Movie comparisons that blow your mind
 

Movies that are similar to other movies (to the point that one is almost-definitely directly inspired from the other). You didn't even make the connection until someone pointed it out to you.

I just caught a dreadful abortion of an anime called Samurai 7. It's based on Sevent Samurai, except all the characters are different and there's a ton of robots. Yeah...

So I looked it up to see what the fuck, and in the discussions (where way too many people like this anime shit) a revelation brought on by a random post.


A Bug's Life = Seven Samurai.

Now post yours!

friday the 13th part Y = friday the 13th part Z

cant think of any more right now :/

i saw Days Of Thunder on TV just now, and the plotline is used on so many other movies, but I can't remember a single one right now.

lion king = macbeth

Chronicles Of Riddick = The Scorpion King

You mean the Lion King is based on Hamlet. As in the Uncle kills the King and the Son of the Dead king kills the Uncle.

And the dead father's spirit visits the son, yes.

Romeo and Juliet = West Side Story

But that one's a little more obvious.

The Jungle Book (live action version)=Tarzan (Disney version)

Re: Movie comparisons that blow your mind
 

Damn, that's good

Haha, the Bug's Life one is gold.

Only thing I can think of is Throne of Blood and Macbeth. But that dawned on me as I was watching it, so it wasn't one of those "oh shit" hindsight things. And it's pretty much a direct adaptation, so I don't know if it counts.

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Road Trip = The Odyssey

This is not an endorsement of Road Trip.

The Lord of the Rings is Tolkien one-uping Macbeth (ie. the Witch King's death).

In another comparison of Shakespeare to Disney, Pocahontas is also strikingly similar to Romeo and Juliet.

another one on the seven samurai was the Magnificent Seven

Samurai= cowboys

i didnt get it at first but then my mom pointed it out

That one is more of a remake though (I think a fairly blatant one, too), so it doesn't count.

so is lion king then

freddy got fingered = clash of the titans

Lion King wasn't touted as being a remake of Hamlet. Magnificent Seven was always made clear to a remake (or at least heavily inspired from) Seven Samurai.


I said no remakes.

loonatics = x men
all the characters have x men powers :/

I said no remakes.[/quote]

lol

The days of thunder videogame is exactly like the code name viper video game.

EDIT: Nevermind, that was rolling thunder lol

Little Indian Big City = Jungle to Jungle :/

Monkey Island (ok it not a movie) = pirates of the caribbean

when i first saw will turner in the first one all i could think was "im selling these fine leather jackets..."

and from the look of the trailer for the new one there is a voodoo lady dispensing advice...

go bot=transformers

The three musketeers = Dogtanian and the three muskehounds

:eek

dogtanion freaked me out as a kid after i had a dream were the princess (or whatever she was) was stuffed like the mother from psycho