Re: Movies you hated the first time, but liked later?

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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-JIMI McLovin (the Voodoo Child)

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.