14 Movies That Sounded Like Terrible Ideas but Somehow Turned Out Great (Ranker)
"Over the last couple of decades, filmgoers have had to get used to movies with crazy concepts filling up the theater marquee. Films based on childhood toys, theme park rides, or even emojis have been springing up with greater frequency each passing year. Executives have learned that IP and nostalgia sell. And similarly, just like marketers after the Old Spice ads, they've learned that flat-out weird can sometimes sell, too. There is a certain freedom in a bad film premise. Unlike the flip side, there's nothing to live up to. The movie can be as weird and wild as it wants. Because, at the end of the day, The Lego Movie was expected to be bad anyway. So, the best thing to do is embrace that freedom and weirdness and make something unlike anyone's ever seen before. Normally, that's probably not going to turn into a standout movie. But occasionally, it might actually be pretty great. This is a list of films that defied the odds and turned bad ideas into legit movies." - ranker.com
avg. score: 8 of 14 (56%)
required scores: 1, 5, 7, 9, 10
