Compleley different to what I expected

[BX3]

I was thinking about getting a thousand suns (unfortunatly I was unsure aboutit and money is tight so I went with Asylum instead) whcih was stupid Becuase I let a bunch of haters change my opnion

anyway first time I herd the catalyst I really really liked it, and I can see that they are trying somthign new, trying to get away from their old style/image

Well if you do decide to get it, be warned. Despite my praise, the CD isn't for everyone clearly. LP hasn't gone back to their roots, and it isn't just an album you can listen to while playing video games or something. I mean, it has some good singles like Catalyst and When They Come for Me, but the CD pretty much has to be heard in its entirety to be appreciated the first few times through. Still, shouldn't be much of a problem given the entire CD is just about 43 minutes long.

 

[Terminate421]

The first time I saw How to Train Your Dragon

I first expected it to be a shitty, pop-cultural reference mess, but wow was I wrong, its now on my top ten list of movies.

 

[AmrasCalmacil]

True Grit, I expected more gunfights, what I got was akin to a road movie with cowboys, I suppose. I still enjoyed it though.

True Grit was amazing. I really liked how, even without a lot of action, they managed to make what action there was really tense and exciting. The accurate depictions of the guns, and making them incredibly loud was one of the best parts.

I know exactly what you mean, not only are we used to guns in media making little popping noises, and because of the suddenness and loudness of the violence you jumped out of your skin every time it occurred.

 

[Hero in a half shell]

The Shawshank Redemption, I was only about 15 and didn't really know who Stephen King was. My sister said it was a good movie, so one Friday when my friends were all at a house party and I couldn't go, I got a bowl of popcorn, sat down and watched the dvd. I was absolutely blown away. One of the best movie experiences I have ever had.

 

[Elvoret]

Uhh...

An iPod. I thought it would be an un-negotiatable piece of junky failiure. Turns out it works.

Oh, and anchovies. Man, I thought they'd be terrible, but they're just an aqquired taste. So long as they're an ingredient and not the only thing you're eating. They aren't as salty as capers, but they're saltier than salt somehow.

 

[Vault101]

I was thinking about getting a thousand suns (unfortunatly I was unsure aboutit and money is tight so I went with Asylum instead) whcih was stupid Becuase I let a bunch of haters change my opnion

anyway first time I herd the catalyst I really really liked it, and I can see that they are trying somthign new, trying to get away from their old style/image

Well if you do decide to get it, be warned. Despite my praise, the CD isn't for everyone clearly. LP hasn't gone back to their roots, and it isn't just an album you can listen to while playing video games or something. I mean, it has some good singles like Catalyst and When They Come for Me, but the CD pretty much has to be heard in its entirety to be appreciated the first few times through. Still, shouldn't be much of a problem given the entire CD is just about 43 minutes long.

I had a listen to all the tracks

its quite different but not bad, my favorite is Blackout

theres the one called wisdom justice and love which is actually pretty terrifying as this guys voice is slowly morphed into some terryfiying robot machine thing

 

[Vault101]

The Shawshank Redemption, I was only about 15 and didn't really know who Stephen King was. My sister said it was a good movie, so one Friday when my friends were all at a house party and I couldn't go, I got a bowl of popcorn, sat down and watched the dvd. I was absolutely blown away. One of the best movie experiences I have ever had.

the interesting thing abotu shawshank is that allmost ANYONE you talk too, no matter what their taste in movies, be it good or bad will say this is one of their favorites or at least a really good film

 

[Slenn]

Around the World in 80 Days (the one with Jackie Chan) I expected something half passable. What I got was one of the biggest piles of cinematic tripe I've ever seen.

That's interesting, I enjoyed it and my parents thought it was better than the original Around the World. Although if I see it again, I might not like it as much.

OT: I thought that Roadhouse was rated R for its intense violent action and swearing. Turns out it was something MORE than just that.

 

[Astoria]

Dispicable Me

I was expecting it to be come kiddy movie and was really surprised. I LOVE that movie, it's hilarious.

 

[michael87cn]

Lost Odyssey - I hated this game, I literally forced myself to play it because it was my only game that I owned that I hadn't played a million times over.

