Disliked to Liked
1. Lost in Translation - I absolutely, 100% as much as humanly possible HATED this movie when I first saw it. Not only did it not hit a single one of the expectations that were laid out by the hype, nor did I like it as a movie aside from that. Then, for whatever ungodly reason (maybe, fate?), I sat through it again a few weeks ago. Now, I don't LOVE it - but I do admire it and I think the atmosphere and performances are actually pretty great. I like it.
2. Shaun of the Dead - I don't like zombie movies - or really, horror movies in general - so I wasn't IN to the whole SotD thing when I watched it with my mindless, gore loving friends. It wasn't until I watched it alone, untainted by idiocy, that I was able to really appreciate how funny and well-made this movie was.
3. The Truman Show - I initially thought that this was the end of Jim Carrey's career. Now looking back on it, the atmosphere created for this fake world was awesome. It's hard to describe, but they captured a world that was actually surreal by being so very normal. Throughout the whole movie, even before he has ANY idea that he is a TV show, Truman Burbank SEEMS like he's different from everyone else and it's actually more subtle than I remember.
4. Gone With the Wind - ha ha, this is funny to me. I HATED this movie throughout most of my life. But I guess I was immature, looking back on it. Now that I'm older, I really appreciate the complexities of the Scarlett/Rhett relationship and appreciate how impacting it probably was when it first came out. Rhett Butler is, quite simply, the man.
5. Babel - I thought it was okay when it first came out on DVD. The more I turned it over in my head and THOUGHT about it, without actually having to watch it again, I realized that I really did like it a lot. I bought it today for 8.99 at Best Buy as such.