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Post by Stu on Dec 27, 2007 16:46:51 GMT -5
We're always talking about movies we like and don't like, but let's take a moment to discuss our favorite concepts. In other words, forget about the movie as a whole for a moment and explain the general idea behind the plot.
For instance, 13 Ghosts was the worst movie I ever paid to see in a theater. That said, I love the idea of 13 souls being trapped, only to break free and unleash hell on everyone nearby.
I also loved the premise of Face-Off, which wasn't necessarily a bad movie, mind you. I just love the idea of two enemies switching faces and having their identities screwed up as they battle.
What others come to mind?
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Post by The Line on Dec 27, 2007 16:49:27 GMT -5
The Departed was a great concept(an Irish Mob movie with so many double crosses and hidden identities and what not). But that concept actually delivered.
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Post by "Hollywood" Cactus Matt on Dec 27, 2007 16:49:59 GMT -5
The time-travel plot behind Donnie Darko. It's one of my favorite movies of all-time, and the faux sci-fi element has a lot to do with it.
Also, Fight Club's whole split personality thing. I seriously did not know what was up until the end of the movie.
As for comedies, I love LOVE LOVE the idea behind Dirty Work. Revenge for hire? Why didn't I think of that?!
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Post by The Line on Dec 27, 2007 16:53:23 GMT -5
The time-travel plot behind Donnie Darko. It's one of my favorite movies of all-time, and the faux sci-fi element has a lot to do with it. Also, Fight Club's whole split personality thing. I seriously did not know what was up until the end of the movie. Yeah, DD reminded me a lot of kinda a modern day "Slaughterhouse Five" on how he became kinda "Unstuck" in time. Yeah, Fight Club was a huge shocker to me the first time I saw it.
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Post by Allison Reynolds on Dec 27, 2007 17:03:58 GMT -5
Another concept I liked is the killing of other humans to win a game of some kind: Series 7: The Contenders, Battle Royale, Surviving the Game.
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Post by THE Dinobot on Dec 27, 2007 17:12:03 GMT -5
The concept of the mockumentary is one of the greats. It starts with Spinal Tap then now we have the Christopher Guest films, and with Comic Book: The Movie tosses in for extra fun, that's...fun.
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Post by HRH The KING on Dec 27, 2007 17:15:28 GMT -5
Back To The Future II
It goes back to the events of the first movie and blends things together.
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Post by rra on Dec 27, 2007 17:30:10 GMT -5
We're always talking about movies we like and don't like, but let's take a moment to discuss our favorite concepts. In other words, forget about the movie as a whole for a moment and explain the general idea behind the plot. For instance, 13 Ghosts was the worst movie I ever paid to see in a theater. That said, I love the idea of 13 souls being trapped, only to break free and unleash hell on everyone nearby. I also loved the premise of Face-Off, which wasn't necessarily a bad movie, mind you. I just love the idea of two enemies switching faces and having their identities screwed up as they battle. What others come to mind? I think FACE/OFF is a pretty damn good action picture, with Castle's original THIRTEEN GHOSTS is entertaining, in spite of the fact that it was produced as an excuse to use the 3-D gimmick. As for great concepts.... I liked how THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM actually took a gimmick concept of placing that sequel inbetween the climax and epilogue of the previous picture, THE BOURNE SUPREMACY....and made it work without feeling like a gimmick. I like LAST STARFIGHTER for its purely simple but charming concept, and perfectly ripe for a remake. The same I would say with the classic B-picture DEATH RACE 2000, which is NASCAR meets Football meets Pro Wrestling. Of course, Paul W.S. Anderson will ruin the remake. I guaran-damn-tee it. Really, I starve to script a DEATH RACE remake of my own, about a race-hero that is a propaganda tool of this futuristic American dictatorship, and him deciding to use this race to strike back at his bastard overlords. So many more, that I might add later....
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Post by rra on Dec 27, 2007 17:31:33 GMT -5
Back To The Future II It goes back to the events of the first movie and blends things together. And how if Michael J. Fox changed the past to get a better future in the first picture, his selfish nonsense creates a WORST future. I mean, charming kid, but what a yuppie teenager. I agree with you there.
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Dec 27, 2007 17:50:34 GMT -5
"Maximum Overdrive." FANTASTIC short story, and the concept of the film being done with all machines as opposed to just trucks seemed fantastic. The execution? Yeah, not so much.
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Post by T.J. "the Crippler" Stevens on Dec 27, 2007 18:35:11 GMT -5
The Terminator. Machine from the future sent back through time to kill the mother of mankind's savior. Man sent back through time to protect her, unaware of his destiny as the father of that savior.
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Dec 27, 2007 19:16:11 GMT -5
Memento.
Galaxy Quest, or whatever the film was that it was ripping off originally.
It's a TV show not a movie, but the Wormhole Extreme episodes of Stargate were GENIUS concepts, IMO.
Oh and the entirety of the Home Movies TV show, I have no idea how they came up with that.
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Post by rubber johnny on Dec 27, 2007 19:18:35 GMT -5
the robocop concept is rather bad-ass
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Post by Nick Loves Dr. Pepper on Dec 27, 2007 19:21:54 GMT -5
Shallow Hal. A man mystically is released from superficial ways of viewing women and unbenownst (sp?) to this, finds true beauty in an overweight woman's body.
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Post by chibidiablo on Dec 27, 2007 19:26:03 GMT -5
Bruce Willis is either insane or a time traveller and he doesnt know which. 12 Monkeys is awesome
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Post by Dynamite Kid on Dec 27, 2007 19:28:54 GMT -5
Shallow Hal. A man mystically is released from superficial ways of viewing women and unbenownst (sp?) to this, finds true beauty in an overweight woman's body. I actually, aside from the gross-out elements, really love that film. I think it's got a great message at its heart.
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Post by K7 - WC's Crowd Extra on Dec 27, 2007 19:36:23 GMT -5
Bruce Willis is either insane or a time traveller and he doesnt know which. 12 Monkeys is awesome Agreed. Also, The Usual Suspects and The Salton Sea spring to mind.
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Post by tomservo23 on Dec 27, 2007 20:41:30 GMT -5
For a crappy movie, I always thought that Clonus: The Parts Horror had an interesting subject, and one that's fairly deep if you think about it: What really constitutes being human?
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Post by Lick Ness Monster on Dec 29, 2007 2:01:58 GMT -5
For a crappy movie, I always thought that Clonus: The Parts Horror had an interesting subject, and one that's fairly deep if you think about it: What really constitutes being human? You mean "Parts: The Clonus Horror?" ;D
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Post by rra on Dec 29, 2007 2:04:09 GMT -5
For a crappy movie, I always thought that Clonus: The Parts Horror had an interesting subject, and one that's fairly deep if you think about it: What really constitutes being human? You mean "Parts: The Clonus Horror?" ;D No you mean THE ISLAND. Funny enough, the filmmakers of CLONUS sued Dreamworks over the fact that DW and Bay stole the concept from them. A rare time when an undisclosed financial settlement actually made me pleased.
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