The gamestop guy raved about it, reviews rave about it, fans raved about it on all of these message boards.

I drooled over the videos of it because I like turn based JRPGs. But the game was so boring, I groaned repeatedly whenever I started it up in an effort to finish it (so I could sell it back to Gamestop).

I got to this one part on disc 3 where you have to run through a crowd of people and literally every step forced you into a random battle, but the game had taken away all of your team members and left you weak as hell; I had used up all of my potions so every battle was really getting closed to forcing me into a game over screen however, I made it through it (a crowd of people about 15 ft in size, took about 30 minutes to run through because of random battles) and what is my reward? a 3 hour sewer-puzzle with levers and gates.

UGH! I had made it to disc 3 of 4 and couldn't stand it any more. The game threw anything and everything it could at you to try to prolong its game life artificially, it was just so bad. The dream sequences were great text stories but most people don't buy games to read a book. I didn't find the gameplay or story appealing enough to suffer through for the great dream-stories.

Plus, most JRPGs give you a wide selection of characters to choose from to increase replay value. Lost Odyssey assumes you're going to love ALL of the characters and take time away from progression the story to grind ALL of the characters up. WHY it assumes this is beyond me but it likes to switch around your characters and force you to play with a different party setup constantly throughout the game. Don't like a character? Didn't bother leveling it up? Guess what... you have some grinding to do. Get stuck with more than one character you didn't bother leveling? (the chibi pre-teen twins are this for most people) now you have to start over, because you're too weak to fight random battles and bosses wipe the floor with you. Thanks for taking away my party members, game!

Okay that was way too much ranting about one game... I wanted to do several but I'll just have to be thankful with the one.

Edit: Okay can't resist, Oblivion disappointed me. I'll go into detail if someone asks why.

 

[RagnorakTres]

My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

I'm surprised and slightly disappointed that no one has mentioned this yet. I StumbledUpon a clip from one of the episodes on YouTube and, well, this was my reaction verbatim:

"What the hell is this girly shi...*three minute pause, punctuated by occasional chuckles*...I'm entertained. Why is this entertaining."

I was also extremely surprised at how much I enjoyed both Cool Hand Luke and The Sting. I don't usually really enjoy classic movies, even if I can see why they're good, objectively, but those two just impressed me beyond any movies I'd seen before in the genre and I can confidently say that they're both in my top ten.

 

[Lilani]

Where the Wild Things Are (the movie) was really different from what I expected. I wasn't expecting so many psychological metaphors, and I had hoped for a bit more whimsy.

 

[Mr. Eff_v1legacy]

IRNBRU!!

I thought it was going to be great and I was wrong...IT WAS AWESOME!

That stuff is delicious.

 

[Cool Welshy]

Band Hero.
"YAY! a Guitar Hero game with American Pie in it! let's play it!"
Five minutes later
"THEY CENSORED THE WORD WHISKEY! WHO THE HELL WOULD GET OFFENDED BY THE WORD WHISKEY!"

 

[deleted_by_strongbad]

Where the Wild Things Are, I watched it trying to figure out if it'd be something my daughter would like, 20 years ago I really liked the book so it could be cool to watch next time I picked her up for the weekend. Man if that movie wasn't pretty much just 2 hours of "Be an entitled brat, run away after acting like a jackass, cause social strife among the natives, when you discover how to fix the problems ignore the situation and go home leaving them in chaos, never admit any wrong doing to yourself or others, and when you come back your smug, self-satisfied smirk will be rewarded with fawning and a mongo slab of chocolate cake."

The Fourth Kind, I was expecting a cheesy piece o' crap. Pretty much what I expect any more from any horror that is touting the 'based on a true story' malarkey. Gotta say that movie kinda disturbed me, it could all be completely fabricated/photoshop'ed and it'd still be the haunting display of a woman degrading into a hollow jibbering husk.

Porcupine Tree, found them when I was 17, bought their live cd because I was bored with my music and thought the cd cover looked kinda cool. I was blown away by the music and it pretty much changed my perception on music as a whole.