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Post by Non Banjoble Tokens on Jan 10, 2017 7:41:16 GMT -5
That time they tried to adapt Homer's autobiography into a movie. There's a reason all those copies went unsold.
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Post by karl100589 on Jan 10, 2017 13:48:48 GMT -5
I'm not sure if it counts since it was Made For TV, but the BBC did a biopic about British technology entrepreneur Clive Sinclair back in 2009.
Not the most exciting film ever, but rescued by Alexander Armstrong's brilliantly hammy portrayal of Sinclair.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 14:57:08 GMT -5
When I heard the guy who starred in Hogan's Heroes was getting a biopic, and that it was barely (if at all?) about H'sH, I was puzzled. Then I read up on how he died. It made sense. And was creepy. As f***. The reason I'm thinking about this is because today is the 10th anniversary of the debut of the iPhone. As I was scrolling through Twitter and seeing all the pictures of Steve Jobs holding the original version of the iPhone back in 2007, it got me to thinking about how Steve Jobs had not one, but two biopics made about his life. And then I thought, "What was so interesting about Steve Jobs' life that it necessitated two full-length feature films?" Not just that, but people were outraged at the 1st movie (badly acted? too soon after his death? no idea) so they made a 2nd movie, with the kind of critical hoopla that even Orson Welles didn't get for much of his career, that ended up bombing just as bad as the first did. .....scratch that last bit - the reviled Ashton Kutcher movie's worldwide gross was almost a million dollars more than the beloved Michael Fassbender/Aaron Sorkin movie. Neither cracked $40mil gross worldwide.
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 10, 2017 15:02:50 GMT -5
Not just that, but people were outraged at the 1st movie (badly acted? too soon after his death? no idea) Sony bought the rights to make their movie 2 days after Steve Jobs died.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 10, 2017 15:07:35 GMT -5
Countless musician made for TV biopics fall into this category, but the Canadian one about Shania Twain (with none of her songs and not approved by her either) might be the example of wholly useless biographical films. Doubly so when Twain's life doesn't exactly have the outright drama that makes these films work anyway. I have seen bits and pieces of the Aaliyah TV movie and thought that it wasn't that great. Hell, I read that her family didn't approve of the film going forward. I am also curious about the Michel'le biopic for Lifetime. I know that it mainly talked about her career and her relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, but I can't see that being good. I have it on my DVR and I plan to review it for my hip-hop blog, but I just need to find the time to sit down and watch it.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2017 16:22:03 GMT -5
Not just that, but people were outraged at the 1st movie (badly acted? too soon after his death? no idea) Sony bought the rights to make their movie 2 days after Steve Jobs died. Gah. Had a hunch it was due to "too soon." And even if a deal was being worked out before he died, it had been known for.....a little while (not that long, I recall his cancer being kept secret for months). Gah.
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Post by Sephiroth on Jan 10, 2017 16:40:15 GMT -5
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Post by Rumble McSkirmish on Jan 10, 2017 16:59:47 GMT -5
The cast of Full House.
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Post by Reflecto on Jan 10, 2017 17:23:48 GMT -5
I am also curious about the Michel'le biopic for Lifetime. I know that it mainly talked about her career and her relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, but I can't see that being good. I have it on my DVR and I plan to review it for my hip-hop blog, but I just need to find the time to sit down and watch it. Just hearing that they made a biopic over someone who's biggest things were "being in relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight" and "was a one-hit wonder...and a relatively forgettable one-hit wonder at that"...I think that rockets up my list for this topic.
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Post by agent817 on Jan 10, 2017 17:26:52 GMT -5
I am also curious about the Michel'le biopic for Lifetime. I know that it mainly talked about her career and her relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, but I can't see that being good. I have it on my DVR and I plan to review it for my hip-hop blog, but I just need to find the time to sit down and watch it. Just hearing that they made a biopic over someone who's biggest things were "being in relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight" and "was a one-hit wonder...and a relatively forgettable one-hit wonder at that"...I think that rockets up my list for this topic. I remember reading about how Lifetime was doing one on a thread on the IMDB board for Straight Outta Compton. I was like "WHAT?!" She was not even a household name enough to really make a biopic about. Apart from her hit "No More Lies" and being in relationships with Dr. Dre and Suge Knight, the only other thing she is known for is having a squeaky speaking voice in contrast to her singing voice. You know, I think I am going to watch this now.
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Post by BRV on Jan 10, 2017 18:57:23 GMT -5
I knew there was a subject I was forgetting and this was it. I remember seeing the trailer several years back and thinking to myself, "Wait, they made a movie about the guy who invented windshield wipers? Wait, he didn't even invent windshield wipers, just a different TYPE of windshield wiper?!"
