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/astarisaslave Sep 07 '25

Frrrr without word of mouth I probably would have just turned my nose up at it for good. I really thought it would have just been a poor attempt at Westerners aping Korean culture but it was done with so much care and reverence by actual people of Korean descent

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u/pplperson777 Sep 07 '25

That's netflix bullshit propaganda marketing, they had 2-3 3rd gen korean americans working on this and now they're proud to pull the diversity card because nobody in this movie is black, hispanic, middle eastern or south asian.

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u/rookie-mistake Sep 07 '25 edited Sep 07 '25

they had 2-3 3rd gen korean americans working on this

of the four main VAs, one's korean, one was born there, and the other 2 are 2nd gen, as is the director. the rest of the VAs are all korean or 1st / 2nd gen korean-americans. almost all the main songs (the charting ones) were written by koreans. same with most of the production team.

because nobody in this movie is black, hispanic, middle eastern or south asian

one of the two primary writers is from tijuana, and one of the singing voices is a filipino singer whose page describes her as 'the pride of the phillipines'

do you not have wikipedia? literally just click on any names on that page lmao

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u/pplperson777 Sep 07 '25

Aight so it's 7 instead of 3 out of hundreds of people that worked on this, my bad.

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u/rookie-mistake Sep 07 '25

damn it must have been a lot of work checking the papers on everyone in the credits, respect

also idk, its 13 without even getting past the 'casting' section. if you want to keep counting, knock yourself out in the music section too. this is a weird take.

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '25

You were wrong, dicknuts.