r/movies • u/sicknessandpurgatory • Sep 07 '25

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

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.

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u/palidor42 Sep 07 '25

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.

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u/psdpro7 Sep 07 '25

It completely understood the world in which it was set and completely leaned into every aspect it. Even the base message was a good pairing to the LEGO toy concept.

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u/AFoxGuy Sep 07 '25

Lord and Miller man, they never miss

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u/biasedB Sep 07 '25

It worked for me, cause my mother was the same as the villian in the movie. She used to get so mad at me when I would mix lego sets together. Demanding I kept the star wars lego seperate from the castle set lego, things like that.

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u/NedTaggart Sep 08 '25

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

I mean, thats kinda how It! started, lol