People Are Sharing Movies They Went Into With No Expectations But Ended Up Loving, And It's Everything

"The previous installment of the series, Batman & Robin, was the only movie I've ever walked out of halfway through, so I went into this new series having seen zero trailers and hearing nothing about it. I just assumed it couldn't possibly be worse than the last one, and was dragged to see it by some friends. It blew me away."

—stoic_minotaur

"That sci-fi flick from last year with discount Tom Hardy (Logan Marshall-Green) and a premise similar to Venom. I knew almost nothing about it, only that it was directed by Leigh Whannell. I ended up immensely enjoying it, and Marshall-Green was great."

—Svarec

"I saw this when it premiered without seeing a single trailer for it. My friend just thought it would be a good movie to see on drugs."

—Halloween_Cake

"I was not a fan of Jonah Hill or Channing Tatum, but so many of my students loved it that I decided to give it a try. I was definitely not disappointed!"

—StuStuffedBunny

"Our kids were little when this came out, and our life was insane. It was one of our first babysitter hires and date nights out. My wife and I simply showed up at the theater with no plan, and saw this. It was the best two hours I'd had in years, and still a favorite of ours just because of the great time it provided us."

—sphinctroid

"I went in assuming it was some fun new movie about robots, but I didn’t realize it was going to be such a mind trip."

—realbigbob

"The original trailers were just some title graphics and the phrase, 'The Fifth Element: It Must Be Found.' All that my friends and I knew going in were: Bruce Willis, science fiction. If anything, we thought it was going to have a more serious tone. We walked out saying, 'WTF did we just see?!' but we all loved it."

—Devonai

"I got early screening tickets, so there were no reviews out to the public. I expected it to be one of those fun action flicks that I would forget about in a couple of weeks. I didn't expect to see one of the greatest action movies of all time."

—PhreedomPhighter

"I really didn’t expect anything going in, and found myself really enjoying it!"

—MilkTeaSwirl

"I'd never read comic books or been into superhero movies, but last year I was looking to start a new movie series and decided to give Marvel a chance. I watched Iron Man and was instantly hooked. I love the MCU now."

—brokendowndryer

"I was totally not expecting to enjoy the movie as much as I did — it's so good!"

—drayd38

"I thought it was going to be a dumb kids movie, but I actually really enjoyed it."

—Variola_Magus

"I thought it was going to be a horrible X-Men movie, but it turned out to be a real emotional gut punch."

—Acceptable_AITA

"I knew nothing about this movie beforehand and hadn't even seen the trailer for it, but there was nothing else to see and my girlfriend thought the raccoon on the poster was cute."

—GustavoAlex7789

"I saw it because what I actually wanted to see wasn't playing at the theater, and I was already there. It might be my favorite animated movie now."

—EAS839

"I expected a cheap cash grab, but instead I left thoroughly entertained and awaiting a sequel."

—TheGilbertGazGrogan

"I didn’t have any interest in it. My date and I were in line to get tickets to see Jupiter Ascending, but she changed her mind and asked if we could see this instead. It was the best movie I saw that year."

—ghost0427

"My friends and I went into the first one as a JOKE. We were all blown away."

—LexSenthur

Some responses have been edited for length or clarity. H/T: Reddit.