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Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 hours ago

What is a movie that "looks like" it would suck, but actually is well written and acted and a good time?

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What is a movie that "looks like" it would suck, but actually is well written and acted and a good time?

Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 12 hours ago
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I’ll start: “Happy Death Day”

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/

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    “The Adventures Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension” 1984

    Great script, great cast, young Johnathan Lithgow and Christopher Llyod, Peter Weller in one of his best rolls, and bonus Jeff Goldblum as they new guy.

    Whole thing is still a perfect package, looking like a B movie you’d totally skip.

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      Thank you. I still watch the end credits from time to time. Brings back these sweet eighties memories!

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      Such a great movie!

      I got this at a DragonCon. They did a pre-release showing and gave these out to the audience.

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        That’s a real treasure! Very nice.

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        Jealous!

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          I’m lucky it’s survived so long. I got it in HS, and in between:

          • Did a tour in the Army
          • Went to college
          • Lived in Germany
          • Have moved over a half dozen times

          So many valued possessions have gone missing in that time, due to roommates and sheer carelessness, it’s a minor miracle it’s still with me. The only original possession I have that’s older is a Bloom County Opus plushy that I got in junior high.

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      I like to think of it as a sci-fi movie sequel/equivalent to the short story (but not the movie) “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty.”

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      One of my all time favorites, so quirky

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