Friday, 19 August 2022
Meet the JournalistsPremiumAucklandWellingtonCanterbury/South Island
CrimePoliticsHealthEducationEnvironment and ClimateNZ Herald FocusData journalismKāhu, Māori ContentPropertyWeather
Small BusinessOpinionPersonal FinanceEconomyBusiness TravelCapital Markets
Politics
Premium SportRugbyCricketRacingNetballBoxingLeagueFootballSuper RugbyAthleticsBasketballMotorsportTennisCyclingGolfAmerican SportsHockeyUFC
NZH Local FocusThe Northern AdvocateThe Northland AgeThe AucklanderWaikato HeraldBay of Plenty TimesHawke's Bay TodayRotorua Daily PostWhanganui ChronicleStratford PressManawatu GuardianKapiti NewsHorowhenua ChronicleTe Awamutu Courier
Covid-19
Te Rito
Te Rito
OneRoof PropertyCommercial Property
Open JusticeVideoPodcastsTechnologyWorldOpinion
SpyTVMoviesBooksMusicCultureSideswipeCompetitions
Fashion & BeautyFood & DrinkRoyalsRelationshipsWellbeingPets & AnimalsVivaCanvasEat WellCompetitionsRestaurants & Menus
New Zealand TravelAustralia TravelInternational Travel
Our Green FutureRuralOneRoof Property
Career AdviceCorporate News
Driven MotoringPhotos
SudokuCodecrackerCrosswordsWordsearchDaily quizzes
Classifieds
KaitaiaWhangareiDargavilleAucklandThamesTaurangaHamiltonWhakataneRotoruaTokoroaTe KuitiTaumarunuiTaupoGisborneNew PlymouthNapierHastingsDannevirkeWhanganuiPalmerston NorthLevinParaparaumuMastertonWellingtonMotuekaNelsonBlenheimWestportReeftonKaikouraGreymouthHokitikaChristchurchAshburtonTimaruWanakaOamaruQueenstownDunedinGoreInvercargill
NZ HeraldThe Northern AdvocateThe Northland AgeThe AucklanderWaikato HeraldBay Of Plenty TimesRotorua Daily PostHawke's Bay TodayWhanganui ChronicleThe Stratford PressManawatu GuardianKapiti NewsHorowhenua ChronicleTe Awamutu CourierVivaEat WellOneRoofDriven MotoringThe CountryPhoto SalesNZ Herald InsightsWatchMeGrabOneiHeart RadioRestaurant Hub

Advertisement

Advertise with NZME.
Entertainment

Dominic Corry: Movie ideas so ridiculous they can't be real, right?

6 Jul, 2016 07:00 AM3 minutes to read
Gerard Butler, Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans are all set to star in some ridiculous-sounding movies.

Gerard Butler, Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans are all set to star in some ridiculous-sounding movies.

NZ Herald
These upcoming movies may seem far-fetched but they are very real. Well, except one of them.

It may seem like a moot point in a world where The Lego Movie is a revered modern classic, but movies are starting to sound especially ridiculous these days.

With increasing frequency, descriptions of upcoming films read like 'fictional' movies from Entourage or some scathing satire of Hollywood frivolity. These are ideas that are so insanely on the nose that they couldn't really be movies, except they are.

For this blog, I am going to cite several upcoming films that sound too ridiculous to be real. I will also include one made-up film - see if you can spot it amongst the other, actual movies.

Skyscraper

Following a string of recent hits, Dwayne Johnson has finally become the King of the Blockbuster he was always destined to be. His next big project sounds like a made-up movie. Plot details are being kept under wraps but we can discern that this is basically The Towering Inferno + The Rock + China.

Advertisement

Advertise with NZME.

More and more blockbusters are incorporating Chinese elements to appeal to the increasingly important market, and this film's Chinese setting is perhaps the biggest gesture yet. San Andreas struggled to seem like a proper movie at times, but Skyscraper is a step beyond. Still, it's totally real.

Moontide

Chris Evans (Captain America) is attached to this high-concept disaster movie, one of a frankly crazy number of upcoming projects driven by moon-centric ideas. The moon is so hot right now.

Moontide's plot concerns a Space-X type private rocket company who are secretly excavating rare minerals from the core of the you-know-what. When an explosion in the mine pushes the the moon ever-so-slightly off its axis, it creates a "super tide" that threatens to flood the entire American continent - from Alaska to Cape Horn. Evans will play a member of the Coast Guard who suddenly no longer has a coast to guard. Sounds ridiculous right? REAL.

Nine Lives

Judd Apatow's film Funny People had a lot of fun in naming the fake movies that its main character, a comedy star named George Simmons (Adam Sandler), supposedly starred in. This upcoming Kevin Spacey movie sounds like one of those fake movies. He plays a workaholic dad who learns parenting lessons after he is magically changed into a cat. What is this? 1971? No. It's 2016 and this is a real movie.

Geostorm

Gerard "Basher" Butler is at his best when kicking or stabbing bad guys in the head. So I just hope he gets to do some of that in this upcoming ecological disaster movie from Independence Day co-creator Dean Devlin. The painfully generic title and concept seem inspired by the fake trailers that opened Ben Stiller's 2008 comedy Tropic Thunder.

Remember Scorcher?

Related articles

Entertainment

Review: Labyrinth of Lies 'skilfully handled'

24 Jun 03:30 AM
Entertainment

Movie review: Finding Dory

26 Jun 03:11 AM
Entertainment

The Rock's new movie is exactly what you think it is

30 Jun 03:30 AM
Entertainment

Movie review: The Legend of Tarzan

02 Jul 10:30 PM

If Geostorm doesn't feature Gerard Butler kicking a tornado in the head, it's existence will not be justified.

Monster Trucks

This is not a film about trucks that are so big you could call them monsters. This isn't even a film about trucks that change into monsterous robots. This is a film about trucks that have big slimy monsters inside them, "driving" them in a vaguely sexual manner. That must've been some brainstorming session. Monster Trucks has the rare distinction of sounding like it's based on a ridiculous toy line or a cartoon, but isn't. It is, however, very real.

Advertisement

Advertise with NZME.

Advertisement

Advertise with NZME.

Latest from Entertainment

EntertainmentUpdated

Supermodel Linda Evangelista poses with face 'taped back'

18 Aug 10:48 PM
Premium
Entertainment

New Glorivale doco shines a light on our darkest issue

18 Aug 10:00 PM
Entertainment

A-list star quits public life amid health battle

18 Aug 09:56 PM
Entertainment

Pete Davidson will barely appear on The Kardashians

18 Aug 07:57 PM
Entertainment

R Kelly's alleged child sex tape victim set to testify

18 Aug 07:33 PM

Most Popular

Mid-air horror: Panic on Air NZ flight from LA as masks drop, emergency declared
New ZealandUpdated

Mid-air horror: Panic on Air NZ flight from LA as masks drop, emergency declared

18 Aug 10:55 PM
Live: 400+ Nelson homes evacuated; Far North town isolated after slips
New Zealand

Live: 400+ Nelson homes evacuated; Far North town isolated after slips

18 Aug 10:41 PM
Murder charge after death at property in South Auckland
New Zealand|Crime

Murder charge after death at property in South Auckland

18 Aug 09:43 PM

Advertisement

Advertise with NZME.
About NZMEHelp & SupportContact UsSubscribe to NZ HeraldHouse Rules
Manage Your Print SubscriptionNZ Herald E-EditionAdvertise with NZMEBook Your AdPrivacy Policy
Terms of UseCompetition Terms & ConditionsSubscriptions Terms & Conditions
© Copyright 2022 NZME Publishing Limited
TOP