All of them.
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Right? You'd be better off asking which movies wouldn't be better? That's a tricky question.
UHF is the only movie that wouldn't be better with Weird Al as the lead, because it's already there.
That's correct!!! And now for your prize....
YOU GET TO DRINK FROM THE FIRE HOSE!!!
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Melania
Holy hell I would watch the hell out of that. Bonus points if they redo the whole thing scene by scene.
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Lot of interesting answers here, but for me, the obvious choice is "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"
On their second channel, the Epic Rap Battles guys post reaction videos to suggested matchups. One of their dream matchups is Willy Wonka vs Pablo Escobar with Weird Al playing Wonka but they're afraid he'd say no because of the gratuitous drug references that would be involved.
Rambo, Duh.
Indiana Jones.
I would love to see him as a John Wick style character.
Alternatively he and Jack Black could bring back the Blues Brothers
Alternatively he and Jack Black could bring back the Blues Brothers
You have my full attention.
We have a quorum. Calling warner brothers
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Being John Malkovich.
I want a movie based on the craziest shit Al has done in his life but told in a BJM parody called Being Al Yankovic.
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Idk about better but I need a LOTR trilogy like this.
That would be interesting. Because he'd play it completely straight. You'd be expecting the joke, but, nope, it's just that Weird Al is Aragorn.
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“I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you!”
scene fucking EXPLODES into a high tempo musical number
If they remake Spy Hard like they did with Naked Gun, let him do the theme song and the lead role.
American Psycho
Edit: I had almost forgotten about this: https://youtu.be/Fk15H6PjBis
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yes
are we talking 80s dorky al or today's "can pull off serious" al?
if it's the former, death wish 3.
if it's the latter, mandy.
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Titanic with Al as Rose.
Annie, the musical.
Joker (2019)
Fight Club as the narrator. Easy to imagine him snuggling Bob's giant tits.
Project Hail Mary
James Bond. At least the recent ones.
Star Trek The Motion Picture, but with Weird Al as V’Ger.
Die Hard would be fun
Justice League, but with Weird Al as Wonder Woman.
Mean Girls
Eraserhead.
Muppet Treasure Island, but only if he played it straight like he was actually Kermit
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The Hobbit trilogy
Evil Dead 2. The original.
Instead of a chain saw, he replaces his hand with a floppy accordion and smashes the tree demon on the head with it.
Machete
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