Movies you hated the first time, but liked later?

The last two movies we watched were "A Knights Tale" and "Crash" in the last few days. The first time I saw either of them, my wife and I both hated them.

A Knights Tale I thought was just plain stupid the first time around. But watching it the other day we really changed our minds. It's a popcorn flick for sure, but it was way more enjoyable the second time around than the first where I seriously hated it.

As far as Crash was concerned, I thought it was boring and dumb, and exaggerated the racist aspect of one particular country (USA). You have to undersand that culturally speaking, our "home land" is more racist than America. We have racism and stereotyping against Japanese, against the Chinese, against whites (no matter what country)... I guess the TRUE message of the film really hit home for me, and suddenly it wasn't about any particular country, but about people and their prejudices and barriers that keep us apart.

So... what movies have you watched the second time around that you liked (or loved) that you hated or disliked the first time you watched them?

I would agree with you on Knight's Tale, I don't know if it was the marketing making me expect something else but I really didn't enjoy it the first time. When I saw it again I was able to appreciate it for what it was not what the trailers made me think it should be.

Clerks would be a movie I hated the first time. I just wasn't interested in the foul mouthed characters lives. However by the time I saw it again I had worked in retail and found the movie much more relatable and enjoyed it much more.

To me it has to be Shyamalan's Unbreakable. I never hated it per se, but after watching it the first time, I remember being very disappointed. I was expecting something totally different.
Of course I've watched it about 5 more times since then, absorbing more and more of the intricate little details one might miss the first time around, and it has become my favorite Shyamalan flick hands down. Too bad the image quality of the Blu-ray release is so sub par. I guess it was the director's intention to have such a soft picture with muted colors.

"Cloverfield" on Blu-ray.

Despite the contradictions inherent in Blu-ray's improving the picture and sound of the movie and thereby diminishing the whole documentary gimmick, the sound alone was so much better I found myself paying more attention. It's still not a favorite picture of mine, but I definitely liked it better the second time around.

John

Here are a few I didnt quite get when I was younger/kid but now LOVE:

2001
Blade Runner
The Shining
Taxi Driver

if i hate a movie the first time around, then i'll never like it ever.

i've had the reverse happen, though...i liked a movie the first time around but ended up hating it.

"the sixth sense" (manoj breaks his own rules, so the movie is a cheat.)
"braveheart" and "the passion of the christ" (mel gibson's despicable behavior while promoting "POTC" made me re-consider supporing a clearly troubled man.)
"close encounters of the third kind" (it was cool when i was a kid, but today, the movie just seems too damn long for small returns.)

Most Kubrick movies. I had friends in high school who were into him, so I watched several of his movies then and, with the exception of Clockwork Orange, I didn't like any of them. Now, being several years older, I have developed a taste and would list many of his movies among my favourites (including The Shining, 2001, and Full Metal Jacket). Still hate Eyes Wide Shut, though.

The biggest for me is 2001.

First time I saw it (I was about 16) I fell a sleep ans swore I would never see it again.

Later (26-28 years of age) I happened to see a HD version of the movie on a big screen. WOW. My mind was changed and I have later come to regard this as a truly master piece and made me enjoy other Kubrick films.

I seem to enjoy slower films much more as I get older. The reward of a good ending is so much bigger if the movie has allowed for a strong character build up.

Uhhhhh...Pathfinder, man when I first saw.....OH WAIT NO I STILL HATE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!

I would have rather scratched my nuts with high grit sandpaper...

I remember hating Cable Guy at the theater and now I love it. It's all about having the wrong preconceptions of what the film will be like and then seeing something totaly different. There have been a lot of movies I liked much better seeing later in my home theater.

ISHTAR

The one film I struggled with for years was "Casablanca". It took me five times before it finally hit me how great this film truly was. The first time through I thought it was boring, too much dialog and I avoided seeing it for years. With occasional viewings on cable, I would actually watch and literally try to force myself to see it for what it truly was. A few years ago I saw it on late night cable and it finally connected with me. Now I absolutely adore it! It truly is a great classic with some of the most memorable dialog in movie history. It's one of the best films to watch when you're just loafing around the TV room on a Sunday afternoon.

