Name some completely "original" films.

[Evil Twin]

The Big Lebowski

Pretty much a comedic spin on a Raymond Chandler detective story. See also Brick.

You're probably looking at something like Being John Malcovich, Adaptation, and Synecdoche, New York for true originality.

But, originality isn't the be all and end all of storytelling. The point of fiction is to entertain and provide insight into the human condition. You don't necessarily need to be original to do that.

 

[xwolverine2]

most independent/lowbudget movies are....

big budget original movies are risky.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Based on a book

what?? no..it was a original idea from hughes...

 

[Warhammer]

This movie is original.

 

[8wid]

None of the Pixar films are based on any form of previous media.

 

[Jdeadevil]

None of the Pixar films are based on any form of previous media.

Doesn't the Incredibles remind you of Fantastic Four? At least a LITTLE bit

 

[The Geek Vault]

Shrek?

 

[Kurosawa]

The bad thing about Avatar (a movie I enjoyed a lot despite the poor story) was not that it was copied from another story, but that the story it was copied from was a crap story to begin with.

 

[VenomVsSpidey]

Shrek?

based off a book.

 

[Jdeadevil]

Yeah Shrek's got spoofs off every fairy tale, no way that film's original, good though nevetheless!

 

[Heretic]

Obviously there is no such thing as a completely original story.

Kind of like a guitar. Every possible note has been played, but what makes someone great is how they assemble the notes.

With Avatar, those notes are like a generic guitar solo that we've sen a thousand times. It isn't played particularly well. However, the producer was top notch and really made it sound great in the studio.

Yeah, Avatar is a weak solo made to appear better with technology...when what many of us want is an awesome guitarist, regardless of the production values.

 

[bullets]

13 Tzameti ?

 

[SouLeSS]

Dude Where's My Car was fairly original as well.
Up in Smoke too.

 

[Asteroid-Man]

13 Tzameti ?

Bless you.

 

[spider-neil]

None of the Pixar films are based on any form of previous media.

cars - doc hollywood
wall e - short circuit

 

[Mister H.]

Wow, I thought TDK fanboys were annoying.

 

[dark_b]

None of the Pixar films are based on any form of previous media.

true. and i have huge respect for that.

but based on what some people are saying what is now original? i mean Pixar didnt make up the concept that there are monsters under our bed. or that a fish has a son who got lost.and Cars's is the MJ Fox movie with talking cars.

 

[david icke]

Waterworld

Mad Max goes out to the shops and forgets he's left the bath running.

Re: Pixar. For me, I put Toy Story in my list as it was the first fully CGI movie. That's the only Pixar movie I would put forawrd and that's the only reason for it's originality as a movie.

RE: Unbreakable. Yeah. I agree that one is original. it's the first time anyone has taken the superhero trope and placed it in a truly recognisable real world, 'kitchen sink drama', setting.

 

[Mister H.]

There are certain archetpyes, myths, and legends, that are prevalent in all cultures, and have been for time immemorial. These are a blueprint for most storytelling, thus nothing is "original". Although I think that is a very lame way of looking at things, as the execution of the idea is where originality comes into play. If you tell a time-tested tale in a way that's never been seen-- that's original. If your movie looks like Fern Gully and Transformers had a baby-- that's not original.

 

[SuperJediHero]

What about Pitch Black?

 

[SuperJediHero]

The bad thing about Avatar (a movie I enjoyed a lot despite the poor story) was not that it was copied from another story, but that the story it was copied from was a crap story to begin with.

It's ONLY Opinion whether the story interest you or not, not a fact.

 

[rnewbz]

Based on a book

Home Alone is not based on a book.

 

[Vengeance]

Cloverfield.
Blair Witch Project
Lucky Number Sleven
District 9
9
Toy story (already mentioned, but worth mentioning because it was the first of its kind)
Avatar simply for it's massive scale and scope and techonology....


Also, whoever said the LotR were just copying ideas is ****ing roflworthy. You realize that JR tolkien, essentially, created all high fantasy in his works, right? Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits, treants, all kinds of things.

JR Tolkien basically made the high fantasy genre up in books for the first time but he took a lot of ideas from Norse & various German Mythologies. So original? no not really although essentially he was the first in which was to become the high fantasy genre.

Dwarves, Elves, and Orcs were from the Norse (scandinavian) and Germanic mythologies. Elves were similar to faeries and were small, devilish-looking tricksters. Dwarves lived in the mountains and among the stones, hording gold and riches deep under the earth. Orcs/Ogres were simply barbarians that did not even act human. Most were cannibals that raided and pillaged.

As for wizards/sorcerers they were from the Eastern mythologies. Indian/Ancient middle eastern mythologies told of men who had achieved great knowledge and live on the earth. Not all were "evil" but most were not to be trusted.

 

[SouLeSS]

This is the worst thread on all of SHH. Any movie that gets mentioned someone finds something thats vaguely similar to another movie and claims "its unoriginal".

I did a 12 page paper on Tolkien, his works, and his history/theology/beliefs. While he certainly took ideas from various religions, myths and tales, he actually SHAPED them into what they are now. They don't call him the Godfather of High Fantasy for nothing.

I mean, someone says Waterworld - which is a pretty good shot at naming an original movie, and they counter with "WELL ITS MAD MAX IF HE LEFT THE WATER ON!"

Are you ****ing stupid? I could relate any movie to any other movie doing something like this and claim that none are original, but I don't want to look like a jackass.

 

[Vengeance]

The only reason I brought it up was because the poster said he actually created Dwarves, Elves of which he didn't the majority of LOTR is very original and brought new ideas never previously done before.

And since we are talking original movies shouldn't it be about just movies and forget about any previous books, etc which might of done it first but really the movie which might of done it first. Like for instance LOTR is not an original movie since there have been many high fantasy movies before it despite LOTR in book form existing way before them. http://them.gl