TV/Movies Megathread

[Ideologue]

The six sense is a rip off a kids scary show episode, so his one good movie isn't even his.

Lots of things are rip-offs of other things.  Doesn't matter.

[HVC]

The whole I'm a ghost and don't know it is a pretty big rip off lol

[CountDeMoney]

Daniel Day-Lewis is Lincoln :

He's gonna drink the South's milkshake. SLURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRPPPP.

[garbon]

I'm beginning to think that really he's not that good a film maker.

Beginning to?

As far as The Village, he got accused of plagiarism as its plot was very close to that of a children's book that was around at the time.

[Viking]

I liked the sixth sense, but all the rest of his stuff is useless apart from the Bryce Dallas Howard perving. Yes, I have a thing for red-heads.

[garbon]

The six sense is a rip off a kids scary show episode, so his one good movie isn't even his.

Lots of things are rip-offs of other things.  Doesn't matter.

Actually it does matter as like I posted he was outright accused with The Village. Shitty movies that are cribbed from other sources? 

[Viking]

I'm beginning to think that really he's not that good a film maker.

Beginning to?

As far as The Village, he got accused of plagiarism as its plot was very close to that of a children's book that was around at the time.

I wouldn't have minded if he had made a good movie while plagiarizing the plot of a children's book. The author of the book might have had some issues, but that is an issue for the respective lawyers not me.

[garbon]

I'm beginning to think that really he's not that good a film maker.

Beginning to?

As far as The Village, he got accused of plagiarism as its plot was very close to that of a children's book that was around at the time.

I wouldn't have minded if he had made a good movie while plagiarizing the plot of a children's book. The author of the book might have had some issues, but that is an issue for the respective lawyers not me.

That's basically what I said in my next post, so yeah I agree.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Unbreakable was pretty good.

[Josephus]

I'm beginning to think that really he's not that good a film maker.

Beginning to?

As far as The Village, he got accused of plagiarism as its plot was very close to that of a children's book that was around at the time.

Nothing on IMDB's trivia about that:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368447/trivia

It does say it was inspired by Wuthering Heights and King Kong

[garbon]

Well go to wikipedia / google. There are news articles about it.

[Drakken]

It does say it was inspired by Wuthering Heights and King Kong

I'd buy that for a dollar.

[Malthus]

It does say it was inspired by Wuthering Heights and King Kong

The narrative centres on the all-encompassing, passionate, but ultimately doomed love between an early Victorian lady and a gigantic ape, and how this unresolved passion eventually destroys them and the people around them? 

[garbon]

M Night:

http://movies.about.com/od/thevillage/a/night072004_3.htm

I had this "King Kong" idea, which was you come across this group of people who are doing their chores and incorporated in their chores are these rituals to keep them safe from creatures. Then they go back to doing their chores and it's very normal. And it made me very curious about those people. So I had that, and then they offered me "Wuthering Heights" with these two amazing actors to do. Triple-A list actors in both roles. And I read the book again and I was like, "This is the greatest book ever! No to the movie, but I'm going to write my own period piece." And so in a way, I guess I get inspired by books a lot. You know, like if I read a book I go, "Wow, this is kick-ass."

to that and the rest of the interview

"Oh jeez"

[Barrister]

I just realized I must have completely blocked The Happening from my mind.  I was wondering what the movie you were talking about was, so I googled it and only then realized I had seen it.

Pretty attrocious, but put me down for Lady in the Water was worse.