Movies that were blatantly plagerized

[Obi-Ron]

La Femme Nikita (French version) V.S. Point of No Return. The dialogue in Point of No Return was exactly the same as the English subtitles fom the French version, the action was the same, the characters were the same, the whole damn story was the same! I'm just glad I saw the French version way before I saw this rip-off.

That's because PONR is an English-language remake of the French LFN.

 

[gregtestagent]

That's because PONR is an English-language remake of the French LFN.

Didn't I mention LFN had English subtitles? so, we can assume they were already interested in selling to English speaking audiences. And since when did remakes do everything exactly the same as the original?

 

[Majik1387]

And since when did remakes do everything exactly the same as the original?

The remake of Psycho.

 

[gregtestagent]

The remake of Psycho.

Yeah, and how successful was that? another point is that remakes are made after the original film is 20 or more years old, not within the same decade!. What were talking about here is the exploitation of foreign films just to make an easy profit.

 

[Nebins]

I remember hearing that Lion King was a rip off of some Japanese movie but I can't remember the name of it. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

 

[primemover]

Yeah, and how successful was that? another point is that remakes are made after the original film is 20 or more years old, not within the same decade!. What were talking about here is the exploitation of foreign films just to make an easy profit.

The Point of No Return wasn't a remake, it was just the americanized version of the original foreign film, just like The Ring and The Grudge were, among many others, not ripoffs.

 

[gregtestagent]

The Point of No Return wasn't a remake, it was just the americanized version of the original foreign film, just like The Ring and The Grudge were, among many others, not ripoffs.

Your going to have to spell out your rationality here because your just not making sense.

 

[Majik1387]

^What doesn't make sense to you?

 

[That-Guy]

"Snakes on a Plane" is a rip off of "The Godfather."

 

[gregtestagent]

^What doesn't make sense to you?

How the Americanized version would make money off an idea and work that had already been established. Did any of you even see LFN?

 

[roach]

This thread is a plagerization of another thread six pages back

 

[Ronny Shade]

Not sure... I know Antz came out first, but it was of poorer quality and sometimes when that happens, it was one of those cases where a studio caught wind of what another studio was doing, did a quick copy job and rushed it into production and released it before the other one saw the light of day.

Antz was 139856139865198364198273918263 times better than A Bug's Life

 

[Agent Thermal]

Stealth stole it's general plot from Macross Plus.

Well, I never actually SAW "Stealth" (mainly for this reason), but the plotline of "Stealth" sounded almost EXACTLY like Steve Alten's "Goliath," only it was a stealth bomber instead of a submarine.

I could be mistaken, though.

 

[Caliber]

Shark Tale copied Finding Nemo now that I think about it

 

[Shuley]

99% of all horror movies are a copy of Psycho.

 

[KingOfDreams]

Antz was 139856139865198364198273918263 times better than A Bug's Life

I wouldn't say it was better. It was different. It was a Woody Allen movie that happened to be animated so if you like Woody Allen movies you'll like Antz. Antz was much more mature than A Bug's Life but that was the point I believe.

 

[Caliber]

I wouldn't say it was better. It was different. It was a Woody Allen movie that happened to be animated so if you like Woody Allen movies you'll like Antz. Antz was much more mature than A Bug's Life but that was the point I believe.

Very true, I doubt that many kids a ant seeing a shrink. Antz was different from A Bugs Life because the storys were totally different.

 

[That-Guy]

I think I need to clarify what I meant when I said Antz was of "poorer quality;" I was referring to the CG animation, not the story, characters, etc.