Poll of the Day > What do you think are the three most "original" movies of all time?

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MICHALECOLE
12/03/18 3:20:52 AM
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Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine
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DrCidd
12/03/18 3:23:54 AM
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First I have a question. If a completely original movie comes out, and then 50 other filmmakers copy it. Does it retain its original originality? Or does it cease being original because it's been done 50 times since then?

Also...Probably Watership Down.
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Sarcasthma
12/03/18 3:27:20 AM
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Just off the top of my head:

What We Do in the Shadows
There Will Be Blood
Annihilation
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MICHALECOLE
12/03/18 3:33:45 AM
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DrCidd posted...
First I have a question. If a completely original movie comes out, and then 50 other filmmakers copy it. Does it retain its original originality? Or does it cease being original because it's been done 50 times since then?

Also...Probably Watership Down.

Up to you baby boy

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Gradieus
12/03/18 3:42:25 AM
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I don't know, Matrix? Truman Show?
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OhhhJa
12/03/18 3:48:18 AM
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Being john Malkovich
The cube movies
Waterworld
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MICHALECOLE
12/03/18 3:52:47 AM
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Havent heard an answer so far that Ive been like NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH
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Twindragonfang
12/03/18 4:01:53 AM
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Bladerunner.
Tron.
Dragonheart.
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GanglyKhan
12/03/18 4:19:45 AM
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Why are so many of you posting book adaptations? I feel that saying that is different than "NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH" because that case sounds more like coincidence or that maybe that person wasn't aware of the "original" movie. But usually with these book movies, it straight up says it in the title card or at the start of the credits.
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Mead
12/03/18 4:22:04 AM
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Memento
Blade Runner
Anchorman
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Johnny Eagle
12/03/18 4:24:15 AM
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Probably the first 3 movies ever made, whatever those are
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DirtBasedSoap
12/03/18 4:24:40 AM
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Being John Malkovich
Eraserhead
2001 A Space Odyssey (especially for its time)

part of me wants to put the OT Star Wars trilogy in there as well
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Mover_of_Zigs
12/03/18 9:47:34 AM
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Being John Malkovich
Fight Club
Swiss Army Man

All relatively recent, but that's what I could think of off the top of my head
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Dikitain
12/03/18 10:30:12 AM
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A Trip to the Moon
Frankenstein (1910)
The Shadow Strikes
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pedro45
12/03/18 10:56:50 AM
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While I like most movies stated, they're mostly all books first, some better though in certain areas.

Honestly, I'm struggling to think of any. Maybe cause the best movies aren't original...

Being John Malkovich
Blazing Saddles
The Matrix

I have a feeling those are all books, but I haven't read them yet.
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Mover_of_Zigs
12/03/18 11:04:28 AM
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Nice to see all the love for Malkovich.

Craig said...
How do you know I wont be seeing what you're seeing in court?!


I totally forgot Fight Club was a book first...I even own the book, I just haven't read it yet.
Matrix and Malkovich definitely were not based on novels though.
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Pus_N_Pecans
12/03/18 1:26:40 PM
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I dont think there are any definitive answers here, but Eraserhead is a great answer.

Ill go with Holy Mountain, Psycho (1960) and The Man with the Movie Camera
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rogerskg1979
12/03/18 2:01:12 PM
#18:


MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


Sin City and Scott Pilgrim are based on comic books and therefore are not original works.
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shadowsword87
12/03/18 2:10:53 PM
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Mover_of_Zigs posted...
I totally forgot Fight Club was a book first...I even own the book, I just haven't read it yet.


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Mead
12/03/18 2:15:46 PM
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rogerskg1979 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


Sin City and Scott Pilgrim are based on comic books and therefore are not original works.


Eternal sunshine is actually based on the same short story that inspired Total Recall
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Mover_of_Zigs
12/03/18 2:35:30 PM
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MICHALECOLE posted...
eternal sunshine

That reminded me of Little Miss Sunshine. Incredible movie, and the grandpa gives great advice.
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MICHALECOLE
12/03/18 2:41:01 PM
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rogerskg1979 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


Sin City and Scott Pilgrim are based on comic books and therefore are not original works.

None of my choices are based on their stories
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Pus_N_Pecans
12/03/18 3:49:34 PM
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Just because a movie is based on a book doesnt make it unoriginal. Often times a film adaptation is striving for something completely different than the source material
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Lokarin
12/03/18 3:58:41 PM
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OhhhJa posted...
Being john Malkovich
The cube movies
Waterworld


I was gunna say something very similar
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ernieforss
12/03/18 4:00:00 PM
#25:


MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


The artist who did the retroscoping for a scanner darkly is now drawing batman with Bendis. Who here like Batman with one liners!! Damn it, Bendis!!
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ernieforss
12/03/18 4:03:59 PM
#26:


rogerskg1979 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


Sin City and Scott Pilgrim are based on comic books and therefore are not original works.


