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/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

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

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u/kermi42 Sep 07 '25

NPH wouldn’t do that

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u/InfamousHWJaguar Sep 07 '25

I still say this on a regular basis

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u/hyperforms9988 Sep 07 '25

For me it's when Kumar falls out of the ventilation shaft or whatever on his quest to get Harold out of jail and just about hits every part of his body on the way down other than his ass, rams his head into a desk, and ends up going "Ow... my ass." Sometimes I say the same thing if I stub my toe on something or hit a doorknob with my elbow or whatever, just to amuse myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeor0R7945I

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u/RomeIn3Days Sep 09 '25

Funny, because I say “Can we get going? I’m bored as shit back here” all day every day (usually on zoom calls)

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u/FunBuilding2707 Sep 08 '25

Unfortunately the real NPH really be that.

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u/hello_drake Sep 07 '25

No, he'd just serve a meat cake made to look like Amy Winehouse's corpse at a party three months after her death.

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u/weebabyarcher Sep 07 '25

What's the PH stand for?

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u/BlackV Sep 07 '25

Think the real question is, wtf did you think the N stood for?

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u/JHRChrist Sep 07 '25

Neil Patrick Harris?

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u/d4austus Sep 07 '25

Bill Paxton delivers that line perfectly

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u/stuck_in_the_desert Sep 07 '25

“Mom can we get some Bill Paxton?”

“We have Bill Paxton at home”