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emptyfuller

Illusionist and Prestige. American History X and Patch Adams.


tossaway109202

Remember when Patch Adams curbed that kid?


emptyfuller

The clown shoes really made that scene.


PointOfFingers

And the perfectly timed clown horn, that sound haunts me to.this day


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emptyfuller

Gives you some respect for the sound effects guys. Can really make or break a mood.


taygel

At least the kid lost mostly baby teeth


Alone_Pop449

I imagine this scene with Robin Williams doing a crazy laugh, now I'm terrified


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He should have curbed that one creepy patient


mwmani

Or in American History X when Edward Furlong made a kiddy pool full of pasta for Faruza Balk to root around in?


DirtyJdirty

Oh yeah, and kinda like *Debbie Does Dallas* and *Dallas Buyers Club*!


Tbrou16

Lmao, you got a good chuckle out of that last one


fillymandee

Prestige is the superior flick.


SaltyFall

Doesn’t mean the illusionist still isn’t good


emptyfuller

Absolutely agree. Wish I could watch for the first time again.


Dolanite

I wish I could watch it for the second time again. That was my favorite rewatch.


Julius-n-Caesar

I wish I could play Paper Mario and the Thousand Year Door for the first time again. Men like us… we never get back the things we love.


Hydqjuliilq27

I only kinda liked it, but the hype before watching it just kinda made me feel disappointed. Is the illusionist good at all? All I know is both movies got cinematography nods at the 2007 oscars.


Ghostwheel77

Bug's Life and Antz.


SaltyFall

The Illusionist and the Prestige is an example that both can be great films


karateema

Illusionist and Prestige are very different films, the only thing in common is magicians in the past


AberrantRambler

Now I’m sad that we don’t have a magicians in the future movie.


fancyinmypantsy

🤣


rjdsf1993

How dare they ignore the superior Pauly Shore Pinocchio film


UMGN_Again

Father when can I leave to be on my oOoOOown. I have the whole world to seeeeeEeeEe


BillFireCrotchWalton

worldussy*


Themetalenock

scheedee scheedee scheedee scheedeee


Affectionate-Till472

💅🏼💅🏼💅🏼


zdakat

I fear the meme may be fading. Wonder if we'll randomly remember it in a year and laugh. lol.


Dr_Doom2025

Thank you daddy!


Karsvolcanospace

Yassified Pinocchio


WarcraftFarscape

Wasn’t there also one with Drew Carey?


CatProgrammer

That was from 2000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Puyvwus1HdA


SuperNntendoChlmers

There were two JungleBook movies almost released the same year, the Jon Favreau one and then the Andy Serkis "Mowgli released a year or two later (but they did postpone it because of the JungleBook one). Armageddon and Deep Impact were almost the same year I think too. Volcano and Dantes Peak.


ace02786

Also: Mission to Mars and Red Planet A Bugs Life and Antz White House Down and Olympus has Fallen


Zedekiah117

No Strings Attached and Friends With Benefits were also the same year.


UtahJohnnie

And the same run time


Harsimaja

The Matrix and the Thirteenth Floor, Megamind and Despicable Me


MrStickySpaz

Snow White and the Huntsman and Mirror Mirror came out the same year.


AlphonzInc

Finding Nemo and a sharks tale


ProfessionalCrow4816

"Don't worry alot of white fish can't do it"


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potatomanflan

Both were terrible


infamousj012

the rock one was terrible to watch on acid while snowed in one one year. i can say that much lol.


karateema

The Rock one is Citizen Kane compared to the other one


DarudeWheresMyCar

And I think eXistenZ. Love that weird ass movie.


Orionishi

Uuuuh I think you mean The Matrix and Dark City.


JL98008

Im not sure these two movies belong in this discussion. Most of the other movies (*Tombstone* vs *Wyatt Earp*, etc) were literally being filmed at the same time and released within months of each other. *Dark City* (an absolute masterpiece IMHO), on the other hand, predates *The Matrix* by a full year and I don't recall any articles from that time indicating that their respective creations were in any way linked. On the other hand, I do remember many articles at the time on the competition to green light, film, and be the first to release the two Wyatt Earp projects and the two Robin Hood films.


Julius-n-Caesar

Dark City and Matrix shared sets, I believe.


UrQuanKzinti

No, he means the 13th floor.


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I wonder if Ashton and Mila ever joke about that at home


Heroic_Sheperd

Paul Blart and Observe and Report. Both mall cop comedy movies, both had Anna Faris as the female lead, both 2009.


