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Total Coyote Ugly ripoff..

posted 13 years ago by nanitaruizp
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I mean seriously. This movie was by far one of the saddest attempts to recreate the formula given by moulin rouge and coyote ugly.
First, the country girl who quits a waitressing job to come to the city and "make it", whose appartment then gets absurdly robbed? Sorry, but Coyote got there first.
And then of course they were going to use Kidmans adaptation of Diamonds are a girls best friend, in the exact same fashion used in Moulin Rouge, let alone the rest of the movie, which basically involves the same plot as Rouge (millionaire wanting to buy the club to turn it into something else, and also wants the starlet).
I mean seriously! come on! There are better and more original scripts out there!
The musical numbers were pretty much the only thing that kept me watching the rest of the movie.
... and of course Chers cheekbones.

[–] tegglest 13 years ago

Plot is very similar to Showgirls as well.

[–] eaglegirl 13 years ago

didn't actually remember Coyote ugly until the scene where her apartment had been broken into, after that everything just seemed so familiar...:P

[–] TheCrazyInside 13 years ago

Yeah, I see like no similarities between Burlesque and Coyote Ugly. Two completely different movies.

Look deep enough...you'll find it

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[–] Gdub33 12 years ago

Haha Packers lost. YEEEAAAAHHHH!

But other than a small town girl dancing and singing in both movie there isn't much similarities. I thought the OP was being sarcastic.

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[–] Gerithh 13 years ago

Look deep enough...you'll find it

That's what she said!

[–] killdawabbittn 13 years ago

A ripoff! Such a wonderful ripoff! No other ripoff left me so happy and fulfilled. A classic! And probably a cult classic. Cher and Xtina, I am so happy we have this record of your amazing talents.
Flawless movie fluff. And I mean that in the best possible way.
BTW, is it wrong to feel happy after seeing a movie?

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[–] vulpine-joker 12 years ago

A small town girl leaves a crappy waitress job to run away to the big city and become a dancer.

Her apartment gets randomly broken into and her money stolen.

The music gets cut in the middle of a number and small town girl starts to sing to save the show.

None of these ring a bell? Really?

Not saying Burlesque is a bad movie and a COMPLETE ripoff... but it's dumb to say there are absolutely no similarities. They are different stories, just have some similar scenes. I think "Total Coyote Ugly ripoff..." was a strong title to give this thread...

[–] seventeenmarch93 9 years ago

I just watch the movie while house-sitting for a friend. It was marked under the "favorites" list. I would not compare it to showgirls or Cyote Ugly. This movie was ions better than both. I was quite surprised and can see why it was on their favorite list.

[–] tanster-1 13 years ago

I haven't watched Moulin Rouge nor Coyote Ugly, but I can say that there are dozens of movies/shows/cartoons out there with the themes:

1) Some small town underdog with big ambitions of making big.
2) Some wealthy person attempting to buy a cherished property and turning it into something else, while the good hearted owner and his/her friends must find a way to save the property.

I enjoyed Burlesque, especially Cher's acting (not her singing), and I doubt the writer/director had any intentions of ripping off another movie.

[–] EmpressClaudia 13 years ago

You can say that about all movies...Coyote Ugly is a rip off of every movie about a small town girl leaving her home and going to the big city to make it big and then her talent is discovered and she had to choose between the loyalty of her new family or some douche who wants to make her famous and use her.

Movies been done a million times...the differences are the performances the songs.

[–] pasnat 13 years ago

I just finished watching it a few minutes ago, and all throughout, I kept thinking "This is a 1930's or 1940's movie." The plot was just so time-worn and hackneyed, and it was absolutely predictable the whole way.

Small town girl comes to big city with a dream. The big star is a diva bitch. Something happens to the diva big and the understudy gets her shot. "You're going out there a nobody but you're coming back a star!"

She meets a nice guy who's struggling just like her. But alas, she's wooed away by the glitter, glamour and power of a rich guy who always gets what he wants. Will true love win out? Oh course.

Oh, did I mention the old widder lady is going to lose the farm, but maybe someone has a miracle up their sequined sleeve that'll save the day.