Tim,

Better late than never.

John

That Casablanca poster reminds me of this poster...

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[Post edited by Falcon01 on Jun 5, 2008]

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Uhhhhh...Pathfinder, man when I first saw.....OH WAIT NO I STILL HATE THAT MOVIE!!!!!!!!!

I would have rather scratched my nuts with high grit sandpaper...

lol

I couldn't stand Fargo the first time I saw it...but now I love it.

For me, it's not hate, but I just don't get the early Scorcese films...I mean, I LOVE Departed, Aviator and Gangs, but I watched Taxi Driver and Goodfellas, and I wasn't completely sold on those early works...have yet to watch them again...

EDIT: Still yet to watch Mean Streets and Casino, which I both own on DVD...

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[Post edited by mvckalel on Jun 5, 2008]

mvakalel... Taxi Driver and Goodfellas are two of Scorsese's very best! T.D.'s haunting soft-jazz musical score was the last one composed by the legendary Bernard Hermann (and recorded in the studio just before his death) - he's primarily remembered for his other famous scores, for films like Psycho, North by Northwest, Vertigo, The Birds, Cape Fear, Fahrenheit 451, Jason and the Argonauts, Mysterious Island, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Citizen Kane, The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Magnificent Ambersons, etc.

A film that I 'hated' (or just didn't get the first time), but later learned to appreciate and enjoy is David Lynch's interpretation of Frank Herbert's classic science fiction story DUNE (original theatrical edition only, not the longer unauthorized, unedited 'rough' director's cut that Lynch has his name removed from).



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Well this is a little off the thread but I had no interest in seeing The Big Lebowski but was forced to watch it and I liked it.
Does that count?

I thought Young Sherlock holmes was a bit better when I saw it years (and years) later.
I had the reverse experience with Dragonslayer and Back to the Future.

i didnt like kingdom of heaven the first time i sall it, but after watchn it the 2nd time a couple years later, i really enjoyed it. i thought the bourne identy looked stupid so i never really cared to see it, sall it on tv right before the 2nd one came out and was hooked, man was i stupid! lol

"DUNE" IS A MASTERPIECE AND I DON'T CARE WHAT ANYBODY ELSE THINKS!

Hmm, Fargo, Blade Runner, The Mosquito Coast, The Shining (one of my fav's now), The Hulk (E. Bana). Probably some more. Basically, any movie I didn't pay enough attention to the first time for whatever reason.

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[Post edited by italy12 on Jun 6, 2008]

KOTCS ...just kidding, I actually liked it...by the way, I was listening that if KOTCS had been labeled "National Treasure", it would've been the same??

My answer is, there is no single scene in any of the NT movies that I want to watch again (like Indy's boulder, or in the carts, or when Hitler signed his dad's diary), at all, while Indy I do, for the new one (the bike scene, the ants, the waterfalls)...off topic, but kinda fits...

Bridge to Terabithia was another one that when I first watched didn't engage me for some reason. I didn't hate it, it's just that it wasn't memorable at all for me. So the second time I watched it, it was like seeing it for the first time again and I actually enjoyed it very much. Suddenly memorable.

I don't know if this counts but I've had several movies that I didn't particularly enjoy in their theatrical versions, but enjoyed them later when I saw the directors cuts. Miami Vice, Kingdom of Heaven, and Daredevil are some examples.

I agree, Dune gets better every time I watch it. Gattica also.

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I don't know if this counts but I've had several movies that I didn't particularly enjoy in their theatrical versions, but enjoyed them later when I saw the directors cuts. Miami Vice, Kingdom of Heaven, and Daredevil are some examples.

The DC of Daredevil is definitely superior to the original theatrical release. It's like watching a totally new movie.