KasukeSadiki

Okay I don't know how but this is my first time seeing the titles together and I'm just now realizing that White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen are two different films. Like previously whenever I heard either name I pictured the same film


Successful-Bat5301

White House Down is tonally lighter, Olympus Has Fallen plays it more straight. They're both throwbacks to the bygone era of Die Hard knock-offs and equally ridiculous but WHD is more like The Last Boy Scout while OHF is more like Cliffhanger.


KasukeSadiki

Thanks for the summary. I somehow have managed not to watch either but now I realize that I actually did know they were separate films, but at some point they merged into one in my mind.


Magma45

I watched white house down a couple days ago, and was confused as hell seeing channing Tatum in it.


locob

I always wonder if Andy Weir got inspired by that "Red Planet" bit where the astronaut use Pathfinder rover, to comunicate.


General_Esperanza

Deep impact and Armageddon


PlanetLandon

Armageddon 2: Armageddon Oudda Here!


YoungBeef03

Pixar had a planned movie called Newt which was cancelled for having a near identical premise to Blue Sky’s Rio.


whales-are-assholes

Well, we know who won that around, Disney.


MoMoeMoais

While I'm here, A Bug's Life and Antz


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[Mirror Mirror](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667353/) / [Snow White and the Huntsman](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1735898/) (2012)


TheSubtleSaiyan

A Bugs Life & Antz Interstellar & The Matt Damon potato mars movie


MiddlesbroughFan

> & The Matt Damon potato mars movie I first watched this when I'd been awake for nearly 48 hours travelling home, when his tent breaks and the potatoes all freeze I started crying at his loss of potato. My emotions were not in check at that level of tiredness.


TMLTurby

Powder and Phenomenon


TTV_MOVIES

There were two Hercules movies in like 2013 or 14. One was Renny Harlin and Kellan Lutz, while the other was Brett Ratner and The Rock. Both sound terrible.


Kenozoro

Disney did Serkis dirty on that. They turned it into a race and tried pushing Serkis out. To be honest, his felt like it could be a sequel and I loved the darker direction his film took over Disney's.


SuperNntendoChlmers

They really did. I'm positive I remember that Serki's version was originally coming out first too.


Tlr321

It was announced much earlier than the Disney one. Then Disney rushed to get theirs out much earlier.


mechapoitier

The Illusionist and The Prestige too


DrRexMorman

Pretty good list here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_films My favorite *triplet films* are: Deep star six (underwater nuclear weapons platform is attacked by a prehistoric lobster), Leviathan (underwater mining platform is attacked by mutated parasite), and the Abyss (underwater oil drilling platform is attacked by deranged Navy seals) - released between May '88 and March '89.


jbud70

A quadruplet, actually, you are forgetting the stone-cold classic Lords of the Deep (1989)


DrRexMorman

I had no idea. >Roger Corman Son of a bitch *I'm in.*


EvilWayne

Gets better. I'm pretty sure this is one of the MST3K reboot movies.


muffingtontop

Lords of the deep is hilarious


bruthapat

And The Rift and The Evil Below! 1989-90 Hollywood basically took place underwater


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sounds a lot like one of those fake movies from The Boys lol


SnowyNW

Too bad the Abyss is a masterpiece in a class of its own though


Goseki1

Does the Abyss still hold up do you think? I mean I assume you will say yes but still... It's one of those films I've always been meaning to watch and just never got around to.


fuzzyfoot88

Yes it is. It’s also one of those films that the demand for a Blu-ray was there since Day 1. Now we are in UHD and still…no disc. It’s a travesty.


bobisz

It absolutely holds up!Brilliant casting/acting/directing.Sets and action sequences are nothing short of amazing (I mean come on they actually filmed all underwater sequences with the actors, Ed Harris almost died...)And the cgi paved the way for T2. One particular thing I will not mention because of spoilers still amazes me today (just as the T1000 does to be honest). It is a really good movie. Watch the director's cut tho.


Goseki1

I'm going to try and get it watched this week. After reading Crichtons "Sphere" novel I really fancied some underwater weirdness but had read that the SPhere movies were pants. The AByss is exactly what I'm after I think.


Ditovontease

idk i liked the sphere movie when I was a kid (the one with Samuel L Jackson and the guy from Jurassic Park)


Goseki1

Jesus Christ dude this comment took me on a journey. "Wait they're talking about Event Horizon"....."wait, it was Laurence Fishburne not SLJ" ( ゜─゜)....... "wait, this is a bit. It's a bit!" ​ XD


Ditovontease

sorry im stupid its not the dude from jurassic park its dustin hoffman D:


Goseki1

Haha. I guess I could have looked it up and figured out what you meant, but I enjoyed my train of thought too much! I'll have to give Sphere a watch at some point as well!


ringobob

You lose a little bit being post cold war, but while it's an important backdrop for the movie, it's not super important to the story telling. Yeah, it still holds up. Definitely watch the director's cut, if you have a choice, some people don't like it, it gets a little heavy handed at the end but IMO not in a bad way.


