Comments on: Types of Movies

By: a good lol builder

a good lol builder — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:52:00 +0000

By: Permy00000

Permy00000 — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:21 +0000

I agree with that 100%!

By: Elfking

Elfking — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:48:23 +0000

I love movies based on a book.
But I’d love them a whole lot more if they were actually good representations of the book.

By: nekorobo1138

nekorobo1138 — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 18:44:54 +0000

You forgot to add the “Americanized Version of a Foreign Film” section, if you’re referring to American cinema.

“Subtitles? You mean I have to READ the whole movie?!”

By: mikekearn

mikekearn — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 17:20:39 +0000

I want to laugh, but it certainly feels true enough that it kind makes me want to cry, also.

By: Rose

Rose — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:17:56 +0000

No, I agree. This was the first graph I made on here, so I kept screwing up. Every time I finished it, I would accidentally delete it. Eventually I got just so fed up that I threw this last one together without any real care if it looked good or not, and of course *this* is the one that would work. So I sent it in, and I hadn’t actually expected it to make it. So, well, *shrug*.

By: John

John — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 06:29:26 +0000

why?

By: AlsoWolfman

AlsoWolfman — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 17:43:07 +0000

Well that applies to me too, as that’s basically my form response for the awful series of charts on this site of late!

I suppose we could work in shifts.

By: Onikun

Onikun — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 08:58:22 +0000

Awesome reference. lol

By: Lainie

Lainie — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:13:46 +0000

I’m missing the humor in this graph. Yawn.

By: Mitch Hedberg

Mitch Hedberg — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:47:51 +0000

I bought a donut and the guy gave me a receipt. I do not need a reciept for a donut. I give you the money. You give me the donut. End of transaction. We do not need to bring ink and paper into this.

By: mal

mal — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:51:34 +0000

Did you know that “based on a true story” means parts of this story are true, except for the rest that we made up to make it more interesting?

By: Candystripe Legs

Candystripe Legs — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:04:18 +0000

Amen, I’m particularly dreading the upcoming anime movies like live action Dragonball and Blood:The Last Vampire.

Why is Keanu Reeves going to be Spike in Cowboy Bebop?

By: DrHorrible

DrHorrible — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:49:17 +0000

Well, Sweeney Todd was actually based on reality, so…

By: RosesThorn

RosesThorn — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:21:01 +0000

Relax, I never said that remakes, sequels, and based on books were *bad*, I was just saying that they’re EVERYWHERE.

I mean, look at Sweeney Todd. Good movie. Based on a book. Look at Dark Knight! Based on a freaking comic book, after a million other Batman movies. But that was an *awesome* movie.

Not saying that the movies are *bad*. Just saying that they’re *everywhere*.

By: forge

forge — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:16:22 +0000

Left off “videogame” and the ever popular “crappy 50s trading card set.”

By: forge

forge — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 22:14:33 +0000

this.

By: kittehsFTW

kittehsFTW — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:41:00 +0000

dollars to donuts? isn’t that just called a transaction?

By: vervain

vervain — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:26:26 +0000

SNL skits would be “From a TV Show” would they not?

By: Pete

Pete — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:17:02 +0000

I think he was talking about stuff like SNL skits.

By: Ham

Ham — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:09:08 +0000

bingo

By: NoOneInteresting

NoOneInteresting — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:06:37 +0000

What’s sad is I stood in the lobby of my local theater not too long ago with some friends and pointed out that everything from Hollywood nowadays is a remake, sequel, reboot or adaptation. I started with the banner on the far left of the lobby and said, “Look. Remake. Sequel. Remake. Reboot. Sequel. . .” Then I got to the far left of the lobby where there was a banner for Quantum of Solace. “Oh, look!” I said. “A sequel of a reboot of an adaptation. How original.”

By: Gabe

Gabe — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:47:40 +0000

Don’t bash “based on something else,” many excelent movies are based on true stories.

By: Dedfool

Dedfool — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:38:36 +0000

The “remake” section on this needs to be much much larger like close to half these days otherwise pretty good.

By: KT

KT — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:09:30 +0000

So true. I can’t believe they are remaking Footloose, with ZAC EFRON no less! Kevin Bacon is way more awesome. Grrr.

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:51:40 +0000

Ah, the mood just struck me. A once a month thing for me, at most. Please, feel free to troll with little to no competition. Treat me like that upstart that can only rarely hit the mark.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:42:16 +0000

Hahah, hahah, hah… No. Wait.

By: AlsoWolfman

AlsoWolfman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:25:58 +0000

one troll to another…

quit nicking my style

By: DrHorrible

DrHorrible — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:06:21 +0000

Spread the word! Tell the trolls!

By: wimple

wimple — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:33:43 +0000

There are also sequels. But no remake.

By: papajon

papajon — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:28:36 +0000

Ah… so less humor is more humor? Awesome! I must be hilarious then! Sweet!

By: Name

Name — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:21:44 +0000

No, the “original” section is far too small. Remember, original doesn’t just mean good. I’m almost certain that “Beverly Hills Chihuahua” wasn’t based on a book or TV show, and the same thing goes for hundreds of other god awful pieces of crap released every year. This chart is definitely the way it feels, but given the choice between good (or at least watchable) sequels and remakes versus original garbage, I choose the former.

By: MNM

MNM — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:20:46 +0000

The Godfather is based on a book isn’t it? That’s a pretty good movie

By: Michael P.

Michael P. — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:44:15 +0000

I think that the “original” section is far too large.

By: RJ

RJ — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:48:44 +0000

This is the funniest pie chart EVER! THE BEST! It is a great explanation of the variances in form of the origin of movie ideas, and it is color coordinated with differents sizes representing the different percentages.

The humor is in the scarcity of humor. It is like a humor nihilistic poem in pie chart form.

By: geg

geg — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:43:25 +0000

good idea poor execution

By: Ferdbags

Ferdbags — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:27:17 +0000

FIRST.

Yep, now that ive done it, I can confirm its just plain idiocy.