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Rip off

posted 20 years ago by FirthNorthamAddict
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Im getting ready to watch the movie..but from what Ive read about this movie its basically a ripoff of What a Girl Wants....Come on people..GET YOUR OWN IDEAS!

[–] FirthNorthamAddict 20 years ago

I have to say that Charlotte Church is a very bad actress, she basically stood there while watching the other actors act. She sings nicely, and that was the only thing she did well. However the other cast members were great, they should have used another girl for the title role, because I never quite got to like her character, I liked everyone else BUT her.

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[–] disneyfan23 20 years ago

It is a rip off.

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[–] philinusa2000 19 years ago

"Im getting ready to watch the movie..but from what Ive read about this movie its basically a ripoff of What a Girl Wants....Come on people..GET YOUR OWN IDEAS!"

Yeah, I guess it ripped off "What a Girl Wants"

I'll be there cinema release date: June 13 2003
What a Girl Wants cinema release date: Aug 8 2003

So, what Craig Ferguson did was wait for August 2003, then went back in time, wrote the script, went to the studios, got their go-ahead to make the movie, got it cast, filmed and release, all before What a Girl Wants came out

Gee, what a way to rip off a movie - COME OUT BEFORE IT!

Either that or you're a muppet :P

[–] FirthNorthamAddict 18 years ago

well ok, then the idea was taken for what a girl wants. Did not realize that this one came out prior. But either way, this was a lousy movie. Charlotte Church is a better singer then actor, and even in the singing dept I am not that appreciative of her.

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[–] FirthNorthamAddict 18 years ago

the joy of opinions is that everyone has them...but to call someones opinion on a movie(which yes I was wrong about it being a rip off) idiotic, is idiotic itself.

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[–] amyevans4590 18 years ago

charlotte church is a fantastic singer, so thats not saying much saying she is better at singing...

[–] Judd-Half-Nelson 14 years ago

Well, seeing as how "What A Girl Wants" was released actually in April 2003 - not August - still provides us with a similarly implausible dilemma. In other words, as I doubt we (currently) have sufficient technology for time travel, I also doubt we have the technology nor the personal/professional time to make a movie and release it from start to finish in just 2.5 months!

And speaking to Originality? "What a Girl Wants":The Movie was based on a comedy (film) released in 1958, called "The Reluctant Debutante", "... a 1958 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play ++ [first produced/published under the same title, The Reluctant Debutante] +++ ..."!

COME ON PEOPLE, LET'S BE ORIGINAL!

The premise of "I didn't know I had a daughter" can also be summed up in one phrase; can you say "Shakespeare"?

Exeunt

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[–] Judd-Half-Nelson 14 years ago

Well, seeing as how "What A Girl Wants" was released actually in April 2003 - not August - still provides us with a similarly implausible dilemma. In other words, as I doubt we (currently) have sufficient technology for time travel, I also doubt we have the technology nor the personal/professional time to make a movie and release it from start to finish in just 2.5 months!

And speaking to Originality? "What a Girl Wants":The Movie was based on a comedy (film) released in 1958, called "The Reluctant Debutante", "... a 1958 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play ++ [first produced/published under the same title, The Reluctant Debutante] +++ ..."!

COME ON PEOPLE, LET'S BE ORIGINAL!

do want more originality? The film title "What A Girl Wants" was named FROM and AFTER the Christina Aguilera song - of the same name - was released!

The premise of "I didn't know I had a daughter" can also be summed up in one phrase; can you say "Shakespeare"?

Exeunt - AND YES, THAT WAS ACKLAND'S REAL VOICE DUBBED IN LATER. LATER!

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[–] Judd-Half-Nelson 14 years ago

Well, seeing as how "What A Girl Wants" was released actually in April 2003 - not August - still provides us with a similarly implausible dilemma. In other words, as I doubt we (currently) have sufficient technology for time travel, I also doubt we have the technology nor the personal/professional time to make a movie and release it from start to finish in just 2.5 months! (I don't think even pr0n would touch that timeline seriously!)

And speaking to Originality? "What a Girl Wants":The Movie was based on a comedy (film) released in 1958, called "The Reluctant Debutante", "... a 1958 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play ++ [first produced/published under the same title, The Reluctant Debutante] +++ ..."!

COME ON PEOPLE, LET'S BE ORIGINAL!

do want more originality? The film title "What A Girl Wants" was named FROM and AFTER the Christina Aguilera song - of the same name - was released!

