10 Hilarious Movies That Were Supposed to be Serious

8. Zardoz (1974)

John Boorman had a lot of directorial clout after the success of Deliverance. Sean Connery had just finished up his tenure as James Bond and was looking for an interesting project. Together with a crew and presumably a metric ton of mind-altering paraphernalia, they knocked out this... thing. Connery, wearing an amazing red suspender-monokini getup, tromps around a post-apocalyptic wasteland in which a giant stone head floats around demanding worship, distributing firearms, and decrying the evils of the penis. It's a psychedelic ride, and it's supposed to be a thought-provoking, 2001-ish high-minded piece of sci-fi. Instead, it's just baffling, hilarious, and hilariously baffling. http://youtu.be/YOROvO2fxTc
 
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Dan Schindel loves movies more than you do. He considers it an accomplishment to have survived a year and counting in Los Angeles. Someday, he'll be the greatest critic in the world. He spent a year watching a documentary every day, so now he knows everything.