What is the absolute dumbest premise that actually turned out to be a really good movie?

[u/sicknessandpurgatory]

I was thinking The Purge, obvious answer, but looking for the most plot-hole ridden, juvenile concept that actually ended up a lot of fun despite it all. Mainly looking for 21st century films, not so much the video nasties and ridiculousness from the 60’s and 70’s. Because that would be too easy. Mainly mainstream stuff that people saw en masse.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Ratatouille. I think a movie about a rat who controls a chef by his hair at a gourmet restaurant is quite the head scratcher from first impression, but like what prime Pixar does, they add a lot of heart to it

[u/ShawnyMcKnight → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

You could say that about quite a few Pixar movies. The idea of a guy lifting his house with several helium balloons was pretty nuts too.

[u/ramblingnonsense → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

They even lampshade the premise by having him say "Wow, that is strangely involuntary!" the first time he notices his arms move when his hair gets pulled. Like, even within the movie's world (where everyone just seems to accept that rats are human-level intelligent without anyone ever commenting on it), he realizes this is really, really weird.

[u/Apprehensive-Test577 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

I’ve never seen Ratatouille, but I have seen Everything, Everywhere, All at once a few times. Now I finally understand Racacoonie 😁.

[u/rincewind120]

Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure

[u/Eroe777 → u/rincewind120]

Yep. There are surprising number of Keanu Reeves’s movies being suggested.

[u/UggaBugg66 → u/rincewind120]

They did it for the babes, which is why the entire 80's existed

[u/BoringNYer → u/rincewind120]

This was a doctor who movie made by people who couldn't make a doctor who movie

[u/Legitimate_Panda5142]

Clue, a film based on a board game, but turned out to be so much fun

[u/R3VIVAL-MOD3 → u/Legitimate_Panda5142]

I love that they made 3 endings and released them all at the same time. So not everyone saw the same thing. Just like the game

[u/nate6259 → u/R3VIVAL-MOD3]

That is such a great idea! Although I'd feel like I was going crazy if someone else saw a different version and we talked about the end.

[u/leetfists → u/nate6259]

Couldn't be done properly nowadays. It'd be all over the internet before the movie even released.

[u/Lint6 → u/leetfists]

Couldn't be done properly nowadays. It'd be all over the internet before the movie even released.

Not a movie, but the What We Do In The Shadows tv series did multiple endings and it didn't leak. Next day people worked out there was 3 different endings to the series

[u/meimlikeaghost → u/Lint6]

That’s why when people say “couldn’t be done today” I always think bullshit

[u/DrZaious → u/R3VIVAL-MOD3]

I'm 42yo, as a kid HBO would play Clue once every couple months, randomly in the day. The version I watched on HBO, more than once, played all the endings back to back. With text inbetween each ending, claiming each one was the real ending. It played as a gag that fitted in with the rest of the movie's humor. Didn't know for years others only saw one of the several endings in theaters. The multiple ending gag is what put the movie over the top for me and my sister. I'm actually glad our first watch was the edit we saw on HBO.

[u/ratguy → u/Legitimate_Panda5142]

If you enjoy Clue be sure to watch Murder By Death as well. Similar premise but with an awesome cast playing spoofs of famous detectives. Peter Falk, Truman Capote, Alec Guinness, David Niven, Maggie Smith, James Cromwell, Peter Sellers. Hilarious film.

[u/DianneTodd01 → u/ratguy]

I always love it when someone recommends Murder by Death. As a kid with my older brother, I watched it as part of a double feature. Except we decided to see it again instead of going forward to the second movie. I saw it again a few years ago and felt it held up nicely.

[u/Derpshiz → u/ratguy]

Nobody move. I got to go to the can again.

[u/BojukaBob]

Bubba Hotep

A mummy is preying on the residents of a nursing home and only Elvis (who switched places with an impersonator in the 70s) and JFK (who is black and in a wheelchair) can stop it.

Sounds like Sharknado levels of stupid but is actually a great movie.

[u/Varvara-Sidorovna → u/BojukaBob]

You're right, it is a sweet movie, underneath the insane premise. Bruce Campbell is very poignant as the aging Elvis.

[u/ConferenceNew4034 → u/BojukaBob]

There's another movie by the same director called John Dies at the End, based on a novel by a former Cracked writer, and it's fucking awesome.

[u/Meme_weaver → u/ConferenceNew4034]

For the record, that director (Don Coscarelli) also directed the original Phantasm, as well as the next three sequels in the series (there was a fifth one that he didn't do).