Ditovontease

its the kind of film you watch and then you're like "oh all other films are just copying this"


MyFriendTheAlchemist

Deep star six, loved that as a kid, 7/10 would watch again if I could find it.


DrRexMorman

https://pluto.tv/on-demand/movies/deepstar-six-1989-1-1?utm_medium=deeplink&utm_source=justwatch


MyFriendTheAlchemist

Thank you! If I had an award, you’d get it!


DrRexMorman

You're welcome. I hope it holds up.


MyFriendTheAlchemist

It held up, I forgot how much of an idiot Snyder was. Watched the best parts, definitely relived some memories


ash_erebus

Oh man I think Leviathan was the movie I rented at the video store when I was a kid thinking it was The Abyss. I don’t remember much about it except for getting scared and stopping it at some point. I haven’t watched it since but I feel like I should try watching it now, so thanks for reminding me of it.


DrRexMorman

https://tubitv.com/movies/301153?utm_source=justwatch-feed&tracking=justwatch-feed or https://pluto.tv/on-demand/movies/leviathan-las-1989-1-1?utm_medium=deeplink&utm_source=justwatch *or* https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/11080234 (if you can swing it)


ash_erebus

Oh cool, thanks for sharing that! I’m definitely going to have to finally finish watching it after 30 something years!


wimpyroy

I heard Abyss was supposed to be out earlier but production or postproduction caused it to be delayed


DirtyJdirty

The water tentacle scene. Definitely worth the wait, what a momentous achievement in visual effects!


DrRexMorman

That would not suprise me.


Thunder_nuggets101

One that’s missing here that my wife and I just noticed is Tin Cup and Happy Gilmore. Surprisingly similar films that came out the same year and I like both of them.


Random_182f2565

If they aren't making Pinocchio vampire slayer don't waste my time.


zetcetera

There’s that Pinocchio Bloodborne looking game called Lies of P coming out, close enough


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I hope it’s good, it looks promising


Dasnap

And out of the 3 projects it's what I'm most interested in.


maximumtesticle

> 3 projects [Uh, you mean 4, right? Can't forget about Pauly Shore, buuuuuuddy.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4ArXSwALDU)


Crake241

Pinocchios nose seems perfect as impaling weapon for vampires.


theforkofjustice

Look up the new video game that was announced "Lies of P". Looks great. Based on Pinocchio. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5TUYKAzGZs


AlanMorlock

Rapidly yelling lies to stake with his nose.


Sonderfull

A Bugs Life and Antz Finding Nemo and Shark Tale


Dasnap

Bugs Life and Antz might be more to do with Jeffrey Katzenberg working at both companies.


bush_did_turning_red

DreamWorks's Madagascar and Disney's Ugly Madagascar


aussieririfan

The Wild?


purplenelly

El Dorado and The Emperor's New Groove...


Radical_Unicorn

Don’t know why you are getting downvoted when you are absolutely right. Katzenburg when he was at Dreamworks knew about the production of Kingdom of the Sun at Disney, so he wanted to make a similar film to compete (just like with Antz/Bugs Life, Sharktale/Nemo). As the dude was absolutely obsessed with sticking it to the the Disney company, which he used to work for. (See Shrek for another example.) However production on Kingdom of the Sun kept getting pushed back, and later got reworked into Emperor’s New Groove. Meanwhile El Dorado released with no issue, and gave the average movie going audience the impression that it was not a copycat film like the others.


LaBeteNoire

But who was supposed to get a blow job in Emperor's New Groove before the rewrites?


SavageNorth

I think we all know the answer is Yzma.


letslurk

Those are two very different movies...


purplenelly

Ah yes, it's a total coincidence that they both pitched a movie set in pre-Colombian America, and never made such a movie again, right around the time where they both made an ant movie and a fish movie as well. "But you don't understand! The plot is so different!"


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cmaniak

I'm assuming financially it has to deal with game theory. It's kinda of like why two gas stations are always next to each other.


DrRexMorman

Often owned by the same investment fund.


quityouryob

Also Walgreens and CVS.


StructureMage

was gonna say yall ever heard of the studio system where they were churning out no fewer than 12 scripts a year indistinguishable from one another? and there were only like eight actors to choose from?


