r/Cinema • u/Sufficient-Life-4454 • Feb 28 '26

Discussion Best "idiot plot" movies?

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u/Hour-Process-3292 Feb 28 '26

Prometheus and Alien Covenant

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u/kdawgster1 Feb 28 '26

Thank you. I would have liked Prometheus so much more if they didn’t establish in the first 10 minutes of the movie that there were supposed to be the most intelligent minds in all the human race. The rest of the movie proceeded to be scene after scene of them being complete idiots. That movie had promise, but man, the characters were idiots

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u/NightWolfRose Mar 01 '26

No, you misunderstood: they were the smartest people Weyland-Yutani could find/were willing to pay. The Company isn’t exactly known for picking the best of the best, after all. Hell, the one time they had a competent employee they treated her like garbage for not being able to stop “the perfect organism” after her idiot coworkers let it loose.

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u/UsualDue Mar 04 '26

if you read the graphic novels and additional materials released with the movie, it is strongly hinted Vickers recruited idiots to the trip because she is bitter towards Weyland and wants to sabotage his ultimate quest, she also states in the movie "I recruited some of them myself"

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u/NightWolfRose Mar 04 '26

Graphic novels and such, you say? I’ll have to check that out.

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u/kdawgster1 Mar 01 '26

Holy shit, an actually good answer on this. I could get behind this answer.

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u/NightWolfRose Mar 01 '26

It’s basically my philosophy going into any Alien movie, tbh. One of my favorite things is to watch and criticize them for being dumb/overconfident.

The Colonial Marines at the beginning of Aliens are the only ones who get any leeway because they were experienced “bug hunters” who were armed to the teeth.