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What movie did you love that had a stupid plot but the execution was excellent? (sh.itjust.works)
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[โ€“] 14 points 1 year ago (4 children)

At the risk of being topical, K-Pop Demon Hunters comes to mind. Like, not really a stupid PLOT but a pretty stupid/ridiculous premise. They make it WORK, though. That movie is SO much better than the title gives it any right to be.

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 1 year ago* (2 children)

    My seven-year-old niece showed me that movie.

    I didn't have high expectations going in but it's an absolute banger, largely because of the excellent songs. It is, fundamentally, a musical.

    And yes it's silly, but not in the ways that matter.

    I remember watching an anime years back which has an anthropomorhpic bread bun who is depressed because he came out the oven burnt. He spends his days working a miserable office job and his evenings getting 'drunk' on 'milk', wishing he wasn't burnt so he could dare ask out the girl of his dreams, the beautiful and perfect strawberry bread.

    The guy is literally bread. The premise is as silly as they come, but the characters are real and their feelings are intensely relatable, so it works.

    Demon Hunters is the same show. Main girl is trying to make it with her band, but is secretly worried and self-conscious because she's hiding a terrible secret that she knows would tear her friendships and her life apart. And the movie is about how she comes to terms with herself.

    So yes it's got unbelievable fights, and earth-protecting barriers that are somehow powered by music, and a group of demons that for some reason decide to form a shit-hot boy band (they're very good). But that's not the movie, that's just the vehicle.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 1 year ago

    FWIW, the honmoon isn't powered by music. It's powered by the consciousness/mood of the populace, which is influenced with music. The demons are trying to steal souls so they can attack it directly. Ostensibly, what they've been trying before โ€” such as terrorist attacks on planes as shown in the beginning โ€” hasn't been as effective. So they're trying something else.

    It's supposed to be about how music brings people together.

    Now, how the demons take souls by getting people to listen to this other band... that's not as clear. I'd think Soda Pop bringing people together would have the exact same effect on the honmoon as Golden bringing people together, but what do I know?

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 1 year ago

    I remember watching an anime years back which has an anthropomorhpic bread bun

    Wait until you hear about 'Bernd das Brot'.
    A animated handpuppet that runs the evening program on a children tv channel.
    Thing is: The bread is depressed, is a connoisseur (translated term) for woodchip wallpaper and always tries to get away from the show.

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