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NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:26 PM
Knocked Up and Juno

Volcano and Dante's Peak

The Truman Show and EdTV

Armageddon and Deep Impact


This is fun, come up with more.

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:30 PM
Back to the Future and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure... okay, they were a few years apart, but still...

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:32 PM
Hows about 16 Blocks, and at least the first half of Die Hard 4? Now they even had the same actor in the same role!

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:34 PM
Antz and A Bug's Life

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:35 PM
Turner & Hooch and K-9

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:35 PM
Braveheart and Rob Roy

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:38 PM
ahhhh Wyatt Earp and Tombstone

Juan
02-04-2008, 08:39 PM
How about all the shitty "scary" movies that come out, like The Eye.

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:44 PM
The Cave and The Descent

NeanderCarl
02-04-2008, 08:45 PM
The Illusionist and Magicians (even though, as I understand it, one was drama, the other a comedy... I really ought to check out Magicians too, Mitchell and Webb are amazing)

Boondock Saint
02-04-2008, 08:48 PM
Never heard of Magicians, but The Prestige came out shortly after The Illusionist.

The Genius
02-05-2008, 12:12 AM
camp nowhere and heavyweights

Blitz
02-05-2008, 12:19 AM
What do Juno and Knocked Up have in common other than a character being pregnant.

Blitz
02-05-2008, 12:22 AM
27 Dresses and Cloverfield.

Since they both have female characters.

ron the dial
02-05-2008, 12:33 AM
American History X and Pi

Jura
02-05-2008, 12:49 AM
I read or watched something about this on TV. And usually they make a lot of money this way. Maybe to give an alternative or something.

El Fangel
02-05-2008, 01:01 AM
American History X and Pi


There is like 6.86 between them, what the fuck?

27 Dresses and Cloverfield.

Since they both have female characters.

:lol:

ron the dial
02-05-2008, 01:06 AM
watt

El Fangel
02-05-2008, 01:14 AM
watt
Between X (10) and Pi (3.14)

There is approx. 6.86

ron the dial
02-05-2008, 01:18 AM
o rly

El Fangel
02-05-2008, 01:52 AM
o rly
Srsly

Dave Youell
02-05-2008, 04:02 AM
Finding Nemo/Shark Tale

Spiderman/Superman Returns :shifty:

ct2k
02-05-2008, 05:26 AM
Wyatt Earp and Tombstone is the most obvious to come to mind

Also Goodfellas and Godfather Part III, absolutely different takes on the mafia story but still

NeanderCarl
02-05-2008, 11:10 AM
What do Juno and Knocked Up have in common other than a character being pregnant.

Same story... woman becomes unwittingly pregnant, and is then followed through to the birth.

One tells the male perspective, the other tells the womans.

.44 Magdalene
02-05-2008, 12:07 PM
Jurassic Park and Carnosaur

Dante's Peak and Volcano

Rush Hour and Knock Off

Transformers and Transmorphers

Blade III and Vampirez

I can expand this list exponentially next time I go to Blockbuster.

.44 Magdalene
02-05-2008, 12:10 PM
Also, Pixar / Dreamworks are the worst for this shit, since they seem to do it entirely on purpose. Shark's Tale / Finding Nemo, Madagascar / The Wild, Antz / Bug's Life... and sometimes you'll get some random third party CGI movie jumping in the mix, like Happily N'ever After, Over the Hedge and Surf's Up.

BigDaddyCool
02-05-2008, 01:55 PM
Happy Feet/March of the Penguins

Billy Madison/Forest Gump

Tornado
02-05-2008, 02:25 PM
Also, Pixar / Dreamworks are the worst for this shit, since they seem to do it entirely on purpose. Shark's Tale / Finding Nemo, Madagascar / The Wild, Antz / Bug's Life... and sometimes you'll get some random third party CGI movie jumping in the mix, like Happily N'ever After, Over the Hedge and Surf's Up.

You missed Flushed Away/Ratatouille

The Wild wasn't Pixar, it was Disney.

And out of all those movies you mentioned, the Pixar one is always far superior, and always had their movie in productions before Dreamworks. This is because Pixar is the best animation studio on the planet.

Dave Youell
02-05-2008, 02:36 PM
This is because Pixar is the best animation studio on the planet.

Lol marks

Savio
02-05-2008, 02:49 PM
African Hoes 3 / Big Black Booty Sluts 9

Blitz
02-05-2008, 03:28 PM
Same story... woman becomes unwittingly pregnant, and is then followed through to the birth.

One tells the male perspective, the other tells the womans.
Other than that most basic plot outline, they're 2 very different films, in tone, performance, humour, characters, etc..

ct2k
02-05-2008, 04:05 PM
I enjoyed Surfs Up:$

Tornado
02-05-2008, 04:21 PM
Lol marks


It's not markish, it's the truth, every film they have done (with the possible exception of A Bugs Life) has been outstanding.

NeanderCarl
02-05-2008, 04:22 PM
Other than that most basic plot outline, they're 2 very different films, in tone, performance, humour, characters, etc..

So are most of the others mentioned. There's no denying that two "woman becomes unexpectedly pregnant, we follow how this affects her life, future and relationship with the father as the main plot point of a comedy" movies, released just months apart, calls for a comparison of this nature.

