Post by Happy Brian on Mar 19, 2018 16:17:58 GMT
I have so many to choose from movies I unexpectedly liked or enjoyed while everyone else hated it. My top three movies that I unironically like include:
Sure, Cars 2 isn't a Pixar masterpiece that many people were expecting, but I unironically enjoy this film for what it was and I watched it with zero expectations. While I somewhat agree with the criticisms that the story was a bit weak (it involves Mater being mistaken for an American spy named Rod Redline as he passed the information he had to him while in the bathroom being attacked by the Lemons. All the while, Mater learns to use his new spy equipment he gets from Finn McMissile and his assistent Holley Shiftwell to try to save his best friend Lightning McQueen from being attacked from the Lemons during the World Grand Prix championship he is competing in) compared to Pixar's other films, I feel that the film had its moments of fun and charm that Pixar is known for and I liked some of the new characters the film introduced (especially Holley Shiftwell, who I thought was a charming and well-developed action girl whom Mater has a crush on throughout the film). I also felt it was great that most of the original cast from the first film (except for Paul Newman's Doc Hudson because Newman passed away in 2008) return and do a good job reprising their roles, as well as the new voice actors hired for the film did a good job too. Plus the film's animation was absolutely stunning as always for a Pixar film.
Bottom-line, while Cars 2 may not be Pixar's best film, I liked this film much better than I expected and it's at least much better than most of Disney's direct-to-video animated sequels I watched as a kid (with the exceptions being The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch).
Both the first and second movie of the Spy Kids franchise.
I absolutely adored both of these movies as a kid (except I hated the third one, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, for its nausea-inducing 3D element that gave me headaches and I didn't like the film's story having little to do with spying) for its at-the-time thrilling action scenes and good stories, but nowadays the action scenes seem silly and over-the-top for my tastes. While I still look at the first two movies as silly childhood movies I liked as a kid, I can't help but like them for their strange charm and humor they still bring me to this day.
Finally, there's the 2000 live-action adaptation of Dr. Suess' classic book How the Grinch Stole Christmas. While I'm aware that opinions on the film are mixed, I absolutely enjoyed Jim Carrey's performance as the Grinch as a kid (I still think it's one of his best performances) and I liked how the film was mostly faithful to the original story while expanding on it to fit the feature-length presentation (the same praise I can't say about the later 2003 live-action adaptation of The Cat in the Hat, one of the worst movies I've ever seen). The film also introduced me to one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time with Faith Hill's song "Where Are You Christmas?" and I also felt that the rest of the film's soundtrack was beautiful. While it may not be one of the best Christmas films out there, Jim Carrey's performance and the film's soundtrack pulls me in to watch it during Christmas time and whenever it's on TV, similar to the 1996 animated/live-action film Space Jam that I still unironically enjoy; it just still fascinates and charms me for some reason other than nostalgia.
Sure, Cars 2 isn't a Pixar masterpiece that many people were expecting, but I unironically enjoy this film for what it was and I watched it with zero expectations. While I somewhat agree with the criticisms that the story was a bit weak (it involves Mater being mistaken for an American spy named Rod Redline as he passed the information he had to him while in the bathroom being attacked by the Lemons. All the while, Mater learns to use his new spy equipment he gets from Finn McMissile and his assistent Holley Shiftwell to try to save his best friend Lightning McQueen from being attacked from the Lemons during the World Grand Prix championship he is competing in) compared to Pixar's other films, I feel that the film had its moments of fun and charm that Pixar is known for and I liked some of the new characters the film introduced (especially Holley Shiftwell, who I thought was a charming and well-developed action girl whom Mater has a crush on throughout the film). I also felt it was great that most of the original cast from the first film (except for Paul Newman's Doc Hudson because Newman passed away in 2008) return and do a good job reprising their roles, as well as the new voice actors hired for the film did a good job too. Plus the film's animation was absolutely stunning as always for a Pixar film.
Bottom-line, while Cars 2 may not be Pixar's best film, I liked this film much better than I expected and it's at least much better than most of Disney's direct-to-video animated sequels I watched as a kid (with the exceptions being The Lion King II: Simba's Pride and Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch).
Both the first and second movie of the Spy Kids franchise.
I absolutely adored both of these movies as a kid (except I hated the third one, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, for its nausea-inducing 3D element that gave me headaches and I didn't like the film's story having little to do with spying) for its at-the-time thrilling action scenes and good stories, but nowadays the action scenes seem silly and over-the-top for my tastes. While I still look at the first two movies as silly childhood movies I liked as a kid, I can't help but like them for their strange charm and humor they still bring me to this day.
Finally, there's the 2000 live-action adaptation of Dr. Suess' classic book How the Grinch Stole Christmas. While I'm aware that opinions on the film are mixed, I absolutely enjoyed Jim Carrey's performance as the Grinch as a kid (I still think it's one of his best performances) and I liked how the film was mostly faithful to the original story while expanding on it to fit the feature-length presentation (the same praise I can't say about the later 2003 live-action adaptation of The Cat in the Hat, one of the worst movies I've ever seen). The film also introduced me to one of my favorite Christmas songs of all time with Faith Hill's song "Where Are You Christmas?" and I also felt that the rest of the film's soundtrack was beautiful. While it may not be one of the best Christmas films out there, Jim Carrey's performance and the film's soundtrack pulls me in to watch it during Christmas time and whenever it's on TV, similar to the 1996 animated/live-action film Space Jam that I still unironically enjoy; it just still fascinates and charms me for some reason other than nostalgia.