Yeah, I totally agree. When you go into a film having seen all the trailers and read loads of reviews, it sometimes colours your judgement and means you enjoy something a lot less than you thought you would. Sometimes only the greatest movies can live up to the hype.

Of course, it can work the other way. If all the reviews say a film is dreadful, it lowers your expectations and you sometimes enjoy a below par movie more because you were expecting less than you get.

I can't remember the last film I saw without reading loads about it, but one that sticks in my mind from a while back is South Park: Bigger, Longer, Uncut. I'd not really watched much of the tv show and knew nothing about the film, but went along anyway because my boyfriend wanted to see it. I laughed through practically the entire movie! Would it have been as good if hundreds of people had told me to go because it's fantastic? Hmm... probably

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If its a film i want to see, i tend not to listen to the hype. I'm usually less disappointed/happier that way.

To this day I cannot quite believe I managed to go and see 'From Dusk 'till Dawn' without the slightest clue of what it was about. All I new was it written by Tarantino. So imagine my surprise when it all kicked off. My mate and I came out of the cinema in a daze going 'What the F__??' It was great...

The first moive i avoided ALL information about what There's Something About Mary i would go spare if anyone started reading out reviews, the night i went to see it with Slayerslut and Gothboy I laughed so hard i snorted popcorn out my nose.....i wasnt even eating popcorn. *eurgh*

I've found in recent years that if someone tells you a film is awesome it aint that good, i was told Goldmember was amazing and funny by several people and when i saw it i really didnt think much of it ('cept that seth Green's character mad me laugh) BUT i also had several people tell me MIB2 was complete and utter trash i went and saw it anyway and enjoyed more then i thought i would so now i TRY not to give any views 'cept "go see it" and i try even harder not to listen to what people think about films and just make my own mind up.....which is easier now as i work in a cinema so yey free films.

I think a film that kinda proves the point is "The Blair Witch Project" Peeps in the US who went to see it not really knowing much about it except it was a 'documentary' loved it and were very scared by it. By the time it reached these shores it was hyped to hell and everyone knew that it wasn't a documentary - as a result a lot of people went in expecting too much of it. Personally i loved it and <edited> my pants at the end - though this was kinda helped by the guy i was sat next to who'd seen it the night before grabbing my arm at *exactly* the right point to make me jump even higher out of me seat

I totally agree - this happened to me with Reign of Fire (see other thread) I hadn't read anything about it, I just saw the dragon and was sold As a result I enjoyed it more than I would have done I think.

The hype with the AOTC made me worried especially surrounded by so many big SW fans. As it happens, I really enjoyed it for what it was, an entertaining film. I really don't give much credit to loopholes or flaws in continuity. I just go to see a film to relax and enjoy it.

Even though Harry Potter 1 was a children's film, I still thoroughly enjoyed it