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Post by geode on Mar 6, 2018 15:51:22 GMT
I was about half way through "Get Out" when I figured out in a large sense where the movie was going. I called it correctly to the end with my predicted changes from what was being borrowed. Now it has been crowned with an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay even though in a general sense it was adapted.
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Post by taylorfirst1 on Mar 6, 2018 16:24:12 GMT
Yeah, when I watched Get Out, I couldn't help but think about The Stepford Wives.
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Post by geode on Mar 9, 2018 18:08:04 GMT
Yeah, when I watched Get Out, I couldn't help but think about The Stepford Wives. Close in many ways.
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Post by politicidal on Mar 20, 2018 15:45:37 GMT
Same setup, different story. Even with award winners, some level of familiarity with the tropes and conventions of its genre are to be expected. Gladiator (2000) was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay despite being a condensed version of THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1964).
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Post by geode on Mar 21, 2018 5:22:03 GMT
Same setup, different story. Even with award winners, some level of familiarity with the tropes and conventions of its genre are to be expected. Gladiator (2000) was also nominated for Best Original Screenplay despite being a condensed version of THE FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE (1964). Same setup and largely the same story. Certainly more was borrowed than in the case of "My Sweet Lord" where George Harrison lost a suit that he had copied a different song. "Gladiator" ripped off some other sources as well. If the script was not a legal violation, it certainly failed to be essentially original. Perhaps it really should have been nominated for "adapted" screenplay instead? I think Ira Levin might agree if he was able.
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Post by them1ghtyhumph on Mar 21, 2018 5:47:12 GMT
Parts: The Clonus Horror equals The Island
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Post by geode on Mar 21, 2018 10:56:53 GMT
Parts: The Clonus Horror equals The Island Cloned?
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Post by deembastille on Mar 21, 2018 13:42:42 GMT
i have not seen get out but i absolutely LOVED the remake STEPFORD. i saw the remake in the theater before i even knew it was a remake. then i saw the remake -- or shall i say 'tried to see it' and it was terrible. just pointless. not that weird. the remake made much more sense with them being in this gated community for younger couples and families.
i am glad the remake made the moving to this area more believable. why do these women need to change [although i am all for women in the workforce and in high powered positions]. the original was made in 1975 and even then, the women of the time were still kind of like the wives in the 50's. maybe not in fashion but still expected to have dinner on the table and having the house perfect no matter what they did to contribute to the household [if they were even allowed]. the only person who made this version worth while was Tina Louise.
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Post by geode on Mar 21, 2018 17:02:55 GMT
i have not seen get out but i absolutely LOVED the remake STEPFORD. i saw the remake in the theater before i even knew it was a remake. then i saw the remake -- or shall i say 'tried to see it' and it was terrible. just pointless. not that weird. the remake made much more sense with them being in this gated community for younger couples and families. i am glad the remake made the moving to this area more believable. why do these women need to change [although i am all for women in the workforce and in high powered positions]. the original was made in 1975 and even then, the women of the time were still kind of like the wives in the 50's. maybe not in fashion but still expected to have dinner on the table and having the house perfect no matter what they did to contribute to the household [if they were even allowed]. the only person who made this version worth while was Tina Louise. With very rare exceptions I find remakes to be much poorer than the originals. Because of this I started to ignore them many years ago, as I did when this one came along. I quite liked the original, and think it is the best performance ever rendered by Katherine Ross. Back in the day she was my pick for the Best Actress Academy Award. Tina Louise was better than usual, but not as good as Katherine Ross. Paula Prentiss was also better in my opinion. All in all it was a very good and effective film so I saw no need to do it again. I fail to see what difference being in a gated community would make in the believability and impact. Also, the photography of Joanna is stressed as showing her individual life outside of marriage. I don't think it was meant to be weird, but a satirical commentary on life....like "Get Out" did as well. The end is very chilling. The reviews for the remake were mostly negative, and it is much less respected than the original so I would guess I would also think this was yet another unnecessary second attempt. I guess the producers found that to be the case as it did poorly in the box office and lost money. When will they learn? Jordan Peele has cited the 1975 film as his major influence, not the remake. He most likely had good reason.
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Post by geode on Mar 24, 2018 7:30:22 GMT
With very rare exceptions I find remakes to be much poorer than the originals. Because of this I started to ignore them many years ago, as I did when this one came along. I quite liked the original, and think it is the best performance ever rendered by Katherine Ross. Back in the day she was my pick for the Best Actress Academy Award. Tina Louise was better than usual, but not as good as Katherine Ross. Paula Prentiss was also better in my opinion. All in all it was a very good and effective film so I saw no need to do it again. I fail to see what difference being in a gated community would make in the believability and impact. Also, the photography of Joanna is stressed as showing her individual life outside of marriage. I don't think it was meant to be weird, but a satirical commentary on life....like "Get Out" did as well. The end is very chilling. The reviews for the remake were mostly negative, and it is much less respected than the original so I would guess I would also think this was yet another unnecessary second attempt. I guess the producers found that to be the case as it did poorly in the box office and lost money. When will they learn? Jordan Peele has cited the 1975 film as his major influence, not the remake. He most likely had good reason. I didn't really like the remake and while interesting and fun to watch, it was too lightweight and more of a farce or parody, than a sharp pointed social commentary. In other words, the remake is basically forgettable. Actually it has for the most part been forgotten. I needed to post. By a long-standing pledge to myself whenever somebody posts in the totally off-topic idiotic and inane "So..." thread I post in another thread.
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Post by geode on Jun 8, 2019 16:03:37 GMT
A 2001 documentary about the making of the film. It is little over 17 mins. long.
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