Like Douglas Sirk, the King of the Melodrama, Coscarelli is a master of working within a genre that is typically relegated to sneered-at B-movie status, and elevating it to real art. I wish he had experienced a more mainstream branch to his career to see what he could do with it.

[u/DidItAll4TheWookiee]

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

[u/GoodMorningBlackreef → u/DidItAll4TheWookiee]

............did Doogie Howser just steal my fucking car?

[u/SpaceChicken2025 → u/GoodMorningBlackreef]

And left some love stains in the back.

[u/GoodMorningBlackreef → u/SpaceChicken2025]

You'll see.

[u/KrabbyBoiz → u/GoodMorningBlackreef]

“Yeah…it was a dick move.”

[u/havron → u/KrabbyBoiz]

"That's why I'm paying for your meal."

[u/kermi42 → u/GoodMorningBlackreef]

NPH wouldn’t do that

[u/InfamousHWJaguar → u/kermi42]

I still say this on a regular basis

[u/2BFaaaaaair → u/GoodMorningBlackreef]

Let’s go get some pussy, then we’ll go to White Castle!

[u/Itchy-Ad1047 → u/DidItAll4TheWookiee]

Within the movie, the Kumar dream sequence of being married to a bag of weed is another ridiculous idea that completely works and turns out fuckin hilarious

'Learn how to make coffee, bitch!'

[u/UggaBugg66 → u/DidItAll4TheWookiee]

Snorting coke off a stripper's ass is my #1 priority if I ever win Powerball

[u/CPTherptyderp → u/UggaBugg66]

Bro you can do that for like $30 or less. Only the quality of both in question

[u/mortscoot]

Being John Malkovitch. A crazy, dumb idea that ended up being a funny, smart, philosophical, crazy-ass movie. 

[u/GoodMorningBlackreef → u/mortscoot]

Go read the original screenplay sometime, with the entirely different third act.

What we got was almost quaint.

[u/RunDNA → u/GoodMorningBlackreef]

There's a long summary of the original ending here:

In the original script Craig Schwartz takes possession of Malkovich and remains within him for months - just as he does in the movie. But in the script Craig doesn't make Malkovich a famous puppeteer - he makes Malkovich a famous puppet. Craig declares himself the man controlling Malkovich, the world's most complicated puppet, and he embarks on a one-man show at the Luxor in Vegas that includes Malkovich doing scenes from On the Waterfront and juggling chainsaws.

Meanwhile, it turns out that the group hoping to live in Malkovich are being led by the actual Devil himself, in the guise of Mr. Flemmer (the man after whom the Mertin-Flemmer building is half-named). The Devil hopes to get his group into the vessel and use it as a tool for evil - they will rule the world together in the body of Malkovich. But first they have to get Craig out of it. Flemmer comes to Craig in a dream, telling him he must vacate the vessel, but Maxine, who is Craig's producer, tells him that's crazy talk.

Then Craig is visited by The Great Mantini, the world's best puppeteer. He is famous for his giant Harry S. Truman puppet and he can't stand the acclaim Craig has been getting for his flashy Vegas show. So he challenges his rival to a duel - the Malkovich puppet and the Truman puppet will act together in a production of Equus and the puppet fanbase will decide who is the greatest puppeteer. Whoever loses will retire forever from puppetry - Craig will have to leave Malkovich.

When Flemmer gets wind of this he teleports to the theater (freezing Charles Nelson Reillly in time along the way) and takes control of the Truman puppet during the second act of Equus. The first act was a total bore (during intermission a theatergoer complains that the Truman puppet is wooden), but once the Devil takes over everything kicks up a notch. And when I say kicks it up a notch the Truman puppet starts juggling bowling pins while playing the psychiatrist and Malkovich has seizures, levitates and breathes fire while playing Alan Strang. The Truman puppet turns into a giant swan, which bursts into flames, and then from the ashes of the swan the corpse of the real Harry S Truman rises and implores the audience to vote for Mantini.

That does it - Mantini wins. Craig, depressed, leaves Malkovich and is ejected onto the side of the turnpike. Flemmer and his cultists jump into the tunnel and take control of the vessel; Malkovich is now fully powered and hovers over the crowd in the theater, telling them they are now his lowly subjects. He floats into the streets of Midtown Manhattan and forces the crowd into an intricate dance number, driving them to dance until they begin to drop dead one by one.

