Premise / Execution

Submitted by AJDaGreat on Fri, 06/13/2003 - 06:44
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  • Movies With Great Premises But Horrible Execution of Said Premise
  • The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Great characters from classic literature get together to fight crime? Sounds good to me! I haven't seen it, but it got horrible reviews.)
  • Loose Cannons (Dan Aykroyd plays a schizophrenic whose personalities are television characters? Buy me a ticket! Oh, but wait, this movie is horrible.)
  • The One (Killing alternate versions of yourself can make one stronger, so evil Jet Li goes on a killing spree? The premise sounds awesome, but this movie got horrible reviews.)
  • Prizzi's Honor (Hit man and hit woman in love? And they find out they've been contracted to kill each other? Sounds great! But this movie is really bad.)
  • Sour Grapes (Larry David directs a Seinfeld-esque dark comedy about two brothers feuding over a Vegas win? Sounds hilarious! But guess what - it sucks.)
  • Movies With Uninspiring Premises But Excellent Execution of Said Premise
  • Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (thanks to professor)
  • Casablanca (If you think about it, the premise of this movie is rather uninspiring. But the movie turned out amazing.)
  • It Happened One Night (Runaway rich girl meets newspaper reporter? Ehh... But it turned out awesome thanks to a hilarious script and great performances.)
  • Speed (thanks to professor)
  • Talk to Her (Yeah, two women in comas. So what? But it turned out to be one of the best movies of recent years.)
Author Comments: 

I haven't quite gotten this list underway quite yet, but I promise I'll think of some good additions over the weekend. Feel free to make suggestions in the meantime.

professor06/14/2003


Movies With Uninspiring Premises But Excellent Execution of Said Premise:

Speed
The Matrix
Bob and Ted

AJDaGreat06/14/2003

I'm gonna have to disagree with you on "The Matrix", I think the premise is very cool. But I'll put the others up.

dgeiser1307/13/2003

What is Bob and Ted?

AJDaGreat07/13/2003

You know, come to think of it, I have no idea. The IMDB doesn't have a movie with that title... were you thinking of "Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice", professor? Or the only other one I could think of would be "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure."

professor07/13/2003


bill & ted
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Well spotted ! &nbsp Perhaps I was thinking of Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice.

I meant of course those two classics from Keanu Reeves dude:

bill & ted's excellent adventure &nbsp and the sequel &nbsp bill & ted's bogus journey.

I find my scrambled egg of a brain continually prevents me from making intelligent postings !