Sorry, I mistyped. Not farm. I meant burlesque house.

This movie was nothing but an excuse to let Cher and Christina belt out some songs with dance-hall choreography. If you're into the two leads, you'll like it. If you're not, and I'm not, you'll be pretty bored but can keep yourself amused by trying to predict when the next totally predictable plot twist will come.

[–] CC1966 12 years ago

no more calls, kids...we have a winner!
i think pasnat hit the nail right on the head

[–] polexia23 13 years ago

I agree absolutely. I am just watching.. and that's what i thought as soon as I saw her moving to LA and hiding that money..

[–] Jackie_Michele 13 years ago

Oh and let's not forget the Dukes of Hazzard. it rips off that movie too...

No threesomes unless it's boy, boy, girl, or Charlize Theron.

[–] Harry-Caul 13 years ago

Yeah this Movie was a rip off of a rip off of a rip off; however it was far better than the absolutely awful Coyote Ugly

[–] zendatrim 7 years ago

I just watched Burlesque, cant understand why i never watched it ages ago, but it came up on my Neflix yesterday, so i watched it.

OMG it left me wanting more, i loved it. Every part of it.

Now i have watched Coyote Ugly this was nothing like it, the lead in that was a songwriter, not a dancer and burlesque is specific to a certain entertainment and Coyote Ugly was a story about a bar already in existence. I didnt even enjoy to be honest.

Also Moulin Rouge i never really like that either.

Burlesque for me had it all, i was on the edge of my seat and loved the dancing, the singing, the story line, and CHER wow when she sang that song on her own, i had goose bumps.

I gave it a 10, and will watch it again. I am 65 lol...fabulous.

[–] gremma 13 years ago

Oh yeah, except the star could actually sing and dance. Plus there many intricately choreographed numbers done made for the movie, they weren't publicity for an already established venue. The actors just had to learn the established dances, really just the one. Coyote Ugly was not a musical, yet the bar top dancing was the only attraction anyway.

The romance was 10 times better, and it had many more characters developed.
The only similarity is that the back story played 2nd to wonderful music and dancing. This generation is just not familiar with burlesque, so the art may me lost on many younger audiences, except the men, who just enjoy the view.

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[–] sarizonana 13 years ago

this reminded me more to Chicago
when Nicky is singing dimonds are girls best friends, ali is Thinking wooow id love to be in her place.
The same happens in chicago
Vellma doing her number all thta jazz and then Roxie appears singing a small part with vellma´s costume.
2 the realtionship between Nicky and ALi was like Roxie and Vellma.

3 they guy who wants to buy the club reminded me a lot to Billy Flyn.
First all his attention was on Nicky and then he wnated Ali because she the new star of teh club
IN chicago Flyn was First helping Vellma but when Roxie became the new it girl he payed more atntion to Roxie

[–] the_darkness_of_poetic_humor 13 years ago

I just wanted to see Christine naked in this movie......and it didn't happen. Now I might sound a little nasty here, but I was hoping for a Cher nude scene also. I kept thinking and pondering to myself at her age and her chest is that tanned and toned the way it is , it's utterly amazing!!!

And please, no Botox jokes.....even if they're true!

[–] MuttsCutts 13 years ago

Coyote Ugly totally sucked. Even the hot chicks couldn't save it. It was so boring. Also as someone else said Christina can actually sing and the burlesque show was much better than the chicks just dancing on a bar. I'm a straight dude and was surprised that I actually liked this movie. Christina was very good lookin and kept me interested.

[–] rabbyt1 13 years ago

And your point is? Why can't movies be rehashed now and then?

I thought Coyote Ugly was lame- I could barely get through it.

[–] Coateskiddo9 13 years ago

The movie plot was so Coyote Ugly.

The Cher "u haven't seen the last of me" scene was so 'I'm not going' J Hudson Dreamgirls.

The Christina/Eric Dane relationship was so Anne Hathaway/Sam Baker, The Devil wears Prada.

I want you to pull my hair, and ravish me, and leave me for dead.