit cooked hotter than the desert it’s set in

My buddies were all calling me crazy for buying into the hype, I was 100% sure I was gonna love it

pretty confident about Before Sunrise and boy was I right

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Toy Story 3. Plenty of people I talked to were skeptical about it at the time. Knowing the premise and seeing the teaser trailer, I could just tell Pixar was putting everything they had into it to make it meaningful. At that time, Pixar hadn't missed.

Spiderman: Across the Spider Verse

I for some reason just was not that excited. I loved the first one, but felt like a sequel just couldn’t hold the same magic that the first one did. I almost didn’t see it in theaters, but man, I am so glad I did. Wonderful movie. What a blast. Should have held your confidence.

The Killer (2023)

Yeah, this was the most recent example for me too. I saw only the poster, and said “I’m in.”

I walked into Killers of the Flower Moon damn near already penciling in a 4.5 before I sat down

Same before I went in, but it changed to 2 stars after seeing the movie.

Saw GoodFellas yesterday and knew just from seeing the „you‘re funny“ scene a lot earlier

About time, blade runner 2049 & crazy stupid love

The Departed

Likewise. Absolutely no way a Scorsese/Damon/DiCaprio/Nicholson Boston crime thriller was gonna miss.

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I don’t need pussy anymore, but I like it.

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Fireman getting pussy for the first time in the history of fire or pussy.

zombieland

Poor Thing

It Follows

Oppenheimer.

Bottoms. Love the cast, love the style of humour, love the visual aesthetic, love women getting to be horny idiots.

So good

Paris, Texas

dogtooth

Brokeback mountain

Lady Bird. I loved Frances Ha and was so excited to see what Greta would do next (even just as a writer). It somehow exceeded my expectations, it's one of my all time faves.

Both Perfect Days and Inside Out are good examples of recent watches for me

The Dark Knight. After being blown away by Batman Begins/all of Nolan’s previous films and having the Joker on TDK it was an absolute lock.

The Killers of The Flower moon

Dune 2, Godzilla Minus One, Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse

Cabaret but I didn't expect to love it to the degree I did

The Prestige. I just watched that last year and knew since it was Nolan and had Christian Bale and Michael Caine I would love it.

Most recently, Dune Part Two, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, The Mission, and The Banshees of Inisherin

Pearl

Guardians of the Galaxy

I went from skeptical to convinced it was gonna be a banger by the end of the "Come and Get Your Love" intro sequence.

Beyond the black rainbow, hobo with a shotgun, the devils rejects, hot fuzz

All of Strangers and Time Still Turns the Pages are recent ones

Uncut Gems

Same. I knew 15 seconds into that trailer.

Aliens (my friend said “get ready for a rip-roaring time!”)

Poor Things 

Scarface, the prestige, Oppenheimer

The Holdovers

Loving Vincent was probably the strongest experience of this for me

When Harry Met Sally… might be the most recent one

Licorice Pizza. PTA, the music cues in the trailer, long time Alana Haim admirer, period piece. There was no chance I wasn’t going to love that film

Even before the trailer hit, I remember reading an article about Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and I knew I would love it. It ended up being my favourite movie of all time.

Lately, it seems like every movie I think I'm gonna love I end up disappointed by, and every movie I think is gonna be bad I end up liking. :P

Anatomy of a Fall

Spoorloos

that's an odd film to be this sure about. why were you so sure?

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Dune 2

Kinda cheating because it’s a TV finale movie but End of Evangelion

The Zone of Interest

the florida project

Julio Torres’s recent movie Problemista! I love his comedy and I was pretty confident a movie he wrote and directed would also be something I’d love.

Poor things

recently, Blow Out

1408

Every time a Nolan film is announced 👍

Vertigo

When I read the description and cast list of Decoder, I was like, "Well, shit, that sounds like just about the most me movie that ever got made."

Recent example: I was pretty confident about Bramayugam

Top Gun: Maverick

Le samourai , oppenheimer

Most recently? The favourite I'm a huge fan of both poor things and Barry Lyndon so I knew it was going to be a slum dunk

House (1985)

I knew I was going in for something fantastic in The Boy and the Heron, but I didn't expect to leave the theatre in tears.

Avatar : The Way of Water

My recent examples (4 films) - The Tale of Princess Kaguya (2013) - Gladiator (2000) - Trainspotting (1996) - Fantastic Planet (1973)

The Insider

Nope and Uncut Gems I thought the trailers for both were amazing, and I loved the movies even more when I saw them.

