10 Awesome 2018 Movies Everyone Thought Would Suck
Bumblebee delivered the goods.
One of the great joys of being a film fan is watching a movie that, on paper, looked like a pile of hot garbage, yet ultimately turned out to be anything but.
2018 certainly had its share of surprisingly awesome movies, which either due to poor marketing or a simple lack of audience interest in the premise, invited basement-low expectations.
These 10 movies all seemed like they were destined for mixed-to-negative reviews at best and to be quickly forgotten long before the year was even over.
But as it turned out, each confounded those confident predictions and turned in some of the finest genre entertainment of the year.
Seriously, if you decided to sleep on any of these films because they looked generic, dull or straight-up terrible, they're absolutely worth a second look.
If nothing else, they're a potent reminder that it's smart to keep an open mind about even awful-looking films, because you never know when they just might surprise you...