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Post by Juice on Jan 10, 2017 20:34:08 GMT -5
I find Grizzly Man morbidly fascinating and watch it once a year at least.
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 10, 2017 20:39:28 GMT -5
I find Grizzly Man morbidly fascinating and watch it once a year at least. It's a well made documentary, but I just feel it gives undeserved attention to Treadwell, who struck me either mentally ill, or a complete fool who brought upon his own death, along with his incredibly stupid girlfriend.
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Post by Juice on Jan 10, 2017 21:48:11 GMT -5
I find Grizzly Man morbidly fascinating and watch it once a year at least. It's a well made documentary, but I just feel it gives undeserved attention to Treadwell, who struck me either mentally ill, or a complete fool who brought upon his own death, along with his incredibly stupid girlfriend. Thats what's so fascinating about him to me. Crazy, mentally ill. There was something to him to make hia gf think this life was ok. And the locals all are documented for hating him and even calling him Retarded. And its made bybone of the best guys in the doc business. Great music too
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2017 2:22:42 GMT -5
Three full-length films if we count the made-for-tv "Pirates of Silicon Valley." The posthumous ones didn't surprise me since he has been the status of god among men for quite a while, but Pirates... surprised me since it was a bit of a nerd story and either before or right when Jobs rejoined Apple, which was in a decline. Bush. Honestly. And that film just does not work. I loved Jobs but mainly cause of the directing z d Fassbender That's one problem of making a biopic of a recent politician nowadays in the US, half of the population thinks they are the worst thing since stepping on legos, the other half think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread. Three full-length films if we count the made-for-tv "Pirates of Silicon Valley." The posthumous ones didn't surprise me since he has been the status of god among men for quite a while, but Pirates... surprised me since it was a bit of a nerd story and either before or right when Jobs rejoined Apple, which was in a decline. Bush. Honestly. And that film just does not work. I loved Jobs but mainly cause of the directing z d Fassbender That's one problem of making a biopic of a recent politician nowadays in the US, half of the population thinks they are the worst thing since stepping on legos, the other half think they are the greatest thing since sliced bread. And you should always wait at least 10 years since that person stepped out of office. You see how certain policies finally take effect and see how much of a culture change has happened since whoever is in power has major influence on the culture zeitgeist. In 2008 it felt like a cheap cash in on a incubment election year from the studios and a desperate ploy from Olivier Stone to remain relevant. But with how much shit that has happened over the past 10 years and how we can finally see how much of an impact certain major events and policies have had that been previously overlooked because of time, a Bush biopic is finally fascinating. 10 years later an Obama biopic will be fascinating. And so on and so on.
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Post by revolver86 on Jan 11, 2017 6:31:12 GMT -5
Social Network... David Fincher and Trent Reznor couldn't make that thing interesting. Booo. The Social Network is a great film and that was one of the best soundtracks ever produced.
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Post by Sparvid on Jan 11, 2017 9:20:46 GMT -5
I will say tat he's absolutely a hero who saved a bunch of lives, but Sully pretty much proved that you can't stretch out 35 seconds of a man's life to 2 hours and make a great story out of it. I haven't seen it, but I remember hearing about it being in production and wondering why. It was like four minutes between the bird strike and splashdown, and everyone knows that everyone on board made it out alive, and Sully seems like a perfectly normal guy. What is there to make a movie of?
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Post by A Platypus Rave on Jan 11, 2017 9:27:58 GMT -5
I will say tat he's absolutely a hero who saved a bunch of lives, but Sully pretty much proved that you can't stretch out 35 seconds of a man's life to 2 hours and make a great story out of it. I haven't seen it, but I remember hearing about it being in production and wondering why. It was like four minutes between the bird strike and splashdown, and everyone knows that everyone on board made it out alive, and Sully seems like a perfectly normal guy. What is there to make a movie of? my understanding is they put in a lot of DID HE CRASH THE PLANE ON PURPOSE?! and could he have made it back to the airport instead of crashing in the river!? stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sully_(film)
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Post by YAKMAN is ICHIBAN on Jan 11, 2017 9:37:59 GMT -5
I can't wait for the film about Apollo Crews and Kallisto's exciting friendship.
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Post by Cela on Jan 11, 2017 17:51:43 GMT -5
Most of Mark Wahlberg's biopic movies. I liked The Fighter, but do we really need movies about Deepwater Horizon and the Boston Marathon Bombing already, if ever?
Also, as I watched Wild, I kept thinking to myself, why did this person deserve a book, let alone a movie? She went hiking!
And Into the Wild guy, well off douche decides to leave society without training, dies. Should not be a cult hero!
And Julie in Julie and Julia. Julia Child was awesome, Julie was a terrible and unspectacular person.
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