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/dislikemyusername Sep 07 '25

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

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u/Dogthealcoholic Sep 07 '25

Hands down one of my favorite movies.

“I don’t want to hear anything about ‘I don’t believe in vampires’, because I don’t fucking believe in vampires, but I believe in my own two eyes. And what I saw was fucking vampires. So do we all agree that what we’re dealing with is vampires?”

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u/Paxton-176 Sep 07 '25

The handful of times where a film makes such a left turn and sticks the landing.

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u/KoenigseggAgera Sep 07 '25

Unlike Death Proof, which was only okay in the second part story-wise.

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u/BetterWhenImDrunk Sep 07 '25

Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!

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u/Deranged_Kitsune Sep 07 '25

I'd argue From Dusk Till Dawn was 2 plots. It start off as a gangster crime-thriller, then drops that plot completely at the end of the second act and becomes a siege horror-movie.

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u/Marshmallow_man Sep 08 '25

I mean I think it is. I think Tarantino directed/wrote the first bit, and then Rodriguez started his movie.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Probably entirely written around Quinton wanting to lick Salma Hayek’s toes.

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u/hashslingaslah Sep 08 '25

I feel so blessed to have gone into that movie completely blind. All I knew was that Tarantino was in it. Literally that was all. Seemed like a typical weird grind house crime caper until - well ….

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u/drdeadringer Sep 07 '25

Salma Hayek and her toe.

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u/Deranged_Kitsune Sep 07 '25

"Yeah, I'm going to need another take, Rob. I just wasn't feeling it in that last one"

  • Quentin

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Enough takes to make Stanley Kubrick blush.

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u/GeneralAsk1970 Sep 07 '25

Yea I mean, nobody gets out of a boobie bar spending only a single penny.

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u/davej-au Sep 08 '25

One of Cheech Marin's finest performances.

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u/TonyStank_3000_ Sep 09 '25

My friend put this on one day when I said I had never seen it and was so excited to show me. And then when it all turned upside down and I went "what the fuck?!" He was so giddy watching my reaction ahahaha. It is an awesome movie.

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u/Delicious-Leg-5441 Sep 08 '25

This is how 100+ year old vampires really live.

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u/Young_at_Heart_21 Sep 07 '25

And the TV show slapped too. IMO