re: Movies with really bad ideas/premises that completely nailed it.

Posted by mindbreaker

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 8:12 am to elprez00

Zombieland.

Posted by mizzoukills

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 9:07 am to VeniVidiVici

quote:
Including Tupac!

Yeah, I included that in the very first sentence

Posted by lacajun069

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:32 am to mizzoukills

Heathers..

Posted by Ace Midnight

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:38 am to elprez00

The overall plot of The Ref was fairly cliche and silly - I'm not going to say it was "terrible" - but close enough to your hypo to count - mainly because the wonderful cast just nailed it - Leary's best film performance, casting Spacey and Judy Davis as a couple was absolutely BRILLIANT and they delivered. The writing and acting of this dark(ish) comedy gets an A+.

Posted by dnm3305

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:43 am to Ace Midnight

Face/Off
Red Dawn (original)
Field of Dreams
Harry and the Hendersons
Speed (you know you love it)

Posted by LoveThatMoney

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 10:49 am to dnm3305

quote:
Red Dawn (original)

Completely disagree. The premise is fricking fantastic. The execution was campy, standard 80s crap. Didn't see the new one, but Red Dawn is a spectacular concept, imo.

Posted by mizzoukills

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:15 am to LoveThatMoney

quote:
Completely disagree. The premise is fricking fantastic. The execution was campy, standard 80s crap. Didn't see the new one, but Red Dawn is a spectacular concept, imo.

Posted by LoveThatMoney

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:20 am to mizzoukills

quote:
mizzoukills

You fricking Commie!

Posted by AlxTgr

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:30 am to dnm3305

quote:
Red Dawn (original)
Field of Dreams

Those were great ideas.

Posted by CadesCove

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 11:44 am to elprez00

Tremors

Posted by magildachunks

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 12:32 pm to CadesCove

quote:
Tremors

You're joking right?

Awesome premise.

Really grabs you.

Posted by mizzoukills

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:04 pm to LoveThatMoney

LoveThatMoney

quote:
You fricking Commie!

Calm down, Money. Either go watch Nothing But Trouble or join me in the upcoming MSB thread "St. Louis Cardinals are More American than Sweet Tea."

Posted by VeniVidiVici

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:05 pm to mizzoukills

quote:
Yeah, I included that in the very first sentence

I see that now. D'oh!!

Posted by JOJO Hammer

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:10 pm to VeniVidiVici

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story

Posted by mizzoukills

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:24 pm to VeniVidiVici

quote:
I see that now. D'oh!

I admit that you certainly Homered that up a bit...

Posted by Hester Carries

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 2:29 pm to elprez00

Basically any good movie that uses a McGuffin as a plot driver.

The Big Lebowski
Dude Wheres My Car?

Ill add one that i thought would be terrible but killed it. Pirates of the Caribbean. Imagine if they announced "Its a Small World" movie and then it went on to become a top 10 grossing movie franchise of all time.

Posted by mizzoukills

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 3:13 pm to Hester Carries

It's a Small World is without a doubt the scariest ride in the world.

A movie rendition would be horror for sure.

Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time

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Posted on 3/17/15 at 3:31 pm to Thurber

But Seinfeld wasn't actually about nothing. The early episodes were about how a comedian gets his material and the later episodes were about ridiculous social customs and such.