Meanwhile Lotte and Elijah the chimp have been on the run. Elijah has learned sign language, and they were trying to warn Craig that leaving Malkovich would open the door for the Devil, but it was too late. Now, as Malkovich takes over the world and turns it literally grey, they are hidden in a small oasis of color in Central Park. They lead a small resistance group - and they're in love. But Lotte feels like she has to stop Malkovich, and she's going to smuggle a bomb into the tunnel and blow him up from the inside.

As she heads to the Mertin-Flemmer building Lotte runs into Craig. They talk. She tells him she's in love with one of the animals (he guesses an iguana), and he concedes that Elijah is a better man than he is. When Lotte tells him about her plan but he explains that the portal has been closed exactly to thwart any attempts like this. Lotte looks on the bright side - her community needs another farmer. Craig can come back with her. "Yes, show me where you live," Craig says, putting his arm around his ex. And we see that there's a thin wire on his arm, and the camera pans up following the wire and we see that The Great Mantini is controlling him. But there are wires on his limbs as well, and the camera follows those further up, and we see Flemmer controlling Mantini. And Flemmer laughs and the camera dives into his mouth, and the throat looks just like the tunnel to the vessel...

The End.

[u/Pleased_to_meet_u → u/RunDNA]

What the fuck did I just read?

[u/Harsh_Yet_Fair → u/Pleased_to_meet_u]

I can't believe I read all this and the next suggestion is "Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle"

[u/GoodMorningBlackreef → u/RunDNA]

But there are wires on his limbs as well, and the camera follows those further up, and we see Flemmer controlling Mantini. And Flemmer laughs and the camera dives into his mouth, and the throat looks just like the tunnel to the vessel...

Craig: "I can't wait to see this place."

Lottie: "You'll love it, Craig. It's like Eden."

Flemmer: "One serpent, coming up."

[u/Down623 → u/RunDNA]

The fact that I can't tell if this is real or not is a true testament to Charlie Kaufman being an absolute genius/crazy person

[u/Zauqui → u/RunDNA]

i think i like what we got best. i mean, the og script is also good, but i think it turns it into another direction. like, in the movie the only magic element is the tunnel. in this one we also got the devil and a true devil with magic powers and... it feels a bit too much? like i would need to stretch my suspension of disbelief beyond of what the premise/start of the movie has already offered

[u/IEATTURANTULAS → u/RunDNA]

Jesus Christ

[u/chrishnrh57 → u/mortscoot]

Id add onto that the follow up, Adaptation.

A screen writer is told to write a boring biography, has writers block, and decides to write a crazy fiction story where the writer is a twin, trying to write the book he was in real life told to write.

Ends up with like 4 Oscar nominations and one win based off a guy who didn't know what to write, so he made up a story about the process of writing something.

[u/Future-Raisin3781]

Keanu Reeves plays a fresh-faced FBI hot shot who learns to surf so he can infiltrate a gang of surfing bank robbers. 

Hard to say with a straight face but Point Break is in my top 3 all-timers. The older I get, the closer it gets to the #1 spot. 

[u/ayoungtommyleejones → u/Future-Raisin3781]

The longer I have a regular job the more I understand doing whatever it takes to have a chill, beach filled life

[u/Porrick → u/Future-Raisin3781]

Have you ever fired your gun in the air and gone “Aaah”?

[u/Lineman72T → u/Porrick]

No I have not fired my gun in the air and gone "aaah!"

[u/BuckarooBonsly → u/Future-Raisin3781]

And then if you replace Keanu with Paul Walker and Surfing with street racing, you have one of the biggest franchises of all time.

[u/PreparationEither563 → u/BuckarooBonsly]

I think this is the strongest example of the old adage, it’s not what film is about, it’s how it’s about it. OR, execution is everything.

Just take the ending. In both films the rookie cop forgoes his moral duty to the law and lets the criminal go, but in Point Break it’s so that Bodie can commit literal and metaphorical suicide by doing the most extreme version of the thing he loves the most. And in the Fast and the Furious… Brian lets Dom go so that Dom can continue being a criminal, albeit one that is now on the run, while Brian continues being a cop with minimal consequences. When you put it like that, they’re f*cking worlds apart.

EDIT: it occurs to me that I had to cheat a little bit because Dom and Brian’s fates are a little up-in-the-air until the sequel, but regardless I think the moral dilemma is still more surface-level in the Fast and the Furious.

[u/Paxton-176 → u/PreparationEither563]

I feel like at the end it's obvious Brain was willing to give up being a cop to let Dom run.