The premise of "I didn't know I had a daughter" can also be summed up in one phrase; can you say "Shakespeare"?

Exeunt - AND YES, THAT WAS ACKLAND'S REAL VOICE DUBBED IN LATER. LATER!

++ from imdb
+++ from Wikipedia

[–] Judd-Half-Nelson 14 years ago

Well, seeing as how "What A Girl Wants" was released actually in April 2003 - not August - still provides us with a similarly implausible dilemma. In other words, as I doubt we (currently) have sufficient technology for time travel, I also doubt we have the technology nor the personal/professional time to make a movie and release it from start to finish in just 2.5 months! (I don't think even pr0n would touch that timeline seriously!)

And speaking to Originality? "What a Girl Wants":The Movie was based on a comedy (film) released in 1958, called "The Reluctant Debutante", "... a 1958 comedy film directed by Vincente Minnelli and produced by Pandro S. Berman from a screenplay by Julius J. Epstein and William Douglas-Home based on Douglas-Home's play ++ [first produced/published under the same title, The Reluctant Debutante] +++ ..."!

COME ON PEOPLE, LET'S BE ORIGINAL!

Do you want more originality? The film title "What A Girl Wants" was named FROM and AFTER the Christina Aguilera song - of the same name - was released!

The premise of "I didn't know I had a daughter" can also be summed up in one phrase; can you say "Shakespeare"?

Exeunt - AND YES, THAT WAS ACKLAND'S REAL VOICE DUBBED IN LATER. LATER!

++ from imdb
+++ from Wikipedia

[–] tammydawn1978 17 years ago

It is interesting that you would think this was a rip-off as previously it was mentioned that I'll Be There had an earlier release date. Even more interesting is that you would complain about this potential "rip-off" when What A Girl Wants was fully intended to be a remake of "The Reluctant Debutante", which came out in 1958.

[–] FirthNorthamAddict 17 years ago

gahhhhh....i now regret saying anything....all i have to say is that there is no original idea.....

[–] PeterBlues 14 years ago

i don't know about rip off, but the translated title to this i know it by has the same title as a movie from the 80's, so i tuned in and was so suprise to see someone sitting with a laptop, then i realised it was a translated title. in english. still english just another title.. why would there be a translation from english to english? that happens sometimes. well anyway, i stopped watching when i realised it was a new movie. "this movie isn't new"... by the way, that guy from drew carey show and the follow up to casanova there looked silly in that long hair.

at night she came to a rescue,
blew away the salt from my wounds,
that i got put in an old scar at noon,
at the oposit night time,
she came around,
will you alredy rest on the dishbench now,
you've been so much working and going at,
i'm affraid you'll throw out your back,
as i just wanna hug and fondle all that,
your softness and hotness,
your presence is like power of high voltage,
makes my jaw drop to the carpet,
so i'm down here on the floor,
holding on not wanting you to leave the hallway door.

[–] TylerDurden2003 17 years ago

That makes me think of that Beavis and Butthead episode where in the end Beavis is found guilty of the "Inna-Gadda-Da-Vida" Murders. They ask the police how a teenage boy could've committed a crime over two decades ago, and the police replied: "He's very clever."

So I guess Craig Ferguson is even more clever than I thought!

[–] Zeelthor 17 years ago

Well, I suppose it has similarities, but every movie has those with some other, so quit your whining.

[–] FirthNorthamAddict 17 years ago

Never!

[–] GONZODOODAH 16 years ago

Who cares if it's a ripoff. Someone get me a film where Charlotte Church gets her frankly meritorious chebs out and I'll be the first to buy a ticket.

[–] jdbishop_99 16 years ago

says he, who spent a quarter of his life (unjustly) criticising "peter's friends" for being a rip off. the irony...

[–] bnkybrdwybby 15 years ago

"says he, who spent a quarter of his life (unjustly) criticising "peter's friends" for being a rip off. the irony..."

Of what was "Peter's Friends" a rip off? I thought that movie was very original.

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[–] Captain_Bob 15 years ago

Who cares. "I'll Be There" is a wonderful low-budget film and I prefer the Scot/Taffy feel of it to the Hollywoodesque vibe of that other film. Amanda Bynes is a California bimbo and Colin Firth is an English poofta.

[–] FirthNorthamAddict 15 years ago

Hahahahahaha..I love that every few months someone responds to this..its a dead subject..but folks keep trying to revive it! Great! This is why I love the internet...