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Old 07-10-08 | 09:47 PM
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Movies with wacky premises?
I just caught "Time After Time" on HDNet.

sort of a meh flick, but the premise, of Jack the Ripper using HG Well's time machine to go to "present day" 1979 San Francisco has got to be one of the goofiest premises ever for a movie...
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Old 07-10-08 | 09:50 PM
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The Dark Knight

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Old 07-10-08 | 10:13 PM
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Nothing, from the director of Cube.
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Old 07-11-08 | 05:32 AM
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Fight Club.

One moment you are saying, "that's absolute genius!" Then the next second you are saying, "WTF?!!?!?!"

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Old 07-11-08 | 06:44 AM
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Brazil, Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation.
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Old 07-11-08 | 09:20 AM
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I assume "wacky" refers to both good and bad premises, so here's two awful ones:

Weekend at Bernie's
Weekend at Bernie's II
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Brazil, Being John Malkovich, and Adaptation.
Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
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Those Lord of the Rings flicks were pretty wacky.
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A lot of Andy Warhol films, like Empire and Sleep.
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Anything directed by Guy Maddin.
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Old 07-11-08 | 06:13 PM
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Human Nature, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
I didn't think Eternal Sunshine was that wacky of a premise really. And Human Nature I can't remember much of.
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Old 07-11-08 | 06:24 PM
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