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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? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 21 hours ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"

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

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[–] hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 56 points 20 hours ago (4 children)

"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.

[–] sxan@midwest.social 19 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

Such a great movie!

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

[–] hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 9 points 19 hours ago

That's a real treasure! Very nice.

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Jealous!

[–] sxan@midwest.social 8 points 19 hours ago

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.

[–] feinstruktur@lemmy.ml 3 points 15 hours ago

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

[–] lattrommi@lemmy.ml 2 points 16 hours ago

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."

[–] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 20 hours ago

One of my all time favorites, so quirky