Has there been any movies that were supposed to be TRASH but ended up being a classic?

[semicko82]

Godfather 2 got lukewarm reviews when it came out, but now it's considered by some as the best movie ever

 

[Travellin' Man]

Scarface

 

[Consigliere]

Paper Soldiers

 

[hex]

"Taken". The first one.

Fred.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

"Taken". The first one.

Fred.

Good one. Too bad the original cut is impossible to find or is it? I saw the bootlegg b4 it dropped and had much more violence and blood.

 

[hex]

Good one. Too bad the original cut is impossible to find or is it? I saw the bootlegg b4 it dropped and had much more violence and blood.

Yeah that's exactly what I mean.

I remember the original thread on SOHH that had links to the bootleg months before the movie was officially out.

Fred.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Yeah that's exactly what I mean.

I remember the original thread on SOHH that had links to the bootleg months before the movie was officially out.

Fred.

I have to dig through my crates cuz I think I do have it somewhere. I was mad disappointed when I saw the theatrical version and there were so many cuts.

 

[En Sabah Nur]

Mean Girls
would not have given this 2 minutes of my time unless wifey made me watch it with her

 

[FeloniousMonk]

Good answer. It took me a long time to catch onto it because it was panned critically at the time, but it ended up being a beloved classic.

Also I’m pretty sure Terminator wasn’t supposed to be anything special. Maybe not trash. But definitely was expected to be just another run of the mill sci-fi flick.

I seen this as a kid coming out of my 'scary kid' stage. I hated horror flicks. The mag 'Fangoria' kinda help get over that shyt.

So for me, The Thing was a epic film for the special efx, the storyline, the suspense.

 

[Mowgli]

Dredd (2012)

Raid redemption ripoff

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Godfather 2 got lukewarm reviews when it came out, but now it's considered by some as the best movie ever

It won best pic that year bruh

 

[StraxStrax]

The Hangover. Yet another Todd Phillips directed film. Random bullshyt comedy about 4 dudes in Vegas and it made hundreds of millions

That was a hit no one expected.

 

[Optimus Prime]

The Wizard of Oz

 

[semicko82]

It won best pic that year bruh

Yes I know that, but it got lukewarm reviews by critics in it's initial release.

 

[-DMP-]

I wasn’t around then, but imma take a wild guess and say Star Wars.