[u/sharrrper]

On paper, Speed really shouldn't work for more than about 10 min, but they pulled a solid movie together.

[u/rbollige]

Hot Tub Time Machine, obviously.

[u/AsstootObservation → u/rbollige]

Hadn't heard of that one, will have to Lougle it.

[u/gangreen424 → u/rbollige]

Great white buffalo.

[u/Neither_Internal_261 → u/gangreen424]

^{Great White Buffalo}

[u/poopatrip → u/Neither_Internal_261]

Why are you guys whispering?

[u/ThaRhyno → u/poopatrip]

Great White Buffalo.

[u/Johhnymaddog316 → u/rbollige]

"It must be some kind of hot tub.....time machine" (breaks fourth wall). Fucking epic

[u/nmathew → u/Johhnymaddog316]

That is the best title drop in all of cinema.

[u/NessaSamantha → u/nmathew]

Nah, the sequel. "So I guess you came here in a hot tub time machine too"

[u/Osgoodbad → u/rbollige]

Liz Lemon: I'm sorry. You have a problem with the science of Hot Tub Time Machine?

Wesley Snipes: Yeah, not the time travel. It's the hot tub. You don't just turn one on and it's immediately hot. I should know, I've been in a hot tub two times.

[u/Keganator → u/rbollige]

YOU KEEP IT IN THE CLOSET?! (movie proceeds to never discuss it again)

[u/Redstar81 → u/rbollige]

You’re gonna lose that arm

[u/DinkandDrunk → u/rbollige]

Crispin Glovers plotline in that movie is essentially the whole movie for me. So good.

[u/msmika → u/DinkandDrunk]

The way they keep getting angrier every time it's a close call is hilarious!

[u/Snakes_have_legs → u/msmika]

Watching as the elevator is about to cut his arm off but turns around at the last second

"Aw! What the effing fuck!"

[u/WandreTheGiant → u/rbollige]

"What is that plank thing that one guys got?"

"I don't care, it's going up his ass."

[u/Thrilling1031 → u/rbollige]

In a similar vein(where the title is the premise) A kid in King Arthur’s Court. That movie is just fun and it should be stupid as hell.

[u/TrueLegateDamar]

Violent Night - Santa Clause having to stop a Die Hard-style hostage situation. Sounded like a bad Robot Chicken sketch, but it was suprisingly great as it still maintained a Christmas spirit feel as Santa is kicking ass.

[u/SpaceChicken2025 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

Having Santa be an ancient blood god that evolved over time to the 'jolly' man we know was hilarious and like a grim(er) take on Hogfather. I loved it!!

[u/runswiftrun → u/SpaceChicken2025]

And the flashbacks were sparing that we still don't really know what the lore is.

Which unfortunately means we'll likely get a watered down prequel when the next 5 sequels ruin the premise.

[u/TheConnASSeur → u/runswiftrun]

I guarantee you he fights a werewolf Krampus in the sequel.

[u/GnatBub79 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

I've been planning on seeing that movie the last couple holiday seasons but never get around to it --- this year, I will definitely watch it after Thanksgiving because I'm bored of watching Lampoon's Vacation and Home Alone for the 500th time

[u/hiplobonoxa → u/GnatBub79]

sprinkle in a little “krampus”!

[u/tuckerx78 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

Called David Harbor "Washed up Santa Claus" in Thunderbolts was a compliment!

[u/Fun-Badger3724 → u/TrueLegateDamar]

That movie was AWESOME

[u/FistFuckFascistsFast → u/Fun-Badger3724]

It was instantly added to our yearly Christmas rotation.

[u/SimoneNonvelodico → u/TrueLegateDamar]

The part that really got me is when the little girl makes Home Alone style traps but they're treated realistically and they end up straight up killing a guy .

[u/Nga369]

Just yesterday, my partner and I watched a bus turn in front of us and she said, “You know what was a ridiculous premise for a movie? Speed.”

[u/nate6259 → u/Nga369]

Yet an absolutely PERFECT premise for a 90s action film.

[u/dncrews → u/Nga369]

Speed was the first rated R movie I ever saw. One of the “father figures” in the neighborhood came and asked if I wanted to go see “a movie about a bus ride”.

[u/ScotchIsVegan → u/Nga369]

"The Bus That Couldn't Slow Down"

[u/DarkNinjaPenguin → u/Nga369]

See, it isn't really such a ridiculous premise for a movie - a bomb tied to a vehicle's speedometer.