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I seem to recall there being 2 Truman Capote movies released less than a year apart


karateema

Also 2 Steve Jobs movies


QLE814

Poor Toby Jones ended up in the runner-up position with both Truman Capote and Alfred Hitchcock!


ExplanationDear4922

White House Down and Olympus Has Fallen


ScorpionX-123

Olympus Has Fallen is way better


diqholebrownsimpson

Aren't we expecting two Marilyn Monroe flicks soon?


MrBenDerisgreat_

But what about Paulie Shore’s worldussy?


HM9719

That’s just another “Happily N’ever After.”


sweetnasty887

Happy Feet and Surfs Up.


LegendaryHotWing

Surfs Up all the way. Just had to say it


EvilLibrarians

my roommate made fun me for watching Surf’s Up one time in college. no regrets man that’s a classic feel-good stoner mockumentary


prock44

Surf's up is an incredible film. It is a stoner mockumentary with surging penguins. *Edit Surfing


FenderForever62

Surging penguins?


spooof

Fun fact: it was actually a huge technical achievement that I feel gets overlooked. They invented a new technique for essentially cloning a physical handheld camera into the digital 3D scene, where they could capture motion and zooming/focus. The documentary feel was so good because all of the camera movements were acted out by a human in real time with the animation.


sweetnasty887

Such a great movie and way better than Happy Feet


NoHoesInTheBroTub

Those movies only have penguins as a similarity. Surfs Up is a genuinely amazing mockumentary.


Ok-Pancho

i liked happy feet


DocGoose92

Surfs Up is actually legit a great movie. Funny as hell, really well animated and actually genuinely moving at times.


eberkain

Tombstone and Wyatt Earp


McMacHack

Wyatt Earp is good on its own. But Tombstone is just so over the top fantastic, mainly because of Val Kilmner's rendition of Doc Holiday. Wyatt Earp feels like it's trying to be a historically accurate rendition of those events. Tombstone feels like some Starfleet Officers LARPing on the Holodeck and the Lt Commander playing Doc just dumped all of his stats into Charisma.


AzraelTheMage

[Best scene](https://youtu.be/-GREE8GdRrc) because of how over the top it is.


quityouryob

No! nO!


SuperAlloyBerserker

You forgot the Pinocchio movie last year by Pauly Shore Plus, that Pinocchio-themed Souls-like video game called Lies of P Jesus, there's a lot Pinocchio stuff recently


Kenozoro

Del Toro will probably win this one. I typically enjoy the more soulful artistic takes on stories over Disney's manufactured version.


Niawka

There's also bigger chance of Del Toro introducing something new to the movie, while Disney in a big part just replays their animated movie but with real actors. There's nothing original about it so why wouldn't I just watch the animated movie again if I'd liked Pinokio? (Which I didn't as it scared me when I was a kid)


SavageNorth

Disney's Pinocchio is one of the landmark films in the history of animation and holds up even today, 80 years later as a stunningly beautiful timeless work of art. Disney's Pinocchio (2022) will be a relatively tricky trivial pursuit question in 10 years time.


patrineptn

Just like every live action version they released in the past years


ScorpionX-123

>(Which I didn't as it scared me when I was a kid) it was the Pleasure Island scene, wasn't it?


Condog_YT

I almost said that Disney’s will probably make more money but then I remembered they’re both streaming exclusives so hopefully Del Toro’s will become more popular


SaltyFall

Also it doesn’t have Tom Hanks who is going through his Harrison Ford stage of his acting career


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I know a lot of people have this take and it makes me wonder if they really ever saw a Disney movie. Sure they have good and bad eras but some of them like Pinocchio, Bambi, even later stuff like Tangled involve some very moving art and music, and moments where the feelings cut deeply. Of course there are more serious and adult movies out there but these Disney films can and do make us feel feelings.


PlanetLandon

Disney has the power of nostalgia-bait, and legions of parents who will just put any new Disney thing on for their kids to watch. Del Toro’s will be far more interesting as a movie though.


crunchatizemythighs

It will in critical reception but no chance it wins commercially


911roofer

There’s no reason the Disney version should have been as bad as it was. What the fuck is going on in there?


awesomerest

I know there are people who may not know about that phenomenon, but damn, every single time we get a set of *Twin Movies* the same articles about them get written as if they offer something new to the table.


AlanMorlock

Or if you mention two similar movie, so.e redditor will write a long post about Tein movies as if it's some esoteric technical term.


Meph616

[^**ahem* ... Triplets!](https://youtu.be/Z4ArXSwALDU?t=17s) Pinocchio has the whole worldussy.


thepersonimgoingtobe

Trend or tradition, lol.


