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"I Refused To Watch It On Principle": 25 Movies And TV Shows People Thought They’d Hate, But Ended Up Really, Really Loving
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“I was expecting a generic military movie with a bit of sci-fi that glorifies the army. Instead, I got a movie with a hunting alien killing soldiers left and right.” Former 9-to-5 tech worker turned content writer with a passion for all things pop culture, TV, and film! What’s the movie about: After Doctor Strange casts a spell making everyone forget who Peter Parker was, Peter (Tom Holland) has to continue being the web-slinging protector, Spider-Man, all by himself. What’s the show about: A young Australian blue heeler dog named Bluey goes on fun adventures along with her parents, Bandit and Chili, and her younger sister, Bingo. What’s the show about: A former American college football coach, Ted Lasso (Jason Sudeikis), is hired to coach an English football team, A.F.C. Richmond. What’s the show about: The origin story of Cassian Andor (Diego Luna), and how he eventually came to be the loyal Rebel Alliance spy. What’s the show about: A high school chemistry teacher, Walter White (Bryan Cranston), who, after being diagnosed with lung cancer, begins producing and selling meth with former student Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul). What’s the show about: After losing their fortune due to company embezzlement, the Rose family is forced to move to a motel in the small fictional town of Schitt’s Creek. What’s the show about: The employees at Lumon Industries undergo a procedure called “severance,” which splits their memories between work and their personal life, creating two separate identities: the “innie” and the “outie.” What’s the show about: The Belcher Family, consisting of Bob and Linda and their three children, Tina, Gene, and Louise, while running a burger restaurant called “Bob’s Burgers” in New Jersey, go on all different kinds of wild adventures. What’s the show about: Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a chess prodigy, rises to the top of the competitive, male-dominated world of chess while struggling with addiction. What’s the movie about: An unhappy middle-aged housewife named Evelyn Couch (Kathy Bates) befriends an elderly woman named Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), who tells her the story of Idgie Threadgoode (Mary Stuart Masterson). What’s the show about: Set in the fictional fantasy realm of Westeros, where multiple noble families fight for the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms or for their own freedom. What’s the show about: Self-proclaimed pirate Monkey D. Luffy sets sail with his Straw Hat Pirates crew across the Grand Line to find the “One Piece” and become the next King of the Pirates. What’s the movie about: After stealing a powerful, mysterious orb, space outlaw Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) is forced to work with fellow criminals, Gamora (Zoe Saldaña), Rocket (Bradley Cooper), and Groot (Vin Diesel). What’s the movie about: Emmet Brickowski (Chris Pratt) is an ordinary LEGO minifigure who is believed to be “The Special,” a master builder destined to find the Piece of Resistance and use it to stop the superweapon known as the Kragle. What’s the show about: Quirky elementary school teacher Jessica Day (Zooey Deschanel) finds herself moving into a loft with three men after discovering that her long-term boyfriend is cheating on her. What’s the movie about: While on parole, Millie Calloway (Sydney Sweeney) is hired to become a live-in maid for the wealthy Winchester family, who are hiding a lot more than they let on. What’s the show about: The employees’ daily work lives at the Scranton, Pennsylvania, branch of The Dunder Mifflin Paper Company, led by their incompetent manager Michael Scott (Steve Carell). What’s the show about: Brothers Sam (Jared Padalecki) and Dean Winchester (Jensen Ackles) hunt down supernatural beings, such as demons, in search of the creature who killed their mother. What’s the movie about: A Staff Sergeant, identified as 81 (Alan Ritchson), encounters an extraterrestrial killing machine while on a training exercise. What’s the show about: In a dystopian future where Earth has become uninhabitable, the remainder of humanity is forced to live in a massive underground silo spanning 144 levels. What’s the movie about: The cast of a popular fictional television series, Galaxy Quest, accidentally becomes involved in a real interstellar conflict with aliens. What’s the movie about: After their beloved shepherd, named George (Hugh Jackman), is poisoned to death, the sheep band together to solve his murder. What’s the show about: A group of five morally corrupt friends co-own a struggling bar known as Paddy’s Pub in South Philadelphia. What’s the movie about: After undergoing an experimental treatment that gives him mutant healing abilities that were supposed to "heal" his cancer — but leaves him with a scarred appearance — Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds) hunts down the people who experimented on him and becomes the antihero Deadpool. What’s the show about: A group of six friends living in New York goes through the everyday challenges of adulthood, from their careers to romantic relationships.
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