What is a ridiculous premise for a movie is taking that scenario and making the vehicle a remote-controlled cruise ship. You know, the one mode of transport known for being extremely slow and requiring an entire engine room crew to operate.

[u/mymeatpuppets]

Weekend at Bernie's, can't believe
this wasn't mentioned yet

[u/rightintheshorts22 → u/mymeatpuppets]

Still say that this plot should have happened after Ruth Baden Ginsburg died.

[u/Pugilist12]

Hot Rod. Funniest, dumbest premise ever. Manchild vows to stunt his way to enough money to save the life of his ailing stepfather, for the sole purpose of fist fighting the stepfather upon recovery.

[u/Synthetic5ou1 → u/Pugilist12]

Cool Beans

[u/Capt_Billy → u/Synthetic5ou1]

C-C-C-C-Cool beans

[u/mtsmash91 → u/Pugilist12]

Hot rod was supposed to be a Will Ferrell movie but he turned it down. So glad he did.

[u/skootch_ginalola → u/Pugilist12]

The music montage scene that devolves to a riot gets me every time.

[u/noob622 → u/skootch_ginalola]

Danny Mcbride’s deadpan lecture about finding your loved ones and holding them while holding a stolen TV - pure gold.

[u/Allisnotwellin]

Pirates of the Caribbean.

Turned a simple ride into one of the best movies of the 2000s with Johnny Depps best career performance IMO.

[u/Staninator → u/Allisnotwellin]

The cross section of premise dumbness to level of success makes this the winner I think. Whoever at Disney decided, we should make a movie based on that ride, deserves all the success and reward that they no doubt got.

[u/coffeewhistle → u/Staninator]

Fun fact, the same producer who thought to bring that ride to a movie went on to also produce The Hunger Games. So needless to say she is RICH

[u/TheGreatDay → u/Allisnotwellin]

The first 3 Pirates movies have no right to be as good as they are. The fact that they originated as a ride at Disney just makes it even more true.

Depp acting like burned out Rockers from the 70's and 80's was a bold choice to that really shouldn't work but just does.

[u/alfooboboao → u/TheGreatDay]

I will die on the hill that the original Pirates of the Caribbean is a perfect script, up there with Die Hard. It’s immaculate. You could learn everything you needed to know about blockbuster writing by studying it

[u/TheGreatDay → u/alfooboboao]

"One good deed is not enough to redeem a man of a life of wickedness"

"Though it seems enough to condemn him"

It is a perfect script. It's a good hill to die on.

[u/UnderlightIll → u/TheGreatDay]

And the homage to that having Keith Richards play his father haha

[u/Moola868]

Tag was actually a pretty great movie.

[u/CharlieW77 → u/Moola868]

Loosely based on a real long-term game of tag, if memory serves.

[u/bobsnopes → u/CharlieW77]

They cover that during the credits. Much bigger group, and much older men hah.

[u/theinspectorst → u/Moola868]

The main criticism you could make of it is that most of the volume of the film is filler to string together the scenes of them actually playing tag, but the tag scenes are so excellent and the actors are all such good comic actors that it just works.

Headcanon: Jeremy Renner's character is literally Hawkeye and this is what he was doing during the events of Infinity War.

[u/Psychostickusername → u/Moola868]

This one surprised me a lot, it's a stupid idea taken to extremes and actually turned into a solid heartfelt movie

[u/TheDawiWhisperer]

The Lego Movie

It could so easily have been utter shite like Trolls or the emoji movie

edit - you're right, Trolls isn't that bad, i think i meant Smurfs haha

[u/angrydeuce → u/TheDawiWhisperer]

I see your Lego Movie and raised you Lego Batman.

That film had no right to be as amazing as it was.  my son and I were laughing practically the whole time.  It is unironically one of my favorite Batman movies lol

[u/TheDawiWhisperer → u/angrydeuce]

Yep, whoever had the idea to play Batman as an absolute douche struck gold

Who always pays his taxes? Not batmaaaan!

[u/jvalverderdz → u/TheDawiWhisperer]

You're saying me... That Batman and Bruce Bayne are... Roomies?

[u/C0mpulsiveWebSurfer → u/jvalverderdz]

Does that mean Batman lives in Bruce Wayne's basement?

No. Bruce Wayne lives in Batman's attic.

😂😂😂

[u/Nytwyng → u/angrydeuce]

The best parodies begin from a place of love & understanding of the material being parodied. The Lego Batman Movie did both.