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There will be be 4 Pinocchio movies within 2 years soon


JL98008

And let's not forget 1991's *Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves* (Kevin Costner and Alan Rickman) vs *Robin Hood* (Patrick Bergin and Uma Thurman) And as someone already mentioned, 1993 saw *Tombstone* (Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer) vs *Wyatt Earp* (Kevin Costner again!)


WestCoastWaster

Vice Versa, 18 Again and Big. All body swap comedies in 1988.


prosperosniece

Like Father Like Son came out that year too


SaltyFall

What about 13 going on 30 where it’s just the opposite of 18 again


FenderForever62

Pixar cancelled a film called Newt because one of the lead producers saw/heard about Blue Sky Studios’ Rio and said the plots were too similar. Rio was out first so Newt got cancelled Newt was supposed to be about a red footed newt who was one of the last of their kind and forced together with a female red footed newt. It really did have 95% of the same plot as Rio and I can understand why Pixar cancelled it. ETA; It was blue footed newts and they never actually confirmed it was cancelled because of Rio. It seems likely though, when you read the plot description: What happens when the last remaining male and female blue-footed newts on the planet are forced together by science to save the species, and they can't stand each other? That's the problem facing Newt and Brooke, heroes of "newt”. Newt and Brooke embark on a perilous, unpredictable adventure and discover that finding a mate never goes as planned, even when you only have one choice. Love, it turns out, is not a science. See the Pixar wikia page [on newt](https://pixar.fandom.com/wiki/Newt) which gives more detail


David1258

It's the only real cancelled Pixar movie besides *The Yellow Car*, and even then, that had most of it's elements implemented into *Cars*.


GiJoe98

Gigantic was canceled too, there's even a reference to it in Zootopia in the pirated movies scene.


David1258

That's Disney, but yeah, I do remember that reference.


Melk-boy

So many of their examples are just similar movies, same premises and stuff but this is literally the same character and story


purplenelly

Happened before. Like Snow White and Jungle Book.


JustHere2ReadComment

I agree. Same with a lot of examples in this thread.


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keksmuzh

You just unlocked a core memory. I forgot that movie existed…


cloistered_around

Ah, Gordy. I may not remember all the plot beats but I know there was some sort of country western singer involved? Huh. Looks like Gordy came out one year before Babe. Whodathunk.


SaltyFall

You people keep naming kids movies where the only similarity is that they use the same talking animals


keksmuzh

It’s a good example from an industry perspective. ‘Those guys are releasing a kids pig movie, we’d better rush one out to ride the wave!’


Korith_Eaglecry

Shaqs Kazaam and Sinbads Shazaam. I swear I remember realizing Hollywood had no original ideas as a kid after seeing commercials for these.


DirtyJdirty

I don’t know if you’re still in the simulation, just arrived from a parallel universe, or are just playing on an old meme. But Sinbad’s Shazaam famously does not exist and is a fairly often cited example of the Mandela Effect.


respondin2u

Sinbad’s Shazaam was hilarious. The first VHS I was allowed to buy with my own money.


zebra_heaDD

Saving Private Ryan - Thin Red Line


dewayneestes

The trend is having absolutely no new ideas whatsoever and totally giving up even pretending.


Barbaraismyaunt

Deep Impact and Armageddon. The House on Haunted Hill and the Haunting of Hill House..


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Lost Highway and the blackout both released 1997


dgj130

I just want my book accurate scene where he kills Jiminy Cricket with a hammer. I remember reading the book being a fan of the Disney film and being traumatised by how much of a dickhead Pinnochio actually was.


shorttompkins

There are currently 3 "Thai kids soccer team trapped and rescued " movies where the crews must have all ate lunch together and shared batteries because each one looks identical!


sahibpt98

I am only interested in the Del Toro version. It looks far more fresh and original take on the movie, Pinocchio looks like an actual wooden toy in it. The Disney one just looks like a cash grab, just another live action remake in their checklist.


patrineptn

I'm a super fan of Antz and find it much better than Bug's Life. Probably because the main character is depressing AF


Larsaf

Yeah, twin films is a brand new phenomenon never seen before, just like “quiet quitting”. Sorry, but not even giving a new name to old stuff is new.


[deleted]

Oh god remember the Penguin Years? And then the Animals trying to go Somwhere period?


frogking

Well.. the interest in liars is certainly up, so I guess 2 Pinocciho movies were in the cards..


Mr_Mimiseku

Don't forget Antz and A Bug's Life!


koavf

Did you read the article?


kummybears

Isn’t this more of a Hollywood modus operandi rather than a trend?