10 Movie Concepts That Shouldn't Have Worked (But Somehow Did)
A Joker origin? WITHOUT BATMAN?!?!
There's no telling just what brilliant idea will take the movie world by storm next, which is quite a cool statement when you think about it.
Today the planet is obsessed with superheroes battling with or against each other, whereas tomorrow we could find ourselves praising robots in disguise... oh, wait we did that already... but, you get the point!
Cinema lends itself to the most outlandish of ideas that - in any other platform - simply could not work and often fans find themselves scratching their heads, wondering how they ever became so invested in a little baby tree - before going online to buy the Funko POP Baby Groot vinyl figurine.
When you do eventually get a chance to sit back and look at the bare bones of your favourite films, you may find yourself questioning whether you would have even bothered walking into the cinema if someone had read you the full synopsis beforehand.
When directors and screenwriters are given free rein to create something completely unique, the initial pitch can sometimes sound completely ridiculous. But thankfully, the ten ideas on this list were thrown into production anyway and subsequently produced movie gold, so let's have a gander at a few Movie Concepts That Shouldn't Of Worked (But Somehow Did)...
10. An Animated Comedy About Lego (The Lego Movie)
Long before everything was 'awesome', the idea of piecing together a film based around the titular bricks - that had infiltrated households for decades - seemed like a bold move.
2014 was the year that saw sequels to beloved animated features such as How to Train Your Dragon and Rio. So, to bring out an original animation during this period and allow it be directed by the same guys who brought us 21 Jump Street, was downright insane.
Yet, the risk paid off and the team of Chris Miller and Phil Lord crafted an absolute riot of a family-friendly movie, lacing their signature wit into the colourful universe that had been magically realised on screen. The effects were ground-breaking yet deliciously simplistic and the fact that the film's original song, 'Everything Is Awesome', found itself nominated for an Academy Award was as hilarious as any of the glorious one-liners found in the flick.
The sequel couldn't quite re-capture the same magic as its predecessor, but the fact that this miracle was pulled off once was enough to make serious stars of Miller and Lord - throwing their names into the conversation of best duo-directors in the game.