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What is a movie that "looks like" it would suck, but actually is well written and acted and a good time? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 day ago by Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I'll start: "Happy Death Day"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5308322/

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[–] ChocoboEnthusiast@leminal.space 158 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Originally, Pirates of the Caribbean. A movie made because of a Disney ride seemed like a stupid idea.

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago

Johnny Depp fucking carries that franchise.

He nailed Jack sparrow so damn hard I can't picture anyone else in that role. It sets the pace of the movie too.

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 11 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I just think of it as a live action Monkey Island.

[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Does that actually work? I have only played the 1st 20 minutes of Monkey Island lol

[–] nailbar@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 hours ago

They have a lot of similarities.

According to wikipedia, Monkey Island was inspired by the Pirates of the Caribbean ride, and Pirates of the Caribbean was rumored to be based on a cancelled script for a Monkey Island movie.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago

The first one was fairly clever in that they had probably 50 years of collective ideas and inspiration to work off of. It's a story that needed to push no boundaries and hold to established tropes, with no expectations because it was a ride: perfect for Disney.

Now when Disney gets their hands on an established franchise full of expectations...

[–] JillyB@beehaw.org 7 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Wait...the movie is based on the ride, not the other way around?

[–] ChocoboEnthusiast@leminal.space 10 points 18 hours ago

Dude, way to make me feel old lol.

[–] JoeyJoeJoeJr@lemmy.ml 5 points 16 hours ago

They updated the ride after the movies, so... It's kind of circular at this point.

[–] pixelkitty@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The first one was my obsession when it came out in dvd