Movies that were surprisingly good

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Moon

With a name Like that, I had no idea what to expect but turned out to be a great movie!

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs.

Lucky Number Sleven
Idiocracy

X-Men Orgins: Wolverine
Meet the Robinsons
The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
Toy Story 3
How to Train your Dragon
Probably many more!

Centurion

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.

Originally posted by Esau Cairn
I was disappointed after listening to all the hype.
Gosling played the strong silent type but that shouldn't be mistaken as good acting IMO.
The ending was a let down too...walking away from both the money & woman he cared for.

people were looking for that money.. and he just killed a whole crime "family".. people will be coming after him.. why would he jeopardize the woman he loved and her kid? seems like a good call..

Originally posted by srankmissingnin
The good acting was in his body language and facial expressions, and his ability to sell a scene and characters emotion without dialogue. He nailed it. Gosling should have got a best actor nomination for it. I mean... Clooney in the Descendants? Get out of here, the guy didn't emote a single time! Every time you thought he was about to the scene changed and the film cut to something else.

Limitless. I thought the movie would suck because I hated Bradely Cooper but I ended up loving the movie and not hating Cooper nearly as much. The Eagle for the same reasons regarding Chading Tatum or whatever his name is.

IMO body language & facial expressions can easily be achieved by a good director & cinema-photographer rather than relying on an actor.
Yeah I enjoyed The Eagle too & Channing Tatum is an excellent example of both director & camera-man bringing more depth to his acting skills.

One Day
I didn't think it can be that good, especially 2 leading stars - Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess, especially Anne. So many moving scenes in this movie, especially when Dex told Em that he's getting married. Oh my sister cried a lot seeing this.

Cloverfield
Thor
The Incredible Hulk
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo (not the remake, that was crap).