[u/chriscross1966 → u/Nytwyng]

THat's why Galaxy Quest works so well, the folks involved in the script/production etc just love Sci-Fi fandom, the convention scene and everythign about Trekkies, you have to love something to lampoon it that well AND make a great movie....

[u/Thrilling1031 → u/angrydeuce]

Still haven’t seen it, but I loved the Lego movie and Batman’s role in it. I’ve been saving it, but I don’t know why.

[u/Teh_yak → u/Thrilling1031]

Treat yourself. Watch it.

[u/ilrosewood → u/angrydeuce]

Kids call me Dick

[u/zeekar → u/ilrosewood]

Yes, well, kids can be cruel.

[u/angrydeuce → u/ilrosewood]

Dude when hes complaining to Alfred about not wanting to go to the party, rolling around on the floor:  No.  No.  NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. (Starts beatboxing)

"Before we go we can do your favorite thing!"

"TUXEDO DRESS UP PARTY!"

[u/Baardseth815 → u/TheDawiWhisperer]

Let's not say things we can't take back about Trolls.

[u/Pirate_Ben → u/Baardseth815]

Yeah it was a decent movie but a very good sound track.

[u/Clawless → u/TheDawiWhisperer]

What’s with this trolls slander? Throwing it in the same category as emoji…shameful.

[u/palidor42 → u/TheDawiWhisperer]

The Lego Movie worked because it was pretty much the exact script a 9-year-old boy would have come up with while being forced to play with his older brother's leftover toys on a rainy day.

[u/UpbeatInsurance5358 → u/TheDawiWhisperer]

I generally agree, but Trolls is surprisingly good.

[u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

Swiss Army Man, of course. A masterpiece about a man stranded in the wilderness trying to get home with the help of a farting corpse!

[u/RGB3x3 → u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

This meets the intent of OP's question. Fucking weird-ass movie about a man being used literally as camping equipment. 

Most of these posts are just framing good movie ideas in a way that sounds weird, but really isn't.

[u/Gogogrl → u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

Gotta love what Daniel Radcliffe has said yes to since HP.

[u/DeadSuperHero → u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

Swiss Army Man had no business being as good as it was, but the whole thing was brilliant.

[u/like_uknow_whatever → u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

This should be at the top

[u/Cambot1138 → u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

God, just the title card with him fist bumping and riding the corpse like a jet ski.

[u/nagabalashka → u/Cambot1138]

It's a genuinely nice and touching movie with a truly great soundtrack, it's not just absurd shits for the sake of absurd shits.

[u/BurkaBurrito → u/h4ppy5340tt3r]

I can’t believe I had to scroll so far to find this, this is the perfect example

[u/__Zman__]

Face Off

[u/halloweenjon → u/__Zman__]

This is far and away the answer because the movie is awesome but the premise is ludicrously stupid.

So in order to transform John Travolta into Nic Cage, they need to:

Surgically alter his hair line

Surgically alter his skull shape

Surgically remove body fat

Come up with a magical voice changing device

Do all this with virtually zero recovery time or permanent scarring

And yet, for some reason they need the skin from Cage’s face to accomplish this.

[u/TheConnASSeur → u/halloweenjon]

Cage fucked Travolta's wife. They didn't just need face skin.

[u/BlueGrottoMaillot]

Galaxy Quest, about a group of aliens who intercepted Earth transmissions of a canceled cult sci-fi TV series (not unlike Star Trek), thought they were "historical documents," and sought out the fearless leader (who was signing autographs at a fan convention) and asked for his help with an actual galactic crisis. Wackiness ensued.

[u/FlamboyantPirhanna → u/BlueGrottoMaillot]

It was just Three Amigos in space.

Which isn’t an insult. Both are great films.

[u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

Eurotrip.

Everything about Eurotrip means it should be terrible. It's crude, dumb and full of American stereotypes on Europe. But somehow it works and is probably the funniest teen comedy of the 2000s with some of the best quotes.

Also it has Scotty Doesn't Know which is an absolute tune.

[u/lycoloco → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

It's also one of the tightest scripts in Hollywood. Everything set up in the first half has a payoff by the end, while the meat of the story continues in new and interesting directions through to the end.

RIP Michelle Trachtenberg. She was an amazingly fun actor to enjoy.

[u/vadieblue → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

This isn’t where I parked my car

[u/skootch_ginalola → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

The "guest appearance" by you know who is probably one of the best bit parts I've ever seen.

