Well, I had very low expectations for The Hunchback of Notre Dame before I watched it, but ended up loving it.
Also, I had quite low expectations for 2001: A Space Odyssey. Mainly, because critics haven't been very light on it. Often, mainstream crowds don't understand the first 30 minutes of the film, which is about the dawn of man, and the apes stumbling upon the monolith (which is a huge, black, rectangular object), which supposively gives them the power to attack with bones. Possibly one of the greatest scenes is in that part, where one of the apes takes a bone, and starts smashing a pile of elephants bones to ochestra music.
Also, I had a bit of a beef with A Clockwork Orange for quite a while. The first time I ever watched it, I watched the first 5 minutes and turned it off. I thought it was just going to be one of those old 60's films that is hardly likeable. Boy was I wrong. Definately my all time favorite film, now. It just basically defines the way I feel about pretty much everything. I'm not really violent like that, but it's still an amazing movie.