A scanner darkly is based of the book. Philip K. Dick writes all these books that get converted to cult classic movies. I think maybe Total Recall was the only biggest blockbuster conversion. I have to look how much Minority Report made. But Paycheck, Blade Runner and Next were flops.
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darcandkharg31
12/03/18 4:33:49 PM
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I was gonna suggest Terminator but it seems Outer Limits had a story about a soldier coming back from the future to fight another thing from the future so idk. It's pretty different from what I read from the synopsis but kinda similar, idk.

Robocop was dope.
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MICHALECOLE
12/03/18 4:34:08 PM
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ernieforss posted...
rogerskg1979 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


Sin City and Scott Pilgrim are based on comic books and therefore are not original works.


A scanner darkly is based of the book. Philip K. Dick writes all these books that get converted to cult classic movies. I think maybe Total Recall was the only biggest blockbuster conversion. I have to look how much Minority Report made. But Paycheck, Blade Runner and Next were flops.

Is it true that paycheck is the prequel to blank check?
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LaggnFragnLarry
12/03/18 5:14:34 PM
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the first thing that came to my mind is this movie called my ass is haunted
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darcandkharg31
12/03/18 5:16:08 PM
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Human centipede.
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Sarcasthma
12/03/18 5:28:38 PM
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GanglyKhan posted...
Why are so many of you posting book adaptations? I feel that saying that is different than "NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH" because that case sounds more like coincidence or that maybe that person wasn't aware of the "original" movie. But usually with these book movies, it straight up says it in the title card or at the start of the credits.

Because a movie based on a book can still be original, especially when it comes to visual and auditory elements.
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VeeVees
12/03/18 5:59:15 PM
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Oh, "original" can mean whatever I want? Okay

1. Gone with the Wind
2. 300
3. To Kill a Mockingbird
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darcandkharg31
12/03/18 6:02:29 PM
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VeeVees posted...
Oh, "original" can mean whatever I want? Okay

1. Gone with the Wind
2. 300
3. To Kill a Mockingbird

Gay!!!!
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Mover_of_Zigs
12/03/18 6:17:34 PM
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darcandkharg31 posted...
Gay!!!!

Not that there's anything wrong with that!
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Zeus
12/03/18 8:12:53 PM
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Well, there's nothing quite like Last House on Hell Street.... thankfully!

Trying to think of what else may stand out.
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Sahuagin
12/03/18 8:20:48 PM
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three that come to mind first:

Adaptation
Back to the Future
Ghostbusters
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Metalsonic66
12/03/18 8:49:29 PM
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Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
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madadude
12/03/18 8:54:57 PM
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Holy Motors
Man With a Movie Camera
Mirror (1975)
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Mover_of_Zigs
12/03/18 8:54:58 PM
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How could I possibly have forgotten Gentlemen Broncos? That's a true classic, on par with Cabin Boy.
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Muscles
12/03/18 8:54:59 PM
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None really, there are like 7 base stories that go back further than movies
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KJ StErOiDs
12/03/18 9:40:44 PM
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The Matrix
The Blair Witch Project
Black Dynamite

Honorable mention: Napoleon Dynamite
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Lordkill
12/03/18 9:48:24 PM
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Them!
The Ten Commandments
Star Wars
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MICHALECOLE
12/03/18 11:04:51 PM
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Muscles posted...
None really, there are like 7 base stories that go back further than movies

Classic muscles
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Firewood18
12/04/18 12:01:29 AM
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When I think of "original" movies I think of directors.

Jarmusch
Tarantino
Kubrick

Would be my top three moderns.
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jramirez23
12/04/18 1:21:24 AM
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Pulp Fiction (it does have a lot of homages of other stuff, but I guess it is still original)

Inception

Black Swan
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Zeus
12/04/18 8:55:13 PM
#46:


jramirez23 posted...
Black Swan


I liked Black Swan better when it was called Perfect Blue >_>
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ernieforss
12/05/18 3:16:39 PM
#47:


MICHALECOLE posted...
ernieforss posted...
rogerskg1979 posted...
MICHALECOLE posted...
Note: original can mean whatever you want. Somebody will post their three and somebody else will be like THAT IS NOT ORIGINAL THAT WAS DONE TWENTY YEARS EARLIER IN BLAHHHH ignore that person

My top three + honorable mention:
1. Sin city
2. 2001: a space odyssey
3. A scanner darkly

Honorable mentions: Scott pilgrim vs the world, eternal sunshine


Sin City and Scott Pilgrim are based on comic books and therefore are not original works.


A scanner darkly is based of the book. Philip K. Dick writes all these books that get converted to cult classic movies. I think maybe Total Recall was the only biggest blockbuster conversion. I have to look how much Minority Report made. But Paycheck, Blade Runner and Next were flops.

Is it true that paycheck is the prequel to blank check?


it's more like the spiritually successor. they are the same movies.
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Wii3Kings
12/05/18 3:25:53 PM
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Saw
Blair Witch Project
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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GastroFan
12/05/18 4:13:26 PM
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Forbidden Planet
Them!
Alien
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Metalsonic66
12/05/18 4:35:33 PM
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