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A Confederacy of Dunces RIPOFF

posted 16 years ago by tapedeck
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If you take a moment to dissect this movie, you'll quickly realize that it's a Confederacy of Dunces ripoff. Even the things that the Heder character says are completely like Ignatius's lines. And the girlfriend who is the folk singer! Then there is the boyfriend angle. The only thing missing is Patrolman Mancuso...

RIPOFF!

[–] charlesramsdell 16 years ago

Genius.

[–] ksfx_mcr 15 years ago

Agreed.

[–] serabb 15 years ago

Blatant ripoff!

[–] josebut8 15 years ago

Just proves what amazing source material the novel is! When are they going to make that into a movie, that hopefully they won't botch?

[–] shroomn 15 years ago

Amazing. You guys are defending that above average novel with this film which is soulless to say the least? Confederacy of Dunces is the most overrated, bloated book due to the author's suicide.

[–] serabb 14 years ago

I totally agree with that call. Bored me to tears

[–] chechrissie 14 years ago

Great novel and I don't think anybody is defending this film by saying it ripped off the book, are they? I personally do not read books while at the same time thinking, 'This writer is dead/killed himself/dresses up as a nun on Sunday afternoons.' I just read it and enjoy it or do not.

[–] ofumalow 13 years ago

Too bad such a good cast had to be wasted on a bad movie that doesn't even acknowledge it lifts ideas from a great novel. Although I'm kinda grateful there's been no actual "Confederacy" movie yet--some of the filmmakers attached to that in the past would have been wrong, and it would require an ability to play extreme caricatures in a deadpan rather than shrilly cartoonish fashion that would be difficult, to say the least.