FakeLaser
02-05-2008, 04:34 PM
Gingerdead Man and Mystic River
Dollman vs. Demonic Toys and Puppet Master vs. Demonic Toys
Who's Your Caddy and The Departed

Savio
02-05-2008, 04:39 PM
<table id="sortable_table_id_0" class="wikitable sortable"><tbody><tr class="odd"><td><tt>Toy Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story)</tt></td> <td> <center>Great
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>A Bug's Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bug%27s_Life)</tt></td> <td>Didn't like
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><tt>Toy Story 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_2)</tt></td> <td> <center>Good
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>Monsters, Inc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters%2C_Inc.)</tt></td> <td> <center>Good
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><tt>Finding Nemo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo)</tt></td> <td> <center>Good
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>The Incredibles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredibles)</tt></td> <td> <center>Great
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><tt>Cars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_%28film%29)</tt></td> <td> <center>Didn't see
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>Ratatouille Didn't see
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille_%28film%29)</tt></td></tr></tbody></table>

Tornado
02-05-2008, 05:25 PM
<table id="sortable_table_id_0" class="wikitable sortable"><tbody><tr class="odd"><td><tt>Toy Story (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story)</tt></td> <td> <center>Great
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>A Bug's Life (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Bug%27s_Life)</tt></td> <td>Didn't like
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><tt>Toy Story 2 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toy_Story_2)</tt></td> <td> <center>Good
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>Monsters, Inc. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsters%2C_Inc.)</tt></td> <td> <center>Good
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><tt>Finding Nemo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo)</tt></td> <td> <center>Good
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>The Incredibles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Incredibles)</tt></td> <td> <center>Great
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td><tt>Cars (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cars_%28film%29)</tt></td> <td> <center>Didn't see
</center> </td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr class="even"> <td><tt>Ratatouille Didn't see
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratatouille_%28film%29)</tt></td></tr></tbody></table>

Toy Story > Monsters Inc > Finding Nemo > The Incredibles > Ratatouille > Cars > Toy Story 2 > A Bugs Life

Wall.E is out in June/July and it looks amazing.
I am a HUGE Pixar fan.

ct2k
02-05-2008, 05:41 PM
Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo and Bugs Life all = :y:

Not seen the others yet

Savio
02-05-2008, 05:59 PM
yeah prob shoulda said monster inc was great

Nervous Ferret
02-05-2008, 06:03 PM
HAPPY FEET/that other penguin movie


YUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Team Sheep
02-05-2008, 06:13 PM
Billy Madison/Forest Gump

Huh?

Boondock Saint
02-05-2008, 06:18 PM
A Bug's Life is vastly underrated...so much better than Cars.

NeanderCarl
02-05-2008, 06:56 PM
Toy Story and Small Soldiers

bigdaddysuperfreak
02-05-2008, 07:35 PM
Small soldiers and Indian in the Cuppord, even though the second was a book I guess.

The Genius
02-05-2008, 07:48 PM
the burning/ friday the 13th

NeanderCarl
02-05-2008, 07:53 PM
There were a lot of films about memory loss all coming out about the same time too... Memento, Butterfly Effect, Eternal Sunshine, 50 First Dates and the Jason Bourne films all across a couple of years.

I'm sure I'm (yeah, yeah) forgetting some too.

NeanderCarl
02-05-2008, 07:59 PM
Speaking of The Butterfly Effect, I really enjoyed that movie (the Director's Cut ending was bad, though)... but I recently downloaded Butterfly Effect 2... fucking awful movie, never even got round to watching the end because it sent me to sleep.

They had a real audacity putting the Butterfly Effect name to that God-awful script to make a few extra bob, it bore little to no resemblance to the ideology, style, message or even continuity of the first film...

the only similarity is that the lead character can go back in time, at will, by staring into a photograph (despite no mention of ever having had blackouts in the past, which as the first film laid out, would happen during a period when his future self would overtake his past self's body)... it's just a crappy time travel film with small ambitions, and it's tarnished the legacy of what was a great film.

Jeritron
02-05-2008, 10:42 PM
Armageddon and Deep Impact
The Cave and The Descent
Antz and A Bug's Life

these were the first 3 that came to mind and probably the most glaringly similar rleased at the exact same time, but everyone already mentioned them naturally

Lara Emily
02-06-2008, 01:09 AM
Same story... woman becomes unwittingly pregnant, and is then followed through to the birth.

One tells the male perspective, the other tells the womans.

bullshit they are completely different stories. Just because a main character is pregnant doesn't make the movies the same.

Lara Emily
02-06-2008, 01:13 AM
So are most of the others mentioned. There's no denying that two "woman becomes unexpectedly pregnant, we follow how this affects her life, future and relationship with the father as the main plot point of a comedy" movies, released just months apart, calls for a comparison of this nature.

Dude Knocked Up is about keeping the baby and Juno is about not keeping the baby, one is about adults, the other about teens and that's just two of the most basic differences, they aren't identical plots at all, not even close.

Indifferent Clox
02-06-2008, 02:59 AM
I think Ratatouille> all other Pixar movies except maybe toy story... but eh.

NeanderCarl
02-06-2008, 12:08 PM
Dude Knocked Up is about keeping the baby and Juno is about not keeping the baby, one is about adults, the other about teens and that's just two of the most basic differences, they aren't identical plots at all, not even close.

Okay let me spell it out...

THEY. ARE. BOTH. PREGNANCY. COMEDIES. RELEASED. AROUND. THE. SAME. TIME.

I didn't say they were identical plots, just similar enough for comparison in a thread about movies with very similar plots/ideas being released close together.

They are no more "identical" than Deep Impact and Armageddon were, or Wyatt Earp and Tombstone were, yet nobody has jumped to defence of those films.

Savio
02-07-2008, 01:20 AM
I agree

Antz and Bugs life were different however were similar for different reasons:

The Antz had to take out some power hungry Ant
Bug Life they had to fight grass hoppers