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What movies have you seen which, upon first glance, you were expecting to be mindless, cheesy, perhaps campy fun...but were pleasantly surprised to discover they had a certain amount of unexpected depth, intelligence and maturity Two for me which spring to mind right now are: Get Carter (2000) The plot sounds pretty simple, revenge movie generic. Bad ass comes home for his brother's funeral. Bad Ass suspects his brother was "taken out". Bad Ass systematically hunts down and does away with the bad guys. I'm a huge Stallone fan so I probably would have enjoyed it regardless. And I was expecting simple shoot em up, car chases, explosive fun....which I got...but I was also surprised to see Stallone give some of his best performances in this movie, particularly in the scenes between him and his niece, as shown here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lwvAeLuMeo&feature=related There's a lot of really strong actors in this movie which lend a certain maturity to it which would otherwise be lacking from your average revenge flick. I haven't seen the original Get Carter from the 70's with Michael Cain so I can't really comment on it. But this one is one of my favorite action movies. Secondly, there's Robocop...Yes, this Robocop: I mean...it's called "Robocop" You know what to expect from a movie title like that right? right? Wrong! When I saw Robocop again for the first time, as a more mature thoughtful movie viewer (more so than I was as an 8 year old anyway :p ) I was surprised to see a very intelligent, well acted, subtle (or maybe not so subtle) social commentary on the Reaganism of the 80's. Strong performances by mostly everyone in this movie also lent it a lot of weight. Peter Weller really gave an emotional maturity to that character which was very unexpected but very welcome. Still remains one of my favorite sci-fi movies. Unfortunately the sequels were....well....pretty much what you'd expect from something called Robocop lol. But I still think this one's a classic So what movies out there are, in your opinion, underrated? Who knows? Maybe there's some gems out there which I haven't seen because I thought I knew what to expect.

Seeing heart shaped donuts at Tim Hortons just pissed me off.. Posted via Mobile Device

Wait, wait, wait......you wear glasses? ......totally having a naughty teacher/librarian fantasy right now.......brb..

These were the life altering albums in my musical "coming of age" Ok I know this one's a "Greatest Hits" kinda thing but it's the first time I ever heard Black Sabbath....so it's got a special place for me

My dream woman is one who happily celebrates and eagerly looks forward to "Steak And A Blowjob Day". The instant I meet such a lady....I WILL marry her! Mark my words! ;)

How do you even find time to do anything else?? :p Congrats, RG!!

Malika does unspeakable thngs to me when we see each other. I iike that. Well I like a lot more about her too but I'm in a particularly "unspeakable" mind frame right now so that's the first thing that came to mind ;) And I just wanted to mention again how much I like that castle guy. A real "Ass Grabber Extrordinaire"!

64 years ago today the music world got a much needed dose of awesomeness which has yet to dissipate :D

I've had many people tell me that I have very orc-like qualities ;)

Did Penelope really reach Goddess status in under 1000 posts?? Penelope your various skills continue to impress and amaze me... ;)

Have a great one! :)

Ok....now I know what I want for my birthday this year! ....ladies? Little help with this one? ;)

I wasn't afraid of monsters under the bed.....I was afraid of clowns under the bed And this song seems pretty appropriate for this thread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yamZk1f0uyw

This sounds like it might be a pretty interesting new TV series http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=86561

Hmmmm.....I think I'll have to check that one out again now. I wasn't a fan when I first saw it but I was just a kid then. There was not enough gratuitous violence and explosions for my liking :p

Not at all. That's why it's a fantasy. I think I stand a better chance of surviving swimming with Great Whites ;) Posted via Mobile Device Additional Comments: Mind you if ever there was a sweet way to check out I think that would be at the top of my list :D Posted via Mobile Device

Aladdin - All good teenagers take off their clothes

I think the only way I could ever do this is if I have headphones in my ears with the John Williams Superman theme blaring! That would be awesome! .........on second thought....maybe not......because then I would forever associate that music with shitting my pants... And then there's THIS fuckin' lunatic who in 1960 free fell from the edge of SPACE! As in OUTER Space! As in "A long time ago in a galaxy, far, far, away; boldly going where no one has gone before" kind of fucking Space! This was his view as he jumped. This illustration is not an exaggeration And here's the actual video of the fall from his POV Totally barf inducing if you don't like heights What. The. Fuck?!

To go diving sans-cage with Great White Sharks like this ......and survive :p To have Malika, SaraMQ and Penelope all to myself for an entire evening......and survive :p

Yup. That's exactly how I got mine. Rambo Papineau!!......well I think it has a nice ring to it... :p Posted via Mobile Device

Oooohh.....Twins from Montreal and Kinky McFreaky under one roof??!.......sorry....it's not my fault. I got terminal MIGS (Mind-In-Gutter-Syndrome) ;) Posted via Mobile Device

No contest. Definitely "Kinky McFreaky"! ;) Posted via Mobile Device