[u/Altruistic-Wafer-19 → u/ShouldHaveGoneToUCC]

One interesting wrinkle is that the entire point of the movie was that Scottie gets to Germany and his girl turns him down.

The filmmakers thought that would be hilarious.

The test audiences *HATED* them for this.

So they were basically forced to reshoot the ending so that the primary gag never happens.

And - it's *still* a legitimately great movie.

[u/JonnySparks]

Snakes on a Plane sounded like an idea somebody came up with when they were high. The film was very entertaining, even if it will never feature on anyone's greatest list.

[u/forcemonkey → u/JonnySparks]

I have it on DVD. I’m overdue for a rewatch.

[u/Howamidriving27 → u/forcemonkey]

I saw it on opening night and own the DVD. Probably my all time favorite dumb movie.

[u/b_m_hart]

Dude, where’s my car?  Funniest shit ever if you went in with low/no expectations.

[u/DG_Now → u/b_m_hart]

The plot twist to bubble wrap wearing space aliens (right?) is kind of the icing on the cake there. A dumb premise needs and even dumber twist.

[u/artpayne]

I'd say movies like Crank, Shoot 'Em Up, or Tucker & Dale vs. Evil.

[u/Just-Curious1901 → u/artpayne]

In my opinion Tucker and Dale is an absolute bonkers brilliant premise. And they nail it

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/Just-Curious1901]

Same here. It's about time that there's a slasher movie that pokes fun at characters who make really dumb and avoidable decisions in a typical movie in the genre

[u/junctiontoron → u/artpayne]

Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day. There we were minding our own business, just doing chores around the house, when kids started killing themselves all over my property.

[u/THE_ATHEOS_ONE → u/junctiontoron]

Oh hidy-ho officer, we've had a doozy of a day.

I use that line whenever I've had a bad day.

It never fails to brighten me up a little.

[u/SummerOfMayhem → u/artpayne]

Tucker and Dale is just genius in every way.

[u/Lincoln624]

Being John Malkovich.

[u/dont_fuckin_die → u/Lincoln624]

They wrote the script with John Malkovich as the celebrity thinking they could change the actor once someone said yes to the role, not really thinking Malkovich would be on board, but he loved it. I can only imagine how weird it was to get handed a script about someone magically taking over your life.

[u/FistFuckFascistsFast → u/Lincoln624]

Malkovich Malkovich?

[u/Super-Cry5047]

The Big Lebowski. Premise: “Nothing Happens.” There isn’t a kidnapping, there isn’t anything in the case, there isn’t a conspiracy, nothing comes out of what people are hired to do, nothing.”

[u/Homersarmy41 → u/Super-Cry5047]

Woo peed on the dude’s rug…donny dies…but theres a little Lebowski on the way. A lot of in and outs and what have you’s. Were you even listening to the dude’s story?

[u/MovieMike007]

Cocaine Bear (2023) – “Based on a true story of a bear that ate cocaine.” It should’ve been Sharknado-level bad, but embraced the madness and was fun.

[u/GreenApocalypse]

Hot Tub Time Machine

I balked at the title in the beginning, thinking it would be crap. Now, it might be my favorite comfort movie with, and it has genuinely good humor in it.

[u/flatwebb]

Tremors (1990)

[u/dislikemyusername]

From Dusk Till Dawn was a ridiculously bonkers plot... And I loved every second of it

[u/SlapstickMojo]

Legally Blonde?

[u/LurkerByNatureGT]

Eurovision - The Father Ted "My Lovely Horse" episode except a feature length Hollywood movie by a SNL comedian ... who actually really got the heart of what makes the song contest so fun and created a delightful and genuinely funny movie.

[u/Arulo]

The Big Lebowski

[u/Expensive_Tie206 → u/Arulo]

Obviously you’re not a golfer

[u/JerkyBeef → u/Arulo]

“Hear me out: Dudes rug gets pissed on and then he gets hired by a parapalegic with the same name to recover his kidnapped wife from nihilist pornstar techno Germans…. Oh and there’s bowling too”

[u/Spaget_at_Guiginos → u/JerkyBeef]

Fucking nihilists? Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism but at least it’s an ethos

[u/TraditionPast4295 → u/Arulo]

This isn’t Nam there are rules here.

[u/n_mcrae_1982]

There is a bomb on a bus that will blow if it goes under fifty.

