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.