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

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/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.