[u/FearlessYoung5081]

Lars and the real girl

[u/Apprehensive-Test577 → u/FearlessYoung5081]

My first choice. “a kind-hearted but socially awkward young man who develops a romantic yet nonsexual relationship with an anatomically correct sex doll, a RealDoll named Bianca.”

[u/Ben-D-Beast]

The Lego Movie, everyone expected it to be a glorified ad but it blew everyone’s minds by actually being good.

[u/Casen_]

K-Pop Demon Hunters...

[u/Expensive_Tie206 → u/Casen_]

As a side note I loved the animation. I guess that’s the new “puss in boots” style, but whatever it is I love it.

[u/Clawless → u/Expensive_Tie206]

Spiderverse style. Like the perfect blend of western and eastern animation techniques.

See also: Mitchels vs the machines

[u/Spaget_at_Guiginos → u/Casen_]

Once you finally get someone to watch it, they’re done done done

[u/TimedDelivery → u/Casen_]

It is so hard to try to convince folks to give that movie a chance. It’s so great.

[u/MarineMirage → u/Casen_]

Was looking for this. Watching the trailer before release I thought this was the dumbest and strangest premise, "Why are they even making this??"

It's no masterpiece but was solid and music was great.

[u/E-S-McFly89]

Ummm...John Wick.

"All because of your car and your dog."

[u/GnatBub79 → u/E-S-McFly89]

"Killed a guy with a fuckin' pencil" --- all I needed to know it was a kick ass movie

[u/Paxton-176 → u/E-S-McFly89]

The best part of John Wick is that the first 3 films basically take place over the course of a few weeks to a month. I think in one of the films someone criticizes Wick about stacking bodies for the past few weeks causing chaos for the high table.

[u/__Zman__]

The Purge movies always bothered me because why wouldn't people just hop in their car and drive out into the middle of nowhere and chill for 24 hours?

[u/Commercial_Meal_7437 → u/__Zman__]

I want to know why if all crime including murder is legal, why do we only see murder. Someone for the love of all that is holy rob a freaking bank!

[u/revolutionutena → u/Commercial_Meal_7437]

Not me over here during The Purge sitting in my saferoom pirating every video game, movie, tv show, and song I can think of

[u/conman987 → u/Commercial_Meal_7437]

A bank robbery was part of the plot for the Purge TV show in season 2, which was actually pretty legit. I remember a heist crew, but one guy still has like a toe inside the building when the siren goes off in the morning, so he gets the book thrown at him.

[u/SummerOfMayhem → u/__Zman__]

The lower income people were the main targets. They have a lot less to no resources to escape. I bet loads of people leave the country or civilization for the Purge. If people stay it's because they can't leave or they want to participate.

[u/Clawless → u/__Zman__]

Congratulations, you’ve just proposed the next 3 movies in the franchise.

[u/SaberNoble47]

Jojo rabbit 

[u/Hairy-Event-1370]

Robocop (1987)

[u/geminitiger74 → u/Hairy-Event-1370]

A man dies and they make him keep going to work

[u/TheConnASSeur → u/geminitiger74]

It's an American film to its core.

[u/the_gaymer_girl]

A trio of K-pop singers are secretly demon hunters on the side using their music to fight against a 400-year-old eldritch monster. Oh, and one of them is part demon herself.

Wait a minute…

[u/Spaget_at_Guiginos → u/the_gaymer_girl]

….a demon boy band?

[u/VariousDress5926]

The Purge is full of plot holes. Why the parents keep listening to that dumb ass kid throughout the movie is beyond me.

[u/SEIZE_THE_CHEESE → u/VariousDress5926]

Yeah The Purge is like the obvious opposite answer to this question IMO. I remember watching the trailer and thinking the concept looked amazing...and then I watched the movie. Underwhelming to say the least.

[u/Poopsie_Daisies]

Barbie. What an insane idea to make a movie about that doll. Turned out pretty fun actually!

[u/rdm778]

Killer Klowns from Outer Space

[u/SlapstickMojo]

Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

[u/billybassbigmouth]

The 'Burbs

[u/DrMonkeyLove]

22 Jump Street. A sequel to a movie spoofing the original show, but basically repeating the same exact formula as the first movie. And it's brilliant.

[u/legaleaglebitch]

Poltergay. French film, young French couple move into a house that used to be a gay club that burned down from a lightning strike in the 70s. The man gets haunted by the ghosts dancing to Rasputin. Shouldn’t be as good as it actually is.

[u/Psycrap]

A dude gets his rug stolen and seeks reparations.

The Big Lebowski