It piqued my interest as it's a rip-off of the excellent Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky".
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50 Shades of Grey
The God Father
Harry Potter
The Notebook
Twilight
Marvel/DC films are especially wack even though I'm hoping that Quinn gets a proper film made about her (I love Batman Animated Series, so I want that Quinn)
Quote by nicola I've only watched "Avatar" from your list.
It piqued my interest as it's a rip-off of the excellent Hayao Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky".
I noticed this as well.
Way too many similarities for me to believe the writers of Avatar were
not influenced by Castle in the Sky.
Not sure if these are all of them, but you may have interest if ya not already recognized them.
Avatar vs Castle in the Sky similarities...
A rare mineral with special powers was sought by the Bad Guys in both stories.
Both films ist about mining a mineral using government/military force.
A huge tree in both stories as an important central structure housing or protecting the defending culture
(or the remnants of a tree in Castle in the Sky) having unspecified power or value.
Gravity-defying islands of land, with trees, vines, rocks, that float above their planet in both films.
There ist a night scene in both films where a magical phosphorescent glow signifies a special place or life-form.
Airships in the films are command vessels designed as huge, threatening, gravity-defying machines.
Both stories have an environmental theme, where the defending culture ist trying to preserve their environment.
In "Avatar", defenders are the super-sized humanoid Na’vi.
In "Castle in the Sky" the environmental defenders of Laputa are huge humanoid robots.
Both films, a sleeper-warrior awakens after a long dormancy.
In "Avatar" it ist the hero Jake Sully.
In "Castle in the Sky" it ist a robot that awakens in the presence of the magic mineral crystal.
The handicapped hero Jake Sully of Avatar could represent the lesser than a complete human ability,
humanoid robot hero of Castle in the Sky.
The Marines’ robot suits from Avatar are similar in context to the Laputa robots of Castle in the Sky.
Wind Edward Kim ties James Cameron and Hayao Miazaki together in a more thorough und
a very respectful way, but still a similar action.
I also think there ist a connection to the dragon-like flying creatures in Avatar, but not sure really.
you say that like i don't watch everything while stoned.
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Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio. Saw the black and white version and wasn't going to sit there for hours. Besides, I knew how it ended in both movies: the boat sank.
Quote by JackStay Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio. Saw the black and white version and wasn't going to sit there for hours. Besides, I knew how it ended in both movies: the boat sank.
Oh, you should have marked this as a spoiler alert. Now I know how it ends. Damn.
you say that like i don't watch everything while stoned.
To me the ULTIMATE stoned scene is the opening sequence of Raiders of the Lost Ark. I was in a theater in Houston with the biggest screen available at the time, and I was enjoying the finest Hawaiian Sesimilla just prior to entering the theater. When that giant ball started rolling toward Indiana Jones I was totally mesmerized. Still get a contact high whenever I see that in a large format...
But to respond to the thread I'd say the famous film I haven't seen is the last Star Wars installment. Why? Frankly just laziness and a dislike of going to theaters...
Quote by JackStay Titanic with Leonardo DiCaprio. Saw the black and white version and wasn't going to sit there for hours. Besides, I knew how it ended in both movies: the boat sank.
there's a black and white version? it's a good movie, btw, if only for the line 'draw me like one of your french girls'.
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there's a black and white version? it's a good movie, btw, if only for the line 'draw me like one of your french girls'.
I assume he means A Night to Remember from 1958, considered the most accurate version prior to the wreck being found in 1985.
I have not seen Apocalypse Now. Probably should. I like Coppola, I like Heart of Darkness, just never got around to it.
I can't give any reason for most movies that I haven't seen, but here are two exceptions:
Dirty Dancing
When the movie came out kids in school (I was about 13 or 14) started claiming the music I used to listen to was "from that movie". It felt like cultural appropriation I guess.
Kill Bill: Volume 2
I thought Volume 1 was a lousy trailer.
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Quote by Saucymh I’ve never watched the Godfather all the way through.
I have seen all three. Even saw III in a theatre since it came out so long after the others. I'd say watch I and II and take a pass on III. There were some good ideas and performances but it just didn't gel the way the first two did.
Which is, of course, why I cited Apocalypse Now. As a fan of seventies Coppola, it's almost weird that I have not seen it.
I have not seen many of the Marvel movies, either. They are in my wheelhouse (read a lot of Marvel as a kid), but the movie universe is now so broad and interconnected, it's getting hard to figure out a good entry point. Captain Marvel was the last one I saw and, to be fair, it was largely standalone even if it was also a setup for her appearance in Endgame.
Quote by noll I can't give any reason for most movies that I haven't seen, but here are two exceptions:
Dirty Dancing
When the movie came out kids in school (I was about 13 or 14) started claiming the music I used to listen to was "from that movie". It felt like cultural appropriation I guess.
Kill Bill: Volume 2
I thought Volume 1 was a lousy trailer.
kill bill 2 is extremely different than kill bill 1
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
All of the Lord of the Rings films, which shocks people who know my fantasy work just as much as learning that I've never read the books. Never watched any of the Godfather flicks. No Pulp Fiction. No Titanic. The only bits of Avatar I've ever seen was when it was playing on all the display sets at Wal-Mart while I was picking out a new television. Lots more.
Why? Just never been interested enough. That's all I can really say. I suppose there's a bit of an additional reason for Pulp Fiction and anything else Tarantino, because I absolutely hated Natural Born Killers. It put me off from considering anything he's made.
there's a black and white version? it's a good movie, btw, if only for the line 'draw me like one of your french girls'.
Should've clarified that the B/W version was made in 1943. My bad. Saw it on Saturday Night at The Movies; probably somewhere between 1962 and 1965. It was BSB1 (Before Super Bowl 1).
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wha-wha-what? you're dead to me. dead, i say.
To be fair, I haven't seen them yet, either, and I am a fan of the books. They came out during a busy period in my life and I've just never circled back to see them.
And I'm boycotting The Hobbit trilogy because, damn it, the amount of padding needed to make a trilogy of that book is just going to ruin what is a really nice, fairly short, fantasy story.
To be fair, I haven't seen them yet, either, and I am a fan of the books. They came out during a busy period in my life and I've just never circled back to see them.
And I'm boycotting The Hobbit trilogy because, damn it, the amount of padding needed to make a trilogy of that book is just going to ruin what is a really nice, fairly short, fantasy story.
they came out 19 years ago, you know...
as for the hobbit, about half of it was a really good movie, the other half was just dreadful. i wish they put out a version that you could edit to taste.
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they came out 19 years ago, you know...
Right, when I was juggling a fairly demanding job and being the parent of a two-year-old.
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as for the hobbit, about half of it was a really good movie, the other half was just dreadful. i wish they put out a version that you could edit to taste.
I'll just find a copy of the old Rankin-Bass animated version. It was a terrific version of the book even if it skewed to a young audience.
