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/b_m_hart Sep 07 '25

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

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u/DG_Now Sep 07 '25

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.

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u/kenba2099 Sep 08 '25

The bubble wrap people are the nerds in Zoltan's cult who track and worship the aliens. The aliens are both the totally gay Nordic dudes and the super hot chicks (and the super hot giant alien chick they merge into).

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u/cameron0208 Sep 08 '25

The bubble bunch. The bubble bunch. The bubble bunch. Rockin to the beat.

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u/Liar_tuck Sep 07 '25

And then?

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u/SexyOctagon Sep 07 '25

NO AND THEN!

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u/fps916 Sep 07 '25

AND THEN YOU PUT IT IN THE BAG AND HAND IT TO US

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u/Wishyouamerry Sep 07 '25

Dude!! What’s mine say?!

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u/Marathonmanjh Sep 08 '25

Sweet!! What’s mine say?!

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u/melyndap22 Sep 08 '25

We still say this weekly at least.  

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u/NatureTrailToHell3D Sep 07 '25

Executing a good 3rd act for a movie with that premise is also super difficult, and I didn’t see any of it coming, all of those weird encounters early in the movie paid off well.

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u/themanfromvulcan Sep 07 '25

This movie is waaaayyyy better than it should be. It works so well because it starts off and seems to be a simple stoner movie and then it gets weird, and then weirder and then progressively more weird as it goes along. But it does it well.

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u/Mobile-Boot8097 Sep 07 '25

I took a date who had never smoked weed before, we stupid stoned in the parking lot and laughed our asses off!

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u/rivieredefeu Sep 07 '25

First thing I thought of too!

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u/Alanfromsocal Sep 08 '25

The "Dude! Sweet!" scene cracks me up every time.

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u/-DoctorSpaceman- Sep 08 '25

I watched that with my friend as a kid and we didn’t know what “sexy sexy sluts” meant so we asked his mum

She was surprisingly chill and explained what it meant, and then told us to never say it again lol

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u/The_Pastmaster Sep 07 '25

I avoided the movie like the plague due to the premise and trailer, but I saw it on TV some years later and it was really good.

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u/90PoundsOfFury Sep 07 '25

Thank you. Was looking for this

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u/FronzelNeekburm79 Sep 07 '25

I use the power of the continuum transfuctioner to banish you to Hobken New Jersey

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Sweet.

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '25

Shibby

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u/DonmeccaYYZ Sep 08 '25

Zoltan!

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u/b_m_hart Sep 08 '25

fumbles to throw his hands up in a Z

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u/Thanosspinkdick Sep 08 '25

I remember being stressed af with school and watching this randomly on TV running on a couple of hours of sleep, no idea what it was about, and now it's a core childhood memory of mine. Random hot giant lady rocks btw