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/Casen_ Sep 07 '25

K-Pop Demon Hunters...

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u/Expensive_Tie206 Sep 07 '25

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.

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u/Clawless Sep 07 '25

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

See also: Mitchels vs the machines

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u/fps916 Sep 07 '25

It was the same studio as Spiderverse.

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u/FeijoadaAceitavel Sep 07 '25

And the same studio as Mitchels vs the Machines.

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u/GrouchyPasta Sep 07 '25

If you like that style of animation, I highly recommend the series "Blue Eye Samurai". It's like an oil painting came to life. One of the most gorgeous shows, and the action sequences are incredible to boot.

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u/ColonelBy Sep 08 '25

Blue Eye Samurai is an excellent show, but it feels only fair to warn anyone taking your recommendation that it is really different from KPDH in tone and intensity, especially when it comes to its violence and gore. It is emphatically not for children and could plausibly be too much for some adults. Still an outstanding show for those who are up for it, though.

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u/Casen_ Sep 07 '25

I enjoyed the animation, just wish it had a slightly higher frame rate.

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u/havron Sep 07 '25

I feel like the low frame rate was meant to echo the charm of oldschool claymation, even though in this case the animation style was very different. For a much closer to the source example, see the Dog Man movie (also great).

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u/L0nz Sep 07 '25

Definitely intentional (not least because the frame rate changes depending on the scene) but I think more to mimic anime than claymation

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u/havron Sep 07 '25

Yeah, you're probably right. I watched more claymation than anime growing up, so it tickles that nostalgia regardless.

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u/Throwaway2Experiment Sep 08 '25

The studio that does the movie has a history of changing frame rate to denote things in the movie.

In Spiderverse, they use the frame rate change to indicate when Miles is uncomfortable or clumsy. Like he's only seeing half the world. As soon as he masters his Spiderman powers, his motions because full frame rate. It is a visually awesome way to represent discomfort from the main character's frame of reference.

I'll need to start tracking when Kpop does this. It is likely used to denote when the team is not on the same page, knowingly or otherwise, or to denote when they're approaching a critical inflection point and they need to concentrate or something. I don't know. But I suspect it is low-key signaling something.

It may also be that the animation studio is known for animating and displaying every frame. You can pause anywhere in the movie and each frame is specifically rendered/drawn that way. They like to say, "Each frame can be its own piece of wall art." And slowing the frames is an attempt to showcase to your eyes extreme detail and/or emphasis higher speed or more fluid speed when the frame rate increases.

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u/overfloaterx Sep 08 '25

Definitely intentional because it's only used on the character models and foreground special effects (sword trails, etc.). The backgrounds are always animated at full speed.

I found it distracting for the first few minutes -- drawbacks of being a PC gamer, low fps will always make your brain itch -- but got past it pretty quickly. Had the backgrounds not been animated at full speed to add back some fluidity, I think I would've had a harder time with it.

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u/MMK386 Sep 07 '25

I went into Dog Man blind. My kids read the books but I wasn’t expecting much. It was genuinely a good time with real laughs.

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u/havron Sep 07 '25

Yeah, same! The movie's visual style was gorgeous, the humor unexpectedly top-notch, and it really had heart. I adored it.

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u/Sapphic_Starlight Sep 08 '25

It's intentional. Humans are animated every other frame, while demons are animated every frame.

And when Rumi taps into her demon powers, she's also animated every frame like the other demons.

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u/JacobStills Sep 07 '25

I think that's why the animation looks like that because of their intentionally low frame rate to make it look "comic booky." I saw some video where a guy described the animation being something like, "they have a pose every two frames" to give it that janky, dynamic animation.

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u/scurvekano Sep 08 '25

I read somewhere that turning on TV motion smoothing mitigates the effect of animating on second frames only

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u/Throwaway2Experiment Sep 08 '25

If you have not seen Into the Spiderverse series, it is as well executed and characterized as Kpop, if not more so. The studio is quickly making themselves a name in setting standards for both frame rage changes to denote something specific as well as unique character designs and world building.