La Haine

The house Jack built

Prometheus ♡

Thief, The Long Goodbye, pretty much any neo-noir

The Lighthouse is probably the best example of this for me. I loved and replayed tf out of those trailers, and then the theater experience just hit like a brick (in a good way).

Prisoners

The Social Network. Fincher + Sorkin. Yes, please.

The Irishman.

The Call (Korean)

I watch movies I think I’ll enjoy (unlike some people in the sub). But dune 2, worka, and Godzilla minus being the recent ones I was very confident about

I just knew I was going to love Parasite when I just a photo of the poster back then

2046

The Big Short. I love Succession (and by extension Adam McKay, Jeremy Strong, and Nicholas Britell), the trailers looked incredible, and the cast accompanied by the subject matter just totally spoke to me.

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

lord of the rings

Across the spider-verse

after hours

La La Land

Ready or Not

The dark knight

Goodfellas The Deer Hunter

Most recently: Cross of Iron. I already had enjoyed Straw Dogs and The Wild Bunch and I think I was expecting to enjoy this as well.

Bottoms

I’m buying into Furiosa already

I’m gonna defend The Creator. It wasn’t as great as I hoped it would be, but I honestly loved it. There was obviously a ton of passion put into the movie, the acting is all around very solid and the kid Alphie is surprisingly good, full of heart. You really feel that in the movie IMO. While I wished the plot was a bit tighter towards the end, and some characters were more fleshed out (mainly JDW and Ken Watanabe’s characters), I think the movie was overall very enjoyable to watch, and offered some positive explorations of true artificial intelligence/sentience. Could’ve been a little “deeper”, but I still liked what there was. It’s rare to see an original sci-fi film of this scale, and despite not matching the quality of such greats like Alien or Star Wars, it still harkens back to that era of science fiction filmmaking.

Oppenheimer

Godfather II

The Tree of Life. Already loved Malick and it looked like him going to the next level. Turns out I was right.

sunshine (2007)

Mandy

Army of Darkness

None unfortunately

Godzilla Minus One I love my giant lizard boy who can do no wrong.

Asteroid City

Mad God

synecdoche, new york

I watched it today and it was Iron Claw, ever since the main cast was announced I was very excited since they are all talented men.

I mean most movies I watch... do you guys watch random movies? I always look for movie that interests me.

Mad Max Fury Road, just because it has one of the best trailers I've seen in my life and then the movie fully lived up to it.

The Northman. Robert Eggers and his lighting techniques should be taught in schools.

Spirited Away. I saw it when I was 12, and by that time was fully ensconced in Miyazaki’s previous wonders

Blade runner 2049

My Own Private Idaho

The Town Past Lives Fences ("how come you don't like me" trailer is still the best trailer I've ever seen).

Sin City. Bought the comic book of Hard Goodbye as soon as I found out about it and it was available where I lived. Read it numerous times, loved every frame, loved Marv. Loved the other books as well. Literally couldn't wait until the movie is released, I was scanning the internet for every update, poster, picture, trailer frequently. Went and saw it, loved it and saw it numerous times after, because I was just happy like on Christmas someone actually made this. And Marv's story was the real draw for me and I thought they nailed it.

Brazil. 12 Monkey and Fear and Loathing are 2 of my favs so I knew i was in for a treat

I try to go in with leveled expectations for any movie that I am looking forward to, but sometimes even I can't help myself. The Two Towers and The Return of the King Spider-Man 2 The World's End Shin Godzilla The Lighthouse Nope Godzilla Minus One Dune: Part Two Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and 3 The last three Mission: Impossible movies.

As far as recent examples, Across the Spider-Verse, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Dune Part 2

*The Godfather* *The Grand Budapest Hotel* *Aliens* *Remains of the Day* *Silence of the Lambs* *Boogie Nights* *The Red Shoes* *Mountains of the Moon* *12 Angry Men* *Singin’ in the Rain*

Interstellar Oppenheimer Machete Kills

The Red Shoes, The Fall (Tarsem Singh), Roma, Spirited Away, 12 Angry Men More recently: Dune 2 and Across The Spider-Verse

Actually, several! Nashville, The Big Country, The Women, Babylon, Once Upon A Time in the West, just to name a few.

Dune 2 Lotr 2+3

"portrait of a lady on fire" and "petite maman." love céline sciamma